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Roberto Di Matteo on "Gardening Leave"

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Sun Feb 06, 2011 12:30 pm
by Blue Toy
According to SSN.
Relieved of his coaching duties and placed on gardening leave.
Re: Roberto Di Matteo on "Gardening Leave"

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Sun Feb 06, 2011 12:39 pm
by HeyMark
Madness, their on a bad run atm, but they're still playing good football. I thought in the 2nd half they were the better team yesterday
Re: Roberto Di Matteo on "Gardening Leave"

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Sun Feb 06, 2011 12:39 pm
by Bianchi on Ice
Someone is pulling his strings
Re: Roberto Di Matteo on "Gardening Leave"

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Sun Feb 06, 2011 12:40 pm
by Alioune DVToure
Sad if true. Nice bloke and good manager.
That's now two managers of promoted teams sacked this season whilst there teams aren't even in the bottom three. What do the boards of these clubs want?
Re: Roberto Di Matteo on "Gardening Leave"

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Sun Feb 06, 2011 12:41 pm
by PoC
Alioune DVToure wrote:Sad if true. Nice bloke and good manager.
That's now two managers of promoted teams sacked this season wilst there teams aren't even in the bottom three. What do the boards of these clubs want?
I'd say wba want fat bastard allardyce
Re: Roberto Di Matteo on "Gardening Leave"

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Sun Feb 06, 2011 12:44 pm
by Crossie
They were 6th at one point, total madness.
Re: Roberto Di Matteo on "Gardening Leave"

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Sun Feb 06, 2011 12:45 pm
by Fesan
Queue Big Sam...
Re: Roberto Di Matteo on "Gardening Leave"

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Sun Feb 06, 2011 1:00 pm
by craigmcfc
Fesan wrote:Queue Big Sam...
What a big queue that would be
Madness in my opinion. Genuinely nice bloke who gets his team to play good football
Re: Roberto Di Matteo on "Gardening Leave"

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Sun Feb 06, 2011 1:01 pm
by Tokyo Blue
Ridiculous. And if you are going to sack your manager, this is not the time of year. Before the transfer window or at the end of the season perhaps but not now.
Re: Roberto Di Matteo on "Gardening Leave"

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Sun Feb 06, 2011 1:07 pm
by Dubciteh
abs ridiculus, hope they go down for that!what do they expect? good football some decent results, obv a couple of bad ones but all sides have had bad results this season,he has spent fuck all too and has done miracles, this sort of thing winds me up. he started at the bottom unlike some other ex players and has done a good job everywhere, madness.
Re: Roberto Di Matteo on "Gardening Leave"

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Sun Feb 06, 2011 1:09 pm
by Craig B
Pure madness - they must have someone lined up and I suppose you wouldn't bet against it being the 'expert' Big Fat Sam. He did actually play for West Brom and was their assistant manager for a time in 1989 - although having said that he's a Wolves fan.
Re: Roberto Di Matteo on "Gardening Leave"

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Sun Feb 06, 2011 1:13 pm
by kennyboy
we are ruin football..
Re: Roberto Di Matteo on "Gardening Leave"

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Sun Feb 06, 2011 1:19 pm
by LookMumImOnMCF.net
Unbelievable
Re: Roberto Di Matteo on "Gardening Leave"

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Sun Feb 06, 2011 1:23 pm
by ryanmcfc
The Wigan result did him in. Sounds like he may have been gone no matter what happened yesterday.
Re: Roberto Di Matteo on "Gardening Leave"

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Sun Feb 06, 2011 1:25 pm
by Im_Spartacus
Craig B wrote:Pure madness - they must have someone lined up and I suppose you wouldn't bet against it being the 'expert' Big Fat Sam. He did actually play for West Brom and was their assistant manager for a time in 1989 - although having said that he's a Wolves fan.
I always thought he was from the North East and supported one of those teams
Re: Roberto Di Matteo on "Gardening Leave"

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Sun Feb 06, 2011 1:27 pm
by aaron bond
Tokyo Blue wrote:Ridiculous. And if you are going to sack your manager, this is not the time of year. Before the transfer window or at the end of the season perhaps but not now.
This sums it up.
Why didn't they do it when a new manager could have brought in some of his own signings?
Poor decision in my opinion. WBA are in a relegation battle but what else did the board expect? They haven't exactly spent millions. They're currently out of the bottom 3 and generally try to play good football. As it stands, I'd expect them to stay up.
It's almost as poor as the sacking of Hughton.
Re: Roberto Di Matteo on "Gardening Leave"

Posted:
Sun Feb 06, 2011 1:32 pm
by HeyMark
Gordon Strachan to be the next west brom manager
Re: Roberto Di Matteo on "Gardening Leave"

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Sun Feb 06, 2011 1:42 pm
by Fesan
Funny how managers can get the axe for doing too well...
As someone said they were 6th at the start of the season, now they've lost alot of games and are at the bottom. I think that if Di Matteo had won one game now and then and they had the same table position as they do now he'd still be in charge. They all know that staying up is all they can hope for so why sack him as long as they are not down and out? I mean he is the same guy who won all those games earlier...
Re: Roberto Di Matteo on "Gardening Leave"

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Sun Feb 06, 2011 2:00 pm
by ant london
How many managers have been sacked in recent years after losing to City? Quite a few
Di Matteo is the most unjust
Big Fat Sam was the sweetest
Re: Roberto Di Matteo on "Gardening Leave"

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Sun Feb 06, 2011 2:22 pm
by Esky
To play devil's advocate - 13 losses from 18 and their next two games are at Wolves and West Ham. Time for a change?
Still though, I liked Di Matteo; he played nice football and took points from some of the best sides in the league.
If 16th isn't a successful season for anyone involved with that club then they're clearly deluded. Got to wonder what kind of season the owners had in mind.