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The first part of some bewildering logic from Stan Collymore today, who is frustrated by the appointment of Gordon Strachan to the Middlesbrough hotseat:
The constant loop of average managers like Gordon Strachan getting all the jobs really depresses me
Ouch! We’ll deal with that assessment in a moment, but let’s look at the substance of the piece:
Gordon Strachan is [...]
In a strange sort of way if Gareth Southgate’s Middlesbrough had been beaten by Derby on Tuesday it would have made Boro Chairman Steve Gibson’s life somewhat easier this week. As it was, the 2-0 win put Middlesbrough 4th in the table and made the decision to sack Southgate, whose team now have 7 wins [...]
13th place to 19th place in the Premiership is separated by 7 points with 5 games to go, there are big names like Newcastle United and Sunderland in real danger, and many forks of fortune undoubtedly left in those last few games. The relegation battle is a sufficiently exciting and nervy affiar on its own.
A shame, [...]
The Thursday column penned by John Cross in The Mirror last week deals with the problems at Middlesbrough and why Sven should have gone to the Tees earlier in the year. Forget, if you can, that this was neither something close to happening, nor even discussed, and that it was Portsmouth who were linked with him earlier [...]
You’re the manager of a football club. You decide you need a new player. You scour the divisions, and listen to the sage words of your scouts. You make an enquiry. But oh no! “Hands off!”, you’re warned. By all rights you should slink back to the hole from whence you came, but you’ve read [...]
