http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/15997197.stm
O'Neill says Yes to Sunderland. Is this the right move for him?
I think they are discussing this on the Sunderland thread if you want to have a look at peope's opinions.
Please be careful about mentioning HE WHO SHOULD NOT BE NAMED on forum's lads. Did you not hear about him and F365?
Whats this about? PM me please!
Quote from: Radda bout yeee on December 02, 2011, 11:14:20 AM
Whats this about? PM me please!
Me too! I want te know what this is about :o
+1....whats all this about?
A simple google search of:
Martin O'Neill F365
Will give you the answers. Google is your friend. #besmarter
Quote from: tbrick18 on December 02, 2011, 11:19:10 AM
+1....whats all this about?
Fck knows but knowledge is power :D
1Oth in the talble now - 9 points away from the drop zone -
What a man !!!
Well done Martin O'Neill OBE
Quote from: Minder on January 04, 2012, 12:05:53 AM
Well done Martin O'Neill OBE
Niall Quinn (Honourary MBE) will be delighted with the league position.
O'Neill is a legend, worst mistake Villa ever made not doing everything they could to keep him.
Look at the steady decline in player quality and performance at villa since he left.
He'll do well at Sunderland and good to see it.
from bottom in the division to 8th in the premier league in a matter of a few weeks.
Christ of almighty lads, what a man !
League table since he took over.
http://twitpic.com/8eht9q
Any club he hasn't improved from the time he took over?
What odds James McClean gets player of the month?
If he was over a Champions League team would he win it?
Some going since he took over. Beat Man City and only lost 1-0 to both Chelsea and Spurs.
O'Neill will be doing well to hang onto his job now.
Quote from: Minder on December 02, 2012, 06:12:46 PM
O'Neill will be doing well to hang onto his job now.
I can never understand how some rate him so highly.
Ah, he's probably done too many clubs. You'd guess that managers get burned out trying over and over to make their mark at a club. This is his sixth club; Wycombe Wanderers, Norwich City, Leicester City, Celtic, Aston Villa and Sunderland.
Quote from: From the Bunker on December 02, 2012, 09:32:30 PM
Ah, he's probably done too many clubs. You'd guess that managers get burned out trying over and over to make their mark at a club. This is his sixth club; Wycombe Wanderers, Norwich City, Leicester City, Celtic, Aston Villa and Sunderland.
Not a great pedigree
Wycombe - from (nowhere) non-league into league football & further promotion
Norwich - wasn't there a wet week when he took a stand against the club directors and left
Leicester - legendary status for what he did with a small club
Celtic - broke the Rangers monopoly & took the greens to a European final on no money
Villa - a shambles when he arrived, top 6 finish three years in a row (see where they are now!!)
Sunderland - saved them from certain relegation last year, struggling now - do we give him some space?? Apparently not.
Quote from: Leo on December 02, 2012, 11:01:41 PM
Quote from: From the Bunker on December 02, 2012, 09:32:30 PM
Ah, he's probably done too many clubs. You'd guess that managers get burned out trying over and over to make their mark at a club. This is his sixth club; Wycombe Wanderers, Norwich City, Leicester City, Celtic, Aston Villa and Sunderland.
Not a great pedigree
Wycombe - from (nowhere) non-league into league football & further promotion
Norwich - wasn't there a wet week when he took a stand against the club directors and left
Leicester - legendary status for what he did with a small club
Celtic - broke the Rangers monopoly & took the greens to a European final on no money
Villa - a shambles when he arrived, top 6 finish three years in a row (see where they are now!!)
Sunderland - saved them from certain relegation last year, struggling now - do we give him some space?? Apparently not.
The last 3 clubs in a row he left in a good state and wasn't hounded out the door. Should be given some time.
Keane left Sunderland 4 years ago today. He is available.
Messiah Marty sacked
After a one goal defeat to Man U. A big gamble by the club and it could backfire imho.
Quote from: Minder on March 30, 2013, 09:31:29 PM
Messiah Marty sacked
what a joke !! what is a new manager going to do in 6/7 games the Martin couldnt do
Quote from: Hoof Hearted on March 30, 2013, 09:35:47 PM
Quote from: Minder on March 30, 2013, 09:31:29 PM
Messiah Marty sacked
what a joke !! what is a new manager going to do in 6/7 games the Martin couldnt do
Win a few games ?!
A decent manager, but seriously overrated. Abit surprised at the timing but he was gonna be sacked or leave eventually. Sunderland are playing some brutal stuff.
history shows that teams sacking their manager at this stage of season end up getting relegated. only have to look at wolves last year. what odds now on MON for next ireland manager?
what is it with managers getting sacked around the time they play man utd?
Quote from: clarshack on March 30, 2013, 10:01:03 PM
history shows that teams sacking their manager at this stage of season end up getting relegated. only have to look at wolves last year. what odds now on MON for next ireland manager?
North or South ?
shows the desperate measures clubs will go to to stay up.
Any1 who watched his brill Celtic side with H Larsson will tell you hes a gr8 manager. I agree No money or decent palyers the man cant work miracils.
Quote from: cadence on March 30, 2013, 10:25:01 PM
shows the desperate measures clubs will go to to stay up.
more often yhannot they dont though.
If you were a manager of a Cship side, why would you want to go up.Every year at leaat 2 of them get sacked.
look at the history :-
Nigel Adkins, Brian mcDermott, Neil Warnock, Bily Davies, Mick McCarthy etc etc
Whats the chances of Malky McKay being sacked by xmas ? (all ifs and buts included)
Quote from: BartSimpson on March 30, 2013, 10:26:23 PM
Any1 who watched his brill Celtic side with H Larsson will tell you hes a gr8 manager. I agree No money or decent palyers the man cant work miracils.
No money ?!
Was amazed O'Neill took this job in the first place.It could only have been out of a desperation to return to work as he'd been out of the game for nearly a year and a half.
No one,not Ferguson,Mourinho,or Guardiola even will make a silk purse out if a sow's ear,and at 61 you would have to think that Martin's career as a club manager is over now.
I think there is no one like martin but have to agree with Shearer he picked up on something I noticed recently. martin seemed very subdued recently and flat, even during interviews he was like he knew his time was up or things had been going on behind the scenes. ..strange one
Quote from: T Fearon on March 30, 2013, 11:54:07 PM
Was amazed O'Neill took this job in the first place.It could only have been out of a desperation to return to work as he'd been out of the game for nearly a year and a half.
No one,not Ferguson,Mourinho,or Guardiola even will make a silk purse out if a sow's ear,and at 61 you would have to think that Martin's career as a club manager is over now.
He'll not be short of offers.
Decent manager. Not a great one.
Crazy decision with 7 games left? Probably.
Lets not pretend he didn't have money though.
Over £32mill spent this season compared to just over £15mill at Swansea for example.
Quote from: Minder on March 30, 2013, 09:31:29 PM
Messiah Marty sacked
Overated anyway.
Next Free Irish republic manager?
Quote from: Hoof Hearted on March 30, 2013, 10:36:29 PM
Quote from: cadence on March 30, 2013, 10:25:01 PM
shows the desperate measures clubs will go to to stay up.
more often yhannot they dont though.
If you were a manager of a Cship side, why would you want to go up.Every year at leaat 2 of them get sacked.
look at the history :-
Nigel Adkins, Brian mcDermott, Neil Warnock, Bily Davies, Mick McCarthy etc etc
Whats the chances of Malky McKay being sacked by xmas ? (all ifs and buts included)
i've always thought sunderland had a premiership squad, but they'll be very lucky to escape the drop this time. if they go down, they might end up like wolves, in freefall. hope they don't, always had a soft spot for them. shame it hasn't worked out because o'neill clearly was passionate about them and vice versa. they're turning into a manager killer club.
O'Neills managing North & South? unity by steath?
Quote from: T Fearon on March 30, 2013, 11:54:07 PM
Was amazed O'Neill took this job in the first place.It could only have been out of a desperation to return to work as he'd been out of the game for nearly a year and a half.
Was he not a Sunderland fan as a youngster?
O'Neill for Rep of Ireland chants will start again! Good man manager, might be just what we need! Not sure if he'd want the job, financially it's a drop down from the premiership.
Quote from: From the Bunker on March 31, 2013, 12:02:06 PM
O'Neill for Rep of Ireland chants will start again! Good man manager, might be just what we need! Not sure if he'd want the job, financially it's a drop down from the premiership.
He is 61, hardly going to be concerned at earning less. He would have got a nice pay off from Sunderland for the remainder of his contract.
Quote from: rodney trotter on March 31, 2013, 12:32:04 PM
Quote from: From the Bunker on March 31, 2013, 12:02:06 PM
O'Neill for Rep of Ireland chants will start again! Good man manager, might be just what we need! Not sure if he'd want the job, financially it's a drop down from the premiership.
He is 61, hardly going to be concerned at earning less. He would have got a nice pay off from Sunderland for the remainder of his contract.
Plus will be able to carry out more media duties with his free time.
It has turned sour.He is a driven man,and earnestly desired to follow in the footsteps of his old boss,Clough,and win Champions League.Never going to happen now.
Paolo Di Canio by all accounts.
Must have been lined up.
Over rated manager. Achieved less at Celtic after spending a small fortune than WGS did working on a shoe string. Spent another fortune at Villa and had them treading water. Has spent £30m at Sunderland without any visible improvement in their league position.
Quote from: Myles Na G. on March 31, 2013, 03:58:13 PM
Over rated manager. Achieved less at Celtic after spending a small fortune than WGS did working on a shoe string. Spent another fortune at Villa and had them treading water. Has spent £30m at Sunderland without any visible improvement in their league position.
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What about what he did with Leicester city? He got Celtic to a European final which is massive considering what foreign or half decent footballer wants to play in Scotland. Your being very harsh
Interesting to see that some people think MON is over rated!!
Hard to comprehend this other than to think this is purely subjective.
MON has a good record but the players just didn't do it at Sunderland.
Laughable comparing or venerating strachan!
Sunderland looking to employ Di Canio - a man with hardly any exp!!
They deserve to ho down.
Hope McLean moves on to a bigger and better club now!
A very good manager,but like most managers,has a few blemishes,most notably throwing away the 2004/05 SPL in the dying minutes at Fir Park,and now this failure at Sunderland.
Peak years were 1997/2003 with Leicester and Celtic and I think sadly now past his best.Had his eye on Man Utd job for far too long,it was never going to happen,and I think being out of the game for nearly a season and a half in 2010-2011 didn't help either.
Quote from: lynchbhoy on March 31, 2013, 04:19:21 PM
Interesting to see that some people think MON is over rated!!
Hard to comprehend this other than to think this is purely subjective.
MON has a good record but the players just didn't do it at Sunderland.
Laughable comparing or venerating strachan!
Sunderland looking to employ Di Canio - a man with hardly any exp!!
They deserve to ho down.
Hope McLean moves on to a bigger and better club now!
I would say he is at his level, he is pretty limited. What size of club do you think he should be at?
As for O'Neill he was a decent manager at a time, nothing more, the results don't lie. If he was as good as some of you are making out he would have had a bigger job.
Di Canio mightn't keep Sunderland up,but he might break Ellis Short's jaw!
Quote from: snoopdog on March 31, 2013, 04:18:16 PM
Quote from: Myles Na G. on March 31, 2013, 03:58:13 PM
Over rated manager. Achieved less at Celtic after spending a small fortune than WGS did working on a shoe string. Spent another fortune at Villa and had them treading water. Has spent £30m at Sunderland without any visible improvement in their league position.
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What about what he did with Leicester city? He got Celtic to a European final which is massive considering what foreign or half decent footballer wants to play in Scotland. Your being very harsh
He did okay with Leicester and he did well enough with Celtic. I'm not saying he didn't, I'm saying his achievements have been over stated. He was given money at Celtic that the likes of Strachan, Mowbray and Neil Lennon can only dream about. Lennon was speculating the other day about the unlikely prospect of him being given £10m to spend. O'Neill was given much more than that, yet he was never able to take Celtic beyond the group stages in the CL. Both Strachan and Lennon have done this with teams put together with spare change. He took his team to a European final, but so did Uncle Walter. That never made him a candidate for the England job, but it got O'Neill an interview.
Quote from: Myles Na G. on March 31, 2013, 05:02:35 PM
Quote from: snoopdog on March 31, 2013, 04:18:16 PM
Quote from: Myles Na G. on March 31, 2013, 03:58:13 PM
Over rated manager. Achieved less at Celtic after spending a small fortune than WGS did working on a shoe string. Spent another fortune at Villa and had them treading water. Has spent £30m at Sunderland without any visible improvement in their league position.
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What about what he did with Leicester city? He got Celtic to a European final which is massive considering what foreign or half decent footballer wants to play in Scotland. Your being very harsh
He did okay with Leicester and he did well enough with Celtic. I'm not saying he didn't, I'm saying his achievements have been over stated. He was given money at Celtic that the likes of Strachan, Mowbray and Neil Lennon can only dream about. Lennon was speculating the other day about the unlikely prospect of him being given £10m to spend. O'Neill was given much more than that, yet he was never able to take Celtic beyond the group stages in the CL. Both Strachan and Lennon have done this with teams put together with spare change. He took his team to a European final, but so did Uncle Walter. That never made him a candidate for the England job, but it got O'Neill an interview.
not often i agree with you, but you do have a point, Lennon can only dream about having the coin O'Neill had, losing that league at Motherwell was a real downer, plus Down got beat by tyrone the same day in the rain at healy park, awful day.
On the other hand,he established Leicester as a top Premiership side without spending a fortune,and turned the tables on a rampant Rangers side (who were spending more money than Celtic at the time) in his first year at Celtic.His achievements with Villa, with a few top six finishes,should not be overlooked either.The performance of Celtic in the UEFA Cup run in 03 was great (much better than Rangers in 08),and taking Porto (who won the Champions League the next year) to extra time in the final,was a huge achievement.
Sunderland was his first ever sacking,and Alex Ferguson was sacked by a few clubs in Scotland.
Probably deserved a crack with a top four club in the EPL in the mid noughties,but now I fear past his best,and at 61,might not get another chance in the EPL.
Quote from: Myles Na G. on March 31, 2013, 03:58:13 PM
Over rated manager. Achieved less at Celtic after spending a small fortune than WGS did working on a shoe string. Spent another fortune at Villa and had them treading water. Has spent £30m at Sunderland without any visible improvement in their league position.
In fairness Strachan was up against a terrible Rangers team for most of his time at Celtic including Paul Le Guen's calamitous tenure. MON actually had to compete with a decent Rangers side. In fact they were quite good when MON arrived at Celtic. Got to a UEFA final. Never reached the knockout stages of the CL but they were pretty unlucky on occasion. I think Strachan got through a group on less points that MON's team managed. Spent a bit at Villa alright but they finished 6th 3 seasons in a row under him. The kind of thing Moyes is canonised for doing at Everton.
Maybe football has passed him by a bit now. He doesn't seem to have the same energy he once had. I could see him packing it in entirely but maybe trying out international management might suit him at this stage.
MON had more to spend than strachan or Lennon but this is commensurate in relation to the amounts rangers were spending at the time.
During Mon's time rangers were still spending nearly double than that of Celtic.
During strachan or mowbrays time rangers were spending virtually nothing as they were broke.
Lennon is getting some of the best and cheapest talent from around the world thanks to supreme talent scout John park ( I'd be worried about epl clubs coming in for him!!) but still can't beat the likes of st mirren- Lennon is still learning and has a bit to go.
McLean shows he is no slouch on the international stage. I'd like to see him at Liverpool or Celtic.
Funnily enough my second reaction after hearing MON was sacked was that he'd be perfect for Ireland.
So Paolo DiCanio is heading to Sunderland for talks about taking over from O'Neill according to Sky Sports! I can't believe any sane chairman woud appoint that wing nut, but then they did appoint Keane I suppose.
Myles masquerades as a Celtic fan, just another transparent deception of his.
MON inherited a poor squad at Sunderland, had a net spending of less than £20m which included having to buy a talented striker and midfielder. His 2 big signings turned out be average and couldn't lift the team out of their mediocrity. Apart from that, Sunderland look very flat in their mediocrity. MON has to take some of the hit.
Quote from: Main Street on March 31, 2013, 05:58:59 PM
Myles masquerades as a Celtic fan, just another transparent deception of his.
MON inherited a poor squad at Sunderland, had a net spending of less than £20m which included having to buy a talented striker and midfielder. His 2 big signings turned out be average and couldn't lift the team out of their mediocrity. Apart from that, Sunderland look very flat in their mediocrity. MON has to take some of the hit.
Def MON has to shoulder a lot of the blame but it has looked like he has been less interested this season.
To appoint Di Canio if it happens is madness IMO!
Very little exp and prone to falling out with everyone - worse than Mon or anyone else I can think of!!( as a player or manager!!)
well, di canio it is!
he'll probably keep them up, secure a champions league spot next season, as well as winning the fa cup, starting an era of black cats dominance that makes us all go Martin who? in 5 years time.
now, where did i leave that lsd, my good friend my little pony wants some.
i'm just laughing here at the prospect of the sunderland dressing room and how different it's going to be now with di canio instead of mon. those poor players, exactly the daily kick up the arse those underperforming spoilt primadonnas deserve? there'll be fireworks that's a guarantee with di canio.
oh, even more interesting, david milliband resigns as a director on account of di canio's fascist politics. never knew milliband was a sunderland fan.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2013/mar/31/paolo-di-canio-sunderland-talks-manager
Quote from: cadence on March 31, 2013, 11:29:30 PM
i'm just laughing here at the prospect of the sunderland dressing room and how different it's going to be now with di canio instead of mon. those poor players, exactly the daily kick up the arse those underperforming spoilt primadonnas deserve? there'll be fireworks that's a guarantee with di canio.
Apparently there was a shortlist of 4.
Balotelli was contracted and Maradona was considered too much of a dope.
Olly hasn't commented yet.
Bad manager. If he's half as much craic as his brother then he's a good lad. Did well with his horse in a two horse race but his Leicester team was one of the hardest football teams ever to watch, pure muck and the fact Emilie Heskey was a leading light says it all. Good luck Martin and hope to see him on our screens soon.
Blunderland.
Ahh perhaps this is an April fool?
Quote from: muppet on March 31, 2013, 11:51:23 PM
Quote from: cadence on March 31, 2013, 11:29:30 PM
i'm just laughing here at the prospect of the sunderland dressing room and how different it's going to be now with di canio instead of mon. those poor players, exactly the daily kick up the arse those underperforming spoilt primadonnas deserve? there'll be fireworks that's a guarantee with di canio.
Apparently there was a shortlist of 4.
Balotelli was contracted and Maradona was considered too much of a dope.
Olly hasn't commented yet.
di canio is right up there though. instead of being passionate, i'm more of the opinion that he's more, well, i wouldn't even say he's passive aggressive, he's just aggressive. very little tact. wonder what kind of a contract he got. i suppose they'll just use him for staying up and then go with somebody else. who knows. sunderland are dead to me now.
Quote from: cadence on April 01, 2013, 09:01:09 AM
Quote from: muppet on March 31, 2013, 11:51:23 PM
Quote from: cadence on March 31, 2013, 11:29:30 PM
i'm just laughing here at the prospect of the sunderland dressing room and how different it's going to be now with di canio instead of mon. those poor players, exactly the daily kick up the arse those underperforming spoilt primadonnas deserve? there'll be fireworks that's a guarantee with di canio.
Apparently there was a shortlist of 4.
Balotelli was contracted and Maradona was considered too much of a dope.
Olly hasn't commented yet.
di canio is right up there though. instead of being passionate, i'm more of the opinion that he's more, well, i wouldn't even say he's passive aggressive, he's just aggressive. very little tact. wonder what kind of a contract he got. i suppose they'll just use him for staying up and then go with somebody else. who knows. sunderland are dead to me now.
He got a 2.5 year contract
Quote from: Minder on April 01, 2013, 09:12:32 AM
Quote from: cadence on April 01, 2013, 09:01:09 AM
Quote from: muppet on March 31, 2013, 11:51:23 PM
Quote from: cadence on March 31, 2013, 11:29:30 PM
i'm just laughing here at the prospect of the sunderland dressing room and how different it's going to be now with di canio instead of mon. those poor players, exactly the daily kick up the arse those underperforming spoilt primadonnas deserve? there'll be fireworks that's a guarantee with di canio.
Apparently there was a shortlist of 4.
Balotelli was contracted and Maradona was considered too much of a dope.
Olly hasn't commented yet.
di canio is right up there though. instead of being passionate, i'm more of the opinion that he's more, well, i wouldn't even say he's passive aggressive, he's just aggressive. very little tact. wonder what kind of a contract he got. i suppose they'll just use him for staying up and then go with somebody else. who knows. sunderland are dead to me now.
He got a 2.5 year contract
2.5 is about right. any less and he probabbly wouldn't have gone. sunderland are a car about to end up in a brick wall somewhere. it remains to be seen exactly where it's going to end up.
Quote from: cadence on March 31, 2013, 11:35:03 PM
oh, even more interesting, david milliband resigns as a director on account of di canio's fascist politics. never knew milliband was a sunderland fan.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2013/mar/31/paolo-di-canio-sunderland-talks-manager
Fair play to Milliband for resigning on principle.
Its funny how the press didn't seem too bothered about Paulo's political beliefs until he got the job at a Premiership club ???
Miliband is heading to a new job in New York so I would guess he was gonna quit the post anyway but has taken the opportunity to score some cheap points.
Quote from: Tony Baloney on April 01, 2013, 11:35:30 AM
Miliband is heading to a new job in New York so I would guess he was gonna quit the post anyway but has taken the opportunity to score some cheap points.
i never knew it was possible to score some cheap points on a fascist, but if you say so.
Di Canio!
Was Balotelli not interested?
Martin is a proud man so is sore understandably.
Within six hours of the final whistle O'Neill was shown the exit door.
"I'm in the business now where I think very little shocks you about professional football, particularly in the last 10 years," said the 61-year-old.
"I think you can nearly lose your job in management if your tie doesn't fit your suit.
"Coming into the football club at the time when the club was on its knees, and I believe I saved the club from relegation last year, I felt the opportunity [to stay at the club] should have still been afforded to me."
Looks like gamble of appointing Di Canio is paying off.Some performance today!
This will end in tears, but it will be great viewing:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yi5I8cD080c (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yi5I8cD080c)
Quote from: muppet on April 14, 2013, 02:44:35 PM
This will end in tears, but it will great viewing:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yi5I8cD080c (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yi5I8cD080c)
Yeah, but it's great to watch in what is a really boring league! :(
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Magnificent lol :)
Watching motd sweet Jesus had to switch it over that twat Colin Murray interviewing di canio. A combination of your worst nightmare . Di canio made me sick with his antics on line
Quote from: Fear Bun Na Sceilpe on April 14, 2013, 10:51:44 PM
Watching motd sweet Jesus had to switch it over that t**t Colin Murray interviewing di canio. A combination of your worst nightmare . Di canio made me sick with his antics on line
He just makes me sick!
Di Canio's bubble burst tonight in some style.
Christian Benteke's second-half hat-trick lifted Aston Villa's hopes of Premier League survival and brought Sunderland's revival under new manager Paolo Di Canio to an abrupt halt as the Black Cats were thrashed at Villa Park.
Di Canio described this vital meeting of the strugglers as Sunderland's "Champions League Final" - but it turned into a nightmare as they were dragged right back into the relegation fight along with north-east neighbours Newcastle.
The home victory, and emphatic winning margin, also made it a bad night for Wigan as they now lie five points adrift of Villa, albeit with a game in hand.
Villa's goals, coupled with Newcastle's 6-0 home defeat by Liverpool, also mean the Midlanders leapfrog Alan Pardew's side on goal difference.
I think wigan are going to run out of road here. Would be nice to see pardew relegated but i think wigan have too much to do and too little time. If they continue with that goalie from saturday it'll not help either.
Quote from: imtommygunn on April 29, 2013, 11:00:48 PM
I think wigan are going to run out of road here. Would be nice to see pardew relegated but i think wigan have too much to do and too little time. If they continue with that goalie from saturday it'll not help either.
I too would love to see that smug f**ker Pardew relegated but I also have a particular dislike for Sunderland for some unknown reason, think it is since cabbage face Bruce was over them and they became Slur's little puppy dog. I hope Wigan stay up, I like them, nice football team, if a bit windy, but Martinez comes across as a really nice fella. The only downside to them is the fog horn known as Dave Whelan.
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Quote from: imtommygunn on April 29, 2013, 11:00:48 PM
I think wigan are going to run out of road here. Would be nice to see pardew relegated but i think wigan have too much to do and too little time. If they continue with that goalie from saturday it'll not help either.
I too would love to see that smug f**ker Pardew relegated but I also have a particular dislike for Sunderland for some unknown reason, think it is since cabbage face Bruce was over them and they became Slur's little puppy dog. I hope Wigan stay up, I like them, nice football team, if a bit windy, but Martinez comes across as a really nice fella. The only downside to them is the fog horn known as Dave Whelan.
Beat me to it. Dave Whelan sickens my shit.
I have a feeling Di Canio is going to get found out very quickly into his term as manager. I think there is a lot of hot air there and very little else.
Sunderland seem to have the ability to make their new manager look brilliant for an intial period (except for the Niall Quinn episode!), only for them to implode.
They did the same with Bruce, Keane and O'Neill and now will probably do the same with DiCanio.
I expect them to stay up but they will be scraping around next year again.
Quote from: BarryBreensBandage on April 30, 2013, 05:12:58 PM
Sunderland seem to have the ability to make their new manager look brilliant for an intial period (except for the Niall Quinn episode!), only for them to implode.
They did the same with Bruce, Keane and O'Neill and now will probably do the same with DiCanio.I expect them to stay up but they will be scraping around next year again.
Good prediction Barry.
Di Canio sacked on the day Lazio lose 2 nil to Roma! He'll probably go on a mass murder spree tonight.
Di Canio given his marching orders.
Thats a bit nastyzi
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Quote from: EC Unique on September 23, 2013, 01:24:55 PM
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That tattoo wasn't a bit freckless. Geddit? No? Ah feck aff then.