Moneyball won't win the Premiership 2012-13

McNeill? Moore? Gould?

gillespie

Now you're talking

Always knew he was a Rangers fan

Anyone who does a QPR team talk in an imitation Bobby Gillespie voice gets an instant ban from this thread by the way.

I'm sure Mark "Sparky" Hughes will not be out of work long, what with his reliably pleasant demeanour and easy going charm. Wales job will be up soon, I reckon.

he's got a good agent

Seems kinda funny to keep Hughes in his job all week and then sack him the day before a game.

Lofts Road too noisy for Bobby G, I imagine he's more of an Emirates man

Yeah he can catch up on his reading of "Steppenwolf" there

"It hurts when, after Liverpool, you play in smaller clubs. I did not realise that I was in a great club. I have regrets.

fuck I know this feel

I will love it, love it, if Fernandes goes all out and appoints Sven now.

Anyone who does a QPR team talk in an imitation Bobby Gillespie voice gets an instant ban from this thread by the way.

it's okay, marcello doesn't post on football threads.

Yeah, but I doo

Seems kinda funny to keep Hughes in his job all week and then sack him the day before a game.
― pandemic, Friday, 23 November 2012 11:43 (13 minutes ago) Permalink

official reason was the chairman was abroad and so couldn't sanction the £5m payoff over the weekend.

conspiracy theory reason was someone had good odds on di matteo.

ah didn't see the di matteo bit upthread

fuck I know this feel

Who are you, Brad Friedel?

ferguson early reducer on rafa

that's a high compliment tbh, he doesn't usually bother nowadays

shook

He doesn't bother with Wenger any more, in fact he's actually started being actively nice about him, which Wenger must fucking hate as it means he isn't a thread. Fergie's pretty shook about Man City though, and knows how to get Mancini shook in return.

He's always been weirdly matey with Chelsea managers as far as I can recall.

socialists together

don't think this is tactical tho, it's not like benitez minds his own manners re other managers so there's probably a scrap or two in this one yet

Potentially significant news sneaking in under the radar: Arsenal deal with Emirates increased to £30m per year to 2019.

There's no fucking way I want Bobby Gillespie managing QPR. Nor do I want Gerard Love, because he looks like Mark Hughes. But I think Stephen Pastel could do a job for us.

Good to see Ferguson starting his riling of Rafa immediately, saying he's always been lucky with jobs, and has twice won World Club Cups with teams he inherited and had nothing to do with.

and the cl

yeah, how dare he claim the glory of two world club cups?

and the cl

shut up

I thought it was odd he didn't mention the CL in the clip I saw on SSN.

fergie's sour as he's only won one club world cup (is it sponsored by BA?)

It's true that Rafa had nothing to do with signing such Champions League winning titans as Harry Kewell and Djimi Traore.

I thought it was odd he didn't mention the CL in the clip I saw on SSN.

yeah, i mean houllier left rafa with such a strong team there. the likes of traore, kewell, smicer, biscan are probably some of the best cl winners of all time. plus houllier's cl record had left them battle-hardened and at the cusp of victory itself.

The Pastels actually played a gig in the Bush Hall last Saturday night, within sight of Loftus Road - possibly hastily arranged to allow Steven to have a crafty look at his new charges lose to Southampton.

Skilled at getting a performance out of underachievers as I understand it.

dunno if i've bumped my head lately but the possibility of Rafa's Chelsea and Arry's QPR is making the Prem seem all fun again all of a sudden

xpost Write to Fergie, not me.

oh wait they have appointed Arry omg

Deja-Vu for Harry - "This team had 4 points and was bottom of the table...."

he's already bought his bottle of heinz ketchup.

official?

Benitez was left a team of cl-winning potential, fact

1203: Matthew Kophamel on Twitter: "Two days ago RDM was sacked as Chelsea manager and today Mark Hughes is sacked. Coincidence ... I think not!"

of course he was, he won it. by definition that's a fact, one that doesn't prove anything. don't even bother trying to raise some shanty town of jerry built theories on this xpost

i want to talk about facts.

i thought you hated that book

Benitez was left a team of cl-winning potential, fact

― bill paxman (darraghmac), Friday, November 23, 2012 1:56 PM (10 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

No Garcia, No Alonso, no CLwin. So you're wrong.

not theories or opinions, only facts.

when rafa took over the position he had a team of players who had qualufied for the champions league and won it that year.

When he left the job, he left a team in seventh that could not even win the UEFA cup.

These are facts.

and won it that year

no other manager in the league goes unpunished for these things

you guys are fuckin hilarious, i think i might learn to love rafa being back