Big reputations and bigger expectations mean nothing in PL

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    James Marshment
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    Louis van Gaal and Rafael Benitez have shown by their failures that big reputations and bigger expectations count for very little in the PL.

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    Riz-Man
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    “In stark contrast Slaven Bilic was considered a massive gamble when he took over at West Ham but he’s transformed the Hammers into a superb, easy-on-the-eye footballing side.” Who considered him a gamble? He’s earned a reputation as a solid manager prior to his appointment. Who the heck considered him a risk or any eye brow raising appointment? Even I, with my tendency of calling things wrong…said he’d make them a hard to beat team. Sure, I had no idea he’d do what he’s done…but never did I have the reaction that say I had when Ranieri was appointed.

    You really think it’s fair to bring Rafa into this…this soon? I’ll give you Remi Garde…but Rafa, c’mon? How are you assessing this – that he hasn’t had an immediate impact? That Newcastle should already be 6 points clear of the drop zone? His first PL season for us was very poor – who remembers the FA Cup exit that season? Sure, we got to the LC final and won the CL…but we stumbled through the early stages before getting stronger in those competitions..later in the season. Point is, he needed a little time to get something going. I don’t think he’s got that here and I expect him to fail. I certainly wasn’t (am not) expecting him to get it right…there’s just not enough time.

    In recent seasons, we’ve seen people like Mauricio Pochettino, Koeman, Laudrup (for a short while) come in and make a difference – we’ve seen, mostly via Chelsea, big managers come in, and not do so well (relatively speaking and literally speaking) – there’s nothing new – nothing is for sure – I certainly don’t think any sane person should be banking all their hope on just reputations.

    Klopp came in…there was a super overdose of optimism – just listening to him was enough to motivate me and have me charging head first…at a steel wall. A little while in, and we (well, at least, I) quickly realised it’s going to take actual hard work to make things better (that said, I’d have more faith in this happening with him in charge).

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