The European Football Season 15/16
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At what point does Abramovitch pull the trigger on Mourinho? 
It bemoans me to say this as a Derby fan but setting aside local footballing animosity and looking at this from a purley Roy of the Rovers, remember the good old days, it's be great for football kinda way I have to say: I'd love for Leicester to win the league and Chelsea to get relegated.
I'm not sure either will happen, though bizarrely the former is more likely than the latter, because Jose will be shown the door and they could probably get Neil Warnock in and Chelsea's form would improve.
It bemoans me to say this as a Derby fan but setting aside local footballing animosity and looking at this from a purley Roy of the Rovers, remember the good old days, it's be great for football kinda way I have to say: I'd love for Leicester to win the league and Chelsea to get relegated.
I'm not sure either will happen, though bizarrely the former is more likely than the latter, because Jose will be shown the door and they could probably get Neil Warnock in and Chelsea's form would improve.
Chelsea again
The way Chelsea are playing these days, you should be thrilled.
At what point does Abramovitch pull the trigger on Mourinho?
It bemoans me to say this as a Derby fan but setting aside local footballing animosity and looking at this from a purley Roy of the Rovers, remember the good old days, it's be great for football kinda way I have to say: I'd love for Leicester to win the league and Chelsea to get relegated.
I'm not sure either will happen, though bizarrely the former is more likely than the latter, because Jose will be shown the door and they could probably get Neil Warnock in and Chelsea's form would improve.
I think Abramovitch might be willing to write-off this season. Mourinho doesn't seem to have lost the dressing room so it could just be a complete and utter fluke season. No one has looked very good to be honest.
I'd love to see Leicester win the league but I suspect it will be City.
But at the moment Chelsea are, what, a point outside of the relegation zone? Any other manager would have been long gone by now and surely if they continue to play like this Abramovitch will do something, writing off a season is one thing, relegation is something else and no team is too big to go down.
Simeone isn't better. Only two coaches in the world that are currently working are better...Guardiola and Ancellotti. Neither will be the replacement, though...maybe Ancellotti next season but I don't see it.
This whole situation is mind boggling. Champions to relegation fodder in a matter of months. I know that Mourinho isn't to everyone's taste and the Eva Carneiro thing was entirely his fault, but the players HAVE to shoulder a lot of the blame here. Their highly-paid, pampered egos were hurt by his public comments? Boo-hoo. Pundits knew they weren't playing to their potential in the League. Fans knew it. Their own form in the Champions League showed it. So why SHOULDN'T Mourinho call them out? Why is that taboo?
There's obviously a lot more to this story than we know, but I have read some of the tabloid articles about supposed behind-the-scenes bust-ups and to be honest, a lot of it seems like total conjecture...only some of it seems true. So who really knows what caused this to snowball out of control.
I can't see Guardiola at Chelsea and why would you bring back Ancellotti when you already sacked him once for not being good enough?
Simeone is at least young and fresh. A different perspective.
Fact is, Hazard, Fabregas, Costa etc have all been abysmal this season and I still say this has been a total fluke occurrence. You don't win major titles in Portugal, England, Italy and Spain then suddenly become a bad manager.
I have a feeling we may see Mourinho at United at some point.
Simeone is at least young and fresh. A different perspective.
Fact is, Hazard, Fabregas, Costa etc have all been abysmal this season and I still say this has been a total fluke occurrence. You don't win major titles in Portugal, England, Italy and Spain then suddenly become a bad manager.
I have a feeling we may see Mourinho at United at some point.
Plenty of managers tail off later in their career. Clearly Mourinho is a good manager, his record speaks for itself, but he's also an incredibly arrogant man who doesn't appear to have any self awareness. He's been blaming everyone this season, everyone except himself of course. Blaming the team doctor was indicative of a man who was clearly stressed even before the season started turning to shit.
Frankly he's like an infinitely more successful version of Billy Davies, both, on the surface at least come across like brilliant man managers who seem to engender great loyalty in players and create an almost siege mentality. They also have a habit of creating hard to beat teams, but both men have impossibly high opinions of themselves (Which in fairness is more deserved in Jose's case) and both seem to self destruct at whatever club they're at, usually through their own hubris. Is Porto the only club Jose has ever left on something approaching friendly terms?
Mourinho will clearly get another job, he'll clearly win stuff with his new club but, just as clearly, 2 or 3 years in things will go horribly wrong.
Frankly he's like an infinitely more successful version of Billy Davies, both, on the surface at least come across like brilliant man managers who seem to engender great loyalty in players and create an almost siege mentality. They also have a habit of creating hard to beat teams, but both men have impossibly high opinions of themselves (Which in fairness is more deserved in Jose's case) and both seem to self destruct at whatever club they're at, usually through their own hubris. Is Porto the only club Jose has ever left on something approaching friendly terms?
Mourinho will clearly get another job, he'll clearly win stuff with his new club but, just as clearly, 2 or 3 years in things will go horribly wrong.
RIP Jimmy Hill
Huge figure in English football. The reason players started getting decent wages and the reason the world went to 3 points for a win, among other achievements.
Huge figure in English football. The reason players started getting decent wages and the reason the world went to 3 points for a win, among other achievements.
Chelsea 3 - 1 Sunderland
Man United 1 - 2 Norwich
Southampton 0 - 2 Tottenham
Stoke 1 - 2 Crystal Palace
Everton 2 - 3 Liecester City
West Brom 1 - 2 Bournemouth
Newcastle 1 - 1 Aston Villa
More pressure on Van Ghaal. Leicester keep winning
Watford 2 - 0 Liverpool (half time).
Maybe the Liverpool players are so sick of Klopp invading their personal space with his hugs and smiles when they win, that they're deliberately losing?
Meanwhile, back at the bat cave...
Bayern to Announce Ancelotti as New Manager in Next Few Days
So where does Pep go? Were the City rumours true all along?
Man United 1 - 2 Norwich
Southampton 0 - 2 Tottenham
Stoke 1 - 2 Crystal Palace
Everton 2 - 3 Liecester City
West Brom 1 - 2 Bournemouth
Newcastle 1 - 1 Aston Villa
More pressure on Van Ghaal. Leicester keep winning
Watford 2 - 0 Liverpool (half time).
Maybe the Liverpool players are so sick of Klopp invading their personal space with his hugs and smiles when they win, that they're deliberately losing?
Meanwhile, back at the bat cave...
Bayern to Announce Ancelotti as New Manager in Next Few Days
So where does Pep go? Were the City rumours true all along?
Boxing Day Football
Stoke 2 -0 Man United
Chelsea 2 - 2 Watford
Aston Villa 1 - 1 West Ham
Bournemouth 0 - 0 Crystal Palace
Liverpool 1 - 0 Leicester City
Man City 4 - 1 Sunderland
Swansea 1 - 0 West Brim
Tottenham 3 - 0 Norwich
Newcastle 0 - 1 Everton
Southampton V Arsenal - kick-off 7:45pm
Stoke 2 -0 Man United
Chelsea 2 - 2 Watford
Aston Villa 1 - 1 West Ham
Bournemouth 0 - 0 Crystal Palace
Liverpool 1 - 0 Leicester City
Man City 4 - 1 Sunderland
Swansea 1 - 0 West Brim
Tottenham 3 - 0 Norwich
Newcastle 0 - 1 Everton
Southampton V Arsenal - kick-off 7:45pm
Crystal Palace 0 - 0 Swansea
Norwich 2 - 0 Aston Villa
Watford 1 - 2 Tottenham
Everton 3 - 4 Stoke
West Brom 1 - 0 Newcastle
Arsenal 2 - 0 Bournemouth
West Ham 2 - 1 Southampton
Man United 0 - 0 Chelsea
Better performance from United but still no cutting edge. Villa look doomed.
Norwich 2 - 0 Aston Villa
Watford 1 - 2 Tottenham
Everton 3 - 4 Stoke
West Brom 1 - 0 Newcastle
Arsenal 2 - 0 Bournemouth
West Ham 2 - 1 Southampton
Man United 0 - 0 Chelsea
Better performance from United but still no cutting edge. Villa look doomed.
West Ham 2 - 0 Liverpool
Man United 2 - 1 Swansea
Sunderland 3 - 1 Aston Villa
Leicester 0 - 0 Bournemouth
Norwich 1 - 0 Southampton
Arsenal 1 - 0 Newcastle
West From 2 - 1 Stoke
Watford 1 - 2 Man City
Liverpool looking lacklustre lately. Klopp out!
Villa are SO down.
Man United 2 - 1 Swansea
Sunderland 3 - 1 Aston Villa
Leicester 0 - 0 Bournemouth
Norwich 1 - 0 Southampton
Arsenal 1 - 0 Newcastle
West From 2 - 1 Stoke
Watford 1 - 2 Man City
Liverpool looking lacklustre lately. Klopp out!
Villa are SO down.
Real Madrid Sack Benitez and Replace with Zidane
Rafa being sacked was on the cards but Zinedine (le headbutt) Zidane taking over? If you say so.
I blame the Neville's.
Rafa being sacked was on the cards but Zinedine (le headbutt) Zidane taking over? If you say so.
I blame the Neville's.
Unless they buy some strikers (for massively over inflated prices).
Shelvey to Newcastle
Oh and some fella called Messi won the Ballon d'Or again.
Shelvey to Newcastle
Oh and some fella called Messi won the Ballon d'Or again.
