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Context though isn't it....don't recall Guardiola ever disparaging Man Utd in any notable fashion. Plus objectively he's very good. We didn't not want Bruce because he was a Sunderland manager. We didn't want him as everyone could see from his entire career that he would be a walking disaster...both from his results and the obviousness of his duplicit nature. Obviously being Sunderland manager didn't help his cause with an element of our fans, but even taking that spell out of his career he was still pretty much completely unwanted.

Not a fashionable enough name....if he was Höwedes he probably would be considered. (Copyright Sam Allerdici) Just a symptom of our league...every team wants instant results, so want proven successful managers (us being the exception obviously, and also the massive blindspots some teams have for PFMs...looking at you West Ham/WBA/Crystal Palace), rather than letting younger ones develop to that level.

Levy clearly negotiating hard behind the scenes to prise Bruce from his beloved Newcastle

He's probably the most universally hated manager going....only Bolton fans have any degree of fondness for him

Allardyce?

Knowing that the verdict will probably be a thanks to the 'Big 6' for highlighting the dodgy people who want to get into our League, and as a reward we'll drop your punishment for trying to set up ESL

Every bit of evidence on Charnley to date suggests he wouldn't even know. Would not be remotely surprised to find out later that he was just sitting in his office colouring in when Stavely/Rueben/PIF walk in and ask 'Who are you, and what are you doing here?'

It won't be

Timing of the stadium in combination with a global outbreak is unfortunate yes, but appointing Mourinho was just a massive gamble that didn't pay off. Most could see that he was lame horse after Man Utd, but they took the chance that he could still do it. Don't get me wrong, he was a brilliant manager but he's fallen behind the times and things that worked for him from 2004-2010 just don't now and his ego won't let him consider new approaches. Compare to Rafa who has shown himself to be massively adaptable and willing to learn.

Don't be daft....Curbishley is still available....assuming Hodgson turns us down

And we already have a backup midfielder who can and does do the same

In real life no-one actually knows what we'll spend. Obviously this being a MA Operation it will be as little as possible, but its absolutely baffling that 12M would be the limit unless they genuinely believe that they were the only ones affected by Covid (again not hard to believe)

First Day: Man City Away Boxing Day: Man Utd Home Last Day: Chelsea Home

Imagine how different things could have been if we'd actually appointed him after Keegan left. On second thoughts don't...its more tortuous than waterboarding

I've just seen a flying pig. No wait...it was just the police helicopter

Since when do owners listen to fan opinion?

Would love to see them try to appoint Bruce. As we all know he's done an outstanding job here ;-) They've had their 'Benitez Moment' that we all enjoyed when they got Ancelotti....its about time they got back on the PFM train. Alternatively they should be looking at their club legends as managers....although struggling to think of any past Duncan Ferguson. What are Tim Cahill and Leighton Baines up to these days...

Didn't they just take clips from live games? Seem to remember one in the film being Robert scoring a free kick against Liverpool

I'd say it's more of a mess going from Benitez to Bruce in one

As i recall, when he heard about Liverpools bid he almost immediately demanded a massive new contract despite only getting one a few months earlier, and only left when it was refused

Got to wonder if he's fundamentally suited to being a footballer, as all have his injuries have never been major (correct me if wrong), but it looks like most of them have been little niggly things that most players get occasionally, but not consistently. Would it be a push to say that he makes Michael Owen look not injury prone... A quick look at TransferMarket shows Carrols missed almost 6 years potential game time since his debut. Time to accept and give up

yeah right

Thinking back..the last time any club was properly done over for dodgy activities was probably Serie A relegating Juventus. 15 years later what did it actually achieve?...they're still more or less the main challengers in Italy. And when a team (Atlanta) does well enough to get to Europe, the Serie A powers bleat on that they shouldn't be allowed in on 'historical' grounds.

There might be a day or two of social media complaining, but no real uproar. Football might as well be WWE nowadays....totally orchestrated for the big players to stay on top. They know it, the PL know it, the fans know it, the 'Little 14' know it. Sickening. It would take a clean sweep of all organisations who make any money out of the game to fix this properly...I do honestly think that the illicit drugs trade is now less corrupt than these lot

No point having a backup that's never available as a backup... Might as well have a flat spare tyre for when you get a puncture