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    Big Sam

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    I say sack the telegraph instead. This could have strengthened Sam's position as it plays to his position as a winner. He just had to say "I knew it was wrong, but was trying to get them to pay me £300,000 before letting them know".

    He'll be remembered at the England manager with the best win ratio.

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    Back in the 90s we had Venables in charge with the dentist chair incident in Hong Kong, which was the most publicised part of an oft drunk team, that caused damage in flight and generally were an embarrassment.

    Hoddle - well he had Eileen Drewery and he injected players without permission of their clubs, with who knows what? He then said something about disabled people being punished for sins in a former life.

    Eriksson spent more time in the gossip columns than in the sports pages.

    Hodgson - it was the ultimate embarrassment not qualifying for the group stages in Brasil, and they kept him on - unbelievable.

    So compared to the above, I'd say Sam is not in their league and it can only be that his face never fit in the first place.
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    Quote Originally Posted by noel View Post
    I say sack the telegraph instead. This could have strengthened Sam's position as it plays to his position as a winner. He just had to say "I knew it was wrong, but was trying to get them to pay me £300,000 before letting them know".

    He'll be remembered at the England manager with the best win ratio.
    The lengths the right wing press will go to in their attempts to deflect attention from the real issues knows no bounds. We'll probably find out Jeremy Corbyn had some hand in all this.....!!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Hobbsy View Post
    The lengths the right wing press will go to in their attempts to deflect attention from the real issues knows no bounds. We'll probably find out Jeremy Corbyn had some hand in all this.....!!
    Only a bleating neo-marxist could bring politics in to this
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    Quote Originally Posted by Witton Park View Post
    Only a bleating neo-marxist could bring politics in to this
    Seamless, wasn't it?! You taught me everything I know....!
    Ian Roberts Fell Race. Dare you take on the Marsden Moor Tussocks? There's cake in it for you

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    Go. Obviously
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    Let it all blow over and then re-apply for the job.
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    For somebody who is very much middle middle-class, it is hard to understand the greed of people who have so much money that they feel that they need more and are prepared to go bending/breaking the rules to get more.

    Bet he is a sorry many now. Pity as I have a lot of respect for him for what he done with Bolton.

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    Bet he is a sorry many now. Pity as I have a lot of respect for him for what he done with Bolton.
    Ah the "at least Mussolini made the trains run on time" defence (actually, he didn't) .
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