May

8

Benitez really has balls of steel

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You have to admire Rafa Benitez. Peter Crouch hardly gets a look in all season, the manager preferring to play the hard working but goal shy Kuyt ahead of him and deciding he’ll keep the frankly rubbish Voronin over him, yet there’s a £15m price tag slapped on his head.
Amazing. Crouch is a decent Premier [...]

Apr

23

And we’re back

Filed Under Champions League, Idiots, Managers | 2 Comments

Sorry for the lack of action around here. We’re having end of season, not in any trophies ennui.
Sparked back into life by this quote from Rafa Benitez though. After last night’s 1-1 draw with Chelsea in the Champions League he said:
Of course I am disappointed with the officials’ performance. It is not the first time [...]

Apr

18

Chelsea remain in the hunt…

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Isn’t Premier League football the best? Two Chelsea games in three days (the horror!), three goals, little in the way of excitement and all we have to really show for it is Avram Grant’s incredible post-match interview after the game against Everton. The Israeli is clearly going bonkers under the increasing pressure and criticism which [...]

Mar

9

Curtains for Curblishley? West Ham in the horrors.

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One 4-0 can be put down to having a bad. A second 4-0 defeat inside a week is perhaps a sign of some problems at a club. But three 4-0 defeats in a row is as clear a sign as you’ll ever get that a manager has lost the dressing room.
Sure, the opposition was decent [...]

Feb

28

Fans of league accumulators, take note

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The Manager of the Month awards for February are in, so avoid backing the following teams as the dreaded curse descends on…
Stoke City! Tony Pulis was the victor in the Championship after guiding Stoke to five wins in six but, somewhat predictably, once the Potters reached the poisoned chalice of first place, they contrived to [...]

Feb

21

Threats?

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The story that is coming out of Stamford Bridge that a package containing white powder was sent to Avram Grant is a cause for concern.
Frank Lampard is particularly concerned, as he though it was icing sugar.
(n.b. No, I don’t think anti-Semitism is funny, btw)

Feb

19

Not even Liverpool winning the Champions League should save Benitez

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I’m a Liverpool fan and I’ve suffered this season. So many poor results along with having to endure some terrible football too. It has been hard going I have to say. What’s been worse is the dawning realisation that we’ll never win the Premier League with Rafa as manager. He’s a good cup boss (FA [...]

Feb

19

Will the Saints march again?

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The bottom half of the Championship table is not a pretty site if you are a fan of mid-nineties Premiership football as a litter of clubs battle relegation in the vain hope of preserving safety and dignity. Southampton are one of those who have endured a torturous few years and, with their latest managerial appointment [...]

Feb

14

Peter Jackson Diagnosed with Cancer

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It is sad to report that Lincoln City manager Peter Jackson has been diagnosed with cancer of the throat. The former Huddersfield boss joined the Imps in October and has elevated the League Two strugglers clear of the relegation zone since the departure of John Schofield. Iffy Onuora, who only joined the club in midweek [...]

Feb

13

Just what is Don Givens suggesting about Giovanni Trapattoni?

Filed Under International, Managers, funny | 3 Comments

Have a listen to the first 5 or 6 seconds of this. The word, Don, is ‘interest’.
 Don Givens talks about Trapattoni

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