The DEFINITIVE English football banter thread

**VanHooliganX** · 10-06-2012, 01:05 PM

Originally Posted by jordan1995

they looked like that lads tash in your sig haha

Smashing! lol

Originally Posted by Tommy Thunder

Mark Hughes is not a shit manager.

You're gunna need proof to back that up.

Here's mine:

- Didn't help Wales qualify for a cup
- Helped Blackburn become a pretty good squad, even got a UEFA cup spot. Shame they massively choked against a terrible team and didn't even make it to the groups.
- As City manager. LEL. Couldn't get the job done. Considering in 2009 we were a decent team contesting for bigger Europe positions he didn't help us what so ever. Great move sacking him for Mancini.
- Didn't do much at Fulham
- QPR, helped us win the League, not by choice.

He's good at buying talent, he's bad at getting results.

I don't think he's been with any other club (Could be wrong there though.) and he's won nothing whatsoever in his manager career.

So how is he not a shit manager?

**Tommy Thunder** · 10-06-2012, 01:24 PM

Originally Posted by VanHooliganX

You're gunna need proof to back that up.

Here's mine:

- Didn't help Wales qualify for a cup
- Helped Blackburn become a pretty good squad, even got a UEFA cup spot. Shame they massively choked against a terrible team and didn't even make it to the groups.
- As City manager. LEL. Couldn't get the job done. Considering in 2009 we were a decent team contesting for bigger Europe positions he didn't help us what so ever. Great move sacking him for Mancini.
- Didn't do much at Fulham
- QPR, helped us win the League, not by choice.

He's good at buying talent, he's bad at getting results.

I don't think he's been with any other club (Could be wrong there though.) and he's won nothing whatsoever in his manager career.

So how is he not a shit manager?

He's the best manager Wales have ever had. Under him we beat Italy and Germany. Yeah, we BEAT Italy and Germany. He's the manager who's come closest to having us qualify to any major tournament (I know we've been in major tournaments many moons ago, but you can't compare the level of football then to now).

Did a fantastic job at Blackburn. With a very average squad he made them regular qualifiers to Europe. Little to no money to spend, he did wonders with what he had. Similar to what Moyes has done with Everton I'd say (although not quite to the same heights as Moyes).

Yeah, I'll admit he did crap at City, he wasn't a good fit to manage City. A bad appointment.

Did a decent job at Fulham IMO. Nothing to set the world alight, but didn't exactly flop there.

As for QPR, he needs to leave there ASAP, or he risks becoming a forgotten man.

As bad as he's been at QPR and City (and Fulham if you insist on counting that as a bad tenure), the job he did at Blackburn and particularly Wales have been nothing short of brilliant.

**akbar** · 10-06-2012, 01:29 PM

WoooHooo!!

**Shaz11** · 10-06-2012, 01:33 PM

Originally Posted by akbar

WoooHooo!!

I take it you've been playing Sims?

**akbar** · 10-06-2012, 01:59 PM

Originally Posted by Shaz11

I take it you've been playing Sims?

If only I played that game to get that reference you just made... Lol

**Tomsta666** · 10-06-2012, 03:52 PM

Nice to see BORO getting the winner in the last 15 minutes of the game, instead of the other way around.

WHAT IS IT OPPOSITE DAY!!!

**Destruction** · 10-06-2012, 04:00 PM

Originally Posted by Tomsta666

Nice to see BORO getting the winner in the last 15 minutes of the game, instead of the other way around.

WHAT IS IT OPPOSITE DAY!!!

If Liverpool win tomorrow, it's opposite weekend!

**akbar** · 10-06-2012, 04:50 PM

What is Torres doing?!? Why the drag back when you clearly should just bang it!

**Wade Barrett 1979** · 10-06-2012, 04:54 PM

Originally Posted by akbar

What is Torres doing?!? Why the drag back when you clearly should just bang it!

I think he's just happy he's realised a strikers' job is to get the little spherical object between the two vertical white sticks and underneath the horizontal one.