Emma Hayes - WTF?

[The Bedlington Terrier]

Just flicking between the US Masters and the England v Brazil Ladies game and Emma Hayes is co-commentating.

For those of you who do not know who she is, she is the extremely gobby Chelsea Ladies manager and gets more than her fair share of commentating on all things football.

Gems so far this evening, "England need this sort of game against a team who are good in transition". "England are suffering at present because of their lack of inversion".

"The England defence are struggling in their own third because the girls from Brazil are much better in transition".

Incidentally, it was 1-0 for England at half-time and also had what looked like a perfectly good goal chalked off for offside.

Shut up Emma FFS!

[outwoodclaret]

That makes it 30 games undefeated for Sarina Wiegman’s England Women. Another trophy to add to the European Championship they won last summer. Winning matters and the best coaches win on the big occasions. Were you watching GS?

[wanderlust]

I like Emma Hayes. She was a pundit at the men's Euros and clearly knew a lot more about football strategy and tactics than the usual sad bunch of male ex pros she was working with. (Wright, Keane and Neville) Plus she speaks her mind.

And TBF she's won just about everything as a manager (apart from the Champions League where her team lost to Barca in the final) so she's a lot more qualified to talk about football than ex players and won "Pundit of the Year".

Managerial honours:

FA Women's Super League (5): 2015, 2017–18, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22
FA WSL Spring Series (1): 2017
Women's FA Cup (4): 2014–15, 2017–18, 2020–21, 2021–22
FA Women's League Cup (2): 2019–20, 2020–21
Women's FA Community Shield (1): 2020

The Best FIFA Football Coach: 2021[43]
FA WSL Manager of the Season: 2015,[44] 2018,[45] 2020,[46] 2021,[47] 2022[48]
FA WSL Manager of the Month: October 2019,[49] January 2020,[50] February 2020,[51] January 2021,[52] March 2022[53]
Women's Super League Hall of Fame: 2021[54]

Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE): 2022[55]
Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE): 2016[56]

A pleasant change from the tired old cliches that Shearer etc churn out every week IMO.

[The Bedlington Terrier]

Likes the sound of her own voice too much for my liking lusty and opines like hers is the only one that counts.

I loved it when City whupped Chelsea last week, that shut her up.

[sinkov]

I love all this gobbledegook about transition, makes them sound like they know something about the simplest game in the world that ordinary fans don't. I'm still waiting for some fan on the terraces or stands to shout out, 'Come on lads, get your transitions right FFS', but you don't hear it do you, because us ordinary fans don't understand the game like the experts, do we.

Pundit of the Year ? Well done Emma, but it's a feckin low bar innit.

[The Bedlington Terrier]

I love all this gobbledegook about transition, makes them sound like they know something about the simplest game in the world that ordinary fans don't. I'm still waiting for some fan on the terraces or stands to shout out, 'Come on lads, get your transitions right FFS', but you don't hear it do you, because us ordinary fans don't understand the game like the experts, do we.

Pundit of the Year ? Well done Emma, but it's a feckin low bar innit.

Behave yourself mon ami and get your fecking press on.

[outwoodclaret]

I’m going to save up some chants for me and my Clarets loving granddaughters for next season. Principally they will now feature broken eyelashes and where’s your ****** transitions.

[sinkov]

Behave yourself mon ami and get your fecking press on.

If only more of our players would open their body up when they shoot, our lack of firepower wouldn't be killing us like it is.

[The Bedlington Terrier]

If only more of our players would open their body up when they shoot, our lack of firepower wouldn't be killing us like it is.

I have no fecking idea where the next goal is coming from sinkov.

[sinkov]

I have no fecking idea where the next goal is coming from sinkov.

Maybe Foster needs more minutes ?