The Round Ball Game - II

[antongould]

We've had a few good'uns in my time, Alison...and a pile of duff'uns. Still it was expected after the season they had...5 times the wage he had in Paisley is being reported. C'est la footie!

Sunderland have had 20 managers this century .... including quite a few duff ones IMVVHO ....

[teamsaint]

We've had a few good'uns in my time, Alison...and a pile of duff'uns. Still it was expected after the season they had...5 times the wage he had in Paisley is being reported. C'est la footie!

Sorry to hear about this JC. Hopefully your new top tier status will help you recruit somebody better !

[EdgeleyRob]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/44238168

Weard choice, in my opinion, of course!!!! Good luck to Jack, but Buddies everywhere will miss him sorely!

[Lat-Literal]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/44238168

Weard choice, in my opinion, of course!!!! Good luck to Jack, but Buddies everywhere will miss him sorely!

Congratulations to St Mirren on their achievements. However, I saw this one coming. We live in a wacky world. I seem to recall that he was being linked to the Ipswich job along with Lampard though neither got it. Lampard allegedly has one of the highest IQs ever recorded by a footballer but I'm not keen on him and I don't see it. Hence it is probably Derby for him and Jack goes extraordinarily to a team which paid off Coleman and then hinted they would reappoint him. In parallel, Gerrard is deemed managerial material for the Rangers with no background in management at all. The good news for you is that it just might be that managers make a few thousands worth of difference to a team's success rather than millions.

This is clearly the way of the new model which sees Gazidis installing Emery at Arsenal while a committee is responsible for transfers. The money paid to the so-called bosses will plummet the more they are seen as dispensable. I have issues with Sunderland. They are not Newcastle. Worse, they were leaders in the money makers' goading of the unprivileged by sticking the Stadium of Light in an area of high deprivation. So I hope he fails there. There is only one great team in the North East. It is the Toon Army. I hope Mirren continue to do well even though you don't like Arsenal. And I really don't mind the Emery appointment although the Wagner and Henry ticket is an opportunity missed. Wagner will go to Leicester.

So Emery gets one of the biggest jobs in football. I would not be surprised if Emery wins silverware for Arsenal and quite soon. I believe he has a winning mentality. Most of those Arsenal players need a kick up the a**e. However, no one is sure yet if he will have big clear out or not.

Noted.

Call me odd but he has already used the right word for me though not for the more competitive supporter.

He believes in Arsenal's "history".....oh thank the lord for that; I feared it would be year zero.

[teamsaint]

In last orders/stoppage/Pep time news, Saints manage to appoint Mark Hughes from a shortlist of ..er....Mark Hughes,less than two weeks after he saved us from the drop.

Carry on at this pulsating speed, and we'll get a decent centre half before the end of the decade.

[teamsaint]

Sunderland have had 20 managers this century .... including quite a few duff ones IMVVHO ....

Given their wins ratio, and the cost of 20 redundancy packages , it sort of makes you wonder why they actually bother having a manager at all.........

[EdgeleyRob]

[johncorrigan]

Awrabest the 'Pool!

[BBMmk2]

Well MrsBBM will either be OTT happy or right down in the dumps. Whichever happens to Liverpool!

[Stanfordian]

I'll stick my neck out and give my prediction which is:

Both teams to score and Real Madrid to win in normal time.

My head tells me that but of course anything can happen in a one-off game.

If Liverpool do win that will be quite a story; finishing 25 points behind the Premier League winners.

[cloughie]

Travelling back home after a few days away in Gloucestershire this afternoon I thought I’ll tune in to R5 to listen to the Championship Play-off Final - no commentary! I thought that the Beeb might consider it to be important enough to be covered - nah - probably couldn’t afford that and all the resources put into covering the match in Kiev.

[Beef Oven!]

Come on you REDS!!!!

[EdgeleyRob]

Travelling back home after a few days away in Gloucestershire this afternoon I thought I’ll tune in to R5 to listen to the Championship Play-off Final - no commentary! I thought that the Beeb might consider it to be important enough to be covered - nah - probably couldn’t afford that and all the resources put into covering the match in Kiev.

Commentary was on Talk Sport who seem to be exclusively covering more and more of the big games

[cloughie]

Commentary was on Talk Sport who seem to be exclusively covering more and more of the big games

Ah well - I’d better put it on my DAB list!

[Beef Oven!]

Oh well.

Although Sadio Mané got 'em back in the the game, the truth is they didn't really recover from the Egyptian chap going off, then BALE ......... What can you say?