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Sacked by Middlesbrough after their 2-0 win agains Derby.

http://www.teamtalk.com/football/story/0,16368,1779_5641526,00.html

Suprised he got the bullet after getting back to winning ways

Rumours are that Strachan has been lined up, but 'Boro have a reputation for taking a risk with managers so I wonder if it will be someone who is new to managment like Robson & Southgate were

Can't see Southgate getting another managers job anytime soon though

Dean Windass

Most likely the decision was taken after they lost to Watford at the weekend, but they didn't want to cause disruption by actually carrying it out immediately with another game so soon after. So he would have been sacked last night whatever the result.

I'm surprised by the timing of his dismissal, should really have happened at the end of last season, they are one point off top spot.

Coppell must be on the short list.

Curbishley???? Southgate 1 point off the top 4th in the Championship and is sacked? bizarre indeed.

But Southgate has been upopular for a while and attendances have been dropping also, they are 10,000 down on last season so I suppose that income has something to do with it as well.

Apparently the decision was taken 2 weeks ago, bizzare that they have only just sacked him, makes you think they was lining up his replacement while he was still in situ which is a bit naughty

Looks like Strachan will be taking over at Boro.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/m/middlesbrough/8319489.stm

Strange sacking, he was doing alright, considering he lost his 3 best players, Downing, Tuncay and Huth.

John Barnes is available :)

Im sure that would go down well with the boro' faithful

southgate has a face you just wanna smack

And would take any salary now...

Now that would cause issues with your CRB check arriba (if you followed your urges!) :)

Mainly because he looks like the sort of bloke who would cover you in spit.

Lets face it, Strachan will have them top half of the Premier League in no time.

I've never been that impressed by Strachan. One of those things that has no factual basis, i'm sure his record is actually good.

I think Strachan will have them back in the premier league next season - but I'm pretty sure Southgate would have done as well. 

I think any half decent manager could - they have a decent squad, at least good enough for the championship.

Indeed.

Good to see Strachan has fucked things up at Boro. Under Southgate they were 3rd/4th (when he was sacked) with an average of 1.8 points a game, under Strachan they've dropped to 11th with an average of 0.7 points a game.

I really, really hope things go from bad to worse there to teach their fuckwit board a lesson. Same as when Leeds sacked O'Leary for finishing 3rd (or 4th or whatever), I bet O'Leary still laughs about that.

They have one of the least trigger happy chairmen in football. What on earth are you on about

Southgate was sacked due to them only being 3rd/4th in the Championship and not in the top two, which wasn't good enough apparently. In my book that is a dumb ass thing to do and hasn't worked out too well for them.

Well the gun will be loaded again soon...Strachan is a dire manager...and has the personality of a fish sunbathing.

Gareth Southgate was sacked due to the belief he was not the man to take the forward, gibson admitted as such when he was sacked

Southgate reminds me of Nigel Mansell's less interesting brother in law.

How he got that job in the first place was a minor miracle and I don’t think he’d have managed much more than scraping promotion and taking them back down again the following season.

Are you serious? Strachan is one of my favourite managers in terms of personality and having a laugh. He's a bit like a funny and intelligent version of Ian Holloway, without the constant need to perform and live up to the wacky persona he's generated. :)

http://www.boreme.com/boreme/funny-2004/t-strachan-quotes-p1.php

It's not in there, but i remember reading one which was as he was walking down the tunnel or something a reporter said, "Gordon, can i have a quick word?" Strachan replied, "Yes, Velocity." And continued.

At the risk of being called pedantic again, velocity is a measurement of speed (and direction) rather than an actual speed - he would have been ok with fast or speedy.

He said it jonny, not me... I still think it's funny. And jesus you're a pedantic cunt. :D

Wee Pixie Bastard

Fuckwit board? Boro?

I bet any money 99% of managers out there would love Steve Gibson as their boss.