Dowie.(sorry another football thread)

newlad



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Message Posted:
24/10/2008 22:57

How many more chances at management will this guy get.Just goes to show, even though Q.P.R. are the richest club in the world it doesnt mean that you have a divine right to be successful.

Paul.

Turtle


Joined: 28/05/2007
Posts: 2669

Message Posted:
24/10/2008 23:02

Its the same old story Paul ex footballers who think they have a divine right to move into management but how many of them fail.

Its interesting to note that no ex players take up refereeing ?

ilovecyprus


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Posts: 2880

Message Posted:
24/10/2008 23:08

It's a bit like the business directors club Paul. Once you make it in to the club you can keep getting jobs even if you are unsuccesful.

Interstingly, Dowie unlike alot of managers, is quite well educated. He has a Masters Degree in Engineering.

newlad



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Message Posted:
24/10/2008 23:10

Tats,

I dont balme them for not taking up reffing do you.Refs get a raw deal in football in my opinion.My first sport is rugby league and the players treat refs with the respect they deserve and actually refer to them as sir,

Paul.

newlad



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Message Posted:
24/10/2008 23:12

Hi Mark,

How the bloody hell did you no that about Dowie you anorak lol,

Paul.

Turtle


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Message Posted:
24/10/2008 23:13

Thats the point paul, perhaps these prima donnas may show a little more respect to an ex player.

By the way don't apologise for starting a football thread at the moment its better than politics ?

newlad



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Message Posted:
24/10/2008 23:16

Tats,

Just being polite matey.

ilovecyprus


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Message Posted:
24/10/2008 23:16

I thought everyone knew that Paul. I'm trying to get out more mate

pilgrim



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Message Posted:
24/10/2008 23:28

Topical,

Wicked Witch wishing to be so look horrific that it would scare children to death, drinks secret potion is transformed into beast and goes to her magic mirror to be doublely sure and as says 'mirror mirror on the wall make me the most ugly of all' the mirror replies you mean worse than like Ian Dowie!

Turtle


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Posts: 2669

Message Posted:
24/10/2008 23:33

Ian Dowie played the part of "Sloth" in The Goonies

newlad



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Message Posted:
24/10/2008 23:34

Mark,

Lets have a vote Dowie the engineer who new that he had a degree and who gives a monkeys anyway lol,

Paul.

ilovecyprus


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Message Posted:
24/10/2008 23:35

like it pilgrim..... but then the mirror realised, you mean uglier than Peter Beardsley

newlad



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Message Posted:
24/10/2008 23:36

Paul,

Nice one mate.Hope you are well,

Paul.

RedSnapper


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Message Posted:
24/10/2008 23:37

Waddle in Marseilles` the one to watch..

newlad



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Message Posted:
24/10/2008 23:39

Peter Beardsley,

The bells the bells.Ugly but a beautiful footballer,

Paul.

ilovecyprus


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Message Posted:
24/10/2008 23:40

a truly great player Paul. You are right

newlad



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Message Posted:
24/10/2008 23:45

Red snapper,

Mess 14 never tried it matey lol,

Paul.

RedSnapper


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Message Posted:
24/10/2008 23:47

hello mate, ope you`re ok

newlad



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Message Posted:
25/10/2008

Buzzing like a fridge fire starter,

Paul.

pilgrim



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Posts: 1404

Message Posted:
25/10/2008 01:00

Hi Paul,

Doing fine, not quite as good as Hull City

cheers

Paul

Groucho



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Message Posted:
25/10/2008 08:03

Don't you think Referees are a bit like politicians? They are control freaks and want to be the most important person on the pitch....

Groucho



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Posts: 7993

Message Posted:
25/10/2008 08:34

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger says a photo of club captain William Gallas leaving a nightclub with a cigarette in his mouth is unacceptable.



I had to laugh.... which part of it do you think is unacceptable?



Oh how times of changed...



I remember the days when a manager wanted to know why his players were leaving before the nightclub closed!



Now fags are the demon... I would have thought someone you want to be setting an example to younger players should be taken to task for going into nightclubs... sod the fag...

ilovecyprus


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Posts: 2880

Message Posted:
25/10/2008 11:16

msge 21



Hi Grouch



I think some are control freaks such as the Sweedish Guy. Is it Anders Frisks? Don't think they all are though. I think many love the game, could not play to a high standard but just want to be involved in some way.



I would love to try an experiment of not having any referees on the pitch. A lot of modern tactical play is aimed at trying to convince or fool the ref i.e. diving.

The experiement would be for the players to self regulate themselves like we used to do in the school playground. Any decisions or fouls would have to be sorted out by the two teams. The only punishment would be that if the smallest of fights broke out the game would be abandoned and neither side would get any points. You might perhaps have an adjudicator watching a TV screen who would make a decision, if the two teams could not reach an agreement on an issue.



Just a thought - but probably a silly one

Quarmby


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Message Posted:
25/10/2008 11:26

So have you got 8 hours to spare watching a game!