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Not entirely unexpected I guess

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/sheff_wed/9385962.stm

Brentford manager also gone.

Good, Andy Scott is a twat.

Surprised by Scotts departure...

Thought the board would of bombed him out if failed at the jpt...Like us when Malpas was in..

Had a much smaller budget than Wilson....GULP!!!!!

Nasty Fuck Forster now in charge.....

There's a fine line. Wasn't he interviewed for the Sheffield United job before Micky Adams was appointed?

Think so. As exasperated as we've all been at times, I really think we've done the right thing to keep hold of Danny.

A bit surprised by Scott's departure.

He was being hailed as the one of the best up and coming young managers.

Good job we arent doing as poor as those two teams....

That ignore button is shit hot :D

True but a scummer....they seem to be heading down with us among the dead men, so I guess their Board have gone for the knee jerk....a mistake I'd say.

I dont want them to win shit with Forster in charge...

Rat shit since Carl '1 in 10' Cort left........  top man him.

Apparently Martin Allen favorite to go back to Brentford until end of season and Gary Megson favorite for Sheff Weds

Roberto Di Matteo has been dismissed by West Brom.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/w/west_bromwich_albion/9388972.stm

Very suprising to me.

According to my WBA supporting mate, Allardyce is taking over

Allardyce is from the Midlands and when Mick McCarthy was only a couple of defeats away from
 
the sack,Big Sam was heavily linked with replacing him.

I am surprised by that.

WBA aren't really known as a sacking club.

Here's the offical statement on the WBA OS...

http://www.wba.co.uk/page/News/0,,10366~2286720,00.html

WBA are in freefall. But what is the expectation there, its going to be hard for them to be anything but a yo-yo club

They are in some pretty horrendous form. But can you see that squad being able to adapt to an Allerdyce style - on the assumption he is taking over?

I bet Cox is a little bit relieved.

Sounds rather familiar doesn't it

Cheerio Roberto, prick

It surely does.

Be interesting to see who fairs better: Us or the likes of Brentford and WBA...

He can go back to dongs and fuck them up!!!!

Eddie Newton has also left WBA. He's been assistant for some years now. Maybe we could give him a shot at first team management after Wilson leaves in the summer.

If only his hairdo was anything like before:

http://www.google.no/imgres?imgurl=http://www.commodorebillboard.de/Miscellaneous/Gfx/ChelseaFootball.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.commodorebillboard.de/Miscellaneous/Miscellaneous.htm&h=392&w=250&sz=20&tbnid=it3XrxPK70Wg_M:&tbnh=123&tbnw=78&prev=/images%3Fq%3Deddie%2Bnewton&zoom=1&q=eddie+newton&usg=__irLlp-SoeSvP8YA94t0tLl2kW8Q=&sa=X&ei=u8pOTbqDEIGbOpPZmfMP&ved=0CCcQ9QEwAQ (http://www.google.no/imgres?imgurl=http://www.commodorebillboard.de/Miscellaneous/Gfx/ChelseaFootball.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.commodorebillboard.de/Miscellaneous/Miscellaneous.htm&h=392&w=250&sz=20&tbnid=it3XrxPK70Wg_M:&tbnh=123&tbnw=78&prev=/images%3Fq%3Deddie%2Bnewton&zoom=1&q=eddie+newton&usg=__irLlp-SoeSvP8YA94t0tLl2kW8Q=&sa=X&ei=u8pOTbqDEIGbOpPZmfMP&ved=0CCcQ9QEwAQ)

Poyet mentioned in the Telegraph.

Homes and Style section?

Choice of teal or taupe.

Ah, the age-old dilemma

Hodgson is being heavily linked with it. What about Jol, ex baggie and all that?

Mclaren been sacked by Wolfsburg
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/9390250.stm

He too has already been linked with WBA job.

It's Woy to WBA then
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/w/west_bromwich_albion/9391291.stm

Ronnie Moore been given the boot by Rotherham.
Bet the Adver wishes he had been our manager - imagine the headlines they could have used involving Moore.

And Gannon yesterday at Port Vale - both teams in and around the play-offs but who've had a dissapointing run recently. It's sacktastic in the League 2 promotion race right now!

Never a bad day seeing Jim Gannon get sacked from somewhere mind.

Allen appointed at Barnet:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/12831334.stm

arriba will be gutted :)

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/12881087.stm

Wasn't he first choice before Wilson was appointed?

Yep...I was told he was coming, then Newcastle wanted compensation, so that scuppered it.  Of course Money is now available, if Fitton is still interested....he did win Div 4 last time.

I'd be much more optimistic with him in charge than Hart or Trollope.

Made a bit of a pig's ear of the Conference...which given the fact that the scum managed to get up instead, leaves a big ?   

Wiki has Money winning 43% of this games while Trollope has 37%, Hart 30%.

Don't believe Money is any better than Wilson but got to be better than Trollope or Hart surely?

In most cases all you can do is suck it and see....it's a distinctly inexact science, I'm sure whoever gets the job next season will get 4 or 5 games to hit the ground running before the fan's knives are sharpened.

Hart is someone who has been fairly mediocre at a higher level, Money and Trollope have only had success in L2. Difficult to compare.

I remember when the club wanted Money and the deal was scuppered, we got Danny Wilson instead, which I was delighted with. I suppose circumstances are different now because next season we will be a 4th division club.

Andy King always seemed like a nasty little cunt playing at being a football manager. I can't imagine him getting on with Fitton, but I'd fucking take him getting us out of L2/div4/thebasementofdeath/whateveryouwanttocallit

Bring back King!

I miss his post match interviews.

'well shaun, the magic roundabout of life does swing' was one of my favourites after we'd been beaten again

Malpas had some corkers too. They mainly consisted of ''We have to get this monkey off our back'' and ''One swallow doesn't make a summer'' and to top it all off, when he was asked ''Whats gone wrong?'' he replied confidently '' I don't know''.

I totally disagree.....if Money had got in before Wilson we would be second from bottom right now!

Ince bombed!

before anyone says it NO :no:

(Ince) Five appointments in five years.

I can't remember a season like this before, with so many managerial changes very late
in the season.

Interesting to see how Brentford have climbed in L1 since they got rid of Andy Scott,
who not long ago was very well thought of.

I swear that football club bigwigs actually believe that the "honeymoon" period is a guarentee :)

Ince will instantly pick up a whole load of backers for our job off the Adver site I suspect...

I think a lot of people would be excited if Ince was appointed.

He's got a decent track record at Division 4 level too.

Just as good as Paul Trollops  ;)

Absolutely.

His achievement at Macclesfield means that Ince edges it :)

Then he would fuck off after a year...wasnt wrong of the reasons he left Swindon was due to do with the travelling? To be fair though he did not chase us for the money he was owed I think

What I believe happened (not fact) is that the Power/Devlin camp offered him a contact which was signed by resident Tim dim but dim director James Wills. The other camp (Diamandis and co) went mental at the cost. I think this is what lead to the split becoming public and why the then STFC secretary was laid off. I certainly remember the other camp suggesting they felt they had to honour the Ince contact that had been signed...

I think the travelling thing was a smoke screen while it was all sorted out.  I think Ince would have fancied a bit of managerial experience when Wise left. Since that wasn't forthcoming he left amicably.

I don't know if this is far from the truth or not. This is my take.

Pretty much on the nail as I recall, except that Diamandis et al were initially all in favour of it when they thought Bill was underwriting it on his todd, but then once they forced him out realised they'd then have to stump up themselves. Not something they had a good track record at. So it then became a stick to beat Bill/Mark D with. It wasn't the cause of the split, but became a political tool after it.

There were a lot of tools involved in the club in those days Paul!

If that was a political tool, was Mr. Whippy a particularly unpolitical tool?

So for the next gaffer its a choice of either Ince or Trollope! :-(

I would have loved the club to attract someone like Tisdale at Exeter, but if I was him would almost regard Swindon as a step down which is a sad prediciment!

Out of interest, did anyone watch the JPT final?  I cant be the only person who thought Brentford's performance reminded them of the performance of a certain team at Wembley back in May?

He was just a tool. A useless one at that.

One word too many, sadly.  We're a bigger club with greater potential, certainly.  But right now, it would be a backward step for him.

Don't forget like Millwall, Carlisle got there last season as well,  our lot seemed overwhelmed by the occasion....maybe a bit of experience helps.

Us for League 2 play off champions then?

What year?

Ha.

Martin Allen has fucked off to Notts County already.

Good luck with that one

Aint it, didnt last long at Barnet the fucker.

He has shat right on Barnet there.

Was he not on a fixed contract there?

Not really. He was on non-contract terms earning, reportedly, 250 quid a week. He's brought some good players in an given them a fighting chance to of staying up, but at the end of that day why wouldn't he move for a one year rolling deal at a much bigger club?

Bloody hell!  Graz is their manager until the end of the season now.

On the basis of those contract terms then yea it understandable, i bet Barnet fans arent too chuffed though despite how he helped them

oh well.our loss.
7 points from 9 at barnet shows he is no mug

Martin Allen > Paul Hart

Lilly Allen > Paul Hart

STFC4LIFE>STFCBART

 :D

  Hmm I'd like to see Barnet go, but would like to see Graz do well.   :hmmm:

Allen is shite. Really fucked Cheltenham up. No wonder it took him ages to get another job.

He really did a number over them, made some horrendous decisions and made a series of outlandish rants and there are question marks over his attitude following  a few off the pitchy incidents that cumulated in him being sent on gardening leave.

He’s traded off a couple of decent seasons with Brentford and hasn’t done much else since.

Allen's shouty style might well see them stay up this season, then crash and burn next year. Which doesnt do us any favours.

8 managers in 18 months. What a joke.

Not to sure about that,all clubs have there day in the sun,Exeter are having theres at the moment,if new investors came in at Plymouth would Tisdale turn them down if offered the job there,i am not so sure.

Ref arriba not sure about Allen but would like to see Mcloud here in LG 2,if he gets himself fit he will score shitloads in my opinion.

http://timstvshowcase.com/mccloud.html

Will he bring the camel?

Anyone see Allen's interview on the BBC website, comes across as a bit of a simpleton.  Saying that his record has been pretty decent at all the clubs he has managed other than cheltenham.

And Leicester. Although that was under Mandaric. Didn't he walk out on Barnet a few weeks before the end of the season last time as well? Fucked up their promotion push IIRC. Don't think he'll be asked back there a 3rd time.

Wasn't he in the running to become manager here before Malpas? I remember him being interested.

In his interview on 5 live, he did come across as a class A plonker!

At Franchise didnt he have Adi Whitbread as his assistant?

Grant's gone then

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/13404955.stm

I thought they'd have waited until the morning. Not exactly a shock.

Automatic Di Canio link a-coming.

Hardly surprising. Maybe if their board hadn't spent since December publicly undermining him, they'd have stayed up. Probably not, but it can't have helped. Only themselves to blame

They'll go in for Di Canio no doubt.

Sets up an epic final day though 5 teams fighting for 3 places with 1pt between them  :I'm a complete mofleakin Deak

the sort of thing you can only enjoy to watch as a complete neutral!

Wouldnt be so sure. Hughton is a West Ham fan.

Feel quite sorry for him tbh.

A guy that sits next to me in the office is a Birmingham fan. With Man U playing Blackpool next week he must be as nervous as fuck. Remember United has won the league and have some minor final less than a week later - weakened team?!

Birmingham are away to Spurs - who are chasing the Europa league dream:)

If Brum lose by one more goal than Blackpool they will go down on goals scored!

I'd love it to go down to goal difference. I don't like Holloway, but i wouldn't mind Blackpool staying up...

Same here, it was always going to be difficult for him with the likes of Gold and Brady at the helm.  Some of the West Ham fans were going ballistic after the final whistle, I couldn't really work out who it was aimed at and the sky cameras quickly went back to the studio as if it was turning a bit nasty?

I'd like to see Blackpool stay up, don't really care much for any of the others.  Although a guy who sits a couple of desks away from me is a brummie.  He'll be foul tomorrow and if they get relegated, I dread to think .......

Fucking hell, they gave Grant four year deal ,which is a long time for a manager, and they will probably have to pay the last three years off. Ouch !!

Man Utd have a pretty strong squad though, arguably the strongest in the league - they can pretty much put out two completely different full strength teams. Their bench against Blackburn had Evra, Anderson, Owen, Berbatov and Scholes.

Gold and Sullivan seem to be getting alot of shot over this but all they have been guilty of is sticking by the manager,they did the same at Birmingham to be honest.

Any other manager but Grant would have kept that team up.Look at the squad of players they got and tell me that they don't have some very decent players.

Sticking by their manager? Sure, but undermining him and the team at every opportunity. Almost like they wanted the club to be relegated. Wonder if it makes it cheaper to buy the rest of the club?

Footballer of the year relegated. *chortle*

Theyll be fucked next season once they sell Parker, Green, Noble et al

When Wigan equalised this was flown over the stadium:

[url width=800 height=486]http://a.yfrog.com/img614/259/mapzx.jpg[/url]

Superb.  :clap:

Not really followed the whole west ham saga tbh.So how have they done that

Let's be honest, as soon as Grant was given the job (I forget, last season after Zola?) they were destined for relegation this season, the man's even less inspiring than Hart. 

As somebody said a few posts ago they have a decent squad - a WBA or a Newcastle is no better on paper - but the worst man manager in the prem = bottom, hardly a surprise is it?

Haha

Talksport saying schteeve mcclaren is being appointed

I dont know who is worse

I think publicly flirting with O'Neill in January is their most obvious mistake but there's been plenty including Gold's comments recently about not wanting to travel to some away games where he thinks a result is unlikely.

Didn't Karren Brady also basically call him shit in one of her oh so fascinating newspaper columns around the same time?

Did well at Middlesbrough and Twente. I certainly wouldn't say no.

You'd let him fuck you?

The thing with Avram Grant is that he always looks baffled, he wonders around the touchline with the same expression one would have if they're trying to find their car in a busy car park.

Blackpool chairman assures Holloway he will not be sacked even if Blackpool go down.

Surely there's no question he should be in the job at the start of next season regardless?

Love this.

McLaren fucked us all with his attempt at international management.

It's all kicked off at West Ham's end of season party. Ba refuses to sign an autograph as he's 'too tired' and a player/fan brawl follows.

A relegation party was probably not the best idea was it.

;)

I heard Brady didnt want Grant on the bus back from Wigan, but the players demanded he not be left behind.

She really is such a fucking bitch.

I'm sure Grant will have the last laugh when she hands over his pay cheque.

Takes after her cunt of a father no doubt..

Billy Davies to replaced by Steve McClaren?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/13644012.stm

Billy Davies sacked, thats a wierd one indeed.

Not really, Billy Davies has been antagonising Forests' board for years.

This news doesn't surprise me either but wasn't the Nottm Forest boards policy regarding transfers a bit backwards? They had a commitee of something like that.

Alex McGleish has kindly resigned via Email.

Now favourite for the Villa job.Seems to me Randy Learner is not as keen to splash the cash as he first made out.

Yes they are run a bit unusually. But Davies just wanted them to spend silly money all the time. If you look at it, Forest have achieved some success, whilst bringing through some great talent, so at the moment you would have to say its worked well.

I think its the right decision, they needed someone new. Almost every interview I saw with Davies over the past 2 years he was criticising his budget.

Cant blame McLeish the way he was treated by their board. That Carson Yeung is a clueless twit, and I would expect Birmingham to go into meltdown over the next few years.

I'd give it 12 months especially if they don't go back up first time of asking.

I don't know mate they publicly supported him recently after relegation.Agree he is a useless wanker but come on mate that's like our boss fucking off to the scum.No matter who was in charge of us we would be up in arms.

I like mcleishs leaving present :D

Marlon cunting King on a 3 year deal :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick:

He hasnt got the job yet. Seems to be fashionable at the moment for managers to leave without another job lined up.

I thought their support of McLeish was very half hearted. Birmingham were very unlucky with injuries at the end of the season. End of the day he won them a major trophy, and they should thank him for that.

And fact is, Villa are a much bigger club than Birmingham. But were bigger than the Pox, so it would be a bit different.

I find it difficult to believe that he'd have an offer to be paid 3 times as much in Holland.
Very few Eredivisie teams have those amounts of resources

Steve McClaren gets rough treatment doesn't he.

As he's a former City and Oxford man, I find it quite funny.

Lets face it Billy Davies must have found it hard combining jobs with his role of Nookie Thomson in Boardwalk Empire and the Forest job.

On a serious note i think he is one of these managers that is over hyped,certainly a good manager but not as good as he or others subscribe to in my opinion.

Yep, the heart bleeds