Scott Parker's first press conference

[Fretters]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/ar ... 9yn20pqjro

"There will be some bumps in the road along the way and maybe it isn't going to be the most fluid, lovely football – that is just part of professional sport."

Does he mean the football is going to be crap in general here, or just during the bumps??

[Rileybobs]

Hope the results are as good as his core values.

[Bullabill]

Interesting that Scott Parker opted for a classic shirt and suit jacket for his club interview, showcasing a timeless and professional look. But for the presser, he's freshened things up with a light grey jumper, adding a touch of casual sophistication. It's like he's channeling a blend of business casual and laid-back elegance, a sartorial strategy that says, 'I can lead this team with both style and ease.'

Too many commas.

[Quicknick]

Too many commas.

Perfect in terms of commas and all other things grammatical.

[dibraidio]

Interesting looking at what happened at Club Bruges over the last couple of seasons.

January 3rd 2022 Philippe Clement left the club to join AS Monaco and was replaced by Alfred Schreuder. FC Bruges won the league for the 18th time and the triple for the second time in their history. Alfred Scheuder left for Ajax Amsterdam and Bruges appointed Carl Hoefkens. Despite qualifying for the last 16 of the Champions league they sacked Carl Hoefkens. They were 4th.
December 31st 2022, Scott Parker arrived at Bruges as the new coach. After some poor results in the league and two defeats in the the knock out stages of the Champions league against Benfica Parker was sacked. (2-0 in Belgium, 5-1 in Lisbon). Still 4th in the league.
Rik de Mil was appointed to finish the season. They finished 4th.

In 2023-24 FC Bruge chose Ronny Deila as coach. The directors weren't happy with 4th place so he was sacked and replaced him on March 18th with Nicky Haven. They went on to win their 19th league title.

Seems a lot like Watford a few seasons ago. Hoefkens was only the second manager in their history to be sacked. Scott Parker was the 3rd. In the space of two years Deila became their 4th dismissal.

[Exsus]

Swanno vemfingsinnit.

[Volvoclaret]

Not enough commas.

[COBBLE]

Maybe it didn't happen but nobody has discussed the situation at Fulham where the owner's son was interfering in purchases and stuff.
That might explain why he left Fulham. Scott just show us what you can do.

[Bullabill]

Perfect in terms of commas and all other things grammatical.

Not so. - "Use a pair of commas in the middle of a sentence to set off clauses, phrases, and words that are not essential to the meaning of the sentence."

"he's freshened things up with a light grey jumper" is absolutely essential to the meaning of that sentence.

The commas after 'presser' and 'says' are not required.

[Quicknick]

Not so. - "Use a pair of commas in the middle of a sentence to set off clauses, phrases, and words that are not essential to the meaning of the sentence."

"he's freshened things up with a light grey jumper" is absolutely essential to the meaning of that sentence.

The commas after 'presser' and 'says' are not required.

Those two commas are fine, although they could be left out.

[Burnley1989]

Not so. - "Use a pair of commas in the middle of a sentence to set off clauses, phrases, and words that are not essential to the meaning of the sentence."

"he's freshened things up with a light grey jumper" is absolutely essential to the meaning of that sentence.

The commas after 'presser' and 'says' are not required.

Reminds me of a scene in Gavin and Stacey.

“I’m Not Being Funny Stacey, But You Wanna Get A Life. What You Said Just Now Was Really Boring.”