The new manager hunt (was the Moyes thread) only 3 days to wait...
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Lady Karren Brady CBE is one of the most sought-after motivational speakers in the world and has travelled the globe inspiring and motivating audiences. She has, for the past decade been considered as one of the best speakers in the world on a range of topics that leave audiences inspired and motivated.
I think they qualify as boastful as they are completely subjective, who would she be considered one of the best speakers in the world by? does she leave the audiences inspired and motivated? It's only an opinion but I think she comes across awfully within the newspaper column, the apprentice and her website.
The reason I don't feel Slav or Moyes will worry to much about her is I don't get the impression she has too much to do with the manager but rather the running of other things. I get the impression out of the three Sully has most to do with the manager, team and signings. I may be wrong as it was a time back but I do seem to recall her being sceptical of Grants appointment, but I think she is just an opinion rather than a decision maker. I think they know they must manage Sully and get him on side but not so much Brady, I could be wrong.
Why would you assume they are her words?
It's the. standard kind of puff you'd see on any promotional site.
It might all be nonsense, but no worse than most if it is.
I honestly don't get the animus towards her.
There is no real animosity towards her, it's not like I am posting each day with a diatribe against her ( I actually quite liked her in the beginning ), it was purely in response to a previous poster remarking about her earlier in the day, I haven't started a post or anything. She is someone who has placed herself into the public eye, and my comments were expressing an opinion on how she comes across to me within the platforms of her role in the apprentice, her newspaper column and her website. The way she comes across is not a way that I tend warm to, quite the opposite in fact.
I really appreciate the way you run the forum Grey and I have gone on record about that, I think it makes it what it is but I hope you wont take offence if I say that sometimes I think you just have to accept someone is expressing their view, and sometimes our views are instinctive. Not every post needs questioning. Your responses seem unnecessarily combative, your first question of why would you presume these are her words? seems unnecessary, as it would mean we were not assuming that websites are the owners own words or carefully reviewed which again would seem reasonable and just feels a little like you wanted to argue for the sake of it. I do remember the UKIP leader who claimed he had no input to his website but I don't think anyone believed him. I can understand if you were asking why I held the view I do, or even stating an alternative view but I feel you have confronted and challenged the opinion in an unnecessarily combative way, and I think as I haven't left much line of attack of my view open you have presented my comments as containing animosity as a finish, which I think if you re-read they are quite hard to find that in. I like that posts are questioned on here as otherwise these forums become silly, and yourself, and a few others no doubt, ensure it stays a first class forum, but in my view sometimes you could just let a reply be a reply. ;ok
I didn't intend the animus comment towards you, but in general.
I didn't intend to come across as 'combative'.
Anyone on here has the right to post their opinion within site rules and, equally, others are free to disagree.
I intended nothing personal in my replies
Fully agree about the Sun column. It mystifies me as to why she does it. I get that the paper mirrors her political views, but in terms of its attitude towards women it seems antithetical to what she says she stands for.
Watford 4pm Sun 19 Nov Sky
Leicester 8pm Fri 24 Nov Sky
Everton 8pm Weds 29 Nov BT
Man C 4pm Sun 3 Dec Sky
Chelsea 12:30pm Sat 9 Dec Sky
Arsenal 8pm Weds 13 Dec BT
Has any other manager played their first six games in charge of a team live on TV? In fact has any team ever played six consecutive games live on TV?
2 very experienced guys, may not have had the best runs but assistant roles probably suit them
Also Pearce did manage the England u21 for a good time so that coupled with Moyes faith in youth might see some of the kids get some game time
EDIT: Yes he was
A common issue that I kept reading / hearing with Bilic was that nobody knew who his assistants were, and nobody knew what they did. Under Allardyce we all had a pretty good idea about who was who and what they were doing, but the guys Slav had seemed pretty useless (obviously I don't know if they were though).
I really believe that these are appointments that will drive the club forward.
Both Pearce and Irvine have spent a lot of their coaching careers in youth development too, so, if these become long term appointments, it could be a positive for the academy too.
I was very anti-Moyes when it was first mooted, but he's making all the right noises and seems to be a lot more involved in the training sessions. On a personal level he'll be very motivated to do well, and I think the players will react to that.
I think if he can build a decent foundation with Irvine, Pearce and McKinley and they keep us up, I'd be loathe to change that again in the summer should a 'big' name become available ;hmm
I guess it all depends on what happens between now and May, but if he can get us playing to our potential and we finish top 12, you could argure he's done enough to warrant more time in post.
;hmm
TBH I think his success here will come down to how motivated he really is. He could just as easily think “if it doesn’t work I only had 6 months to make an impact, and I won’t be tied down to the club long term”.
Hopefully he’s determined to put himself back on the map.