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the only hope is that sky don’t bother getting him back this has been a lucky escape for them
Thiery Henry has been suspended, probably ahead of being sacked tonight
A stark example of how football operates
However magnificent you were as a player you'll be given no leeway as a manager unless you win games
Disagree Rob on the TV front, I am actually finding the female pundits and commentators quite refreshing. Sky sports have been doing it too with ex female footballers and it works.
Don't watch Sky Sports but Alex Scott was great during the World Cup, really refreshing so I'd be surprised if her levels had dropped so much.Would largely agree with that. However there are some really, really bang average pundits out there annoyingly - both men and women. I find Jamie Redknapp and Alex Scott as bad as each other on Sky. Merson gets a gig purely because it's funny for simpletons when he mispronounces a foreign name
Essentially it does as many grammar schools that didn’t survive the cull of the socialist mafia of the late 70’s were given some tax exemptions to become “private” - the two in Coventry being prime examples - some boroughs held onto grammar status but the act of selection on ability at 11 is the same
I think that the removal of grammar schools was short sighted and was destined to drag standards down, but at the same time I don't think grammar/private schools as they were were a good thing for society either as they give its students this sense of superiority and "I'm better than you" for a lifetime and often that then gets past on generation to generation. You even see it now with the "Waitrose mob" looking down on "the poor people".
A far better idea, but would take longer to change public perception, is to get rid of the idea it's a hierarchy with grammar above things like technical colleges. Instead they should be looked at as on the same level, just making the most of an individuals abilities, be they practical or intellectual, and therefore maximising their education and benefit for society.
I'd have much more suited a grammar school, but at the same time I'm quite glad I had a comprehensive education as I feel I'm a far more rounded individual with more experiences of different ways of life and cultures because of it. Had I been in that grammar school bubble I think I'd be a right insufferable little prick (well, even more of one anyway!)
Again no it doesn't... there is more to being a private school than simply being selective.
Grammar schools just embed privilege and draw decent students away from comprehensives. We were slowly moving towards vocational gaining parity, but the Mickey Mouse courses and focus on grades meant they got abused and absolutely decimated when the Tories got in.
I nearly got sent to Henry’s instead of Alderman Callow and I’m glad I didn’t, as you say it makes you a more rounded individual (even if you don’t appreciate it at the time!).
Send everyone to their local school and fund them all properly for small class sizes and rich extra curricular opportunities.
(Though I would bring in diverse education at 14-19 that could look like trade and grammar schools)
(What’s this got to do with Sol Campbell?)
Only as grammars were expunged in the socialist purge
Mate I had great teachers at my comp. I also when to uni so what chance was I denied? Typical clueless ToryIt’s myopic drivel like this than denies working class children opportunity and encourages mediocrity and drudgery.
The local school mantra also is absurd as even comprehensives are effectively selected by property price and post code
You have a huge chip on your shoulder so your claim of being rounded is hilarious
7 I thinkWas it 16 behind when he took over?
I was on their forum a few weeks back, just browsing to see what they thought of him, and they weren't overly pleased. Strange really, given that from an outside perspective he seems to have done a decent job.
Was it 16 behind when he took over?
I’m sure it was 7 off the team directly above them and a lot more from safety.7 I think
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Indeed. Brillisnt salvage job.Well he did a great job in the end
Why is he a dick ?They were 17 points behind having played a game more than the last safe team.
They have also been in financial trouble and players have been paid late twice and they still hadn't been paid April's wages at the start of today. In reality, Sol has done a great job. I dislike his personality and think he is a dick, but he has done a very good job.
Why is he a dick ?
No chance were they 17pts behind third bottom when he took over.They were 17 points behind having played a game more than the last safe team.
They have also been in financial trouble and players have been paid late twice and they still hadn't been paid April's wages at the start of today. In reality, Sol has done a great job. I dislike his personality and think he is a dick, but he has done a very good job.
Hopefully we can retire the term 'race card' for at least a good while now.
Must have another job to go to?Has left Macclesfield by mutual consent, after 8 months in charge.
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