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Post by Panda on Feb 9, 2009 18:27:00 GMT 1
Schuster now listed. As short as 14/1 but as long as 40/1.
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Post by Earl Purple on Feb 9, 2009 18:31:53 GMT 1
I do not think Mourinho would accept a job back at Chelsea.
Avram Grant would not go back either. He did a great job there and was fired for no reason other than him not being a big enough name.
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Post by Panda on Feb 9, 2009 18:42:21 GMT 1
Carlo Ancelotti suddenly seems to be high up on a lot of lists...
Some bookies now have Grant odds-on for the Pompey job.
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Post by Razzle Dazzle on Feb 9, 2009 20:31:44 GMT 1
Mourinho was in london yesterday to watch the "game"
Mourinho knows Man u inside out, to personally scout an away game that just happens to be in london and a day later Scolari gets sacked, i know they drew with Hull but the guy wasn't given a penny in January even though they needed players! all a bit fishy
90% of the chelsea team are Mourinho signings and he got the best out of them, if he can get it in a contract that he has full charge of transfers then i can see him coming back because he loves the english game and chelsea is his team.
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Post by suedehead on Feb 9, 2009 22:18:21 GMT 1
If I was a West Ham fan I would be a little nervous. However, the fact that Zola stuck to his word and played his last season for Cagliari rather than accepting a much more lucrative offer from Chelsea shows he's not entirely motivated by money.
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Post by Razzle Dazzle on Feb 10, 2009 0:02:01 GMT 1
i doubt chelsea would risk everything on someone that has only been a manager for 23 games. they have always gone for big name managers. plus what zola is building is special and they are playing well for him. i just can't see it working at chelsea with the players they have
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Post by Robin on Feb 10, 2009 11:29:50 GMT 1
Avram Grant would not go back either. He did a great job there and was fired for no reason other than him not being a big enough name. No one would want Grant back anyway! I wouldn't exactly say he did a great job, he won nothing and played uninspiring football! Chelsea's performance in the Coca Cola Cup final last season was an embarrassment!
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Post by o on Feb 10, 2009 13:54:15 GMT 1
I think sacking Scolari is beyond stupid, but that's the way of football at the mo, when the new guy comes in, if he loses a couple of important games, does he also get sacked? And they pay 7.5 mill to fire him, how much did Grant get? Isn't it about time they did 12 month rolling contracts or actually stuck to the length of the contract!
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Post by Tom on Feb 10, 2009 15:37:44 GMT 1
Tony Adams may have been taking Pompey down but i thought the sacking was a bit harsh. They hadn't played that badly since he took over and if it wasnt for the unlucky defeat on Sat he'd still be in a job. If they were going to give him so little time, then it was pointless appointing him in the first place. If I was a Pompey fan, the prospect of Grant would fill me with even more misery and gloom! Tbf, Grant may have been an odd appointment but he was only a missed penalty away from winning the Champions Lge last season. And if it wasn't for Chelsea's lengthy injury list and Ronaldo's stunning form then they probably would have won the league too. He's also familiar with Pompey as he used to be their director of football. There's talk that Chelsea want to reappoint him for the rest of the season so Pompey may get beaten to it!
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Post by Razzle Dazzle on Feb 10, 2009 15:45:45 GMT 1
but if he won games and didnt look like taking them down he would have got more time.
he is a poor manager, portsmouth were stupid to hire him in the first place, he was already on the pay roll so was the cheapest option. but due to the fact he cudn't manage a team to save his life and he was taking them down costing them 40-50 million, they have acted now to get a suitable replacement. why wudnt they, if you ran a company and the manager was going to cost you 50 million quid and possibly put you out of business due to his own short comings why would you not hire someone else who is better equiped to do the job?
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Post by Tom on Feb 10, 2009 15:49:05 GMT 1
Carlo Ancelotti suddenly seems to be high up on a lot of lists... Some bookies now have Grant odds-on for the Pompey job. Apparently Ancelotti is the guy who Abramovich wanted last summer, either him or Hiddink. Mourinho was in london yesterday to watch the "game" Mourinho knows Man u inside out, to personally scout an away game that just happens to be in london and a day later Scolari gets sacked, i know they drew with Hull but the guy wasn't given a penny in January even though they needed players! all a bit fishy 90% of the chelsea team are Mourinho signings and he got the best out of them, if he can get it in a contract that he has full charge of transfers then i can see him coming back because he loves the english game and chelsea is his team. I can't see Mourinho coming back mid-season, if at all really. I doubt Inter would let him go anyway. The reason why Scolari got v little money in Jan was simply because Abramovich didn't think much of him, hence the reason why he's also missed a lot of Chelsea games this season. Scolari even admitted he's only met Abramovich a few times. I'm still shocked by Scolari's departure, and apparently Kenyon tried to persuade Abramovich otherwise but it seems he feared an exit to Ranieri's Juve in the Champions League, and Chelsea aren't going to finish 2nd in the league this season like Ranieri did. In fact last weekend i started thinking they were more likely to finish outside the Top 4 than win the title, unthinkable for someone who actually predicted them to win the title this season.
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Post by Tom on Feb 10, 2009 16:02:55 GMT 1
Avram Grant would not go back either. He did a great job there and was fired for no reason other than him not being a big enough name. No one would want Grant back anyway! I wouldn't exactly say he did a great job, he won nothing and played uninspiring football! Chelsea's performance in the Coca Cola Cup final last season was an embarrassment! I'm not a fan of Grant and didn't like the football Chelsea played last season either, but you can't say Scolari was doing a better job atm! Chelsea's football hasn't exactly been that inspiring lately either!
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Post by Panda on Feb 10, 2009 16:09:42 GMT 1
On the Portsmouth front, there's speculation that Sven will be sacked if Mexico lose their World Cup qualifier against the USA this week, meaning he'd be available to take over at Pompey.
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Post by Robin on Feb 10, 2009 16:25:16 GMT 1
Sven's a strange one, he always does an "ok" job, but never quite inspires! I do think he would be the man to keep Pompey in the division though!
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Post by Robin on Feb 10, 2009 16:30:42 GMT 1
Apparently Chelsea are already in open discussions with Guus Hiddink.
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Post by Panda on Feb 16, 2009 17:26:54 GMT 1
Yeovil have parted company with Russell Slade.
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Post by Paddy on Feb 16, 2009 18:02:24 GMT 1
Who was at Yoevil for 2 and half years, which in the modern game is above average.
Football focus had some FA guy on and the average spell for a manager atm is 15 months, maybe less this season, how crazy!
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Post by Si. on Feb 21, 2009 18:38:08 GMT 1
Brighton have parted company with Micky Adams via Mutual Consent today.
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Post by Panda on Mar 15, 2009 23:06:23 GMT 1
Joe Royle is to take charge of Oldham for the rest of the season after John Sheridan left the club.
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Post by Earl Purple on Mar 29, 2009 10:43:06 GMT 1
Only a matter of time for Stuart McCall now. He's lost the support of the fans and will probably resign at the end of the season.
We may only be a short way from the playoffs but we have been in the top 7 for most of the season and were in the top 3 not that long ago and have had a dreadful run and have slipped badly.
He's a legend here as a player but as is so often the case, if they don't get the results that counts for nothing.
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