2016/17 Premier League & General Football Discussion

[Touring Mars]

Hmm, it seems he has resigned from the club... #piegate

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/39045017

 

[88GTA]

I had the volume low while I was watching yesterday so I genuinely thought he was a coach on the sideline. They also showed him at the bar during halftime and I think he was even handing out drinks.

 

[Touring Mars]

Meanwhile, here in Glasgow, Celtic have submitted plans to Glasgow City Council for a brand new hotel and shopping complex next to Celtic Park...

http://www.glasgowlive.co.uk/news/glasgow-news/celtic-submit-plans-glasgow-city-12637058

I wonder if the rooms will all have Celtic-branded duvet covers and green and white striped curtains, wallpaper etc.?

 

[MUSC4EVER]

Seem like its been a while since a manager lost his job, but today Blackburn have sacked Owen Coyle

@Liquid

 

[Liquid]

Hmm, it seems he has resigned from the club... #piegate

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/39045017

Cross-thread post:

Whichever way you look at it, it stinks.

On the face of it, it breaches betting rules. Spot-fixing.
Wayne Shaw is coerced to resign from the club. That's bad. You don't want someone being out of work.
But if he was a known confederate in the "experiment", that's also bad; you shouldn't bring down the spirit of arguably your club's second biggest night in history.

What irks me the most is this: SunBets sponsored Sutton United... for that game only! That's what really stinks. Sutton were happy to cash in and accept grubby Sun money for the one game, throwing their normal sponsor under a bus for a big fixture with lots of TV exposure. Yet Wayne Shaw is the only one who is seemingly under scrutiny here.

And don't get me started on the patronising swines who said that this game was for people for whom "Costa is a coffee and Kane is a walking stick".

🤬 off.

Edit: It's been 37 whole days since a full-time manager was given the boot!

Blackburn are desperately trying to avoid being the first top-flight winners since Leeds to slip down to the third tier and the first in the Premier League era to do so.

21st February - Owen Coyle (Blackburn Rovers, sacked) Championship

Sackings: 23
Resignations: 6

Total: 29

 

[MUSC4EVER]

Wayne Rooney just released a statement saying he is staying at United.

 

[MoLiEG]

Is it true that Ranieri has been sacked? D:

 

[Famine]

Is it true that Ranieri has been sacked? D:

Yep.

 

[PzR Slim]

Absolute joke!

Players should hang their heads in shame.

 

[adamp93]

Exactly 16 days since they gave him the "vote of confidence." They could have been a little subtle about it.

 

[m8h3r]

What was the harm in at least seeing what he could do in the return leg of the champions league.

 

[MUSC4EVER]

Mixed feelings about this, on one hand it is shocking that a manager gets the sack just after achieving the impossible by winning the league but on the other hand there was no signs that Ranieri could stop the rot and keep them up, i agree with m8h3r that he should have been given the second leg v Sevilla, curious timing of this decision ahead of a big away game v Liverpool on Sunday.

 

[MoLiEG]

Exactly 16 days since they gave him the "vote of confidence." They could have been a little subtle about it.

At least here in the Liga MX, when a team talks about a "vote of confidence" to the coach after several bad results, it can be translated to "win the next one or you are done"...

I feel bad for Ranieri and Leicester City

 

[Brend]

What was the harm in at least seeing what he could do in the return leg of the champions league.

I don't see on any level how a 2-1 defeat to a Europa League powerhouse away from home was a sackable offence (assuming it is).

I think just about any team would take that result back to their home stadium.

I have no sympathy or liking for Leicester now, this is a terrible decision and I feel for Claudio.

 

[Touring Mars]

I think it was the MOTD guys who said that Ranieri deserved to be kept on even if Leicester were relegated, but that was (clearly) expecting too much from the sheer greed of those who own English football today. Leicester's poor domestic season is arguably cause for a sacking under different circumstances, but those different circumstances make this decision seem incredibly mean and badly timed. I hope Ranieri moves on to more success with a different club, but Leicester's fairytale appears to have ended on a disappointingly sour note.

 

[Mike Rotch]

An absolute abomination of a decision; the Leicester players should hang their heads in shame. He gave them belief and a miracle title, and when he needed them to support him with some ticker on the field, they turn their faces away.

He leaves as a champion manager.

The fact that Mourinho had some touching words on twitter tells you everything you need to know about this stinker.

I hope they get relegated.

 

[88GTA]

So sad to hear this.

I bet his phone is ringing off the hook though, especially from Serie A teams. Best of luck wherever he goes.

What was the harm in at least seeing what he could do in the return leg of the champions league.

According to the link @Famine posted, they likely made the decision before the Sevilla game because he was fired upon his return from Spain.

 

[Touring Mars]

According to the link @Famine posted, they likely made the decision before the Sevilla game because he was fired upon his return from Spain.

They're going to look pretty bad if Leicester win the second leg and progress - funnily enough, Chelsea sacked Villas-Boas shortly after they had lost their first leg match in the Last 16 of the 2012 Champions League (3-1 to Napoli), only for Chelsea to then go on to win the tournament.

 

[MUSC4EVER]

Premier League is back after a break for the FA Cup, here's the games

Saturday
Chelsea v Swansea
Crystal Palace v Middlesbrough
Everton v Sunderland
Hull v Burnley
West Brom v Bournemouth
West Ham v Watford (5.30 BT)

Sunday
Tottenham v Stoke (1.30 Sky)
Man United v Southampton-EFL Cup Final (4.30 Sky)

Monday Night
Leicester v Liverpool (8pm Sky)

No early KO tomorrow, Man City and Arsenal don't play as they were due to play Man United and Southampton if it was't for the Cup final, a couple of big games at the bottom tomorrow.

Ranieri sacking still big news, they have approached Mancini for the managers job with others, there were reports that the players forced him out by speaking to the owners behind his back after the Sevilla game but interim boss Craig Shakespeare has dismissed those reports.

 

[Brend]

That Dembele is a wee bit talented.

 

[MUSC4EVER]

Chelsea 3-1 Swansea, Palace 1-0 Boro, Hull 1-1 Burnley, Everton 2-0 Sunderland, West Brom 2-1 Bournemouth.

Leicester now in relegation zone....

 

[Dennisch]

Bayern completely destroyed HSV today. 8-0.

 

[MUSC4EVER]

Y'know all this stuff about Wayne Shaw earlier this week?, well in their League game Sutton had their keeper off injured so they had to put their right back in goal as they now have no back up keeper.

 

[MUSC4EVER]

Tottenham are 4-0 up v Stoke at half time!, Kane with a hat-trick and an assist for Alli's goal...

 

[jake2013guy]

EFL Cup final today. You know who I support.

 

[MUSC4EVER]

And you know who I support.

 

[jake2013guy]

And you know who I support.

Your local club Wrexham?

 

[jontikis]

Soton!

 

[MUSC4EVER]

Am I outnumbered here?!

 

[Phoenix]

Am I outnumbered here?!

Nahh you're good.