[Archived] Premier League Happenings

[Stuart]

The only person I've heard with a good word to say about him is Guillem Balague, who happens to be Espanyol-affiliated!

Even if he's a great manager in Spain, if he can't get his points across effectively to players - especially mid-game then he'll struggle.

I bet Venkys are kicking themselves. "A non-English speaking manager! Why didn't we think of that??"

[John]

Interesting comments from Charlie Nicholas on Southampton - he was trying to put some rationale behind the decision to sack Adkins - said sometimes it is not the owners own money they are spending, but they have the controlling power to make decisions......

[DE.]

  On 19/01/2013 at 07:59, Stuart said:

The only person I've heard with a good word to say about him is Guillem Balague, who happens to be Espanyol-affiliated!

Even if he's a great manager in Spain, if he can't get his points across effectively to players - especially mid-game then he'll struggle.

I bet Venkys are kicking themselves. "A non-English speaking manager! Why didn't we think of that??"

Unfortunately for Southampton this fella was not a great manager in Spain - got sacked from Espanyol after rooting them to the bottom of La Liga.

It's not necessarily the fact he's a foreign manager that's the problem. It's the fact he's a foreign manager with zero experience in English football, coming into a newly-promoted club who are 3 points above the relegation zone mid-way through the season. That he doesn't speak a word of English is not ideal, admittedly.

[DE.]

Nile Ranger telling the Newcastle fans not to bother coming if they're going to boo.

Nile ranger ‏@NilePowerRanger

Last thing from me... To all the fans. U are not forced to buy season tickets.. Or pay our wages.. Please remember that...

Nile ranger ‏@NilePowerRanger

If u are loyal fans.. Be with us.. When we are out there on the field.. Be the 12th man.. Don't come and BOO.. That aint going to help any1

Nile ranger ‏@NilePowerRanger

Team is going through rough patch.. Last thing we need is fans against us #SIMPLEREALLY

[Stuart]

  On 19/01/2013 at 22:44, DE. said:

Nile Ranger telling the Newcastle fans not to bother coming if they're going to boo.

Nile ranger ‏@NilePowerRanger

Last thing from me... To all the fans. U are not forced to buy season tickets.. Or pay our wages.. Please remember that...

This is what Sky money has done to football.

Supporters are an unnecessarily evil.

[DE.]

Yep. Rangers' comments are stupid and ill-advised, but this is exactly what 95% of players are thinking when fans boo.

It isn't "well, we've played terribly, and they've paid a lot of money, so they deserve to vent their feelings", it's "what a bunch of w@nkers. Why don't they do one if they don't like it."

No concept of club loyalty at all, but then what do you expect with the modern game as it is? Loyalty is a foreign concept to most players and managers.

[Reedy You're A Star]

Over paid, over pampered, arseholes who know, no matter how @#/? they play, even if they get their club relegated, they'll find another club who'll pay them more in a week than your average man in the street gets paid in a year. They don't give 2 @#/?. And the worst thing is, they expect everyone to lick their arses cause they can can kick a ball around slightly better than the rest of us and throw a strop when we don't. Then they wonder why fans get arsey when they see players not putting in the effort. 99% of fans would do their job for free. Tossers.

[Ricky]

It shows how far the game has gone when the assistant ref from the City game got dropped for this weekend just for telling the City players to go as see their fans as they'd paid £62. He should have been bloody applauded and not stood down!

[Stuart]

  On 20/01/2013 at 08:55, Ricky said:

It shows how far the game has gone when the assistant ref from the City game got dropped for this weekend just for telling the City players to go as see their fans as they'd paid £62. He should have been bloody applauded and not stood down!

+1

[ABBEY]

pardew about to be potted for his comments yesterday. Not seen anything but just chatting to me my mate in toonville , he reckons thats the word.

[ABBEY]

Make that sacked ..apperently

[Guest Norbert]

Nile Rangers' comments don't surprise me. He is well known for being an arrogant wannabe gangsta with as much intelligence as a piece of Stilton. He's been involved in many scuffles with the police, and if he wasn't a football player, he'd probably be in prison for some sort of gang related shooting. Honestly, he comes across like he thinks he's some sort of combination of Pele and 50 Cent.

[DE.]

Nile's back...

Nile ranger ‏@NilePowerRanger

Going nandos.. Any1 got a problem.. Meet me there. We can talk it through

and I thought CKR was bad.

[Tom]

He's lucky he's got a professional contract that lad, absolute nut job by all accounts

[DE.]

He may not have for much longer Tom.

[Guest Norbert]

No doubt if someone takes him up on that offer, it may end up with his fists doing the talking.

Add me to the list of people annoyed at Adkins' sacking. Comes across as a decent man, a good manager and will probably do a good job for someone in our division.

[Amo]

Looks baked in this vid:

[Tom]

Anyone with a gun tattooed on the inside of their lip isn't a full shilling IMO

[Ossydave]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2y8duQxbOg

Stolen off someone on facebook, brilliant

[koi]

Just imagine having to manage someone like Ranger.

[Aberdeen Blue]

  On 20/01/2013 at 21:09, koi said:

Just imagine having to manage someone like Ranger.

Easy, "Your in breach of contract, goodbye. Don't let the door bang your arse on the way out!"

[Guest Norbert]

Thing is, from what I have read about him, he'll still think he's 'No.1 gangsta' when he's playing for Grimsby, giving it large like he's somebody. He seems to be one of those people who are so devoid of self-analysis and self-criticism that they live in their own world where they're the best thing since sliced bread and the world is lucky that he exists. And it is everyone else's fault whenever something goes wrong.

I made him sound like a black Steve Kean then.

[davulsukur]

4 goals in 10 minutes for Arsenal.

When they feel like it, Arsenal can destroy teams.

[Tom]

Hazard sent off for kicking the ball boy

Big ban incoming

[davulsukur]

Kicking a ball boy?

Yep a massive ban on its way.