Martinez new Belgium head coach

[hktoffee]

Newcastle please. Perfect match.

 

[Wat Tyler]

He won’t go there and Ashley will probably want the cheapest option he can get.

 

[davek]

Newcastle please. Perfect match.

Ha Ha Ha.

As if.

Euro mega clubs need only apply.

 

[roydo]

Ha Ha Ha.

As if.

Euro mega clubs need only apply.

Why? He is rubbish as a day to day manager.

 

[davek]

Why? He is rubbish as a day to day manager.

 

[BlueStevie35]

And days later they were relegated

 

[YoboCopter]

And days later they were relegated

Am sure ive seen davek discredit RS winning the cl saying its conselation, etc etc but wigan winning fa cup and getting relegated seems to be the best achivment ever ha ha

 

[davek]

And days later they were relegated

They're Wigan and they spent nothing. They had to be relegated. Martinez handing them the biggest rocket ride to the sun surely made up for that.

 

[BlueStevie35]

They're Wigan and they spent nothing. They had to be relegated. Martinez handing them the biggest rocket ride to the sun surely made up for that.

The 4 seasons before Martinez they were a solid midtable side, with the exception of their second season when they only stayed up on the final day after season where the squad that won promotion to the PL and finished 10th was ripped apart. The 4 seasons after they got worse and worse, going to the final couple of games before sealing survival then finally dropping in 2013, coincidence?

 

[TheBigIguana]

Managers to win the primary cup in the top 5 leagues in the last 5 years include:
Spain: Antonio Alvarez, Ronald Koeman
Italy: Vladimir Petkovic, Walter Mazzari, Leonardo Araujo, Delio Rossi
France: Jocelyn Gourvennec, Francis Gillot
Germany: Dieter Hecking
England: Roberto, Roberto Di Matteo

Point being most of these are total unknowns and none are top class managers because cup competitions can be completely fluked. Using one cup run as a gauge for anything is a terrible way to make decisions.

 

[TheBigIguana]

Managers to win the primary cup in the top 5 leagues in the last 5 years include:
Spain: Antonio Alvarez, Ronald Koeman
Italy: Vladimir Petkovic, Walter Mazzari, Leonardo Araujo, Delio Rossi
France: Jocelyn Gourvennec, Francis Gillot
Germany: Dieter Hecking
England: Roberto, Roberto Di Matteo

Point being most of these are total unknowns and none are top class managers because cup competitions can be completely fluked. Using one cup run as a gauge for anything is a terrible way to make decisions.

This should say last 15 years

 

[4737carlin]

Pathetic manager, killed all the fantastic work Moyes had done. Newcastle are too good for him

 

[davek]

Pathetic manager, killed all the fantastic work Moyes had done. Newcastle are too good for him

Ha Ha Ha.

 

[davek]

Managers to win the primary cup in the top 5 leagues in the last 5 years include:
Spain: Antonio Alvarez, Ronald Koeman
Italy: Vladimir Petkovic, Walter Mazzari, Leonardo Araujo, Delio Rossi
France: Jocelyn Gourvennec, Francis Gillot
Germany: Dieter Hecking
England: Roberto, Roberto Di Matteo

Point being most of these are total unknowns and none are top class managers because cup competitions can be completely fluked. Using one cup run as a gauge for anything is a terrible way to make decisions.

Those other continetal cups mean zero. Ours means a lot. Especially when it's won by an ale house team against the best team in the country and one of the best in Europe.

Stop being churlish. It was a great achievement.

The war's over: you lost.

 

[Mikey_Fitzgerald]

Euro mega clubs need only apply.

Osasuna it is!