tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5630127.post113810988698911793..comments2023-10-10T15:45:17.051+01:00Comments on Nottingham Forest: Sven is goingBazhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08540002478471101536noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5630127.post-1138359287650603382006-01-27T10:54:00.000+00:002006-01-27T10:54:00.000+00:00Count the wins with and without McClaren. He obvi...Count the wins with and without McClaren. <BR/><BR/>He obviously has something going for him as a coach (keeping Jim Smith's Derby team up was a massively underrated achievement) - just maybe not as a manager.Bazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08540002478471101536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5630127.post-1138358935200261852006-01-27T10:48:00.000+00:002006-01-27T10:48:00.000+00:00Are you claiming that Alex Ferguson had nothing to...Are you claiming that Alex Ferguson had nothing to do with the Champions League win? All down to McLaren?Joe Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00514640245375265882noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5630127.post-1138307582760729992006-01-26T20:33:00.000+00:002006-01-26T20:33:00.000+00:00exactly - he can keep shite like that in the premi...exactly - he can keep shite like that in the premier league. give him a decent team and he wins the champion's league. still a red-faced tw@t thoughBazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08540002478471101536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5630127.post-1138208938169702762006-01-25T17:08:00.000+00:002006-01-25T17:08:00.000+00:00Two words: Boudewijn Zenden.Two words: Boudewijn Zenden.Joe Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00514640245375265882noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5630127.post-1138194570048163332006-01-25T13:09:00.000+00:002006-01-25T13:09:00.000+00:00In defence of Steve McClaren the one time when he ...In defence of Steve McClaren the one time when he wasn't working with utter rubbish was at Man U when they won the Champion's League. <BR/><BR/>The rest of the time he miraculously kept Derby up, despite them being rubbish (and as soon as he left they sank like a stone), and now he has, until this season at least, miraculously kept Middlesboro up, depite them being rubbish.Bazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08540002478471101536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5630127.post-1138194206475095482006-01-25T13:03:00.000+00:002006-01-25T13:03:00.000+00:00But he is a Forest fan!But he is a <A HREF="http://u-reds.com/Fans/Celebrities/LuisFelipeScolari.asp" REL="nofollow"> Forest fan!</A>Bazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08540002478471101536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5630127.post-1138193830214459952006-01-25T12:57:00.000+00:002006-01-25T12:57:00.000+00:00I reckon Barwick is in touch, but he is also tryin...I reckon Barwick is in touch, but he is also trying to say the kind of things that the establishment would encourage.<BR/><BR/>I only have one problem with Big Phil - and it is not his moustache. It is simply that it would be difficult to have an England manager (coach, whatever) who doesn't speak English!Rishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14431388658677465879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5630127.post-1138135813367560592006-01-24T20:50:00.000+00:002006-01-24T20:50:00.000+00:00I just heard Barwick on the radio saying "it's a f...I just heard Barwick on the radio saying "it's a fantastic job and there will be people queuing up to apply". <BR/><BR/>That's the kind of total misunderstanding of the real world worthy of Bert Millichip. <BR/><BR/>Good old FA. Still a bunch of old farts with absolutely no idea what they are doing (in charge of a multi-million pound industry)Bazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08540002478471101536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5630127.post-1138135292982975992006-01-24T20:41:00.000+00:002006-01-24T20:41:00.000+00:00My point is that without any of this external pres...My point is that without any of this external pressure he was likely to go after the World Cup. His story today about already having an informal agreement to leave in the summer does sound like a glossing over the facts (when was the last time an England manager was "sacked" rather than some kind of "mutual agreement to leave"?) - BUT we have heard similar rumours before so it was probably his Joe Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00514640245375265882noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5630127.post-1138118643791476942006-01-24T16:04:00.000+00:002006-01-24T16:04:00.000+00:00But don't you think the main reason he is going is...But don't you think the main reason he is going is because he implied that Premier League clubs were run by corrupt bastards. <BR/><BR/>As for Allardyce - I never wanted England to take part in Euro 2008 anyway. O'Neill would never want the job (especially given how pretty much every England manager is hounded out) - I reckon give the job to Big Phil - thus letting him complete a hat-trick overBazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08540002478471101536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5630127.post-1138118299267077672006-01-24T15:58:00.000+00:002006-01-24T15:58:00.000+00:00I would have preferred Sven to stay but it looks l...I would have preferred Sven to stay but it looks like he was going to go after the World Cup even without the fake sheikh stirring things up.<BR/><BR/>I think the only difference the manner of his departure makes is that the FA will resist appointing another foreign coach even more than they would have beforehand - it was already unlikely.<BR/><BR/>Given the options available Allardyce is Joe Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00514640245375265882noreply@blogger.com