|
Post by Robin on Dec 14, 2009 0:29:41 GMT 1
The Brian Laws one was seemingly inevitable with their slide down the table
|
|
|
Post by Robin on Dec 15, 2009 13:01:53 GMT 1
Hans Backe has resigned from Notts County after 7 weeks in charge! Dave Kevan in temporary charge (again!) What an absolute shambles!!
|
|
|
Post by Panda on Dec 16, 2009 20:26:06 GMT 1
Brendan Rodgers has left Reading by mutual consent after just six months in charge.
|
|
vastar iner
Member
I am the poster on your wall
Posts: 17,578
|
Post by vastar iner on Dec 16, 2009 22:17:31 GMT 1
Does that mean Roy Keane is once more the most unsuccessful manager in the Championship?
|
|
|
Post by Panda on Dec 17, 2009 2:06:53 GMT 1
Suspended QPR manager Jim Magilton and assistant John Gorman have left the club by mutual consent.
|
|
|
Post by Robin on Dec 17, 2009 13:02:02 GMT 1
Paul Hart has been installed as the new QPR manager until the end of the season, with Ray Harford as his number two!
|
|
Tom
Member
*Of Royal Blood*
Posts: 15,419
|
Post by Tom on Dec 17, 2009 13:05:39 GMT 1
Brendan Rodgers has left Reading by mutual consent after just six months in charge. That came as a surprise to everyone! There was no inkling that he was going to go this week at all. There was a bit of speculation last night that it may have been due to a disagreement over transfer funds, and from reading the Mail today that seems to have been the case, so this is definitely one of those cases where mutual consent is probably pretty accurate. Saying that, if we'd lost at Bristol City this weekend (which i was probably expecting us to) then he may have been on borrowed time anyway. His biggest problem imo was his transfer activity in the summer. Doyle, Hunt, Bikey etc were always likely to go and he probably didnt have much say in Rosenior's departure (bloddy stupid) either given that he had played every league game this season before he left, we must have been after Mills before he was appointed too, but the jury is definitely out. His only good signing so far has been McAnuff. Shaun Cummings a RB we signed from Chelski when he was on loan at W Brom was actually dropped only a couple of months after we signed him even though we actually had no RBs available! He's only played once since, on Sat, and even that was a late enforced change because our left back Bertrand was ill forcing Tabb, who's been filling in at RB ever since, to switch to LB. As to where we go from here, well the obvious choice is Darren Ferguson who we were after in the summer and who would be a popular choice amongst the fans. I see that Magilton has been mentioned though... For now at least Brian McDermott is in temporary charge, which seemed obvious when he was the only person left who wasn't appointed by Rodgers! Will be interesting to see how he does as he will have managed some of the players, youngsters in particular, for the reserves in the past..
|
|
Tom
Member
*Of Royal Blood*
Posts: 15,419
|
Post by Tom on Dec 17, 2009 13:16:17 GMT 1
Oh, and he should have signed a striker on loan, or brought Mooney back from his loan at Charlton recently. Only having 1 striker available in the last 2 games isn't really going to cut it.
|
|
Tom
Member
*Of Royal Blood*
Posts: 15,419
|
Post by Tom on Dec 18, 2009 15:07:09 GMT 1
Madejski has categorically denied reports of a bust up with Rodgers saying, "I never had a cross word with him, ever, and you can take that as gospel".
Meanwhile McDermott could be manager for some time, certainly into 2010, and could get the job on a permanent basis if he does well. Was only thinking about the prospect of McDermott getting the job full-time yesterday, it would certainly be the cheap option! I do have concerns about whether Ferguson would take the job. He's also been linked with the Sheff Wed job and a potential stumbling block that was brought up was lack of funds. I don't see any difference between Sheff Wed and ourselves, and i wonder if the fact that Peterborough were bottom when he left (and obviously still are) may have affected the club's opinion of him. So i could see McDermott getting the job until the end of the season, though we would need a new manager in the long run.
|
|
|
Post by suedehead on Dec 19, 2009 19:13:46 GMT 1
According to ESPN, Mark Hughes has left Man C and Roberto Mancini has been appointed in his place.
|
|
|
Post by Panda on Dec 20, 2009 19:28:23 GMT 1
Paul Hart has been installed as the new QPR manager until the end of the season, with Ray Harford as his number two! I think that should be Mick Harford... Unless Paul Hart has a Randall & Hopkirk thing going on with the ghost of Ray Harford...
|
|
|
Post by Maximo Mark on Dec 20, 2009 19:40:54 GMT 1
Stupid that Mark Hughes has gone. If they were bringing in a world class manager I could understand, but Mancini? Dear me.
Still, one more proven Premiership manager is now unemployed so when the next one goes their club is less likely to sniff around King Billy! #disco#
|
|
Pablo
Member
*With Great Power comes Great Responsibilty*
Posts: 8,482
|
Post by Pablo on Dec 20, 2009 20:52:45 GMT 1
What are Man City thinking of? Sacking Sven for Hughes despite having a respectable position and now sacking Hughes for Mancini despite being in 6th.
I have a feeling Mancini won't stay there long.
|
|
|
Post by suedehead on Dec 21, 2009 0:49:29 GMT 1
Stupid that Mark Hughes has gone. If they were bringing in a world class manager I could understand, but Mancini? Dear me. Still, one more proven Premiership manager is now unemployed so when the next one goes their club is less likely to sniff around King Billy! I certainly can't see Hughes being out of a job for long unless he decides to take a break.
|
|
|
Post by Shireblogger on Dec 21, 2009 9:07:47 GMT 1
Stupid that Mark Hughes has gone. If they were bringing in a world class manager I could understand, but Mancini? Dear me. Still, one more proven Premiership manager is now unemployed so when the next one goes their club is less likely to sniff around King Billy! I certainly can't see Hughes being out of a job for long unless he decides to take a break. Notts County ?
|
|
|
Post by Robin on Dec 21, 2009 9:51:22 GMT 1
No chance, however I do think Peter Taylor stands a good chance of being the next Notts County manager.
|
|
|
Post by Razzle Dazzle on Dec 22, 2009 12:57:39 GMT 1
big mistake, mark hughes might not be a big name manager but he certainly has the respect of everyone, players and fans. even as a fan of another team i can see over the past 20 years he has earned everyones respect by being a great player and a good manager, what he did at blackburn was special, working with no money for years and somehow managed to build a solid team with a few exciting players. maybe man city was the wrong job for him to take, they were always going to sack him unless he over achieved, in the end he has got them to just about where they should be. i would love to see him at a top 10 team with average resources that will stick with him because then we will see the best of him.
|
|
|
Post by Shireblogger on Dec 22, 2009 13:48:10 GMT 1
Mark Hughes will be grateful for the Manchester City experience in the long run.
He's now a very high profile manager. He has a track record of improving clubs, and achieving moderate success, everywhere he has worked. He has now managed some of the world's best, and most temperamental, players. He has experience of juggling squad rotation. He has experience of managing under the media spotlight. He has experience of working with, and without, a transfer budget. He has managed international players from every continent. He has experience of managing for a board whose grip on reality is tenuous. And he has a pocket full of cash, which means he can be extremely selective about his next job.
Mark Hughes will win the Premiership as a manager one day. At which club ? Hard to say, but if I was on the board of Manchester United, I would have given him a call by now, just to start to establish a relationship...
Meanwhile, back at City, there is no manager alive capable of delivering against their owners expectations. Mancini will get 12 months. And so will the next manager. And the next. And so on, until the owners get bored, and, sadly, City get plunged back into another financial crisis.
|
|
vastar iner
Member
I am the poster on your wall
Posts: 17,578
|
Post by vastar iner on Dec 25, 2009 10:48:54 GMT 1
What are Man City thinking of? Sacking Sven for Hughes despite having a respectable position and now sacking Hughes for Mancini despite being in 6th. You mean the Mark Hughes who has spent around £300m to be one point clear of Birmingham City? Hughes is OK when he can send teams out to kick the opposition off the park. It's a bit more difficult when he has to tell them to play football.
|
|
|
Post by Earl Purple on Dec 25, 2009 11:50:11 GMT 1
They're still above Liverpool.. They're making steady progress as a team and have beaten Chelsea and Arsenal this season, were a bit unlucky against Man U and drew at Liverpool. Getting thumped 0-3 at Tottenham was their only really bad defeat this season and even losing there is no real disgrace. If Adebayor had shown better finishing the game could have gone differently.
Hughes would have known who to buy as well to complete the team. Probably not a superstar, but a solid player. You can't blame him for Robinho because it wasn't his choice to sign him.
|
|