Gutter Boy
Tim Sherwood
He does speak English. Personally I don't really see the difference between Martinez and Poch.
I think Poch is much much better at organising defences. Martinez obviously has the sustained (relative level of) success.
He does speak English. Personally I don't really see the difference between Martinez and Poch.
If we're going down that (the ITK) route, 'The original JJetset' said today that Poch will be in before the CL final tomorrow night.
Interesting. Anyone here know/remember anything about this Chunky person as an ITK?
Where's he said that GB?
A bit hard to follow because it's a response, but:
https://twitter.com/jetsetyid/status/469751401313095681
He's been saying it's Poch since Timmeh went.
Can you c+p? I don't have twitter.
I would follow on SC but there's so many manager threads I can't be bothered.
Top. top notch on COYS years ago.
jordinho got it pretty spot on does not post itk often but is often right when he does same as peanut
That's interesting info to be fair :-k
The plot thickens
I think Poch is much much better at organising defences. Martinez obviously has the sustained (relative level of) success.
Cheers
Everton were good this season, but Martinez more or less inherited the back 4 Moyes put together. His Wigan side was shaky for sure, but they were also very ambitious and frequently lost their best players. Perhaps with better players like at Everton or with us he would do better defensively too?
The sustained level of success is the key difference for me. He's also been getting a lot of the credit for what happened at Swansea, so a bit more experience at building a system over time I suppose?
I would be delighted with Martinez.
'chunky' on COYS re Roberto Martinez...
So i'm told, he is very interested.
But if we want him, we need to go to Kenwright and do a deal. He wont tell them he wants out first
'scat1620' on SC on 'chunky'...
Chunky is one of the old school original COYS ITKs (along with Peanut) who very rarely post info but usually it is spot on when they do. As far as I know, that's the first ITK anyone has heard from Chunky or Peanut for a fair while, so it's definitely very interesting that he's chosen now to dish out some new info.
i think it was Grassroots who said Ajax were not favorites to win the title this season, i also think in his first season in charge it would have been very unlikely that the bookies would have made them favorites what with there being a new manager in charge and keeping in mind their recent barren spell.
Probably worth pointing out here that Ajax were in 4th place in the league in December 2010.
that is kind of the point i am trying to make...the competitiveness has not that much significance, not entirely nothing, to do with the leagues quality.
in your experiment it would be the guy that leads the Ajax team , but my thought is that there are not 7 teams of roughly the same stature and pull in the top tier...there are teams getting results on par to one another but Ajax is still ajax and still command as much resources and influence as any other team in that league. The level of media and promotion and TV exposure and marketing that Brand name gets in direct comparison to other teams is almost distorted
Ajax were favs to win this season.
I know I am going to regret this but with who because on paper they had a weak squad according to Dutch football experts before the season began 8-[
team odds team odds
Ajax Amsterdam 2.1 Den Haag 201
PSV Eindhoven 3 Zwolle 251
Feyenoord 6 Heracles 251
Twente Enschede 11 NAC Breda 501
AZ Alkmaar 17 Waalwijk 751
Vitesse 21 NEC Nijmegen 1001
Utrecht 34 Roda 1001
Heerenveen 41 Cambuur 2001
Groningen 67 Go Ahead Eagles 2501