Frederick Posted January 20, 2017 Share Posted January 20, 2017 Well, if nothing else history will remember today as the day we signed Henri Lansbury. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael* Posted January 20, 2017 Share Posted January 20, 2017 Needless to say, the news about Joleon Lescott training with us in an effort to land a short-term deal left me as bemused as the next guy, but the really sad thing is that I don't expect the misery to end there. Despite our extensive collection of right-backs (Jones, Love and Manquillo), I still wouldn't rule out Tony Hibbert turning up and making the position his own. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frederick Posted January 20, 2017 Share Posted January 20, 2017 1 hour ago, Michael* said: Needless to say, the news about Joleon Lescott training with us in an effort to land a short-term deal left me as bemused as the next guy, but the really sad thing is that I don't expect the misery to end there. Despite our extensive collection of right-backs (Jones, Love and Manquillo), I still wouldn't rule out Tony Hibbert turning up and making the position his own. Between the dour Scot in the dugout, the aloof American owner, the shrinking transfer budgets and the striker somehow still able to find goals in a sea of dross, I thought Sunderland were already doing a fairly sterling impression of Aston Villa's descent into the gutter but obtaining Joleon would be taking matters into method actor territory! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael* Posted February 4, 2017 Share Posted February 4, 2017 The curse of Jack Rodwell is no more! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frederick Posted February 9, 2017 Share Posted February 9, 2017 Spend genuine coin on all the in-form, unspoiled diamonds of the Championship, put them in Villa shirts and of course they instantly turn into jelly legged, cross eyed Neanderthals. Signing Brentford's talisman and then getting roundly tonked by them on the same night was perhaps poetic justice but the Forest game was maybe even more unbearable, a wholesale conspiracy from within to throw away a game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frederick Posted February 15, 2017 Share Posted February 15, 2017 #bringbacktim #fantasticfour #fourhorsemenoftheapocalypse Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael* Posted February 18, 2017 Share Posted February 18, 2017 Arjen Robben is like a footballing Benjamin Button, but with a considerably balder head. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frederick Posted February 19, 2017 Share Posted February 19, 2017 I already had Gianfranco Zola down as a card carrying member of the Great Player, Awful Manager club long ago but I think in light of his recent chucklesome escapades I'd say it's time he was upgraded to platinum status. At least he does it, whatever 'it' is with that big affable smile. Soldi per la vecchia corda! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael* Posted February 19, 2017 Share Posted February 19, 2017 Zola and Birmingham looks as much of a mismatch as Gus Poyet and Sunderland were back in the day. A flair manager who wants to play attractive football, doesn't have the squad to make it work, tries to spend his way out of trouble and somehow still manages to look five players short of having a decent side. Chances are, his managerial reputation won't survive another significant setback. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael* Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 The more money Man City spend on central defenders, the worse they seem to get. At this point, the only thing 'Big Johnny' Stones (© Steve McManaman) needs to completely morph into Santiago Vergini is to perfect the art of leathering a volley from the edge of his own box into his own goal while looking at the corner flag. Which I fully expect to happen in the second leg against Monaco. The lad Mbappe looks as if he could become a real star, though. If he's not sold for a packet within the next year or so, I'll be shocked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frederick Posted February 23, 2017 Share Posted February 23, 2017 Goodnight Claudio, good morning Nigel and his tin foil hat of rage?!? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael* Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 14 hours ago, Frederick said: Goodnight Claudio, good morning Nigel and his tin foil hat of rage?!? It's amazing how no-one 'in the know' has pointed out that Pearson survived 2014/15 in its entirety with a Leicester side sitting dead last in the Premier League for virtually a whole season, while Ranieri was only given until February despite not being in the relegation zone at any point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frederick Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 Nutty Nige aside, I suspect Ranieri will be back at Leicester again at some point in the future. Just too much pull for him and the supporters and even the tin eared owners wouldn't be immune from the good PR it would produce. Whether it'd actually be a good idea is of course entirely separate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frederick Posted March 8, 2017 Share Posted March 8, 2017 Credit to Arsenal for adding a few fresh coats of disgust and humiliation to their annual 'here comes the Bayern bogeyman' round of 16 loss. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael* Posted March 11, 2017 Share Posted March 11, 2017 The reality for Arsenal is that they aren't up there with the genuine heavy hitters, although their fans bizarrely expect to see them not only hang with but beat the likes of Real Madrid, Barca and Bayern. Once Wenger isn't there any more (and perhaps we are nearing the right time for that to happen), they'll almost certainly find out where they are and what they are, which is basically an also-ran trying to compete with clubs higher up in the pecking order. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frederick Posted March 12, 2017 Share Posted March 12, 2017 Run out emphatic winners against Benfica, wibble wobble our way to defeat in Berlin. Felt instinctively right. Villa scored from a short corner! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael* Posted March 13, 2017 Share Posted March 13, 2017 No idea if McClaren or Joyce deserved the sack or not, but there can't be a league in the world with a higher turnover of managers than the Championship at the moment. It's like every club is owned by Maurizio Zamparini. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frederick Posted March 14, 2017 Share Posted March 14, 2017 18 hours ago, Michael* said: No idea if McClaren or Joyce deserved the sack or not, but there can't be a league in the world with a higher turnover of managers than the Championship at the moment. It's like every club is owned by Maurizio Zamparini. Derby getting rid of Clement when they did was a head scratcher, to the say the least. Then you bring in Nutty Nige and what's that, oh yeah, he's mad as a box of frogs, bring back McClaren. At least Rowett has operated under basket case conditions before, seemingly with dignity intact. As for Wigan, their chairman is still in Huggies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael* Posted March 14, 2017 Share Posted March 14, 2017 21 minutes ago, Frederick said: Derby getting rid of Clement when they did was a head scratcher, to the say the least. Then you bring in Nutty Nige and what's that, oh yeah, he's mad as a box of frogs, bring back McClaren. At least Rowett has operated under basket case conditions before, seemingly with dignity intact. As for Wigan, their chairman is still in Huggies. If nothing else, Derby seem to have done the right thing in moving so quickly to secure Rowett. The way things have been going since he was 'upgraded' by Birmingham, if he'd still been unemployed when the inevitable chop came for Zola, I wouldn't have been surprised if they'd asked him back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frederick Posted March 16, 2017 Share Posted March 16, 2017 Taxi for Karanka. Very similar to Lambert's final season with us; a tolerable beginning quickly mitigated by the damning realisation that it's all for nothing because there simply aren't enough goals in the team. The boy Adama, who we were imploring to be given game time, hasn't put anything together that suggests he's a contender for high office. Obviously found City's exit hilarious, not to mention deserved. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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