new football season 2007/8

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Dean................

Ah go on, go on, go on, go on, go on!

Mind I didn't see the Alex McLeish and Birmingham City marriage coming. Surely he could get a better job than that with his pedigree................... Apologies to all Birmingham City fans

The next England manager will be...Harry...NOT!!!

Bloomin heck - Did he donate to the Labour Party through his auntie's third cousin

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Originally posted by seagull:
The next England manager will be...Harry...NOT!!!

Thank God for that!

We're running out of candidates .....

Fascinating article in today's Times about how coaching kids is done in Holland. In my opinion until we approach something similar here any other changes are window dressing.

I agree, Bob. They have been doing it for years and it is no coincidence that they punch above their weight in international football. France too have had a much better coaching programme since the nineties and have reaped the reward since.

Mark

Do you think it is over optimistic for me to believe we are going to win the next world cup whoever is manager?

I hear the FA are approaching Histon FC.

its got to be mourinho for me. end of !

Sven-Goran Eriksson said he could understand the clamour for Mourinho but warned he'd be taking on the biggest job in football. Sven said:

Mourinho has shown that he is big with Porto and with Chelsea, so if he has been winning trophies for them, he can do it with England. To be the England manager you must win every game, not do anything in your private life and hopefully not earn too much money. They are the only qualities you need and if you have those then you are perfect. The biggest football job in the world is to be the England manager. The Champions League is big, but to compare it with the World Cup? No chance. The World Cup is, and will be forever, the number one.

I almost agree with Sven - I think England manager is the second most important managerial job in football - Sir Alf Ramsay and then Sir Bobby Robson had the biggest job in football, now it is (Sir) Jim Magilton

I'd love it to be Mourinho-because if nothing else it would sure be a laugh. Has the success of Grant at Chelsea taken off some of the Great One's shine though?

My wife would also like Mourinho back. . Either that or appointing Sebastien Chabal. She gets confused about these things....

I guess QPR aren't on for a cup run this season then...sorry Mark

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Originally posted by JamieWednesday:
I guess QPR aren't on for a cup run this season then...sorry Mark

No, I can't see us getting any further than the 4th round this year, James!

I'm off for some prawn sandwiches tomorrow night. I'm hosting an executive box for Man U v Fulham. I'll let you know if they're fresh or frozen.

Mark

Do you get a good deal when the opposition is rubbish like Fulham?

lets hope he takes it as i feel anyone else would be a compromise.
would still love to say that theres an englishman out there good enough to do the job though !! still cant think of any.

It would be amusing if nothing else and he wouldn't have Abrov upstairs to worry about

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Originally posted by Chillkram:

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Originally posted by JamieWednesday:
I guess QPR aren't on for a cup run this season then...sorry Mark

No, I can't see us getting any further than the 4th round this year, James!

You'll struggle to pick a team though won't you? Seeing as half your squad will be deemed ineligible to play by us!!

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Originally posted by bob mccluckie:
Do you get a good deal when the opposition is rubbish like Fulham?

No, Bob! And they were!

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Originally posted by Chillkram:
I'm off for some prawn sandwiches tomorrow night. I'm hosting an executive box for Man U v Fulham. I'll let you know if they're fresh or frozen.

Mark

I don't envy you that - I can't imagine going to game that didn't have the tractor boys (or England) in it - even if the prawn sandwiches were good.

I guess if I didn't support the tractor boys who were my local side when I was at school then I'd watch my current local side: Forest Green Rovers who are doing OK.

Is it just me who wouldn't want go or would any other forum members not journey to see a match between two sides when you had no interest in who won?

Mark, I guess you have to because its part of your job, but wouldn't they have sooner gone to see QPR?

Sure I went to Bristol tonight and we lost 2-0 despite playing quite well, so it was disappointing, but going in the hope that it may be our year is what it's about.

ATB Rotf

I'm a Brighton supporter (hence the naim). But, if you've ever been to the Withdean you wouldn't want to do so on a regular basis, especially on a grey wet day like today.

A couple of years ago a mate (whom I originally met here, but that's another story) suggested we buy half-season tickets at Reading (our local league team) as they were doing rather well. This was on the basis that we could then get tickets for when they were promoted to the Premier League and we could go and watch Prem football for a season (At least that was what we expected). His ulterior motive was that he is a Newcastle fan and he wanted to see them.

Anyway, we bought the tickets and went to the first game, hoping for a home win (for reasons stated above) but knowing very little about Reading (Coppell - ex Brighton manager, Kitson then that was about it ). Bought a program to learn a bit about the team and went to some extremely entertaining Championship games. Reading played a very neat, fast, passing game and scored goals for fun.

For Reading, the rest is history.

I must admit I got quite attached to the team and still hold a season ticket (team not so good this year) and have adopted them as my Premier League team.

One thing to note, when Reading played Newcastle (twice now) my mate actually jumped up and cheered whenever Reading scored and at the end when they had won!