Allardyce would keep them up. But he'd also kill their fans, with his hoof-ball style.
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shocking.
i am not sure what promoted teams expect. I can see blackpool going into freefall as well, however they will still be good to watch.
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Hodgson's the top target for Albion after axe falls on Di Matteo
By NEIL MOXLEY Last updated at 12:45 AM on 7th February 2011
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Roy Hodgson will be offered a quick return to football with West Bromwich Albion as they draw up a short-list to replace Roberto Di Matteo.
Former Liverpool and Fulham manager Hodgson is seen as the man to steady the ship after the Italian was ruthlessly axed following Saturday's 3-0 thumping at Manchester City.
Michael Appleton has been placed in temporary charge and will undertake preliminary preparations ahead of Saturday's relegation tussle against West Ham.
If Hodgson doesn't want the job, former Newcastle manager Chris Hughton will be in the frame, along with former Hawthorns favourite Derek McInnes, now in charge of St Johnstone.
It is a difficult task, but by no means impossible. After taking 15 points from their first nine fixtures, West Bromwich have picked up only 11 more from their last 17, with Saturday's Carlos Tevez-inspired defeat proving the final straw for chairman Jeremy Peace.
The sacking was a calculated move with two home fixtures against relegation rivals in the next fortnight. West Brom follow their game against the Hammers with the visit of Wolves on February 20.
Di Matteo, 40, was placed on 'gardening leave' on Sunday, suggesting there are contractual issues to sort out. But he may leave wondering exactly what he was expected to achieve with one of the smallest playing budgets in the Barclays Premier League and with a newly-promoted side.
The writing was on the wall before the game against Blackpool three weeks ago. According to sources close to Di Matteo, he and Peace had already locked horns over another contractual issue. And when the chairman had a three-hour meeting with two club director s the day before Blackpool's visit, word spread that all was not well.
A 3-2 victory over Ian Holloway's side afforded the manager a reprieve. But Peace felt that fresh impetus could lift the club ahead of two fixtures that will have a major bearing on West Bromwich's survival battle and decided to part company with the affable Di Matteo, who joined the club in the summer of 2009 after guiding MK Dons to the League One play-offs.
Peace said: 'This club's track record proves we do not take such decisions lightly, with Roberto being only our fourth manager or head coach in almost 11 years. Our poor sequence stretches back more than three months and there has been little sign of it coming to an end. That is why we felt compelled to act now.'
League Managers' Association chief executive Richard Bevan countered: 'Roberto represents yet another victim of the hire and fire mentality that pervades our game. The club have big matches ahead, against Wolves and West Ham and you have to question the decision to sack the manager. It is exactly in situations like those that we all want to see clubs back the individuals they have employed rather than see the sack as a panacea.
'In West Brom's case, that means showing support and loyalty to the manager who brought the club automatic promotion back to the Premier League last season at the first time of asking - someone who was the manager of the month only four months ago.'
West Bromwich, however, were concerned with Di Matteo' s management style. There were questions about his commitment regarding the homework he carried out on opponents and prospective targets alike.
However, he went by the title of head coach and recruitment fell under the umbrella of the director of football, Dan Ashworth. But following Hughton's sacking, coincidentally after a game at The Hawthorns, when Newcastle were 10th in the Premier League, it appears no manager is safe.
Hodgson's first class CV is proving irresistible to the powers that be at The Hawthorns, and if appointed would be expected to bring with him his highly-rated sidekick, Mike Kelly, who also recently left his Liverpool post.Last edited by Shaggy; 07-02-11, 11:37 AM.Thanks very much for being ‘This Mornings’ Farmer’Comment
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Haha
Have the "LMA" gone out to defend Di Matteo on this?Are we winning?Comment
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Read the article FFS
Thanks very much for being ‘This Mornings’ Farmer’Comment
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Originally posted by Shaggy View PostRead the article FFS
That was funny:
"Hodgson's first class CV is proving irresistible to the powers that be and The Hawthorns, and if appointed would be expected to bring with him his highly-rated sidekick, Mike Kelly, who also recently left his Liverpool post."Are we winning?Comment
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Shocking by West Brom. They will now appoint Allerdyce and all that good work Di Matteo has done will unwind.
Him and Martinez are the best 2 young managers in this league. Shame they have no budgets to operate.*Except Michael, who died.Comment
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Originally posted by Shaggy View Post
and if appointed would be expected to bring with him his highly-rated sidekick, Mike Kelly, who also recently left his Liverpool post.
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Why the **** do the LMA have to pipe up at everything that happens FFS? Nobody cares what they think, yet they come out with unwanted and uninteresting statements on an annoyingly regular basis.
They actually remind me a bit of SOS.Comment
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Ha, I know what you're getting at but they remind me more of the CBI or Institute of Directors: a club for a small minority of individuals who already have a high profile and a fair deal of power, determined to make sure their interests receive undue weight and who try to represent those interests as being for the greater good when the opposite is often true.Originally posted by Craig_H View Post
However that might be a bit unfair on the LMA who I'm sure do sterling work among underprivileged managers in the Football League..
Suppose you have a physicist and a sociologist standing at the side of a field, observing a set of events unfolding on the field. The physicist does [describes] it using the terminology of mass and velocity and frequency of radiation and the rest. And the sociologist does it by describing it as a rugby match.
May the Lord bless this post.Comment
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He is a decade older than Martinez (and 7 older than Di Matteo) though. All of them are promising rather than having proven their quality though.Originally posted by Chrono View Post
All three have this season taken a very attacking philosophy into the PL. This season in particular Holloway and Di Matteo were successful early on and have now hit the wall. Martinez seems to be having a 'difficult second season'. In all cases I think they probably need the experience of how to turn these things around in order to grow as managers.
In the long term I think positions like that taken by West Brom is bad for the development of managers in this country, likely to be bad for their club in the long term and if they appoint someone like Alladyce (and he remains an unreconstructed fan of ugly football) then the PL will suffer as a spectacle."The man who never alters his opinion is like standing water, and breeds reptiles of the mind."
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Wolfsburg have sacked brolley man; another possibilityComment
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Originally posted by Neil Young View Post
Personally think the LMA only come out with guff like this in order to justify the £50 member subs they get at that start of the season from every manager.
A few poxy press releases, and a monthly newsletter on badly printed paper"I will make the boys feel your support"
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