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Many thanks for getting the thread back onto England.Guys - you are thinking far too high up the league ladder. I am talking about the festering depths....places where no sane man would venture in search of entertainment
Many thanks for getting the thread back onto England.Guys - you are thinking far too high up the league ladder. I am talking about the festering depths....places where no sane man would venture in search of entertainment
I don't normally pay attention to the football-press axis, but are we looking here at:
and I suppose repeat ad infinitum ad nauseum for all the other papers.
- The Telegraph not wanting an English manager
- The Telegraph simply not wanting Allardyce
- The Telegraph not liking the FA and taking the opportunity to give it a kicking
- The Telegraph not wanting the English team to do well
- The Telegraph genuinely outraged at corruption in football
- The Telegraph wanting to sell papers
I understand the last and sympathise with the penultimate
When they appoint the next England manager, the FA should appoint some technically experienced minders to provide the manager with 24/7 protection outside the home against the meeja and, of course, the manager himself.
Probably thought Big Sam could look after himself! Physically, not "financially" ...I also read that the FA had recently laid off the people who provided support and guidance for the scrutiny/media circus around the job.
You really have to be a great age to remember it otherwise.I'm loving it so far as a lil ol Huddersfield Town supporter at the top of the Championship.
You really have to be a great age to remember it otherwise.
I remember in the early '50s they finished 3rd behind WBA and Wolves in the First Division.
I still have my deafening air raid warden's rattle vigorously used then at Leeds Road somewhere ...
Sorry, Phil ... I was recalling their highest post-war finish!Oi, less of the great age please! Huddersfield were a first division side when I got my first Soccer Stars sticker album. And that was not in the 50s I hasten to add!
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I can say the situation was often not that far off in the '50s.There was another cracking story while I remember about it being so rammed at Leeds Road in the early days that one kid jumped up to celebrate a goal and didn't touch the ground again until full time.
Oi, less of the great age please! Huddersfield were a first division side when I got my first Soccer Stars sticker album. And that was not in the 50s I hasten to add!
Even pre-Hodgson it was clear the cupboard was pretty bare, the fact that Allardyce got the job was a sign of a lack of (English) candidates. I wish Southgate the best, just wonder if he's a bit short of experience at senior level.
The latter I'm sure is true, but the penultimate is very doubtful. They set out to snare him with a sting, a pretty self-centred act. They'll be feeling smug now. Meanwhile the list of managers brave, stupid or naïve enough to take on the job dwindles inexorably towards:
- Gareth Southgate
- Stuart Pearce
- Gary Neville
Personally I'd rather someone good took on the role, but the good ones are sensible enough to realise that the job is comparable to being a fish in a barrel at the NRA convention.
I'm amazed by the number of "I feel sorry for Sam" quotes I've seen. Sure, the Telegraph did what they did to sell more papers, but presumably also because they knew Allardyce was corrupt. All he had to do was say he wasn't interested.
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