As I see it, Fulham have a manager they don't particularly want, he doesn't want to be there. We want him and he wants to come to us. If we don't take him, nobody else is in the picture. In the end, I think Fulham have to take our offer or stick with Scottie until his contract expires. There one hope is, Neill Blake and Richard Hughes start a bidding war against each other and we pay their ransom demands. I don't think both of them can be that stupid at the same time : )
Scott Parker
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I think the board want someone like Parker and someone for a medium view not short term
Yes I am serious. I don’t understand this obsession with possession football, I don’t really care how direct we are in our approach as long as we are successful. For me an entertaining style of play is one which creates chances on goal. Barnsley were one of the most entertaining sides we faced last season, we couldn’t cope with them in the second half.
He got promoted from the conference with Oxford, and then promoted from league 2 with Northampton. Three successful stints at different clubs is pretty good going for a one team wonder!
afcb_rednblack
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I think that bidding started a few days ago, Table. However I understand negotiations broke down because, it transpired, they were both using Monopoly money
dj_silver
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Not a lot more but it's gathering pace one would think. The Athletic
Topfarrier
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Lol no i didn't see their 721 and neither did anyone else.......they play 343 the way it's supposed to be played with wingbacks pushing up high and three CBs who hold a high line ......work rate.....commitment and an intensity we could only dream about.......but no lets watch our back line pass it between them before passing it back to Bego to slice it out for a throw in.
Fulhamfaninpeace
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So if you want to know more about Scott Parker’s style of play, just watch England in that first half… literally like a spitting image of it
MB1980
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Also a spitting image of how we played most of last season.
Fulhamfaninpeace
Trialist
Oh dear. It was literally giving me horrible flashbacks to Parker making sure we don’t lose at home in our last championship season, rather than trying to win at home
james_AFCB
Star Player
Ally McCoists commentary gave me horrible flashbacks to a lot of your contribution to this thread. You sort of knew he had knowledge of the situation, and a lot of what he was saying was probably true, but my god was he bias and repetitive.
New Old Cherry
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McCoist: Ok he can be a bit of a pric about Rangers and stuff ...but tonight he was spot on with every comment !
stewyjarvo
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Any sign of a manager yet? The season starts seven weeks today, no hurry.
blandford_cherry
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Pre season must start in the next week or so?
Did I miss England appointing EH (Circa 2019/20) as interim manger or something for yesterdays game. Absolute dross
Monmouthred
Star Player
What the hell are Crystal Palace, Everton, Tottenham and West Broms' boards doing? Must all be clueless......or does that only apply to Bournemouth?
Neil Dawson
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You need to get a grip if you are having horrible flash backs from a promotion season.
Neil Dawson
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In employment terms it means he was ‘released’ when he wanted to stay. The nicer way of saying ‘sacked’ when sensitively dealing with a legend. The thing that Kris Temple has always referred to, and Willo and a few ex players I’ve spoken to. It’s why it would take an extraordinary change of events from Blake in terms of a public apology or him leaving for Eddie to come back.
Had Eddie resigned he wouldn’t have got a penny. Blake thought JT could take this club to new levels. Then JW. Got paid nearly 2m to think like that. Good work if you can get it.
Neil Dawson
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I think this is because his style of football is not our way. Speak to people who watched his sides and it’s like the last two years of Eddie and not the other eight. Now people can change of course!
