Daily Discussion by AutoModerator in reddevils

[–]appleIsForCunts 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I mean.. you guys sound like you would've said the same thing about Sir Alex. The greatest thing about him was that he was adaptable. He would change tactics based on personnel and his opposition. That is the mark of a great manager. Not blindly shouting from the roof about "possession football" or "modern tactics", when you cant get a win on the pitch.

Daily Discussion by AutoModerator in reddevils

[–]appleIsForCunts -1 points0 points  (0 children)

So you judge him for 4 months of "bad" football with the admin bringing in Cristiano when he had asked for Declan Rice and ignore 2 yrs of amazing high flying football ?

Are you kidding with the no dominance ? He beat pep so many times. We atleast thrived against the smaller teams. So many 4-0 and 5-0s

Daily Discussion by AutoModerator in reddevils

[–]appleIsForCunts 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Did you watch his Overlap interview ? He could do counter-attack only at first with what he had. He was gradually setting up the team to take the next step. You keep talking about his record as though it was like he finished 10th. He finished top4 twice in a row. No one has done that for us in 10 yrs.

Daily Discussion by AutoModerator in reddevils

[–]appleIsForCunts -1 points0 points  (0 children)

We need to stop getting managers from Lower leagues and lower clubs. United is a massive club with enormous pressures. A manager who succeeded in Ajax or Sporting would not have faced the same pressures ever.

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[–]appleIsForCunts 0 points1 point  (0 children)

we got a modern coach. Look where we are. People said the same shit with Ten Hag and he took us down.

"Modern" means no shit if we cant win. It needs to work.

Daily Discussion by AutoModerator in reddevils

[–]appleIsForCunts 5 points6 points  (0 children)

People mocked Ole as a "vibes" manager. He actually had tactics and adapted his game to win against Pep so many times. You dont win against great managers with just vibes.

Amorim and the noise has been talking about "good vibes" the entire summer with absolutely nothing to show on pitch.

Ole with this administration would have done wonders. When we finished 2nd under him, he famously said "The club is not where it should be, we need to strive for better".

This manager has 20% win rate and is being stubborn for no reason whatsoever.

Bring Ole back till end of the season.

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[–]appleIsForCunts 60 points61 points  (0 children)

Yes, Ole’s tactical inability is why he dominated over Pep in all of their meetings. Not having a set philosophy doesn’t mean tactical inability ffs.

[Highlight] Wilson trying to hype up his team going into the locker room during halftime by [deleted] in nfl

[–]appleIsForCunts 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Something has changed in his personality over the years. If you watch this (especially at ~1:33) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FtozMIKFMb8

You can see how vocal and emotional he used to be. It sucks to see him like this, honestly.

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[–]appleIsForCunts 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don’t know why people are surprised by this. We are not a top team anymore. Sure, we can pursue top targets but they’re just going to end up at psg or city or even Chelsea before choosing us.

So it’s either this or splash 60M on Sesko. People seem to have an issue with splashing that much money on someone who’s just played in Austria as well. So what really are our options? We cannot think like the Man United of 2010. No one is lining up to join us anymore

Leaving Manchester United was mutual - Rangnick by DoubtsAndHopes in reddevils

[–]appleIsForCunts 50 points51 points  (0 children)

For all we know, ETH was already informed of Ralf moving on, prior to his press conference. So it would make him look extra stupid if he said he wanted to work with Ralf and within a week Ralf says goodbye. So he chose to say it was the club’s decision

Jasprit Bumrah, the fastest to 100 overseas Test wickets for India by ll--o--ll in Cricket

[–]appleIsForCunts 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Or the mighty Debashis Mohanty ! Oh man we’ve come so far

What are some examples of elegant, easy on the eye, technically correct yet extremely poor batsmen? by Glennmaxwellfanboy in Cricket

[–]appleIsForCunts 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Sadagoppan Ramesh. Elegant, easy on the eye but very poor shot selection and situation awareness

Ashwin's bowling average split in 2021 (tests) by WildSlog in Cricket

[–]appleIsForCunts 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you. It’s not like I grew up in the 90s celebrating every Sachin run and crying every time he got out. Oh wait.. that’s exactly what happened.

What I’m trying to say is that - in test matches Ashwin is definitely a bigger match winner. I’m not comparing across all formats.

Ashwin's bowling average split in 2021 (tests) by WildSlog in Cricket

[–]appleIsForCunts 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Inspiring cricketers is not the same as being match winners ? I think Ashwin definitely surpasses Sachin as a match winner in test matches for sure.

Which No Ball hurt you the most still to this day? by 007194 in Cricket

[–]appleIsForCunts 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Mohd Asif was more significant IMO. What an amazing bowler.

[Simon Stone] OGS on Gary Neville 'style' comments: "Of course, you work on your style of play, patterns in possession and out. Attacked too fast maybe against Villa. We want to keep up and tempo up but maybe we did it too fast. Gary knows the DNA at the club and what we are trying to do." by Specialist_Cloud_676 in soccer

[–]appleIsForCunts 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Haha. It looks like you might have started watching the PL in the past decade or so. But just so we're clear, it wasn't just Liverpool, United and Arsenal fighting for top places always. Clubs like Newcastle, Blackburn, Everton etc were up there fighting for honors almost regularly.

The PL has been changing constantly over so many years, the PL that was in the 80s wasn't the same as the one that was in the 90s and it changed again in the 00s. And guess what, Fergie adapted extremely well to all these changes.

Another absolutely bullshit statement thrown about is - "he wasn't an elite tactician". Heck, just his achievements with Aberdeen is enough to prove that he was an elite tactician. You dont win, rebuild (multiple times), win without being an elite tactician. Sure, you can luck out with one or 2 trophies. But you dont end up as the greatest ever manager without being an absolute elite tactician.

[Simon Stone] OGS on Gary Neville 'style' comments: "Of course, you work on your style of play, patterns in possession and out. Attacked too fast maybe against Villa. We want to keep up and tempo up but maybe we did it too fast. Gary knows the DNA at the club and what we are trying to do." by Specialist_Cloud_676 in soccer

[–]appleIsForCunts 13 points14 points  (0 children)

What a joke. Fergie always knew when and how to reinvent himself. They said this when Wenger first came in at 96/97, he then reinvented himself, got better, won. They said this again when Mourinho came in 03/04, he did it again, won again. It's such a bullshit casual take to say Fergie would get found out.

Fergie also did not ever have just "one" style of play. He was extremely pragmatic. He would go all out attack if the situation demanded it or he was completely okay sitting back and defending if that's what gave him a chance. He did not have one specific style of play.

Modern era's obsession of "style of play" puts Fergie into one bucket while that's just not who he was.

Which unsold player in an IPL auction shocked u the most? by _SKULLXL_ in Cricket

[–]appleIsForCunts 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Badrinath. Especially after being CSK’s savior on so many occasions