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Looking back at disastrous 14 months at West Ham from Nuno Espírito Santo.
@tomrenniesoccer looks back at the lows and lows, and welcomes Scott Parker.
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I’ve wrapped up the dreadful Nuno Espírito Santo era on a therapeutic @WeekInTheTackle special out today.
Should’ve gone months ago, glad he’s gone now.
I’m ready to get behind Scott Parker.
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Nuno sacked!
Daniel Křetínský saw what everyone who watches West Ham can see. There was no chance of promotion, never mind winning the league, with Nuno Espírito Santo in charge.
A truly disastrous tenure from one of the worst managers in the history of the club.
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Nuno sacked. Not before time. Should’ve gone in May. One of the worst managers in the history of West Ham United.
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When Nuno was appointed at West Ham I was pleased and thought it was a coup.
Then we had the Brentford and Leeds games when he played everyone out of position.
That was game 2 & 3.
I remember thinking… oh.
Everything since has been inevitable.
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Could Manchester United get relegated? Yeah, absolutely. If they don’t fix the glaring problems that were evident in the summer, that are all at the forefront now.
International break can’t come soon enough.
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If Liverpool want to challenge for the title this season, the big lesson from Sunday is they need to be willing to scrap in the dirt with Arsenal.
Don’t ask. Don’t dive. Don’t get.
You need to be as cynical as Arsenal, and be prepared for the way they play.
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It was a weekend where Arsenal executed the Arteta vision perfectly.
What do they better than everyone else? They fight like hell to win.
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If VAR can’t pick up the Isak penalty, then what’s the point?
Total abolition now.
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The Carabao Cup is a nice little reserve team competition until the final, and sometimes even then. If we’re all happy with that, then it will wither and die. If we’re not, then how about some bold changes?
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Harry Kane was obviously the best player in the world last season. The numbers don’t lie.
If Harry Kane doesn’t win the Ballon d'Or after the season he just had, then the award might as well not exist. What else do you want?
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What even is Bruno Fernandes at Manchester United? Is he a Carrick player? Was he an Amorim player?
It’s not just Carrick that should go, they both should.
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If Harry Kane doesn’t win the Ballon d'Or after the season he just had, then the award might as well not exist. What else do you want?
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The same point, but again for this week.
Every problem at Man United currently was foreseeable.
Everything happening at Manchester United was completely foreseeable. Michael Carrick obviously shouldn’t have got the job. Bruno Fernandes obviously shouldn’t have been given a massive long term contract.
They’re just going through the motions.
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It’s not that Bruno Fernandes isn’t a good player, it’s that he’d run his course at Manchester United. Yet they gave him a new contact. He won player of the year last year, when he wasn’t even close to the best player in the league, and now you have an ageing egomaniac as captain.
Bruno Fernandes to TNT Sports: "It's a decision from the staff to not press man to man and sometimes leave space behind and try to get the ball, wait for them, but sometimes when you give space to these teams they get confidence."
On whether he is saying Michael Carrick got his tactics wrong: "That's on the manager and staff to see, not me. Sometimes you have to be more brave under pressure, take the risk of pressing high and making them uncomfortable."
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I’m up for a discussion on better distribution of wealth in the Premier League and across football. I’m up for a conversation about the power of the big clubs being too much.
But that’s not the Man City conversation.
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Everything happening at Manchester United was completely foreseeable. Michael Carrick obviously shouldn’t have got the job. Bruno Fernandes obviously shouldn’t have been given a massive long term contract.
They’re just going through the motions.
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Chelsea look really good.
Jordan Henderson should be made captain.
“This is why you hire a top manager!” - @tomrenniesoccer
Can Xabi Alonso turn Chelsea into title challengers this season?
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The lack of humility and acceptance of what they’ve done from everyone at Manchester City was evident this weekend.
The tone is all wrong.
It’s rubbing the face of football in it.
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The penalty for QPR against West Ham on Friday almost had me screaming for VAR. I’d still rather have some bad decisions than go back to the way VAR is currently done, but that was a real stinker.
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