Ancelotti gets the dreaded vote of confidence. Come to think of it, he could conceivably lose all three upcoming games and be sacked for his troubles. Worth a punt as the next PL manager to go, I wonder?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-1337531/Carlo-Ancelotti-Roman-Abramovich-says-Im-safe-Chelsea-boss.html

Liverpool lose 3-1 to Newcastle.....O dear

Pardew is king eh?

Liverpool lose 3-1 to Newcastle.....O dear

Originally Posted by: Matty H 

 Not many saw that coming. I have a Liverpool supporting mate and a Newcastle supporting mate. Neither of them are actually supporters at all as they never go and watch the teams they claim to follow, but the point is they were together on Wednesday night with me at Poker and the general consensus from both of them was that Liverpool would win 6-0

Pardew is king eh?

Originally Posted by: Gooner 

LOL

That really was a shocker, RH has a job on his hands without a doubt.

Roy seems to have developed an odd nervous tic too. Must be the pressure of the job.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aav46Lek0Rs&feature=player_embedded

Tevez hands in transfer request. Not good for Citeh, if true.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/manchester-city/8196823/Carlos-Tevez-stuns-Manchester-City-by-handing-in-transfer-request-after-growing-disenchanted-with-management.html

Not good for wherever he ends up either. Petulant tosser that he is. I don't particularly like him, but Sir Al spotted it a mile off

Or perhaps when he dealt with Ferguson he realised he had met his match when it comes to petulant tossers.

Hopefully not a job for much longer. He's abysmal. I work with a Blackburn supporter who laughed his head off when he was appointed our manager. Says he totally destroyed Blackburn and is the worst manager he's ever seen there. His whole reputation in the top division was based on his work at Fulham - but perhaps that was just luck...

Originally posted by SEMerc:

"Or perhaps when he dealt with Ferguson he realised he had met his match when it comes to petulant tossers."

I agree with most of what you say, but on this occasion you're bang out of order. It's not funny and it's not even close to the truth......on reflection I hope you'll agree.  

I was actually being very serious in my earlier reply. We can argue about the merits or demerits of Tevez and Ferguson (when it comes to their personalities) 'til the cows come home. Yet that's not to deny both are self evidently blessed with talent. I can draw distinctions though, which is why I studiously avoided commenting on their contributions to football (on the pitch) in this country.

I don't like Ferguson - never have - not least because he has used the press (portions of which he still loathes) to unsettle players at other clubs over the years - recent stories about Utd's interest in Modric being an obvious case in point. Yes, sports journalists largely invent stories to sell papers and appease their editors, but the stories aren't entirely without foundation. As I see it there is little difference between using maleable journalists 'looking for a story' and calling up Modric's agent to have dinner. It's simply a more subtle form of tapping up.

Is Ferguson petulant? I think his ongoing feud with the BBC ticks the necessary box.

Is Ferguson a tosser? I refer you to my second paragraph.

For all of that he has largely been a great manager for United over the years and served the club well.

Re the highlighted points  BIG CLUBs use this tactic its fairly commmon. Man U do it and have also suffered from it. Thats football on the top end.

I am sure Modric will end up at Man U hes a player SAF rates very highly and one which i would love to see at OT.

SAF petulant and being a tosser..? He stands by his family. His son Jason was never found guilty of any wrong doing yet the BBC who initiated the probe have yet to make an apology. Hes from Govan he will fight to the bitter end for family and for something he believes.

On one level I find Ferguson's pursuit of Modric irritating - on another I can laugh it off because the chances of him getting his wish granted are somewhere between slim and none. And slim has left town.

In the extremely unlikely event Modric gets his head turned it will cost Utd an absolute fortune to get him, given he recently extended his contract through 2016.

Of far more immediate concern to me - in terms of our dealings with Utd - is that 'Arry will do something incredibly stupid, such as trying to buy Carrick back. Things have moved on - Spurs are a better team now than when he left and Carrick isn't the player he was. I don't really see what value Carrick can add to our midfield, given the type of player he is. Indeed, Parker may be a better solution, though I'm not especially keen on him either.

I think down the line there will be a Player plus cash deal for Modric, doubtful if it will happen in January probably in the summer.It would be an outstaning acquisition for Man U tho on the face of it there would not be too many players Spurs fans would want from OT. Spurs have a wonderful team lots of attacking options and are playing really good exciting football.

Further to my earlier post, the following story comes from the school of pure fiction. At least I hope it does because if it doesn't I'll be tempted to stick my head in the gas oven.

Anyway, according to The People (I think) Inter will sack Benitez, Capello will replace him, Redknapp will replace Capello and Benitez will replace Redknapp. If there's a grain of truth in this Spurs fans should be very very very scared.

Just saw a Ronaldo special against Zaragoza. Oh how United miss him.

Spurs will have a big say in where the title goes, they will finish in the top 4 , doubt they will win it, a bit like Arsenal, but will be close, I expect M City to struggle when Tevez goes, he will be a big miss

I found the game rather strange yesterday, although Chelsea had a lot of the ball they never really troubled Spurs. Spurs could have won but seemes to lack the belief that they could.

I do wish Harry would not try and insult every single club on the way though, he even said "no disrespect to" before he disrespected Sunderland, it's a bit like when my 7 year old says "no word of a lie dad" and then goes on to tell me that he has just jumped over the moon.

It goes to show how much Chelsea rely on Drogba when it comes to having a cutting edge. It was indeed a strange game with Chelsea having 60 percent of the possession but huffing and puffing, especially in the first half.

I think Spurs' tactics were to play high, allow Chelsea to play in front them and then hit them on the break. In the second half they played too deep and paid the price for it.

So Big Sam is the next victim....

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport/default.stm

Well I suppose Martin Jol is available. And a better manager than overrated Big Sam. Jose Mourinho will be a worried man now that Big Sam is available.

Anyway, more info at the Big_Sam on Twitter

http://twitter.com/TheBig_Sam

Justice done - Rooney screws up penalty after utterly disgraceful decisions by linesman and that moron, Webb. I always have a fear when Webb refs an OT game as it's usually a one goal advantage to Utd.

I almost feel sorry for Arsenal, having outplayed Utd in the second half, although Utd were clearly the better team in H1.