However I would prefer OGS to finish the season rather than another mid-season change. At the end of the season we can then make a change if deemed necessary.
Hopefully we either make top 4 (highly unlikely) or we miss out on Europe completely. I don’t want Europa distractions next season.
Having said all of that the major changes have to be at board and organizational level. That is where the major problem is.
If we are going in a different direction the style of the manager should be the number 1 factor.
We have already seen that appointing proven winners like LVG and JM is not a guarantee of a return to the glory days.
What we need is to get a manager who is still relatively young and plays the attacking style that we are traditionally known for.
The success (or failure) of this manager though will depend not on him but on the ability of the board to complete a quick and methodical upgrade of the squad within 1-2 transfer windows.
I have seen enough of OGS to see that in my opinion he is at best an average manager.
Leyqute: @Afrodoc Is this of any importance? (Physio) Will it help with the injury crisis?
It could be very significant, if he is better at his job than the person we currently have.
Physios are so important when it comes to sports and they are not all at the same level. And their importance is even greater when it comes to soft tissue injuries cos it is mainly about conditioning.
What i abhor is puerile logic. His initial premise was that because Herrera went away on a free he was a flop. I listed world class players that changed clubs for free after successful stints and he started quoting scripture like a catechist.
The guy is a Barkabot so no one is surprised he is so simpleminded.
Hazard thrived as Chelsea and was sold to Madrid to improve their game play and help them win matches. This was why he was bought for a whooping 100 million.
Herrera on the other hand left for PSG as a fúcking FREE AGENT.
Still trying to understand how and why a player who performed excellently well in a club left as a free agent.
As a Man UTD fan, were you satisfied with Herrera's all round performance? Answer this please.
Boko Haram generation. Use another point cos your free agent argument is DOA.
Sol Campbell moved from Spurs to Arsenal as a free agent.
afrodoc2: Eden Hazard 30 international goals. 1 goal against France. 1 goal against England. 5 goals against Cyprus. Most of the other goals against the likes of Andorra, Gibraltar, Kazakhstan e.t.c
Neymar 61 international goals. 3 goals against Argentina. Goals against Germany, Colombia, Uruguay, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Croatia, France.
nihilistjnr: Explain how 20 is greater than 40 in the same team
You expect the wing forward to score more than the centre forward?
Should we compare Hazard's goals to Costa's goals the season you won the league? And link that countless Hazardista/Shepisco claims that Hazard (not Costa or Fabregas) was the reason you guys won the league?
If they bought Teni's sister instead of Neymar in that period, Niniola too for climb podium..
You had the best striker in the world, the second best player EVER in the history of footy, and the most legendary midfield pairing of the modern era as teammates....why you no go climb podium?
Why is Neymar not climbing podium from France? Dem no get staircase for Paris? Or dem dey forbid escalator for Brazilians in 7th arrondissement?
Dem no born Neymar well to smell that podium again. You think all his antics this summer was a joke?
Messi is getting old now, and he is Neymars only chance at a glorious future as Mbappe don turn noob saibot with big shadow for that side.
Neymar go flop for this Madrid team 100%
Another cool story. You want us to check their international records?
Let us check how many goals each has and how many of Neymar's international goals were made by Messi and Suarez.
nihilistjnr: He also had some incredible seasons and has been consistently ranked above Neymar by FIFA.
Don't talk to me about Neymar until he wins a league with Victor Moses and Bag of Beans
Don’t tell me about Hazard until he scores double figures in open play in champions league OR catches his seniors like Salah and Mane OR makes Ballon d’Or/FIFA podium like Neymar (who has made podium TWICE).
nihilistjnr: Neymar has never played in a dead team like this Madrid or Chelsea over the last couple years sha.
Imagine being one third of MSN with Xavi and Iniesta and not scoring goals.
Imagine moving to a farmer's league to play for the team that has won the league every year for the last seven years, and are already topping league again this year.
Hazard came back overweight I gree. He has flopped so far I gree.
But I bet my house, Neymar flop for this team too...fully fit
Cool story bro. Easy to bet on what can’t be proven either way.
Would have been more believable if Hazard didn’t have 2 whole disasterclass seasons in his CV, not to talk of his grand total of 4 open play goals in 5 champions league seasons.
A40: I still don't want to believe any normal person with fully functioning faculties expects Hazard to match or even surpass Neymar
I'm glad he has joined Madrid while still in his prime they egged him on to leave to a better club so the watery excuses don finish
Most of them have given up, which is why they have started moving the goal post. Now their target fit him is 20 goals, and soon it will be 15 goals, then 10 abbl.
A few are recalcitrant people sha, so watch out for how this place will explode the first time he has a great game or scores a brace.
raumdeuter: Neymar scored 39goals in a season at Barcelona. Hazard fans said he is better than Neymar. That he only needs to play for Madrid to prove it So what is better than 39goals?
You score 70% I said I am better than you, So what is expected of me to prove that I am better than you? 60% 50% or at least 71%?
raumdeuter: Others like you are seeing the light and confessing that they did it for likes and shares. In their minds they know the truth that Hazard is just a shakushaku exponent like we have always told you
He will soon conform. You noticed he said he is not YET? He will be confessing by December.
One thing i like about the Madrid fans is that nobody can use twerking to bobo them.
nihilistjnr: Lol this reminds me of the time AK bundled me on Agege motor road, by Sango tollgate in 2005
I was facing Sango and was on the inside lane about to make U-turn to face Agege. That's how one raiding truck swerved from the outside lane and tried to cut Infront of me and avoid pothole.
I didn't allow them because they would have taken off my front bumper.
I made my U-turn finish, these niggas pursued me and double crossed me on the other side. It was like action fillm.
The next thing I saw was was 3 Aks pointed at me. The dragged me out the car, and told me to lie down on the floor with kicks and slaps.
That's how their Oga came down with unbuttoned shirt, stinking of Igbo and cocked his gun. It was his own underlings that begged him and told them I was worth more to them alive because I was 'a bloody yahoo boy'
So they put me back in my own car, and then one of the olopas started driving us to Alausa.
Omo na so I beg the guy say make I just make call. I called my Dad and my dad made some calls. A senior man called back, this olopa could smell blood and refused to talk to his boss.
They said they must book me. After enough talk, the guy agreed to talk to the nigga in the phone. Then they now had to call the guys in front to negotiate my surrender.
Omo e remain small that day dem for waste me for road. I still remember the red eyes of that guy that cocked his gun. The guy wanted to drink my blood for real.
This does not sound like the Nihilist we have come to know and respect here. Why were you not composed and reason brilliantly with them?
Hehehe. See true confessions. Everyone looks good on YouTube. Then you have to adjust for the quality of the league.
Meanwhile people should just calm down and stop getting angry about this season. This season has already been forfeited.
We won’t make top 4, and i don’t think we can make top 6. It just might be a blessing in disguise to miss Europa next season to avoid pointless travel.