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Marky Andrews
Player Valuation: £2.5m
Pereira odds slowly going down
i no they mean nothing
but if he leaves porto tomorrow
have fate Team Pereira
It might be on
i no they mean nothing
but if he leaves porto tomorrow
have fate Team Pereira
It might be on
Kinsale Toffee
Player Valuation: £1.5m
They need to sort it soon I've had to resort to hacking my neighbours WiFi to stay online and keep up to date!
MartSlinger
Player Valuation: £40m
Manager: Bobby Martinez
Assistant Manager: Vitor Pereira
*runs*
Assistant Manager: Vitor Pereira
*runs*
helpimonfire
Player Valuation: £35m
MartSlinger
Player Valuation: £40m
Neg repping for yoloswag here.
Marky Andrews
Player Valuation: £2.5m
got of twitter i no twitter but FAITH
Vitor Pereira set to leave fc porto tomorrow according to agent christophe Henrotay @skysportsnews @Everton @FC_Porto #Everton #VitorPereira
Vitor Pereira set to leave fc porto tomorrow according to agent christophe Henrotay @skysportsnews @Everton @FC_Porto #Everton #VitorPereira
Mogsy_Efc
Player Valuation: £6m
I wish I had some of the faith you Pereira lads do! I would love him and tbh would be intresting with Ralf as DoF but can't see Pereira coming, nor do I recon Ralf will come. Looks nailed on for Martinez. Hoping that I've proven wrong by Pereira tomorrow like, but won't be massivly disappointed with any of them. This three man short list is damn good considering the mangers we were looking at 2 weeks ago.
I could live with that
I think Pereira and Ralf would come if they were wanted, but I think Chico and quite a few others on here were right in saying Martinez was nailed on from the start. This second interview has me convinced, I'm just awaiting the inevitable now.
Liam_Baggies
Player Valuation: £500k
We were looking at appointing Ralf Rangnick prior to our appointment of Steve Clarke - I myself was fairly hopeful that he would join. Particularly as he favours fast paced attacking football with an emphasis on pressurinsing the ball further up the pitch - he is also quite fond of encouraging and promoting younger players.
When we were after him, a number of Schalke supporters joined our forum and I'll provide you of some of their comments surrounding RR:
Schalke04FC:
"can't believe this is happening. I'm really happy for you. If rumours are true you made it to hire one of the best managers of the Bundesliga. As Hannover96 already stated he's pure class and I'm quite sad at the time because he won't be available for my club, Schalke 04 FC, anytime soon.
He resigned as Schalke manager in september last year due to a burnout syndrome. That was pretty frustrating for Schalke fans since he had a special bond with the club and the fans. When he first came to Schalke for the 2004/05 season we finished runner-up. He was fired by former general manager Assauer because they didn't get along quite well. So his first stint at Schalke was pretty succesfull but pretty short, too. He then moved on to become manager of Hoffenheim. He led them from third division to the Bundesliga straight away. In Hoffenheim's first Bundesliga season they managed to finish on top at the end of the first half of the season but couldn't hold it and finished 7th at the end. The first half of the season has shown a Hoffenheim team that was just amazing. Quick passing, counter attacking and a high pressing defense. The best performance I've ever seen when it comes to quick transition play. Just brilliant. But they couldn't keep the pace and became more and more vulnerable at the back (they've been vulnerable at the back all season long but failed to score goals in the second half of the season).
When he came to us for a second short stint last year you could see right away the changes. We trashed Inter in the CL but went out of the tournament when we met a much better side (Man Utd.) in the semis. And then he resigned.
Ralf Rangnick speaks fluently English. He spent a year in England as a student in the late 70s. So language won't be a problem (he's got quite a German accent though). He's a big fan of the EPL and his managerial style will be having a big impact on the league. His philosophy has always been very offensive minded. High pressing, quick passing, quick vertical play, quick transition. He likes his players to chase the ball by 2 or 3 forcing the opponent to quickly give away the ball. Furthermore he's really into quick feeted and fast wingers. You see, he's really fokussing on playing the game in a straight way. No long balls, keeping the ball on the ground.
Unfortunately his teams were always a bit vulnerable at the back. But if you want to see spectacular football you've got the right manager. I dare to say you'll finish in the top ten next season."
man-mangement: It's been said he couldn't handle the big names in his teams and at one point in the future he would be falling out with them. I think that's not right. When he came to Schalke last year Raúl and him didn't quite click. So there was this rumour about Raúl leaving because of Ralf. But to be fair Ralfs was implementing a style of play that was completely the opposite of Raúl's past team play. Raúl isn't a player who loves to pressure the opponent. But in the end everything worked out and they got along.
Ralf loves to work with young talents, developing them into really good players. He's not a Mourinho, he's rather reserved but still highly rated within the teams he managed. Lewis Holtby, a young German talent -> his father is a former English Service Man, was crying when Ralf announced he's leaving.
As for the relationship with the board: Ralf has his own mind and he strongly believes in his philosophy. He was falling out with our former gerneral manager Assauer because he sensed that he was not respected. In Hoffenheim Ralf left because he was fed up with the general management and its influence in the transfers. They just sold the most important player of the team to Bayern (Gustavo) without consulting Ralf. They just sold him and Ralf got to know the news by a journalist. That was just annoying and Ralf felt it's time to leave. Well, Ralf likes to have a say in the transfers. But I really think he learned a lot from the past. He said last year that when he started working as a manager he wanted to do it all. But that was so time consuming that he had to let go a bit and assign someone else to do do the scouting, physical therapy for the players etc. Today he just focuses on the job.
He's very ambitious. As it was already discussed on here, Ralf's called "professor" by some medias. And that's not a compliment because he used to stand out from his manager colleagues. He's never been a good player and never made it to play for a Bundesliga club. Instead he decided to go to university and become a teacher (PE). He's very intelligent and 10-15 years ago that was something new in Germany. Considering the football branch it was kinda irritating and maybe intimidating to have a manager that was actually highly educated. However he became famous when he explained on German TV the advantages of having a back four (LB,CB,CB,RB) and zonal defense. At that time German club sides still played with 3 defenders at the back and one sweeper (libero) and the opponent was marked man to man which was completely out of fashion. The result of Ralf's media appearence: he was laughed at by the media and by his fellow managers. Germany was simply not ready yet and so he was called the professor.
1GermanyGuy
"hes a coach who wants his team to operate and not just to react. Pressing is the key word in his work. At Schalke we played quite often
4-1-3-2 . "
When we were after him, a number of Schalke supporters joined our forum and I'll provide you of some of their comments surrounding RR:
Schalke04FC:
"can't believe this is happening. I'm really happy for you. If rumours are true you made it to hire one of the best managers of the Bundesliga. As Hannover96 already stated he's pure class and I'm quite sad at the time because he won't be available for my club, Schalke 04 FC, anytime soon.
He resigned as Schalke manager in september last year due to a burnout syndrome. That was pretty frustrating for Schalke fans since he had a special bond with the club and the fans. When he first came to Schalke for the 2004/05 season we finished runner-up. He was fired by former general manager Assauer because they didn't get along quite well. So his first stint at Schalke was pretty succesfull but pretty short, too. He then moved on to become manager of Hoffenheim. He led them from third division to the Bundesliga straight away. In Hoffenheim's first Bundesliga season they managed to finish on top at the end of the first half of the season but couldn't hold it and finished 7th at the end. The first half of the season has shown a Hoffenheim team that was just amazing. Quick passing, counter attacking and a high pressing defense. The best performance I've ever seen when it comes to quick transition play. Just brilliant. But they couldn't keep the pace and became more and more vulnerable at the back (they've been vulnerable at the back all season long but failed to score goals in the second half of the season).
When he came to us for a second short stint last year you could see right away the changes. We trashed Inter in the CL but went out of the tournament when we met a much better side (Man Utd.) in the semis. And then he resigned.
Ralf Rangnick speaks fluently English. He spent a year in England as a student in the late 70s. So language won't be a problem (he's got quite a German accent though). He's a big fan of the EPL and his managerial style will be having a big impact on the league. His philosophy has always been very offensive minded. High pressing, quick passing, quick vertical play, quick transition. He likes his players to chase the ball by 2 or 3 forcing the opponent to quickly give away the ball. Furthermore he's really into quick feeted and fast wingers. You see, he's really fokussing on playing the game in a straight way. No long balls, keeping the ball on the ground.
Unfortunately his teams were always a bit vulnerable at the back. But if you want to see spectacular football you've got the right manager. I dare to say you'll finish in the top ten next season."
man-mangement: It's been said he couldn't handle the big names in his teams and at one point in the future he would be falling out with them. I think that's not right. When he came to Schalke last year Raúl and him didn't quite click. So there was this rumour about Raúl leaving because of Ralf. But to be fair Ralfs was implementing a style of play that was completely the opposite of Raúl's past team play. Raúl isn't a player who loves to pressure the opponent. But in the end everything worked out and they got along.
Ralf loves to work with young talents, developing them into really good players. He's not a Mourinho, he's rather reserved but still highly rated within the teams he managed. Lewis Holtby, a young German talent -> his father is a former English Service Man, was crying when Ralf announced he's leaving.
As for the relationship with the board: Ralf has his own mind and he strongly believes in his philosophy. He was falling out with our former gerneral manager Assauer because he sensed that he was not respected. In Hoffenheim Ralf left because he was fed up with the general management and its influence in the transfers. They just sold the most important player of the team to Bayern (Gustavo) without consulting Ralf. They just sold him and Ralf got to know the news by a journalist. That was just annoying and Ralf felt it's time to leave. Well, Ralf likes to have a say in the transfers. But I really think he learned a lot from the past. He said last year that when he started working as a manager he wanted to do it all. But that was so time consuming that he had to let go a bit and assign someone else to do do the scouting, physical therapy for the players etc. Today he just focuses on the job.
He's very ambitious. As it was already discussed on here, Ralf's called "professor" by some medias. And that's not a compliment because he used to stand out from his manager colleagues. He's never been a good player and never made it to play for a Bundesliga club. Instead he decided to go to university and become a teacher (PE). He's very intelligent and 10-15 years ago that was something new in Germany. Considering the football branch it was kinda irritating and maybe intimidating to have a manager that was actually highly educated. However he became famous when he explained on German TV the advantages of having a back four (LB,CB,CB,RB) and zonal defense. At that time German club sides still played with 3 defenders at the back and one sweeper (libero) and the opponent was marked man to man which was completely out of fashion. The result of Ralf's media appearence: he was laughed at by the media and by his fellow managers. Germany was simply not ready yet and so he was called the professor.
1GermanyGuy
"hes a coach who wants his team to operate and not just to react. Pressing is the key word in his work. At Schalke we played quite often
4-1-3-2 . "
Mogsy_Efc
Player Valuation: £6m
Mate, I think we've seen from the past few pages you have faith ahaha. Just think that Martinez would not leave his job if he was assured another.
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