Many years ago it was 'when I win the lottery', I'll help the club out....

in modern footy, winning the lottery means buying a half decent player and that's it. I don't mean to bring a downer on things but money has killed footy in a competitive sense - where the prem is concerned anyway.

Posted By: DrDublin on February 26th 2025 at 10:28:03

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You know loaded viewpoints regardless of the outcome? (Other Football) - Lentil Weaver, Feb 26, 08:17:08
- Can't remember who but someone posted a good comparison with Pep (Other Football) - Old Man, Feb 26, 10:31:56
- With sufficient cash I reckon he might be able to (Other Football) - SimonOTBC, Feb 26, 10:02:05
  - JHT would be the same (Other Football) - paulg, Feb 26, 10:50:42
    - Farke wouldn't still be here even if we hadn't sacked him then, so that's a moot point (n/m) (Other Football) - SimonOTBC, Feb 26, 11:06:56
      - How do we know this? (n/m) (Other Football) - seminated_woolly, Feb 26, 11:22:28
        
        Football fans demand results (regardless of whether they are realistic) (Other Football) - SimonOTBC, Feb 26, 12:19:30
      - no - but we wouldn't have had the collective nervous breakdown that followed his sacking (n/m) (Other Football) - paulg, Feb 26, 11:21:33
        
        We might have tbf (Other Football) - SimonOTBC, Feb 26, 12:20:37
  - with sufficient cash i reckon i might be able to (Other Football) - Tombs, Feb 26, 10:15:36
    - Haha - yes, "sufficient" is not the same amount for all managers! (n/m) (Other Football) - SimonOTBC, Feb 26, 10:39:30
    - Many years ago it was 'when I win the lottery', I'll help the club out.... (Other Football) - DrDublin, Feb 26, 10:28:03
- Since he became our manager I believe he could become (Other Football) - Chopper, Feb 26, 09:53:06
  - I thought Lambert was destined for greatness (n/m) (Other Football) - SCC 28, Feb 26, 10:06:30
    - Yeah me too. Although I think Culverhouse was the brains with hindsight (n/m) (Other Football) - Knitted Jesus, Feb 26, 10:59:18
      - Whoo's managerial career included getting sacked by Boston United (Other Football) - seminated_woolly, Feb 26, 11:26:07
    - and I though alex neill was (Other Football) - paulg, Feb 26, 10:53:04
    - VMT - should've got the Liverpool gig instead of Brendan. He always had his measure. (n/m) (Other Football) - JD3, Feb 26, 10:17:43
      - dortmund, he would have won the champions league again fo sho (n/m) (Other Football) - Tombs, Feb 26, 10:31:23
- If Farke is provided with a semi-competitive squad he can do it (Other Football) - norwaay, Feb 26, 08:21:05
  - I think they have to be fully competitive for the style he (Other Football) - Legacy Fan, Feb 26, 12:25:17
  - I think he probably could (Other Football) - APB, Feb 26, 11:56:34
    - Well as far as management goes that’s not really a good argument. (Other Football) - Legacy Fan, Feb 26, 12:27:00
  - The flaw is that Farke accrued 21 pts up until covid (Other Football) - Henclrikus, Feb 26, 10:12:42
    - Yep. Our form had dipped prior to Covid and we hoped that break would allow us to address (Other Football) - megson, Feb 26, 12:29:14
    - Or it shows that clearly he wasn’t. (Other Football) - Legacy Fan, Feb 26, 12:28:31
    - That post covid period was weird though.. (Other Football) - loz, Feb 26, 10:25:20
      - How did we do the following season behind closed doors? (n/m) (Other Football) - SCC 28, Feb 26, 10:28:55
        
        In the championship? (n/m) (Other Football) - Legacy Fan, Feb 26, 12:29:05
        
        We had a better team then though (Other Football) - jamesward, Feb 26, 10:35:04
        
        And weaker opposition (n/m) (Other Football) - APB, Feb 26, 11:52:38
        
        Exactly not difficult is it (n/m) (Other Football) - loz, Feb 26, 10:56:09
  - “Webber's execrable PL signings” (Other Football) - Cellophane Flowers, Feb 26, 09:50:46
    - Bailey did a Farke promotional piece talking through who he wanted but didn't get (Other Football) - JD3, Feb 26, 10:02:23
    - Well they identify the areas that need strengthening and then the scouts give (Other Football) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Feb 26, 09:55:20
  - Not many champ managers "succeed" in the prem now,look at how much (Other Football) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Feb 26, 08:37:31
  - He’ll do well just to be given a chance (Other Football) - SCC 28, Feb 26, 08:36:33
  - And having to sell his best player before getting there (n/m) (Other Football) - loz, Feb 26, 08:26:03

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