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Stuart

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They did come second though. They are an odd team. They either win 1-0 and look like there is potential, or get completely gubbed.

Liverpool are starting to look good enough to challenge for a top 4 place though. If they can keep Suarez, and make a few astute signings to replace Gerrard and give their attacking more creativity, they could go far.

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I think with the amount spent in the summer AVB had to perform better. It takes a while for a squad to gel but they shouldn't be getting thumped by anybody. Losing 3-0 at home to West Ham, for example, is a diabolical result.

He's flopped at two fairly big clubs now, so I imagine he'll leave England now and try to rebuild his reputation abroad.

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If only the papers hired and fired football managers, appleton would be running several clubs.

He's not got a hope of the WBA job.

There have been some ridiculous managerial hirings in the past (Kinnear at Newcastle for example) but Appleton to WBA would be up there with the worst. It would guarantee relegation.

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There have been some ridiculous managerial hirings in the past (Kinnear at Newcastle for example) but Appleton to WBA would be up there with the worst. It would guarantee relegation.

From his agents mouth this summer, he was a banker for the U21's, southgate got it. Not even Barnsley want him and now WBA are supposedly interested?

All it does for me is show how influential agents are in ALL aspects of football.

Although Appleton to WBA would help Sam keep West Ham up.

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Insane giving a manager 100m to spend, then sacking him after 16 games. World gets crazier by the day.

If he spent it he is far more culpable, but it all the players were bought for him then there is some justification that it was unfair. They have no strikers, and too many creative midfielders - they should have kept Scott Parker.

His team didn't score enough, and he tinkered too much.

I think his worst misktake was having his defence play far too high up the park making it very easy for teams to get in behind them. Also having Michael Dawson as their lynchpin doesn't help.

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Maybe Dyche will get the Spurs job and AVB can digout his trusty old powerpoint presentation and get back in for the dingle job :)

Yep, the fabled PowerPoint presentation and no doubt plenty of Excel spreadsheets to show how good he is.

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Micheal Dawson is awful. They should have either kept Assou-Ekotto or got some more cover at LB. Injuries to their left backs and Kaboul meant Vertonghen (by far their best defender) had to play LB and Dawson was a permanent fixture....which is embarrassing for a top 6 team.

They've signed a load of new players which meant it would take time to adapt but there haven't been any promising signs of it all coming together, like what's been happening at Norwich.

They've got some good players but he had no idea how to get the best out of them.

Last season, I didn't think they were too much of a one-man-team but tbh, I've revised that now.

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