That isn't why America is mediocre at football; it's because they "aren't a soccer nation", to paraphrase an Aussie mate of mine. Scotland is...they're just utterly shite at it! I'd say that Scottish D1 equates to BSP tops. If we were hiring a mid-table BSP manager, would the reaction be any...
I don't think it's a valid comparison tbh, player and manager, completely different. If the vast majority of their fans don't rate the guy, it doesn't bode well! I imagine their response is what we'd give if Reid or Coleman was about to have been poached..
He was clearly being sarcastic in a bid to get rid of him! After reading their forum, I'm more than a little concerned tbh..the response to us losing Robins was one of pain and anguish, not "yes, he's gone, awesome we might get some compensation!".
There's one reason only why I'm against his appointment; these sodding Elvis puns! I don't know why they annoy me so much, but it might be because Elvis Presley has always really annoyed me. I just don't get the hype, he was crap..
That said if you want to sign a player for 10m, that comes down to how much money you have and how ambitious you are-has nowt to do with the FFP regulations.
I think this is Grendel satirising the fact that one person saying it on twitter is enough to start a "Fisher has gone!" frenzy. By being one person saying "just spoke to him, no he hasn't!" he is stating something that deserves as much credence as the twitter rumour.
Of course he hasn't...
Brackley and Wolstenholme were a class above the other commentators back then. And yes when I praised 5's cricket coverage I meant 4 in effect as was seeing as it's the same gang; they all got head-hunted by SKY as a result of their success.
Right, time to grab an hour or two's kip before the...
Football Italia was ace. Here you go, plus with George Weah running the length of the pitch versus Verona, sigh: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwOLi3J4Y78