Breaking News: Kevin Keegan has left Man City - Merged

Aquos76

Reports from SSN suggest that Kevin Keegan has left man city and Stuart Pearse has taken temp control

Slash/ED

Just on SSN, what odd timing :eek:

Stuart Pearce caretaker manager.

Thanx 4 The Fish

Wonder will he pick another eleven without a keeper again

Wonder why he has gone, am on ssn and nothing on about it, no links on the site either..

Slash/ED

It's on the breaking news ticker thingy at the bottom.

Aquos76

Thanx 4 The Fish wrote:

Wonder will he pick another eleven without a keeper again

Wonder why he has gone, am on ssn and nothing on about it, no links on the site either..

Tickerbar across bottom of screen as we speak

Aquos76

Slash/ED wrote:

It's on the breaking news ticker thingy at the bottom.

This is getting beyond a joke, us posting at the same time

Slash/ED

Leonard wrote:

This is getting beyond a joke, us posting at the same time

Yeah, I'm almost afraid to post now...

Purple monkey dishwasher

(Now if we both post that at the same time it'll be like something out of the Twilight zone :eek: )

mike65

Are you sure? Its damn weird timing even for Keegan.

edit. Oops they're talking about it on fivelive. Its true.

Makes no sense. City are doing okay by thier usual standards.

Mike.

PHB

Gee, somethign must be up, hope its nothign personal.
I thought Man City were makign great progress under him.

mike65

Theres been talk about Martin O'Neill taking over.

Mike.

Johnny_the_fox

:eek:

perfect job for gordon strachan

Slash/ED

I've heard Roddy Collins can leave Rovers any time he wants

Aquos76

Johnny_the_fox wrote:

:eek:

perfect job for gordon strachan

Spot on m8 or even Gerard Houllier

gandalf

Well its on BBC now so its true. Looks like another attack of the "I would just love it......." again

I suppose he is missing the relegation fight this season!

Chucky the tree

he was planning on leaving english football next season when his contract is up. Suprise his left at this time, and didnt wait till the end of this season at least. Something must of happened.

tis a shame, always like him as a manager, seemed very honest. Did wonders with Richard dunne aswell.

_blank_

Slash/ED wrote:

I've heard Roddy Collins can leave Rovers any time he wants

What about the rotund one?

Big Ears

I claimed keegan would be sacked in my sig , does this count as a right prediction ?

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Not likely Big Ears.

He wasn't sacked.

But, you get half a point for predicting he would be out of a job.

[off topic]You need a new prediction for the eL, if I was you I'd leave it the same[/off topic]

WhiteWashMan

i'd like to know how souness will get sacked if newcaslte win the cup

The Muppet

So he's done it again. I work wit two city fans Usually thay are as quite as mice but I,ll have to listen to them whinging all day now.

Strachan would be a grat replacment to move them on, can;t see O Neill going there , i think he may have his sightss set on a different mancheter club.

Big Ears

WhiteWashMan wrote:

i'd like to know how souness will get sacked if newcaslte win the cup

The two predictions were made before they had any connection and now that it looks like we're in the last 8 of Uefa cup he won't get sacked .

WhiteWashMan

Big Ears wrote:

The two predictions were made before they had any connection and now that it looks like we're in the last 8 of Uefa cup he won't get sacked .

thats gotta hurt

anyway, id say most man city fans are happy keegan is out. i have never rated him.

cournioni

Once a quitter, always a quitter.

KdjaCL

PORNAPSTER wrote:

Once a quitter, alway a quitter.

Exactly the guy has never finished a contract in football, how very odd.


kdjac

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Wonder where'll he go next?

Big Nelly

seansouth wrote:

Wonder where'll he go next?

I think thats it for footie for him!! will prob join BBC or Sky for TV work.....wat was his famous saying in the Euro's when England where playing Romania....I can only see England winning and they lost!! lol


Anyway as soon as he said he was leaving at the end of his contract his days where numbered......every manager that has said that is moved on as quick as possible......O'Neill wont take it.....40 mil in dept.....no money to buy players and Fowler/McManaman in your team......interesting read on Sporting Life that it is because of the Fowler signing and Bernstein quitting because the board took Keegans side instead of his was the downfall of Keegan and the club itself because up until then the club was run correctly without going in dept......

http://www.sportinglife.com/football/premiership/manc/news/story_get.dor?STORY_NAME=soccer/05/03/11/manual_071029.html&TEAMHD=manc

SteM

Just got this mail, some good ones here

Gone, but not forgotten. And what more appropriate way of bidding Keggy farewell than presenting a small section of his best quotes...

* "You get bunches of players like you do bananas...though that is a bad
comparison."

* "Argentina won't be at Euro 2000 because they're from South America."

* "People will say that was typical City, which really annoys me. But that's
typical City, I suppose..."

* "By the end he [Asprilla] was knackered-o. I think that's the Spanish for it."

* "They're the second best team in the world and there's no higher praise than
that."

* "One of his strengths is not heading."

* "He's using his strength and that is his strength, his strength."

* "My father was a miner and he worked down a mine."

* "If I had a blank piece of paper there'd be five names on it."

* "Hungary is very similar to Bulgaria. I know they're different countries..."

* "I didn’t see a lot. When Benitez learns a bit more English someone have to
tell him to sit down."

* "England have the best fans in the world and Scotland's fans are second to
none."

* "Against France we'll have to be at our best both technically, tactically and
spirit-wise."

* "You can't do better than go away from home and get a draw."

* "We deserved to win this game after hammering them 0-0 in the first half."

* "I don't think there's anyone bigger or smaller than Maradona."

* "He [SWP] is now getting paid what he deserves to be paid. I don't approve of
using kids as cheap labour."

* "The 33 or 34 year olds will be 36 or 37 by the time the next World Cup comes
around, if they're not careful."

* "Maine Road was a great football stadium but as time moved on it stayed where
it is..."

* "Chile have three options - they could win or they could lose."

* "Gary always weighed up his options, especially when he had no choice."

* "The tide is very much in our court now."

* "The Germans only have one player under 22, and he's 23."

* "You don't get two chances at this level, or at any other level for that
matter."

* "He can't speak Turkey, but you can tell he's delighted."

* "Batistuta is very good at pulling off defenders."

* "There'll be no siestas in Madrid tonight."

* "It's understandable that people are keeping one eye on the pot and another up
the chimney."

* "England can end the millennium as it started - as the greatest football
nation in the world."

* "I know what is around the corner - I just don't know where the corner is. But
the onus is on us to perform and we must control the bandwagon."

* "They compare Steve McManaman to Steve Heighway and he's nothing like him, but
I can see why - it's because he's a bit different..."

* "In some ways, cramp is worse than having a broken leg."

* "Should Al-Fayed get a British passport? 1000 per cent yes."

* "The good news for Nigeria is that they're two-nil down very early in the
game..."

* "Despite his white boots, he has real pace..."

* "That would have been a goal if it wasn't saved."

* "Goalkeepers aren't born today until they're in their late 2Os or 3Os."

* "The substitute is about to come on - he's a player who was left out of the
starting line-up today."

* "The ref was vertically 15 yards away."

* "Sir John Hall was a multi-millionaire when I came back to Newcastle. With all
the players I've bought, I'm trying to make him just an ordinary millionaire."

* "Football's always easier when you've got the ball."

* "People still have the concept of one big bath, but the way forward hygeine-
wise is single baths."

* "It's like a toaster, the ref's shirt pocket. Every time there's a tackle, up
pops a yellow card."

* "I'd love to be a mole on the wall in the Liverpool dressing room at half-
time."

* "I'm not trying to make excuses for David Seaman, but I think the lights may
have been a problem..."

* "The game has gone rather scrappy as both sides realise they could win this
match or lose it."

* "I'm not disappointed - just disappointed."

* "There's a slight doubt about only one player, and that's Tony Adams, who
definitely won't be playing tomorrow."

* "I came to Nantes two years ago and it's much the same today, except that it's
totally different."

* "We managed to wrong a few rights."

* "It's my job not to get beheaded."

* "I'll never play at Wembley again, unless I play at Wembley again."

* "Sometimes there are too many generals and not enough people waving to the
generals as they walk past."

* "A tremendous strike which hit the defender full on the arm - and it nearly
came off."

* "That decision, for me, was almost certainly definitely wrong."

* "Danny Tiatto is not going to make a mistake on purpose."

* "He'll also be very dangerous from set-pieces. That means he'll be a threat
from free-kicks and corners in the final third of the field."

* "He’s [Shaun Wright-Phillips] got a heart as big as his size, which isn’t big,
but his heart’s bigger than that."

* "The problem in our country is that we use hindsight as our judge. When she
[Margaret Thatcher] was in power, there were a lot of good things done, but
people will always pick out bad things. She was a good lady."

thejollyrodger

HAHA:D some of those quotes are classic's

I was surprised to see Keegan go at this moment in time, still Man City can do a lot better than him thats for sure

Big Nelly

thejollyrodger wrote:

HAHA:D some of those quotes are classic's

I was surprised to see Keegan go at this moment in time, still Man City can do a lot better than him thats for sure

Not really when you think about it....they are in mid table....safe from relagation more or less.....no chance of getting into Europe....so why not change now....let the new manager have a look at what players he has so then he can make changes in the summer.....better now than in summer when everyone is on holidays so he has to wait till pre-season to see what he has available to him,.......good move in my opinion!!

eyerer

those quotes were good

DapperGent

SteM wrote:

"There'll be no siestas in Madrid tonight."

I'd never heard that one before. Classic.

sleepwalker

ah sweet

watch swp join arsenal in the summer

Big Ears

"The ref was vertically 15 yards away."

oh jesus .

MrJoeSoap

ODDS ON NEXT MAN CITY MANAGER

Gordon Strachan 7/4
Stuart Pearce 4/1
Martin O'Neill 8/1
Claudio Ranieri 8/1
Bobby Robson 10/1
Sam Allardyce 12/1
Gerard Houllier 12/1

Source: Paddy Power

eyerer

"It's like a toaster, the ref's shirt pocket. Every time there's a tackle, up
pops a yellow card."

* "I'm not disappointed - just disappointed."

* "We managed to wrong a few rights."

eyerer

is martin o'neil unhappy at celtic or what?
every time theres a mangerial position, hes linked to it

my money would be on strachan
i was gonna say houllier too, but after his 'quality' of football at liverpool...i'd doubt it

allardyce has done well at bolton...why would he move
robson is too old

MrJoeSoap

I reckon Strachan would be the only man for the job, but they should give Pearse til the end of the season at least.

Raskolnikov

MrJoeSoap wrote:

ODDS ON NEXT MAN CITY MANAGER

Gordon Strachan 7/4
Stuart Pearce 4/1
Martin O'Neill 8/1
Claudio Ranieri 8/1
Bobby Robson 10/1
Sam Allardyce 12/1
Gerard Houllier 12/1

Source: Paddy Power

Houllier has just been apointed head technical coach director or sumat to the Australian national team. Allardyce would never take a step down to manage City. Bobby Robson is a little too old at this stage to start managing again. I can't see Ranieri coming back to England, especially not to take charge of a club with crippling financial debt. I think Pearce has a super chance at getting the job, just as long as he pulls in a string of good results.

eirebhoy

Off topic but there seems to be a few people not trusting Sky Sports news. I've never seen SSN give false information in my two years with Sky digital. They are the first for every bit of info on football and its basically the only reason why I'm holding on to Sky digital.

Slash/ED

Yeah aside from the fact that SSN will decide any rubbish sport they have coverage of is big news, it's a superb channel. It's pathetic really, but I always get a buzz when I'm watching and the breaking news thingy flashes up wondering what it's going to be

is martin o'neil unhappy at celtic or what?

Not so much unhappy I'd say just thinking maybe he's brought Celtic as far as he can and since it seems like he wont have much money to spend there at all may want a new challenge. Plus at this stage it's easy to link his name to any job going.

The Brigadier

Iain Dowie is the favorite with most of the press in the UK