Runehammer

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I pretty much agree with you here, a coach and a manager are not the same thing, you may find someone who is exceptional at both but it's rare.

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Hmm, if we had all internationals decided on the toss of a coin I think Hodge'd be awesome, seeing he's a champion tosser.

Ignorance or jealousy tho'?

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I tend to agree with the comparison with Keegan but absolutely not for the reasons you give, Keegan was totally honest to both us and himself, he wanted/needed a new challenge to keep himself motivated, I think he felt he'd short-change the club by not giving his all (in his own mind at least). I don't believe he ever thought we weren't good enough for him. Suarez has done pretty much the same thing (being honest to himself that is); the difference being that what he's said regarding LFC isn't worth a damn. On that pitch tho' he's never given less that his all (compare and contrast with Torres) so he gets no animosity from me. I don't see how he fits in Barcelona''s set up (personality wise at least) so I don't think it will be all roses for him, it will be interesting but I would like to see a repeat of that Hamburg super cup meeting v's Barca in the upcoming CL.

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Celtic would be in with a good shout for second.

There are a few clips on Youtube but they are awful quality (as you'd expect). Despite this sentence coming from a piece on the Fail online it brilliantly sums up the man: When the Italians of Palermo came knocking on the door of his terrace house in 1952 offering a £10,000 signing-on fee, £100 a week, a staffed villa on Lake Como and a Maserati — on top of what would have been a record transfer fee of £50,000 — he chose to stay on £12 a week at Deepdale, explaining to his bewildered suitors: ‘I’m a Preston man, always.’ That's a proper legend; RIP.

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Surreal this, utterly ridiculous decision by the FA.

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Yes but it's bonkers, suppose you have a flu epidemic or unfortunate spate of injuries and have 5-6 first team regulars ruled out, that team would be a whole different prospect on recovery, not to mention teams fielding "weakened" sides when it suits them. The kind of scenario it seems to me that AW is looking for would exist only in subbuteo leagues.

He'll have no choice but to abandon the game!