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Lamps

Lamps

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Jamieb87ccfc said:
I have a few Southampton supporting friends who think they are in real trouble this season. They think the signings are poor and worried about Still plus finances in the background.
Can’t see them paying the £20m needed, and Rudoni wouldn’t want to leave Lampard (his icon) to play for another champ team.
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Have been saying the same. We won't know until about October time because there's a big gap between the Prem and Championship but still have them in the top 6. A manager that never played professional footballer and managed 1 decent side for 1 year. What could go wrong.....
 
SeaSeeEffCee

SeaSeeEffCee

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Lamps said:
Have been saying the same. We won't know until about October time because there's a big gap between the Prem and Championship but still have them in the top 6. A manager that never played professional footballer and managed 1 decent side for 1 year. What could go wrong.....
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He’s managed over 100 games for French top flight sides.
 
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Gibbo said:
In all estimates of sale or buy prices I am usually at the lower end. But even I think rudoni is 20 m. The risk is that Southampton are odds on an automatic promotion spot whereas we are a play off at best. However I would have thought rudoni would want middle table Prem
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They're not although odds don't always mean a lot.

Bassette is 50/1 to be top scorer in the Championship. Rudoni is 100/1. Rudoni is a great E/W shot.
 
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kg82 said:
He managed Reims in the top flight, didn’t he? Thought that was where he started getting noticed.
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Reims are a small club considering. They now play in what is League 2. They are not a big club. As you know I live in France. They would be considered an average Championship side at best. Lens finished in 8th last season. Won 15 games.out of 34. They have some good sides but other than the top sides it's very mediocre. The top.'sport' here is hunting. Football comes 2nd. I have a couple of parcels of woodland that came with my house and the chasse have the right to hunt on it. I'm supposed to get a % of any wild boar if caught on my land.

Like I said he managed one big club in France for one season. If we had got him instead of Lampard we would have gone ballistic. Never been a pro footballer. One season at a decent French side.
 
kg82

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Lamps said:
Reims are a small club considering. They now play in what is League 2. They are not a big club. As you know I live in France. They would be considered an average Championship side at best. Lens finished in 8th last season. Won 15 games.out of 34. They have some good sides but other than the top sides it's very mediocre. The top.'sport' here is hunting. Football comes 2nd. I have a couple of parcels of woodland that came with my house and the chasse have the right to hunt on it. I'm supposed to get a % of any wild boar if caught on my land.

Like I said he managed one big club in France for one season. If we had got him instead of Lampard we would have gone ballistic. Never been a pro footballer. One season at a decent French side.
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What you were replying to wasn’t big clubs, they said he’s managed 100 games in the top flight. Reims were in the top flight when he managed them. They may have even finished 8th too.

Edit - it was 11th
 
Lamps

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Lamps said:
Have been saying the same. We won't know until about October time because there's a big gap between the Prem and Championship but still have them in the top 6. A manager that never played professional footballer and managed 1 decent side for 1 year. What could go wrong.....
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This is what I said.

Reims then got relegated from top flight. They are not a good side. Most clubs in the French top flight are not good sides. That's why the Championship is considered to be about the 5th of 6th best division in Europe.

IMHO Lens wouldn't be the best side in the Championship. They would be hoping for the playoffs. If you disagree I will respect your idea of French football. But look at their signings. Sky Sports have distorted football in the favour of the Prem and the clubs in the Championship risking everything to get there.
 
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kg82

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Lamps said:
This is what I said.

Reims then got relegated from top flight. They are not a good side. Most clubs in the French top flight are not good sides. That's why the Championship is considered to be about the 5th of 6th best division in Europe.

IMHO Lens wouldn't be the best side in the Championship. They would be hoping for the playoffs. If you disagree I will respect your idea of French football. But look at their signings. Sky Sports have distorted football in the favour of the Prem and the clubs in the Championship risking everything to get there.
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Fair enough, but that’s an opinion. You replied to SeaSeeEffCee after he pointed out Still has managed 100 games in the French top flight. That’s a fact. That’s what I was replying to.
 
Lamps

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kg82 said:
Fair enough, but that’s an opinion. You replied to SeaSeeEffCee after he pointed out Still has managed 100 games in the French top flight. That’s a fact. That’s what I was replying to.
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He was replying to me though on saying he had only managed one decent side.

I'm not looking for an argument. Yes he has managed in the top flight in France for over 100 games. I fully agree with this. It doesn't make them a good side here though.

My point as before is he has never been a professional footballer and has only managed one decent side that he took to 8th place in a poor division. That's enough doubt in my mind on why they won't finish top of the Championship. The Championship is a very hard place to get promoted from.

My original point was would you have been happy with Will Still? I was undecided on Lampard and he had experience at this level and higher. He took Derby to the playoffs and how have they done since?
 
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