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Thought the same thing and all I come up with is whatever goes on at the training ground? Stuff like player development, tactical instructions (even though these will be spoon fed by the technical director). It's not something I could agree to haha.

 

trusting Custis about United stuff is like letting your dog eat chocolate- you don't do it

 

I will gladly guide this team.

into the relegation zone

 

Not sure how it’d be harder now vs last year. He’s now in the last year on his contract. No sign of an extension with Chelsea. And the manager that fought to keep him last year is now gone.

 

Managerial market's gone mad, truly

 

Well, ideally you only pick managers that suit the system you want (roughly), and trust your DoF/SD and scouts to identify what the manager says he needs from a position.

The manager should have SOME say in this, but this is actually how you don't end up signing Antony for £86m just because your coach likes him. This is a much, much better way to run a club and is how clubs like Brighton work. Arsenal too, although Mikel has a bigger influence there.

 

That’s how American clubs in all sports run, really. With the general manager putting in the philosophy, hiring the coach or manager to implement that philosophy and the player acquisition is more based on the front office plan than the coach.

 

Custis just copy and pasted the typical guidelines most successful clubs that run a DoF based structure use as a baseline and has reported it as if they’re some kind of commandments written in stone. The actual operations are never going to be gone about so rigidly.

Here’s an example:

United need a back up/rotation striker to compete with Hojlund next year, preferably someone a bit older who can provide some experience off the bench but is also capable of leading the line for an extended period of time if need be.

They will surely be looking at someone like Guirassy from Stuttgart who has just had an incredible goal scoring return for 23/24 and has an extremely low release clause for today’s market. They’re surely not ruling him out because he happens to not be 25 or younger.

 

Fair play, world’s shittest badge for the world’s shittest club.

 

Red Bull Leeds United

 

Teams seem to be circling Crystal Palace for Eze, Olise, and Wharton. They can’t sell all 3 in the same window, right?

 

Something very fitting about a spam message claiming to be a Chelsea fan

 

What's even stranger about it is that spam bot didn't trigger the function that lets me just click 'spam.' I had to do a full ban.

 

I guess its better than some dodgy betting or crypto company.
Maybe they'll give Verstappen a game or two to make F1 more interesting.

 

The fix...is in?

 

Goal of the Year.

 

Red Bull 49ers

 

Remarkably accurate

 

Well that was a fun 48 hours of speculation

 

that’s one goal every two minutes or so right? What a painful match that’d be to watch.

 

they can have him

 

Best signing of the off-season