The Football.....

[mark st1]

We won't stay up fella, I'm certain of this despite my hopes to the contrary!

The last board were a nightmare because when push came to shove it was Briatore and Eccelestone who were running the show - the Mittals became silent partners for a time and the circus thus continued that had started when Paladini - the Chairman - sacked Holloway in 2006. The managerial roundabout was embarrassing and disheartening from then on.

When the Mittals backed their own chairman in the 2010-11 season, the difference couldn't have been greater when we won promotion and the team spirit was magnificent. Still, Rangers fans spent a tense few weeks before the end of the season wondering whether the FA would dock us points for the, apparently, dodgy signing of Alessandro Faurlin. That summer, after promotion, we still held our breaths to see whether Ecclestone and Briatore could, or would, sell the club to someone who meant the best for it.

It fell through didn't it, only to succeed with around three weeks left of the summer transfer market and so started the frenzied buying. In my book this is where this recent premiership demise all started. Warnock never got the players he wanted and was quoted, after his sacking, saying he'd wished the takeover (from Fernandes) had happened earlier.

All in the past now, like this season.

Can we have a bit of positive posting for your club now good result for your boys mate could it be Arry Houdini again lol

 

[mark st1]

Real Madrid 2 Barcelona 1. There may be a God, but there's certainly a Special One

Tuesday is going to be very interesting would rather be playing Barcelona tbh lol

 

[SpokeyDokey]

@Mark st1

I wish you'd put your text in the right place as it is very difficult to quote you.

Revolving door policy. All I can say is it's coincided with a great spell for the club. Not an unusual policy either hence my links to Real 's and Bayern's same revolving door policy.

All I can say is that sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't. I could just as easily say that long term appointments do not always do extremely well; the obvious example being Arsenal over the last decade. They've done ok finishing high in the PL and with consistent CL performances but one pot in a heck of a lot of years does not strike me as an endorsement for sticking with a manager over the log term. But again, sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't.

Next manager? Your missing the point again. All I said was that no one can say that the CFC Board do not have a manager lined up when they sack one. What more do you want me to say? How on Earth can I say who will be the next manager? That'd just be indulging in the same speculative approach as someone saying the Board do not have a replacement lined up etc.

 

[mark st1]

@Mark st1

I wish you'd put your text in the right place as it is very difficult to quote you.

lol


Next manager? Your missing the point again. All I said was that no one can say that the CFC Board do not have a manager lined up when they sack one. What more do you want me to say? How on Earth can I say who will be the next manager? That'd just be indulging in the same speculative approach as someone saying the Board do not have a replacement lined up etc.

Im pretty sure everyone can say the board dont have anyone lined up hence the public embarrassment of Abramovich whoring himself to the worlds press about Guardiola being "his man" Unless of course your going to have a succession of "interim" managers until he becomes avaliable after 2-3 years at Bayern and then 10-15 years at Man Utd

 

[SpokeyDokey]

Im pretty sure everyone can say the board dont have anyone lined up hence the public embarrassment of Abramovich whoring himself to the worlds press about Guardiola being "his man" Unless of course your going to have a succession of "interim" managers until he becomes avaliable after 2-3 years at Bayern and then 10-15 years at Man Utd

Your just being speculative again. You can only say that they do not have anyone lined up if it is an authentic Board statement. That was at the heart of my original point which you seem to have missed. You can surmise all you like and try to rope in the rest of the world ("everyone") but it doesn't make you correct.

 

[mark st1]

Your just being speculative again.

And how are you not ? Your saying the opposite to me. However whilst your club is being managed by someone who clearly admits he has no interest in keeping the job when his temporary contract runs out im waiting with anticipation to see the evidence that your board knows what its doing....................... When your ready.

Oh and fyi the Hiddink ,Grant , Di Mateo , Scolari ,Ancelotti, AVB , Benitez is my basis for my statement that your board has not got a clue. All of which in your own words have been spectacularly successful but all been sacked

 

[SpokeyDokey]

And how are you not ? Your saying the opposite to me. However whilst your club is being managed by someone who clearly admits he has no interest in keeping the job when his temporary contract runs out im waiting with anticipation to see the evidence that your board knows what its doing....................... When your ready.

Oh and fyi the Hiddink ,Grant , Di Mateo , Scolari ,Ancelotti, AVB , Benitez is my basis for my statement that your board has not got a clue. All of which in your own words have been spectacularly successful but all been sacked

Ok - I'll leave it there; your still not getting what I have said.

 

[ianrauk]

Ok - I'll leave it there; your still not getting what I have said.

Since when has a Manure fan from the home counties ever listened to what any one else has to say?

 

[mark st1]

Since when has a Manure fan from the home counties ever listened to what any one else has to say?

I will always listen and agree or disagree when it isnt bull shoot.

 

[mark st1]

Ok - I'll leave it there; your still not getting what I have said.

Im getting what your saying just not agreeing with you.

 

[Doseone]

Can we have a bit of positive posting for your club now good result for your boys mate could it be Arry Houdini again lol

4 points from safety feels a lot better and looks do-able. If we'd lost today I think that would have been it. I can watch match of the day tonight for only the third time this season

 

[mark st1]

4 points from safety feels a lot better and looks do-able. If we'd lost today I think that would have been it. I can watch match of the day tonight for only the third time this season

And top billing good result That Remy looks tasty and what a save from Green

 

[Monsieur Remings]

Can we have a bit of positive posting for your club now good result for your boys mate could it be Arry Houdini again lol

Yes fella, I can be a bit more positive, it was a great result today and Green did us proud. I liked the 4-3-3 too, the little I saw of the game and Loic Remy, if we stay up and he stays, will do some damage once he becomes more established. Samba was awesome today from what I heard too and is really coming into his own.

We have to beat Sunderland and with a few end of season six-pointers coming up, we could be in for a chance. Of course a big part of the positivity today regarding us, is not all about our own performance though it was solid enough, it also had to do with Reading losing as well as Wigan getting Suarez-ed by the 'pool. Villa meet Man City on Monday and, all other things being equal, will lose. Sunderland also only managed a draw but our home form must be better and every game now has to count.

We could be on for it but either way I'm glad we beat the Saints. I will always remember a visit some 6-7 seasons ago when the late Ray Jones scored for us. We won 1-2 that day, just like today, against the odds perhaps more on that day.

 

[2bluegp]

Arsenal in takeover bid. £1.5b bid by Middle East Group.
http://www.101greatgoals.com/blog/s...-consortium-plan-a-1-5bn-move-to-buy-arsenal/

I can hear the thud from here as thousands of Arsenal fans fall off their moral high horse!

 

[Kins]

Samba was awesome today from what I heard too and is really coming into his own.

Aye, hes getting fit. The players seem to be getting more comfortable with harrys ways to.

Shame I think its to late, cause I like 'Arry.