Au Revoir McClaren

posted on 25 Nov 2007

You do not deserve the England post. Bleh. So many suicidal mistakes during your era as England manager.

Who on earth puts Peter Crouch as lone striker without Beckham on the right?
Who on earth puts Scott Carson as goalkeeper just because he has ONE solid performance in a friendly?
Who on earth does “experiments” during crucial games?
Who on earth destroys the traditional 4-4-2 England style game?

Mistakes. Too many.

You deserve the sack.

Now bring on Josè Mourinho!

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Jose Mourinho Quits

posted on 20 Sep 2007

Mourinho sacked/leaves after Chelsea crisis meeting

Chelsea have confirmed that manager Jose Mourinho has left the Stamford Bridge club by ‘mutual consent’ after three trophy-laden years at the helm.

A club statement claims that the decision was reached after the launch of a new Chelsea documentary - Blue Revolution - at the Vue cinema in Fulham on Wednesday night, where an emotional Mourinho refused to talk to the press.

However, the rumours of his departure began earlier in the day and claimed that billionaire owner Roman Abramovich called crisis talks following Tuesday night’s disappointing 1-1 draw with Norwegian minnows Rosenborg in the Champions League, at which the fractious duo had a furious falling out.

Mourinho is believed to have informed senior players of his departure following training on Wednesday and one of those players insists that the manager has not resigned but has been sacked by the Blues.

Mourinho’s rocky relationship with Abramovich was public knowledge and despite an apparent thaw in relations last season the duo were again at odds over the role of £30million striker Andrei Shevchenko and the Blues’ dour style of football even before Tuesday’s result brought events to a head.

The Portuguese manager, who has won the Champions League with Porto and two Premier League titles as Chelsea manager, was the subject of continual scrutiny last season and hinted at an exit last summer when he admitted he ‘was a bit fed up with certain things’ at the club.

After three-years at the London club the self-styled ‘Special One’ is expected to attend training for the final time on Thursday, when he will say good bye to his players.

Chelsea lost their title to Manchester United last season and have started this campaign with some lacklustre displays.

Their last two Premier League games ended in a defeat at Aston Villa and a 0-0 draw at home to Blackburn Rovers, leaving them fifth in the table.

Tuesday’s draw with Rosenborg Trondheim in the Champions League was watched by just 25,000 fans.

Chelsea’s next match is against Premier League champions Manchester United at Old Trafford on Sunday.

Was he sacked or did he leave? I have no idea.
For all I know, this is one hell of a shocker.

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2OLEGEND, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer retires.

posted on 28 Aug 2007

Solskjaer quits due to knee injury

Manchester United favourite Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has retired due to a knee injury, according to Sky Sports News.

Solskjaer will be forever remembered in United folklore for scoring the dramatic winner in the UEFA Champions League final against Bayern Munich in 1999.

That goal was one of almost 130 he scored for The Red Devils after joining from Molde in a £1.5million transfer 11 years ago.

He made over 360 appearances for the club, but recent seasons have been blighted by injury.

The 34-year-old did maintain a level of fitness last season, scoring 11 goals as United won the title and reached the FA Cup final.

But he did not figure during the pre-season campaign after undergoing a knee operation over the summer.

This was expected to be his final season as a player at Old Trafford, but he has now decided to announce his retirement.

Solskjaer’s decision to quit could prompt Sir Alex Ferguson to rethink his attacking options prior to the close of the transfer window.

Along with Wayne Rooney, Carlos Tevez and Louis Saha, Solskjaer was expected to form part of Ferguson’s plans up front.

But the United manager may now require further reinforcements in attack, having been linked with Bolton Wanderers’ forward Nicolas Anelka.

http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11095_2690166,00.html

This is one unexpected news, just this morning he announced his retirement. Aieeyer.

Thank you Ole Gunnar Solskjaer for your contributions to Manchester United.

You are my Solskjaer,
my Ole Solskjaer,
You make me happy,
when skies are grey,
Oh Alan Shearer,
was f*ckin dearer,
please don’t take,
my Solskjaer away!

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