Shame they turned down the locals with years of coaching their children in Cap F/ball leagues.
Short sighted
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Not saying that they are to be believed but I'm seeing A LOT of Tweets on Twitter not saying that we might sign Coppell, but claiming that we HAVE signed him.
conspicuous absence of a few feverites on this thread lately - must be in the know already(or in the usual drunken stupor)
I believe a lot of red hearings have been dropped in conversations by them in the know to cover/ confuse and get the world of Nix spinning a little faster!
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Ray Gatt, Chief Football writer for The Australian Newspaper reckons we've got Coppell.
conspicuous absence of a few feverites on this thread lately - must be in the know already(or in the usual drunken stupor)
Clearly not approved by Gareth then.
That's right - that contained live amo - not suitable for an @aleague event -needs more Flare!
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Bit out of left field but has anyone heard of this fella? Bruno Metsu. The AEK Academy in Aus chucked his name out there on twitter, I've never heard of him but it's a bit weird for someone to drop a random name like that with absolutely no substance behind it. Fits the criteria, European, coached Senegal at 2002 World Cup, coached in Europe. Looks very European. An opinions?
Ray Gatt, Chief Football writer for The Australian Newspaper reckons we've got Coppell.
Ray Gatt, Chief Football writer for The Australian Newspaper reckons we've got Coppell.
Bruno Metsu - well he has had a win at WC so that is an improvement on Ricki but not sure A League wise as he is french eg language & local knowledge.He appears to have converted to Islam - is that relevant,who knows
probably random aussie bullshit
Ray Gatt, Chief Football writer for The Australian Newspaper reckons we've got Coppell.
Bruno Metsu - well he has had a win at WC so that is an improvement on Ricki but not sure A League wise as he is french eg language & local knowledge.He appears to have converted to Islam - is that relevant,who knows
probably random aussie bullshit
Lets not spoil the surprise guys. Tune in tomorrow. It will be worth it !
Bruno Metsu - well he has had a win at WC so that is an improvement on Ricki but not sure A League wise as he is french eg language & local knowledge.He appears to have converted to Islam - is that relevant,who knows
I my frazzled memory serves me well, Metsu came second on the short list that Lowy drew up for the Socceroos coaching job when Hiddink stepped down after the 2006 WC. He was seriously considered but FFA went for the Dutch continuity then. I would say he is above the level we need. Metsu is in high demand in Middle East, speaks Arabic and might have even adopted Islam (but I am not 100% sure there), the main thing is that he is no more likely to come here than Ricki is to coach Bahrain.
Actually, getting outplayed quite a bit these days
Please no, not bottler Coppell.
the rock this morning on sports news reckon merrick to be announced today. they never really take football seriously on the rock so who knows if they really do know or just following what others have been saying.
I look forward to reading all the angst when i get back from work today.Makes me laugh at how some of you moan,not sure how you can make negative comments on any of those suggested when they havnt even had a chance to play a game.Yep 4/5 games into a season go for it,but really before they have even been given a chance.
Piney put merrick as favourite this morning
" If you only have a hammer you tend to see every problem as a nail" - maslow
They said on Radio Live this morning that the "Phoenix are expected to announce Ernie Merrick as the new coach". Hmm
Piney put merrick as favourite this morning
Gotta be. Much as I'd like to think we could attract Steve Coppell down here, it still seems unlikely to me.
Does anyone know where the press conference is going to be held & are we welcome to attend??
Will be the biggest joke in the league if its Merrick. Couldve saved months of searching; its not like we didn't know what hes about before this process
a.haak
Yes looks like it will be Ernie Merrick - from a good scource
Right. That's it, I'm done. If it's Merrick, then I'm joining the ACFC Knitting Circle.
Will be the biggest joke in the league if its Merrick. Couldve saved months of searching; its not like we didn't know what hes about before this process
Interestign given the weeks of intrigue about who the new manager could be. The dozens of applicants with ex-international players and former EPl players names bandies about to get to Ernie merrick....could have just headhunted him in the first place and saved all the weeks of intrigue
" If you only have a hammer you tend to see every problem as a nail" - maslow
Put far too much stock in his past success when the league was in its infancy
a.haak
low risk is what the Welnix guys are about....
Queenslander 3x a year.
So does this mean after our worldwide search to find a coach and appointing someone in our own backyard, we are getting Ange next year?
Grumpy old bastard alert
All we need is Danny Allsopp now and we will complete our transformation into the Melbourne Victory retirement village.
a.haak
Merrick has championship winning pedigree. New club, new challenge, who knows what he can achieve?
I think the biggest problem with Merrick is that he is a known quantity to us, so it doesn't seem like that exciting an appointment off the back of a "world-wide search".
I also refuse to buy into this crap about coaches only knowing how to play one way. They may get stuck in a rut sometimes, but any top coach should know how to adapt a playing style to a group of players, and vice versa.
One thing's for sure - this has been a pretty exhaustive search by the club conducted with a high degree of professionalism. If Merrick has made it through that process and the club still think he's their man, then I'm right behind him.
If it's him of course!
"Phoenix till they lose"