Koeman 09:50 - Aug 17 with 1339 views | SonicBoom | Finally seems to be getting what he wanted, apparently he's close to getting the Barcelona job. You'd think his stint at Everton would have put a dent in his chances... | | | | |
Koeman on 10:31 - Aug 17 with 1284 views | grumpy | Pochettino would be a better choice. | | | |
Koeman on 11:01 - Aug 17 with 1251 views | green | If there is such a thing as a bad time to be managing Barcelona then surely this is it but it's not as though he started his time with us in the best possible circumstances. As you say, he didn't cover himself in glory at Everton. Wonder if he'll bring Cuco Martina with him again if he does get the job. | | | |
Koeman on 11:48 - Aug 17 with 1198 views | Chesham_Saint | Doesn’t he have a contract with the Netherlands to honour? Because he ALWAYS honours his contracts, doesn’t he? | |
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Koeman on 12:06 - Aug 17 with 1186 views | SaintNick |
Koeman on 11:48 - Aug 17 by Chesham_Saint | Doesn’t he have a contract with the Netherlands to honour? Because he ALWAYS honours his contracts, doesn’t he? |
Not sure it is a good time to become Barcelona manager they are in dissaray with player power issues. Better to sit this one out for a couple of years. Not sure if Pochettino's close connections to Espanyol will be an issue to him being Barcelona boss | |
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Koeman on 12:19 - Aug 17 with 1172 views | Chesham_Saint |
Koeman on 12:06 - Aug 17 by SaintNick | Not sure it is a good time to become Barcelona manager they are in dissaray with player power issues. Better to sit this one out for a couple of years. Not sure if Pochettino's close connections to Espanyol will be an issue to him being Barcelona boss |
1. Pochettino is on record saying he couldn’t do that job out of the respect and affection he has for Espanyol. 2. Koeman has said he always see out a contact and is a man of his word. But then it’s football and 95% of the people in it seem to have no moral compass whatsoever, so what do you think will happen? Of the two I think Poch most likely to stand by what he said, whereas Cloggy will snatch the job like a $30 whore in an Amsterdam alley. | |
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Koeman on 12:26 - Aug 17 with 1168 views | SaintNick |
Koeman on 12:19 - Aug 17 by Chesham_Saint | 1. Pochettino is on record saying he couldn’t do that job out of the respect and affection he has for Espanyol. 2. Koeman has said he always see out a contact and is a man of his word. But then it’s football and 95% of the people in it seem to have no moral compass whatsoever, so what do you think will happen? Of the two I think Poch most likely to stand by what he said, whereas Cloggy will snatch the job like a $30 whore in an Amsterdam alley. |
Yes Pochettino is a man of his word like when he asked to be released from his contract from Saints at the end of the 2013/14 season as he needed a break fro football, when Saints smelling a rat turned that down, Spurs where on the phone within hours and he had soon resigned and been appointed Spurs boss. But because he resigned we got compensation for him, Spurs had tried their usual tricks to get him on the cheap, he was quite happy to go along with them | |
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Koeman on 12:40 - Aug 17 with 1152 views | green | He's backtracked on those comments now: "I have to explain it well," Pochettino told El Pais. "I was in Barcelona that year and I met [Barca president, Josep Maria] Bartomeu in a bar. "We greeted each other because we were taking the children to the same school and we were talking for five minutes. That generated a rumour that set off alarms because there were more teams that wanted us. "When they [reporters] asked me [about the meeting], I wanted to settle it drastically. I didn't want to disrespect Barcelona. "You can say things differently. Espanyol has made a name for me, but I'm not arrogant and I didn't like making a statement like that. "Maybe now I wouldn't because in life you never know what will happen." | | | |
Koeman on 12:41 - Aug 17 with 1147 views | Chesham_Saint |
Koeman on 12:26 - Aug 17 by SaintNick | Yes Pochettino is a man of his word like when he asked to be released from his contract from Saints at the end of the 2013/14 season as he needed a break fro football, when Saints smelling a rat turned that down, Spurs where on the phone within hours and he had soon resigned and been appointed Spurs boss. But because he resigned we got compensation for him, Spurs had tried their usual tricks to get him on the cheap, he was quite happy to go along with them |
I thought his rationale was that he was only with Saints because of the promises made by Napoleon and when he was fired he scarpered? I guess that’s a crock too and he’s just as bad as the Dutchman. | |
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Koeman on 13:07 - Aug 17 with 1112 views | Gennaro_Contaldo |
Koeman on 12:40 - Aug 17 by green | He's backtracked on those comments now: "I have to explain it well," Pochettino told El Pais. "I was in Barcelona that year and I met [Barca president, Josep Maria] Bartomeu in a bar. "We greeted each other because we were taking the children to the same school and we were talking for five minutes. That generated a rumour that set off alarms because there were more teams that wanted us. "When they [reporters] asked me [about the meeting], I wanted to settle it drastically. I didn't want to disrespect Barcelona. "You can say things differently. Espanyol has made a name for me, but I'm not arrogant and I didn't like making a statement like that. "Maybe now I wouldn't because in life you never know what will happen." |
Amazing! Who would have thought it ... | |
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Koeman on 15:21 - Aug 17 with 984 views | Ron11 |
Koeman on 13:07 - Aug 17 by Gennaro_Contaldo | Amazing! Who would have thought it ... |
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Koeman on 18:52 - Aug 17 with 846 views | TripleNiemi |
Koeman on 11:48 - Aug 17 by Chesham_Saint | Doesn’t he have a contract with the Netherlands to honour? Because he ALWAYS honours his contracts, doesn’t he? |
Bit harsh for me this post Chesh as i do genuinely believe there were other things at play when he departed. I seriously think he would have considered staying on post his final year but think behind the scenes was not quite right. Cue the abuse...... | |
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Koeman on 19:11 - Aug 17 with 811 views | Chesham_Saint |
Koeman on 18:52 - Aug 17 by TripleNiemi | Bit harsh for me this post Chesh as i do genuinely believe there were other things at play when he departed. I seriously think he would have considered staying on post his final year but think behind the scenes was not quite right. Cue the abuse...... |
Sorry Trips, the impression I got was that he was doing all he could to leverage himself out of his commitment to Saints when he saw the scale of the rewards on offer at Everton. For someone who’d made a big issue out of being honourable it stuck in the craw as it seemed he’d acted in an underhand way. I’m happy to be put right, perhaps Nick can enlighten us? | |
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Koeman on 22:24 - Aug 17 with 719 views | kernow | I don't suppose the truth will ever emerge but historians are good at finding out stuff. | | | |
Koeman on 10:16 - Aug 18 with 597 views | cocklebreath |
Koeman on 12:19 - Aug 17 by Chesham_Saint | 1. Pochettino is on record saying he couldn’t do that job out of the respect and affection he has for Espanyol. 2. Koeman has said he always see out a contact and is a man of his word. But then it’s football and 95% of the people in it seem to have no moral compass whatsoever, so what do you think will happen? Of the two I think Poch most likely to stand by what he said, whereas Cloggy will snatch the job like a $30 whore in an Amsterdam alley. |
Why so angry with Koeman? He was great for us, chill out | |
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Koeman on 12:23 - Aug 18 with 571 views | Chesham_Saint |
Koeman on 10:16 - Aug 18 by cocklebreath | Why so angry with Koeman? He was great for us, chill out |
Because he did the typical football thing: said one thing and then did the opposite. As I said before I’m happy to be corrected if I'm wrong, as he was an excellent manager for us. But if you shit on your own doorstep (as he APPEARED to have done) then don’t expect love and affection....so chill out. | |
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