One of the most bizarre managerial appointments of recent years that. Bye Pepe, in a year no one will even remember you 
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A year? Couple of days, max.
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Pretending to their Gran that City had scored. The mouth on her!
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Really? Compared to Di Canio being appointed at Sunderland and Sherwood at Spurs I'd say Mel's was quite run of the mill?Originally posted by Pablo1981 View PostOne of the most bizarre managerial appointments of recent years that. Bye Pepe, in a year no one will even remember youNever knowingly optimisticComment
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In fairness to Mel for all of the stick he received he did manage to keep his club in the Premier League.Originally posted by Pablo1981 View PostOne of the most bizarre managerial appointments of recent years that. Bye Pepe, in a year no one will even remember you
Same can't be said for the media darling and Demento protege at Cardiff.
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The Pepe Mel thing is weird. He is a "high press" manager, high line and all that, a bit like Pochettino. He tried to implement it and they didn't have great results. Apparently there was mutiny within the squad and loads of them complained to the chairman/board about Mel's playing style and how they should be a counter-attacking side.
I reckon Mel was asked by the board to revert to a 'drop deep and counter attack' method - cos that's exactly what they did - rather than them sacking him and having further upheaval. Abort his usual style, keep them up and **** off in the summer. Seems really **** on Mel. They absolutely ****in love him at Real Betis and he seems a properly lovely bloke.Thanks very much for being ‘This Mornings’ Farmer’Comment
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In fact I've literally just listened to this and Ben Foster pretty much confirms it.
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Managers with a set 'playing style' need to give their head a wobble. Brendan wanted to replicate tika tika but then soon realised it was better to play to your strengths.removing all the weak links makes us stronger
too many gutless players, no beef or desire. pussies everywhere... sack them all.Comment
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Ngog released by Swansea
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Malky Mackay was to blame for Cardiff's relegation, says Vincent Tan
Vincent Tan has laid the blame for relegation firmly at the feet of Cardiff City's former manager Malky Mackay. It is Mackay and not Ole Gunnar Solskjaer – appointed in January – who the owner believes is responsible for his club's demise.
In an interview with www.walesonline.co.uk, Tan said: "Why wouldn't you blame him for relegation? He took this club to the Championship. If I had not invested, he couldn't have [won promotion]. Why didn't he earn promotion with Watford? He was their manager for two years, finishing 14th and then maybe 16th.
"When Dave Jones was here he took us to the play-offs. Malky Mackay came here as a non-performer at Watford and I gave him £15m to spend.
"I say the fans must be asked to use their heads and brains to think, not make decisions from the heart. Sometimes, when you make decisions from the heart, you don't think straight."
Mackay had been at the helm for two and a half years when he was shown the door in December, much to the fury of fans who had just a few months earlier celebrated elevation to the Premier League as runaway winners of the Championship.
At the time Cardiff were a point clear of the drop zone, although the owner and manager had been embroiled in a public row during the weeks which preceded Mackay's exit.
Tan remains unrepentant and once again criticised Mackay's transfer dealings, and in particular his purchase of the Danish striker Andreas Cornelius.
He said: "I gave him a big budget and he spent it on the wrong people. We were supposed to have a main striker and we signed a 20-year-old, paying him £45,000 a week. We paid more than £10m. The reported £7.5m is not the right number. It was over £10m. And, guess what? He hardly started.
"Why pay so much for a main striker, pay £45,000 a week – more than Craig Bellamy, and then don't start him? Stupid decisions. This is a manager who knows how to run a business? People ask why I am angry. Wouldn't you be if you hired somebody and this was the kind of performance?"
On Friday it was announced that Mackay had dropped his legal claim against the club after reaching a settlement on his sacking. The terms of the agreement were not revealed but it is understood Mackay was seeking substantial compensation for his dismissal.
He issued a conciliatory statement through lawyers in which he apologised "without reservation" to Tan.
That rug really tied the room together.Comment
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Tan acting like a ****ing cunt shockerFootball without Origi is nothingComment
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Originally posted by ChesterDave View Post
What do you mean it could've been anyone? Name me one person who's got a grudge against penguins
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F*** off!!!Comment
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More about Scudamore being a ****
Richard Scudamore will get away with sexist emails - John Amaechi
Premier League chief executive Richard Scudamore will face no reprimand despite sending sexist emails, according to John Amaechi.
Former basketball star Amaechi likened Scudamore's remarks to the racist comments of ex-LA Clippers owner Donald Sterling, who was banned for life.
Amaechi said: "He has pulled a Donald Sterling but he will get away with it."
Football Association chairman Greg Dyke said he noted the issue but stated that it is a matter for the Premier League.
Scudamore, who has held his position since 1999, made the sexist comments in private emails which were given to the Sunday Mirror by his former personal assistant.
Sterling was banned for life by NBA commissioner Adam Silver and has since apologised after he was recorded asking a woman not to associate in public with black people nor bring them to games.
There have been few calls for 54-year-old Scudamore to resign and Amaechi said he appears "immune to criticism".
Fifa executive committee member and Asian Football Confederation vice-president Moya Dodd told BBC Sport: "It's important for football to take sexism as seriously as it is taking racism.
"Attitudes are attitudes and they do shape how people perceive and react to things. Whether those attitudes are expressed privately or publicly doesn't alter the fact they exist.
"If this can happen at the highest levels of football in a country that prides itself on gender issues and is bidding for the women's World Cup in 2019 then that's bad enough.
"But it then also makes you contemplate how much more difficult it is elsewhere in the world, trying to gain the respect and credibility they need to make a contribution to the game."
Former culture secretary Tessa Jowell said Scudamore's comments were "unacceptable", while Football Association Inclusion Advisory Board member Edward Lord and the Women in Football group have both said that the Premier League chief should consider his position.
Lord has also asked whether Scudamore could face an FA charge for improper conduct or bringing the game into disrepute, similar to charges levelled at Premier League footballers Luis Suarez and John Terry, who were both found guilty of using racist language.
But Dyke's response appears to have ended the possibility of a potential sanction.
Amaechi, who played for Orlando Magic and Utah Jazz and has been an outspoken critic of football's lack of equality, said the differences between the NBA and Premier League were "radical".
He added: "Adam Silver is interested in having a league where the best people are able to play at their very best.
"It's not about being nice to any minority group - it's a business prerogative. He wants the league to contain the very best talent at every level, administrators, coaches and players, the whole bit.
"Football has not made that commitment. The Premier League and football has been out of touch for a long time. I don't call them dinosaurs by accident - they are removed from contemporary society.
"Richard Scudamore has shown himself to fit in perfectly in football. He will have to say a lot worse things about women in order to be removed."
Dodd said: "It's very important for football to look in the mirror and ask itself whether it is truly inclusive of women and female-friendly at all levels of the game."
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In one email he told a lawyer friend and a colleague: “You will learn over time that female irrationality increases exponentially depending on how many members join your family. That should keep you within the Chinese government’s one child per family enforcement rules. Very clever those Chinese.”
He also forwarded a “male fairytale” that read: “Once upon a time a Prince asked a beautiful Princess, ‘Will you marry me?’ The Princess said, ‘No!’ and the Prince lived happily ever after and rode motorcycles and banged skinny big t****d broads.”
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"Richard *realises his comments were inappropriate and wrong but they were not intended for wider recipients."
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Apparently the Daily Mirror reckon West Brom want Tim Sherwood to be Pepe Mel's replacement. That would be hilarious. West Brom seem to be on a self-inflicted downward spiral and appointing Tiger Tim just fits perfectly in that narrative!Never knowingly optimisticComment
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er they are cardiff fans
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