ahhh.... so the only difference is the players......

You do know you are actually making my point for me.

Thank you.

Posted By: usacanary on January 25th 2026 at 21:42:45

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“Managers don’t matter” part 35 (Other Football) - Old Git, Jan 25, 18:28:45
- The same Michael Carrick who was fired in June from Middlesbrough (Other Football) - usacanary, Jan 25, 21:19:15
  - Some squads react better under different managers (Other Football) - Legacy Fan, Jan 25, 21:34:50
    - ahhh.... so the only difference is the players...... (Other Football) - usacanary, Jan 25, 21:42:45
      - That’s quite a badly failed attempted recovery. (n/m) (Other Football) - Legacy Fan, Jan 25, 21:48:18
        
        I actually thought his original point wasn't unreasonable (Other Football) - norwaay, Jan 26, 08:31:02
      - The only difference is the way the players are playing (Other Football) - Old Git, Jan 25, 21:44:47
        
        The same manager who was sacked by Boro.... (Other Football) - usacanary, Jan 25, 21:51:16
        
        It’s chemistry sometimes, isn’t it? (Other Football) - Old Git, Jan 25, 22:12:08
        
        It’s always “chemistry” (Other Football) - Legacy Fan, Jan 25, 23:13:04
- Pretty sure no one has ever said managers don’t matter. (n/m) (Other Football) - Snakepit Divorceee, Jan 25, 19:20:58
  - Somebody has… (n/m) (Other Football) - Legacy Fan, Jan 25, 20:01:07
    - In fairness I think he said that people overrate the importance of managers. But that (Other Football) - The Gaffer, Jan 25, 20:12:34
      - This is at least begrudging honesty. (Other Football) - usacanary, Jan 25, 21:21:03
      - Who said this? (n/m) (Other Football) - Snakepit Divorceee, Jan 25, 20:48:21
        
        Ahhh… Should have known. (n/m) (Other Football) - Snakepit Divorceee, Jan 25, 20:56:38
        
        It's an anagram of Racy Sauna (n/m) (Other Football) - Lentil Weaver, Jan 25, 20:53:55
        
        Come round (n/m) (Other Football) - Old Git, Jan 25, 20:56:24
        
        I'm going round to jumbo's for a stiff drink (n/m) (Other Football) - Lentil Weaver, Jan 25, 20:59:24
        
        All you’ll get there is a Virgin Mary (n/m) (Other Football) - Old Git, Jan 25, 22:13:01
        
        YOU SCHLUBZ (n/m) (Other Football) - Old Git, Jan 25, 20:52:56
        
        Don’t, you’ll summon him (n/m) (Other Football) - jamesward, Jan 25, 20:50:39
        
        pants summoned him up earlier (Other Football) - Tombs, Jan 25, 21:02:41
        
        GRASS (n/m) (Other Football) - Lentil Weaver, Jan 25, 21:58:44
        
        my bad (Other Football) - Tombs, Jan 25, 22:03:47
        
        :) (n/m) (Other Football) - Lentil Weaver, Jan 25, 22:30:47
        
        you're a good un (Other Football) - Tombs, Jan 25, 22:36:45
        
        My haterz are my biggest fans......If Im not around you miss me. (Other Football) - usacanary, Jan 25, 21:23:10
        
        Are you leaving??? (Other Football) - Kev, Jan 25, 23:01:52
        
        Ha ha (n/m) (Other Football) - Old Git, Jan 25, 20:56:50
- Oh no (n/m) (Other Football) - APB, Jan 25, 19:08:36
  - ha ha (n/m) (Other Football) - Lentil Weaver, Jan 25, 20:35:23
- Well system does that’s for sure (n/m) (Other Football) - Legacy Fan, Jan 25, 18:47:16
- No no no. It's the same players, so it's the players. (n/m) (Other Football) - Yellalee, Jan 25, 18:36:12
  - or maybe they hated the previous manager or in our case.... (Other Football) - usacanary, Jan 25, 21:30:58
  - They’ve just suddenly decided to play better (n/m) (Other Football) - jamesward, Jan 25, 18:37:39
    - Doesnt that happen too most new managers.... (Other Football) - usacanary, Jan 25, 21:27:07
      - Agreed (n/m) (Other Football) - jamesward, Jan 25, 21:30:05
        
        FWIW I have talked about this before in regards to betting. (Other Football) - usacanary, Jan 25, 21:40:14
    - They’ve all started waking up at 4:30 to do world class basics (n/m) (Other Football) - Old Git, Jan 25, 18:56:07
      - The well documented extra training has def helped our team. (Other Football) - usacanary, Jan 25, 21:46:45
      - Behaviours (n/m) (Other Football) - Legacy Fan, Jan 25, 19:02:21
- Similar situation to us (Other Football) - SCC 28, Jan 25, 18:31:05
  - And the dreaded 3-4-3 (Other Football) - jamesward, Jan 25, 18:35:54
    - 3-4-1-2 (n/m) (Other Football) - Legacy Fan, Jan 25, 19:21:19
    - They’d rather be stubborn and take the payoff (n/m) (Other Football) - SCC 28, Jan 25, 18:41:05

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