Tony Adams

[Shaggy]

New manager of....wait for it........FC Gabala in Azerbaijan

[Pablo]

Will he inspire them with his poetic half time musings?

[Pablo]

Then regale them with bawdy stories over a sheesha of how he almost nailed Caprice.

[Shaggy]

Here is a quote - with each pause (always designed to add credibility) incorporated.

"When........when you take a job outside your own country, it........................represents a challenge, mentally, physically and spiritually. The question now, is............am I up to meeting that challenge? The answer is yes, yes I am. I may not be headed to Madrid to work, nor am I going to Milan. I'm going to Azerbaijan. Yes, they're bottom of the league but..........will we remain there once I've managed to get my ideas across? No, no we won't. I can assure the Gabala fans of that. We need to think about.....think about..........how the game should be played, how to reward the supporters who come to cheer for us. We need to think about them, think about them deeply. Deeply. If a man is offered a fact which goes against his instincts, he will scrutinize it closely, and unless the evidence is overwhelming, he will refuse to believe it. If, on the other hand, he is offered something which affords a reason for acting in accordance to his instincts, he will accept it even on the slightest evidence. Er.................the origin of myths is explained in this way. It'll be hard work but I'm.................excited........excited by the challenge.

[RoadEnd]

Gabala FC are currently bottom of the table in a league of only six clubs.

Azerbaijan, a former Soviet state, is a country with large oil reserves and the owners of the club are believed to have offered Adams a lucrative salary.

The news of Adams's job has echoes of former Chelsea manager Phil Scolari's appointment as coach of Uzbekistan champions Bunyodkor in June.

Scolari is reportedly being paid an annual salary of £7.5m.

[Shaggy]

Six clubs!

[S-RED]

They are sixth out of twelve clubs

[red g]

Not sure where you got that article from its 12 clubs in the league.

And they have a huge 2000 seater capacity stadium

http://gabalafc.az/en/index.php

“No one can swear the Gabala team’s reputation”

http://gabalafc.az/en/musahibe/124/

[Shaggy]

They've given me a clean plate here to build a football club

[RoadEnd]

They are sixth out of twelve clubs

My knowledge of Azerbaijan football is now immense.

They have a regular season with 12 clubs. This is then split into two separate leagues of 6 clubs - the championship and relegation leagues.

Gabala are currently 6th and therefore bottom of the Championship group.

I thank you.

[Pablo]

clean plate Absolute Duncanism!

[-V-]

He's getting paid alot of money for this job so its understandable from his point of view.

But It will ofcourse end in disaster

[lickedlollipop]

omg, what a ****!!!

[Angryred]

omg, what a ****!!!

A ****?!!!!...if someone gives me a contract worth millions, I'd ask where & when do you want me!...make my money before getting serious about my job!

[Chris]

Be amazed if he's still there by the end of June.