16-1 on Mark Hughes succeeding him........but i reckon Elvis is a better bet
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ceepeebee
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13-2 on Luis Enrique is my outsider.
Bielsa is favourite - I really want him to stay at Bilbao and build something there, won't happen though.
I like Sparky, but he's making hard work of succeeding Neil Warnock, let alone PG!!I really really hope for once we can keep 11 men on the pitch, but I can see them getting a pen at home with Drogba diving over Clint Hill's outstretched leg
. I know this isn't nice, but if Taiwo were to smash a free kick and it happened to catch a certain "captain, leader, legend" in the goolies then I would allow myself a few quiet air punches. Sunday is time for Bobby Zamora to come good.
ceepeebee
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Tito Villanova (Pep's sidekick) named as new coach, should have guessed they'd do that.
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You're all wrong. The next manager of Barcelona will be Sam Allardyce.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2010/sep/17/blackburn-sam-allardyce-inter-real
http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2010/sep/17/blackburn-sam-allardyce-inter-real
soulful dog
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They tried to be a little different with Ibrahimovich though and while it worked a bit, it wasn't completely successful. And how can you say it's arrogance not changing their game to suit who they are playing? They've won an incredible amount of trophies under Guardiola, yes they have failed to defend their Champions League & La Liga titles, but while they will have been disappointed with how they played against Chelsea, they were still the better side and a bit unfortunate not to win (besides, this season has just reinforced the fact that Chelsea are definitely a bit of a bogey team for them). And it's taken a very good Real Madrid side to stop them winning La Liga again. As good as Messi has been with his goals, Ronaldo has been every bit as good, plus they have Benzema and Higuain scoring around 20 goals each.
It's been Guardiola's philosophy to build a team to play in a certain way, it's not arrogance that he doesn't try to change it, it's just a belief in playing a certain way. And as good a team as they've been in recent years, there seems to be a common sense understanding with Guardiola that they can't win everything all the time.
As for the final, I'm quite looking forward to it being Chelsea v Bayern but I'm not sure who to support. Chelsea aren't exactly a likeable club, but aren't Bayern the most hated club in Germany? How can I support the underdog when there is none?!
Smokin Joe
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I wouldn't bet against Guardiola at Chelsea next season, despite what Di Matteo has done and might still do. Abramovich has a history of irrationality when it comes to managers.
StuAff
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Keep you in baby wipes for a whole week, that will 
Abramovich! History of irrationality! Surely you jest, young sir!
If he handed the job to Allardyce, or Erikson, would anybody be surprised?
GrumpyGregry
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Roy Hodgson? They have got to be joking.
Archie_tect
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Newcastle's missed the ferry.
Smokin Joe
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Stupid, isn't it?
Pick a man with a moderate success record in coaching moderate teams and one spectacular failure when he got a high profile job, then expect him to succeed in what is probably the toughest managerial job in football.
Wonder when they're going to talk to Avram Grant?
