Pako quits

[blacky]

imagine by the start of next season, dic in control, pako back, LFC where we belong, can dream i suppose

Optimism is all we have at the moment so don't let go of them dreams

[Colemere]

imagine by the start of next season, dic in control, pako back, LFC where we belong, can dream i suppose

It's an epiffany(sp)

[Morph]

It's an epiffany(sp)

epiphany

a moment of clarity then eh

[Colemere]

epiphany

a moment of clarity then eh

Thought it was, but when I looked at it seemed like too many p's

[Morph]

Thought it was, but when I looked at it seemed like too many p's

ppppppp pickup a penguin

[calvoboy]

Just seen this on 6CM...hadn't seen it anywhere before.

WTF? I didn't even know he was there. What happened to gardening leave?

Also, there was that rumour last week that he might be coming back? Hmmm...


Soccer-Roundup 2-Ayestaran quits Real Sociedad
Tue Jan 22, 2008 2:57pm GMT
MADRID, Jan 22 (Reuters) - Soccer news in brief from around the world.


Real Sociedad sporting director Pako Ayestaran has quit after the club's newly elected president Inaki Badiola refused to agree to his request to appoint Villarreal reserve team coach Juan Carlos Oliva as first team boss following Chris Coleman's resignation last week.

"They have changed the ground rules that were agreed when I agreed to take the job," the former Liverpool assistant told a news conference on Tuesday.

"I was meant to choose the coach and players, but the president refused saying he was the one who was paying the money."

Interesting. A big reason for Chris Coleman quitting as manager was that Pako was brought in to have complete control over the squad, relegating Coleman to being a match-day coach. It was thought that Pako was being set up to take over as manager in the summer.

[bigfooty]

Bring Back Pako!

[tomasjj]

Bring Back Pako!

Won't happen.
There are people doing his job at the club now.

[ELNINO 9]

i thought the other paco, paco herra went to work in spain. maybe this article got there names mixed up

[Morph]

doubt it

[PaulLinehan]

i thought the other paco, paco herra went to work in spain. maybe this article got there names mixed up

i think he ****ed off as well but pako aierestan was at sociedad....

http://www.realsociedad.com/caste/home/real.asp?menu=100150

i reckon that the real arguemnt between rafa and pako will come out in due course but it is a big pity for us fans that they did fall out..... also, regardless of the hicks and gillett **** thats going on, we are not doing as well as we did last year.... imagine if we didnt get torres in the summer (considering how many games he has won for us) - then rafa would be sacked by now in my opinion.... i think pako's leaving could be THE fundamental reason why we are doing ****e this year....

(similar to when patrice bergues left houllier.....we went downhill rapidly after that!)

[PaulLinehan]

Please elaborate....

most likely bull**** if you ask me,.......probably the tribal-bible???

[anfieldanfield]

"We want our Pako back...we want our Pako back"

[Lee]

I'm only speculating but perhaps the Rafa / Pako fallout was more to do with Pako than Rafa. Perhaps Pako is a bit of an ego and a nightmare to work with - these quotes seem to me that he likes a real 'hands on' role and Rafa was having none of it.

So for all this 'Rafa please make up with Pako' stuff - perhaps it should be Pako who comes out and says 'Yeah, I was wrong'

Just speculating though, like

[kurtangle01]

Just a thought.......Is there a chance Pako left because of the yanks and not differences with Rafa? An article posted here a couple of days ago written by Dion Fanning basically said Rafa sussed the yanks out as early as the CL final and since then he has been trying to expose them. Maybe Pako wanted no part in this but could have quit his job in spain to come back knowing the yanks are leaving?

****ing hell, fella, that's just pure fantasy.