The Manager Sacked/Hired Thread 2015/16

[PuntsWolf]

"Extra Fixtures" pisses me off. It's a load of bollocks. We play the same amount of league games as Spain and Italy and have one more domestic cup. The big clubs never take both or even one seriously anyway. Winter break I don't entirely understand either, have a weekend or two off and then cram the same amount of fixtures into less time??

January is basically a winter break anyway. 3rd and 4th round of the cup where the big teams switch it round anyway.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Not sure about the Spanish clubs but the German teams all just play friendlies during the winter break anyway. When Hoffenheim were right up the top of the league a few years ago Ibisevic did his cruciate playing in some friendly in the Middle East and they tailed right off.

 

[North West Wanderer]

Don't shoot the messenger.

Giggs to take over at Celtic..

 

[YoungWolf]

Don't shoot the messenger.

Giggs to take over at Celtic..

At the end of the season? That would be an interesting move for him

 

[North West Wanderer]

At the end of the season? That would be an interesting move for him

Now apparently?!

 

[Quirkafleeg]

Don't shoot the messenger.

Giggs to take over at Celtic..

Bang Bang...

 

[Lycan]

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[Wombat del combate]

Neville's Valencia got tonked 7-0 by Barca last night. Not a popular guy for devotees of the Mestalla.

 

[Lord Knows]

Neville's Valencia got tonked 7-0 by Barca last night. Not a popular guy for devotees of the Mestalla.

Mourinho's advice to Gary Neville: "On the bench, you cannot stop the video, touch the screen and make movements."

 

[visage]

 

[Lord Knows]

The last time Barca scored 7 with one player scoring 4 with the other 3 was in 1956. The 4 were scored by Luis Suarez...

Valencia have contacted Rafa Benítez about a return next season.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Incomprehensible how McClaren still has a job.

 

[Freddeno]

All reputation, zero delivery

 

[Nando]

He's spent £80m too!

 

[Tyrannosaurus Dan]

I still can't believe he was England manager!

 

[FrankMunro-371]

Barnsley manager Lee Johnson has been given permission to speak to Bristol City about their managerial vacancy. All this the day after Barnsley booked their place at Wembley.

 

[Lycan]

Barnsley manager Lee Johnson has been given permission to speak to Bristol City about their managerial vacancy. All this the day after Barnsley booked their place at Wembley.

That'd be a decent move for Bristol IMO.

 

[FrankMunro-371]

I doubt that Gary Neville will be at Valencia for much longer. What really surprises me though is that I thought he would be very good in management. Perhaps he should have started out in the lower leagues in England.

 

[Lord Knows]

Barnsley manager Lee Johnson has been given permission to speak to Bristol City about their managerial vacancy. All this the day after Barnsley booked their place at Wembley.

First day in the job for Lee Johnson, I think he will do well. Seems bright enough.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

I doubt that Gary Neville will be at Valencia for much longer. What really surprises me though is that I thought he would be very good in management. Perhaps he should have started out in the lower leagues in England.

Not sure about that. He spent his entire playing career in the Premier League, Champions League and with England. He's never had anything to do with lower league football save for his involvement at Salford City (which in turn is entirely different to Leagues One and Two) so there's nothing to say he'd be of any real use there, or at least it would be as much of a learning experience while on the job as his current role is. He almost certainly played against Valencia more times than he played against Oldham, Rochdale and Bury put together and I bet he's watched more of Valencia and other La Liga clubs in his work as a pundit than any of those three English, Greater Manchester/Lancashire based clubs too.