The Graham Arnold Thread

[marinerbhoy]

(with apologies to John Lennon)


They might have been there when he threw his boots into the crowd at North Sydney Oval to signal his retirement after the beer tent crowd heckled him to death (I was).

I am pretty sure he tossed his boots into the away crowd at Marconi stadium. That was his last game when NS was knocked out of the finals.

 

[bjw]

GA gonna be on Fox Sports FC next week. going to be an interesting interview

 

[serious14]

Jesus H. Christ, is this thread a pisstake??

Give _GrahamF*ckingArnold_, the single greatest clusterf*ck to ever infect Australian football with levels of shitness one never thought possible, a CHANCE?!?

With all due respect, f*ck you, and no. Arnold out.

Radar - "apparent" failures with the Olyroos?? Mate, I was there in China to witness that debacle in person. Nothing apparent about it. Sadly, I wish I could say it was a one off.... I've also had the "pleasure" of being in Thailand and Canberra (against Kuwait) to watch this clown attempt to manage a football team - if anyone here thinks we're in for nothing but the most dire football thise side of Bolton and tactical mastery of the "Hyphenator into No. 10 role when you're 1-0 with 15 to go" variety, then you're an idiot.

I wanted change, but not at this price. This is a sad day for our club. Be careful what you wish for.

 

[kevrenor]

I blame the person who started the Lawrie Out thread last year

 

[Capn Gus Bloodbeard]

Almost makes me wish I had moved to a city that had a team I didn't hate as much as Melbourne...f*** me...........
ARNOLD OUT!
ARNOLD OUT!
ARNOLD OUT!

 

[Blair]

Meh lawrie got arse raped this year thing needed to be changed brought in a coach who hopefully will bring good players n if he does he don't need to do shit the players will. Thanks lawrie will be missed good to see that they kept him in the club but I think we can all agree arnie is a wanker but I hope a succesful one. 

 

[radar]

(with apologies to John Lennon)


They might have been there when he threw his boots into the crowd at North Sydney Oval to signal his retirement after the beer tent crowd heckled him to death (I was).

I am pretty sure he tossed his boots into the away crowd at Marconi stadium. That was his last game when NS was knocked out of the finals.

I wasn't at Marconi stadium

I was at North Sydney Oval

 

[radar]

Jesus H. Christ, is this thread a pisstake??

Give _GrahamF*ckingArnold_, the single greatest clusterf*ck to ever infect Australian football with levels of shitness one never thought possible, a CHANCE?!?

With all due respect, f*ck you, and no. Arnold out.

Radar - "apparent" failures with the Olyroos?? Mate, I was there in China to witness that debacle in person. Nothing apparent about it. Sadly, I wish I could say it was a one off.... I've also had the "pleasure" of being in Thailand and Canberra (against Kuwait) to watch this clown attempt to manage a football team - if anyone here thinks we're in for nothing but the most dire football thise side of Bolton and tactical mastery of the "Hyphenator into No. 10 role when you're 1-0 with 15 to go" variety, then you're an idiot.

I wanted change, but not at this price. This is a sad day for our club. Be careful what you wish for.

You obviously know a lot more about football than I do, but if you're going to insult me about it then maybe keep your knowledge to yourself, hey?

 

[Wombat]

Sheesh.........and u lot whinge at me when I tell the truth (sorry, get negative).

I can't believe that you wont give this bloke a chance.

10 years around some pretty good coaches and mixing with the cream of Australian Football should have given Arnold some fairly decent insights into the game.
He would have learnt massively from the Asian Cup debarcle (but it was also the players that were pathetic in that tourni not just Arnie).

He will be hugely connected and I think we will reap the benefit of some decent signings.

He will also clean out the deadwood and Lawrie's favourites will be very nervous.

We still have the benefit of Lawrie's knowledge and hopefully with a new decent assistant coach we can push on to the next level.

Save your poison until he deserves it.

 

[FFC Mariner]

If he is that good, why are the FFA not even considering renewing his contract? Is it coz he is a failure as a coach? Is it because the senior players have no respect for him?

You could get me to work with a brain surgeon for 10 years but I would still kill the 1st patient I operated on

LOL

 

[serious14]

Jesus H. Christ, is this thread a pisstake??

Give _GrahamF*ckingArnold_, the single greatest clusterf*ck to ever infect Australian football with levels of shitness one never thought possible, a CHANCE?!?

With all due respect, f*ck you, and no. Arnold out.

Radar - "apparent" failures with the Olyroos?? Mate, I was there in China to witness that debacle in person. Nothing apparent about it. Sadly, I wish I could say it was a one off.... I've also had the "pleasure" of being in Thailand and Canberra (against Kuwait) to watch this clown attempt to manage a football team - if anyone here thinks we're in for nothing but the most dire football thise side of Bolton and tactical mastery of the "Hyphenator into No. 10 role when you're 1-0 with 15 to go" variety, then you're an idiot.

I wanted change, but not at this price. This is a sad day for our club. Be careful what you wish for.

You obviously know a lot more about football than I do, but if you're going to insult me about it then maybe keep your knowledge to yourself, hey?

I wasn't insulting you, I was clarifying that he _did_ fail with the Olyroos, there was nothing apparent about it. 

Wombat - if he learnt so massively from the Asian Cup debacle, why was the same shit replicated a year later in a different country with different conditions, and with a completely different squad of players??

Same again with the Asian Cup Qualifiers that he has directly managed during Pim's sideline ban.  Cornthwaite is not, and never will be, a centre forward/target man. 

As far as I'm concerned, we (those who've been burnt by this clown before) are being quite kind in the dispersion of our wrath.  I've only had the displeasure of being involved with this shithead three times - I genuinely feel sorry for the KevRenors and Mr Celery's of the world who've been exposed to his bollocks for far longer.

 

[bulldogmariner]

Sheesh.........and u lot whinge at me when I tell the truth (sorry, get negative).

I can't believe that you wont give this bloke a chance.

10 years around some pretty good coaches and mixing with the cream of Australian Football should have given Arnold some fairly decent insights into the game.
He would have learnt massively from the Asian Cup debarcle (but it was also the players that were pathetic in that tourni not just Arnie).

He will be hugely connected and I think we will reap the benefit of some decent signings.

He will also clean out the deadwood and Lawrie's favourites will be very nervous.

We still have the benefit of Lawrie's knowledge and hopefully with a new decent assistant coach we can push on to the next level.

Save your poison until he deserves it.

Which of Lawrie's favs will be nervous. There are 12 contracted players for next season and most of those players have been in Gosford for a few seasons.

 

[FFC Mariner]

and a fair few know him from N Spirit days too

 

[Nato]

From a positive point of view, I was told that GA did have requirements of things he wanted at the club in his contract before he signed. Full time support staff (physio's, massage therapists) etc. Basic things that every other football club has but we dont. Whilst im not going to comment about his past coaching results on the field. A positive is that he has been around and seen how clubs should be run. And will hopefully make this club more professional off the field.

 

[MARSHP1]

Well, we've got GA so have no choice in the matter. I for one will give him a chance to see what he can do. I was a regular at the Spirit so have some idea of what he was like, but there's a big difference between international football and club football. Hopefully Phil Moss comes over as his assistant as he does have some talent as a coach. I 'm a big fan of LM but i think the time for a change has come and really, we haven't the money for a decent overseas coach so who was available in Australia? Farina seems to be out of favour, which is a shame as i would have preferred him. Kozzie? Maybe not the right fit for the club. What we have is what we have and not supporting it is only disruptive to the club. An Arnold/Moss(hopefully) partnership might not be as bad as we think. Clarky can concentrate fully on his strength and conditioning role, LM will do a great job in his new role. Hopefully we can bring in a marquee which will attract more people through the turnstiles. Bring in and nurture the yoof...we have some promise there. At least all this is now out in the open, changes have been made, let's build for an excellent next season!

 

[Harsulas_SFC]

3. knowns all the current and recent socceroos like the back of his hand, has their trust and friendship.

I wouldn't bet on this.  There are plenty of players who have been in and/or out of NT and Olyroo setups who are not at all big fans.

 

[scottmac]

3. knowns all the current and recent socceroos like the back of his hand, has their trust and friendship.

I wouldn't bet on this.  There are plenty of players who have been in and/or out of NT and Olyroo setups who are not at all big fans.

Agree.

BUT....

It may not be a bad thing. Name two socceroo's that have come back and tore this league apart? Culina has played well in patches but has not been the messiah he was made out to be and when he is off he smells like my wheelie bin after a seafood week. Aloisi has provided us with the worst form of his career. Sterjovski and Coyne have both on the maybe list to the world cup where before they came back you would have counted them as certainties.

The only one you could really say showed his overseas form here was Craig Moore. So untill Kewell, Cahill, Neill, Schwarz or Emerton are looking for an A-League berth, i don't care.


Oh................ and bring on the mighty Holman!

 

[serious14]

Oh................ and bring on the mighty Holman!

That is a thousand paddlings.

 

[radar]

Holman has lovely hair and that can't be a bad thing

Lets get Angelo Costanzo as well

 

[elevated position]

bugger its going to be lonley on here with all the GA haters leaving