Glasgowmancity Posted December 2, 2015 Share Posted December 2, 2015 New Valencia manager Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parklife Posted December 2, 2015 Share Posted December 2, 2015 Very bizarre. An untried and untested manager getting his first job, in charge of a CL team with an owner who expects CL qualification this season. Would be very impressive if he could pull that off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glasgowmancity Posted December 2, 2015 Author Share Posted December 2, 2015 Very bizarre. An untried and untested manager getting his first job, in charge of a CL team with an owner who expects CL qualification this season. And of course, the owner is also one of his business partners at Salford. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fairbairn Posted December 2, 2015 Share Posted December 2, 2015 And of course, the owner is also one of his business partners at Salford. And his brother is the assistant manager! Big loss for Sky Sports, Neville has been excellent on that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bino's Posted December 2, 2015 Share Posted December 2, 2015 his play thing Salford will now be cast aside Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaggycoo Posted December 2, 2015 Share Posted December 2, 2015 And of course, the owner is also one of his business partners at Salford. When I read that bit I did shudder and think this will only go one way.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenneth Farrington Posted December 2, 2015 Share Posted December 2, 2015 Is the Valencia owner not something to do with Salford as well? Seems a bonkers appointment on the face of it. Valencia's squad is mainly Spaniards, Portuguese & Argentinians. I wonder how they'll adapt to a more "British" style of coaching (especially after Moyes was such a hit). Assume the backroom staff will be filled with more Class of 92 & old Man Utd coaches with some spare time on their hands. This will be a disaster. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Endell Posted December 2, 2015 Share Posted December 2, 2015 Is the Valencia owner not something to do with Salford as well? Seems a bonkers appointment on the face of it. Valencia's squad is mainly Spaniards, Portuguese & Argentinians. I wonder how they'll adapt to a more "British" style of coaching (especially after Moyes was such a hit). Assume the backroom staff will be filled with more Class of 92 & old Man Utd coaches with some spare time on their hands. This will be a disaster. I should be at the Mestalla next month to view it first hand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deecie Posted December 2, 2015 Share Posted December 2, 2015 Hope he does well, he comes across as annoyingly likeable. The #####. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Debian Posted December 2, 2015 Share Posted December 2, 2015 I think he will do well there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tartanhibee Posted December 2, 2015 Share Posted December 2, 2015 There's no doubt that he knows football, but can he take it into a managerial role? It a weird one for me as you would think he would want to try in England first before going into Europe. I quite like him as annoying as that is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenneth Farrington Posted December 2, 2015 Share Posted December 2, 2015 I should be at the Mestalla next month to view it first hand. They turning it into a horse racing track ha ha ha? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbcmfc Posted December 2, 2015 Share Posted December 2, 2015 (edited) They turning it into a horse racing track ha ha ha?Possibly?They've got a half built stadium about 1.5 mile from the current one, but they can't afford to finish it. Edited to add: After posting that I googled Nou Mestalla to see what progress had been made in the 3 years since I was there, the answer appears to be none.... Edited December 2, 2015 by sbcmfc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenneth Farrington Posted December 2, 2015 Share Posted December 2, 2015 Possibly? They've got a half built stadium about 1.5 mile from the current one, but they can't afford to finish it. Edited to add: After posting that I googled Nou Mestalla to see what progress had been made in the 3 years since I was there, the answer appears to be none.... I knew they started it & ran out of money, but I thought they said they were scaling it down to get it finished. Haven't heard much about it in ages - assume it's just been left then? They spent an absolute stack in the summer. One of the most insane deals ever was agreeing a fee £20m for Negredo when they loaned him last season & hardly features now. Given where they finished last season & the money spent this time around, they should be looking to close the gap on Real & Barca. Hardly looks likely now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Endell Posted December 2, 2015 Share Posted December 2, 2015 They turning it into a horse racing track ha ha ha?I did check, but sadly Valencia doesn't appear to have a racecourse . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robroysboy Posted December 2, 2015 Share Posted December 2, 2015 Hope he does well, he comes across as annoyingly likeable. The #####. Lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Armitage Shanks Posted December 2, 2015 Share Posted December 2, 2015 Good luck to him. He will soon realise that the greatest league in the world is not the EPL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ParisInAKilt Posted December 3, 2015 Share Posted December 3, 2015 Good luck to him. He will soon realise that the greatest league in the world is not the EPL. He's a smart guy Neville, about football anyway so doubt he thinks that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scoobydoo Posted December 3, 2015 Share Posted December 3, 2015 I'll miss telly's top pundit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu101 Posted December 3, 2015 Share Posted December 3, 2015 Valencia were awful on Sunday. Two men sent off, gave away 17 corners and can only remember them having one shot- which was off target. A better side would have taken six off them- so he starts from a pretty low base. Wish him good luck anyway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jersey Jim Posted December 3, 2015 Share Posted December 3, 2015 My best mate is a Valencia supporter over here., sent me this earlier "An utterly ridiculous appointment for a team like Valencia, all because he has a connection with the owner, the fans hate the owner and will have no patience with Neville whatsoever, they will be calling for his head and getting the white handkerchiefs at the next home game. All my cousins are raging about this. Not happy campers by the sound of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mox Posted December 3, 2015 Share Posted December 3, 2015 (edited) I must be one of a select few who thinks he talks utter nonsense on sky sports. Peoples opinion of him before he became a pundit was so low that the fact he isn't a complete dunce has sanitised folk into thinking he's some sort of tactical genius. If this appointment had happened in the premiership i.e. a foreign owner of a top four club appointing his business partner and friend with no managerial experience, Neville would be one of the first to cry foul telling us it's a disgrace that a foreigner was using a club of that standing as a play thing. He's a hypocrite. He's also getting involved in an extremely dodgy set up at Valencia. The influence of Lim and 'super agent' Jorge Mendes has been on going for about 18 months I think, i'm sure Sid Lowe has done a couple of articles on it and frankly it stinks. In summary, it's cronyism of the highest degree and I hope it goes tits up. Edit: http://sport360.com/article/european/44959/inside-story-how-jorge-mendes-pulls-all-strings-valencia That article gives a pretty good insight into the current state of affairs. Edited December 3, 2015 by Mox Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jersey Jim Posted December 3, 2015 Share Posted December 3, 2015 Cheers Mox, good read I've passed it onto my mate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaid Posted December 4, 2015 Share Posted December 4, 2015 Top guy Gary Neville, like. http://www.joe.co.uk/sport/spanish-press-make-a-big-mistake-in-coverage-of-gary-nevilles-appointment/29798 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ormond Posted December 4, 2015 Share Posted December 4, 2015 Good luck to him. He will soon realise that the greatest league in the world is not the EPL. A few on this board would do well to realise this also. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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