Back to back promotions and just two defeats in twelve Premier League games. Yet Southampton have taken the extraordinary decision to sack Nigel Adkins and just as bizarrely appoint the unproven Mauricio Pochettino. Chairman Nicola Corteze said that Southampton needed to change manager in order to achieve their long-term ambitions. I wonder if he […]
ADKINS SACKING AGAIN SHOWS HOW CLUELESS CLUB OWNERS REALLY ARE
Tags: Chelsea, Football, Nicola Corteze, Nigel Adkins, Rafael Benitez, Roberto Di Matteo, Roman Abramovich, Southampton
GUARDIOLA MAKES A SHREWD MOVE – BUT IS IT AS A RESULT OF A FERGIE PEP TALK?
Bayern Munich stunned the football world by announcing that Pep Guardiola would become their new manager in the summer. The Spaniard has chosen to end his sabbatical and take the helm at the Allianz, in a snub to the likes of Chelsea who were so desperate for his services. The big question however is […]
WHY IS THE STANDARD OF ENGLISH REFEREEING SO FAR BEHIND EUROPE?
It seems increasingly as though we spend a large number of weekends discussing the referee rather than the football. So many times we are witnessing glaring mistakes by the men in charge that influence matches and change the results of key English League clashes. In contrast, when we watch Champions League football, more often […]
NOT EMBARRASSED ROBERTO? YOU SHOULD BE
Defeat to an under strength Dortmund team was the final bitter blow in another dismal Champions League campaign for Manchester City. The Premier League Champions finished their group without a single win, taking just three points, the worst ever total from an English side in the Champions League. Yet when asked, Roberto Mancini claimed […]
JUST HOW LONG DOES WINNING THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE BUY YOU?
Roberto Di Matteo has been sacked by Chelsea. Five months and two days after lifting the Champions League in Munich, Roman Abramovich has succumbed to his itchy trigger finger and given the manager the sack. Di Matteo took over the helm at Chelsea at a time when the club were in turmoil. Following the […]
