Comments on: The sack race

By: montaz ali

montaz ali — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 17:41:43 +0000

if hammers lose to stoke tomorrow 17-10-2009,gianfranco zola and steve clarke must resign and bring back curbs and day for the rest of the season or put tony carr and kevin keen in charge till the end of season,then in the summer bring slaven bilic,igor stimac and davor suker to take full control for season 2010/11

By: Patrick

Patrick — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 12:36:50 +0000

O’Neill is not a terrible shout. He’s an excellent manager but if Villa slip behind the top four plus Everton, Man City and Spurs then Lerner could look elsewhere. What price them bringing Big Ron back into the fold?

By the way, I don’t dislike McCarthy I just think he’s punching above his weight. He did it at Sunderland and I reckon he’s doing it now as well. Phil Brown, however, seems a bit of an eegit. The singalong on the pitch last year after they got battered for 6 months and just stayed up by the skin of their teeth? Surely any self-respecting manager would recognise they’d just had a hell of a lucky escape and keep his head down a bit.

By: Finn

Finn — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 11:45:32 +0000

Oh, and Paul Hart going wouldn’t really feel like the first sacking of the season because, to be quite honest, Portsmouth have been a mess not of his making so sacking him and therefore trying to make him into a scapegoat just wouldn’t work – so if he were sacked it wouldn’t really count. My money is still on Phil Brown – he’s lost the team completely.

By: Finn

Finn — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 11:42:56 +0000

Martin O’Neill must be under a bit of pressure surely, more than before at least. Fights with players, Barry gone and a very one dimensional game plan – this really could be the season that Lerner starts to get itchy if they aren’t constantly in or around 5th/6th place.

As for the others – I agree with the above – Benitez has alot riding on this season. Selling Alsonso for a crock seems a bit stupid, Liverpool haven’t looked all that (as a team, individual displays have been good i.e. Torres against Hull). And I agree with you Pat; Mick McCarthy, whilst not a shoe-in for the sack because he got Wolves up, is so obviously a Championship manager at best – lovely guy but I can see Wolves going back down straight away.

By: Mike Somerville

Mike Somerville — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 14:51:34 +0000

I’ve got a feeling that Phil Brown will keep his job this season. When Jimmy Bullard comes back they will do just enough to stay up.
Again.

By: dexylong

dexylong — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 13:57:07 +0000

Aurellio came in for masha who i believe has picked up some strain. It wasn’t his greatest game, especially chucking him in there when he is left back (a decent one an all) and just coming back from injury. Goes to show how thin the scousers 2nd string is. Rafa must be praying for the new signing to get on the park. Lucas is improving with every game but he’s no Alonso/Masha.

By: Darren

Darren — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 12:33:18 +0000

Paul Jewel took over at Derby to save them, he won 1 game in 25? Megson is an awful manager. The man has no charisma what so ever, in fact, he’s one of those managers that you liked to throw a bottle of wee over, he’s that boring!

Liverpool will struggle, I didn’t watch the game but I heard they played a left back in center mid. Can someone enlighten me on this one please. I was busy watching Arsenal create 233 chances and only converting 2.

By: Nev Napier

Nev Napier — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 12:19:27 +0000

I am conjuring up images of the managerial merry-go-round feature from Fantasy Football, in particular the week when Gerry Francis was on there, his feathered mullet flowing gently in the wind.

It kind of summed it up though, one manager will be awful for one club but a hero at another, with a few exceptions, Roy Evens for instance. I can’t help but think Megson is skating on thin ice, Bolton have got a couple of decent results recently but the crowd seem to detest the man. I think McCarthy is safe, Wolves owe him one for getting them promoted, I think the situation is similar with Burnley and Fulham.

The papers reckon Brown has only four games to save his job, that probably means his job is the safest then! But Hart However, is the proverbial ‘dead man walking’. If only they could find someone who’d want the job, step up Paul Jewel.

By: Patrick

Patrick — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 11:38:07 +0000

I hope that crush doesn’t extend to Phil Neville Matt!

By: Matt Quinn

Matt Quinn — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 10:32:03 +0000

I meant Arteta, not Cahill, when listing their creative players!

By: Matt Quinn

Matt Quinn — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 10:31:16 +0000

Just reading an article that says that Liverpool this season have lost to Villa, Spurs and Fiorentina- who, incidentally, are the only half-decent teams theyve faced so far this year. Perhaps a sign of things to come? A mid-table finish?
I doubt it- but its an interesting point.

Villa should be discounted for any chance at the big 4. Very disillusioned with them at the moment. We play some terrible football and we are missing Gareth Barry. Teams have realised that once you double up on Ashley Young, the rest of our team is incapable of creating anything. I wish we had the creativity that Everton suddenly possess… Pienaar, Cahill, Bilyatedinov, Fellaini etc…

In fact, most Everton fans would now have Tim Cahill on the bench. (like i wrote in a previous article- hes massively overrated anyway!)…. i think im just having a massive crush on Everton at the moment. Really like a lot of their players!

By: Darren

Darren — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 10:23:26 +0000

Mick McCarthy’s record as a Premier League is simply woeful. For that reason, he’s ooout! Followed by Rafa Benetiz, there’s been unrest with the board for ages, they’ve already lost 3 games this season, how long with the rather impatient Liverpool fans stand for it? They already believe they have the right to win the Premier League, which, less face it, looks beyond them this season.