Kenny Dalglish guided Blackburn Rovers to the Premier League title in 1995, and their former manager reckons [Read the rest of this entry »]
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It appears that the club have made a decision over who to appoint as their next manager. [Read the rest of this entry »]
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Will Steve McClaren, Paul Ince and Sam Allardyce be overtaken on the line by this dark horse, finishing fast on the rails? [Read the rest of this entry »]
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Blackburn chairman John Williams reckons a new managerial appointment should be made at the end of the week, and it’s looking like one of two candidates at the moment. [Read the rest of this entry »]
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Who will replace Mark Hughes as Blackburn manager? [Read the rest of this entry »]
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It’s entirely possible that Sam Allardyce is in pole position to become the next manager of Blackburn Rovers. After all, he has been interviewed at Ewood Park about the position and has demonstrated his prowess in the Premier League with Bolton. Some might argue he might have done well at St James’ Park if he’d been given the opportunity, although that was cut short by some fickle fans and an owner who knows less about football than my great aunt. [Read the rest of this entry »]
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Who would be the better choice for the Blackburn job? Now that Alan Shearer has politely excused himself and eased back into his relaxed BBC career, it looks to be a two-horse race between the young and talented Paul Guv’nor Ince and the old hand Sam Allardyce. Ince has done a brilliant job at MK Dons, but has he got it in him to jump two divisions? On the other hand, Allardyce’s last attempt at management showed all the attacking panache and dynamism of a Douglas Bader and Ironside strikeforce.
“Blackburn Rovers appeared to be facing a choice of the untested and the unpopular last night after Alan Shearer ruled himself out of the race to succeed Mark Hughes as the club’s manager. Chief executive, John Williams, must now decide whether to approach MK Dons for permission to speak to Paul Ince – he had not as of yesterday afternoon – or proceed with Sam Allardyce, installed last night as bookies’ favourite. (Independent)”
So which would be preferable?
Tagged Under: allardyce, blackburn rovers, bolton wanderers, ewood park, ince, MK Dons, newcastle united, shearer
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They say that if you gave a million monkeys a million typewriters and had them bashing away for a million years, you would end up with the complete works of Shakespeare. One wonders whether Sam Allardyce, if given a million years, a million players and an endless dripfeed of cash could have turned his Newcastle side around. Not only did Allardyce have Newcastle play ugly and basic cave-dwelling football, but he also made some woeful signings.
Reports are coming in that defender David Rozehnal, a £2.9m Newcastle signing last summer by Allardyce, has been summarily flogged to Lazio for £1.4m, that’s a loss of £1.5m folks. So was Rozehnal the worst signing of the Allardyce tenure, or are there worse out there?
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Well, maybe not the fans favourite but he’s currently at the top of bookmakers’ lists. While Blackburn might talk of not rushing to appoint a replacement for Mark Hughes, the truth is that they can’t leave it very long at all, especially with player contracts to sort out and potential new signings to be lined up. The Guardian report that a shortlist is being drawn up at Ewood Park and, if the odds are anything to go by, this includes Shearer, Allardyce, Ince and Henk Ten Cate.
The Blackburn chairman, John Williams, hopes to conclude the search within the next 10 days, a timescale that would promote the prospects of the club-less Shearer, Allardyce and McClaren, given that Ten Cate is close to joining Panathinaikos. “We have received expressions of interest from a broad spectrum of interesting candidates; English and foreign, experienced and less experienced, and we are delighted with the calibre and the range,” Williams said yesterday. “I said at the outset, I’d like to get the new man in place within a fortnight and that is what we are aiming towards. Hopefully we’ll have made an appointment by the end of the week, or certainly early next week.”
Whoever takes over will have a tough act to follow, with Hughes dragging the club away from the relegation zone since he took over and making them into a top-half Premier League club. If his successor achieves a top ten finish next season, he’ll have done very well.
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To be fair, if Joey Barton was anything other than a professional footballer, he would have run out of chances a long time ago. However, the Daily Mail report that his career could be effectively over, with Newcastle United planning to release the player who is currently on a suspended £55k a week while in the slammer.
Newcastle are planning to sack jailed £55,000-a-week midfielder Joey Barton unless he agrees to a 50-per-cent pay cut.
Manager Kevin Keegan wants to keep Barton, despite him being imprisoned for six months in May for assault and affray.
But the Newcastle hierarchy, led by owner Mike Ashley, executive director Dennis Wise and vice-president Tony Jimenez, are not happy and could move to dismiss the player even before the case begins on June 30.
Great things were expected of Barton when he arrived at St James’ Park last summer. It was supposed to mark a new beginning forthe ex-Man City midfielder, a new leaf under manager Sam Allardyce. However, a leopard has not been able to change its spots, despite being given several opportunities to do so.
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Avram Grant was criticised this week for leaving Joe Cole out of the starting XI that faced Wigan on Monday. Many fans at Stamford Bridge chanted ‘you don’t know what you’re doing’ at the Chelsea manager and according to The Sun, Tal Ben Haim might have been joining in.
You might be forgiven for thinking that Grant would look to include his fellow countryman in the team on a fairly regular basis, but the truth is that the former Bolton player has barely had a look in since Jose Mourinho left the club last year. And he’s not too happy about it!
He said: “Jose Mourinho is the reason I came to Chelsea and if I knew Avram Grant was going to be the coach then I would have signed for another club.
“It was Jose who brought me here and no one except he and I know the conversation we had when he tried to sign me the first time a year ago last January.
“The fact is while Jose was the coach I played most of the games and people who know me know that I would not have come here to be a reserve.
“I knew that nothing good would come with Grant as Chelsea coach.”
With Ricardo Carvalho and John Terry back from injury and Alex also ahead of Ben Haim in the pecking order, it’s surely a matter of time before the defender leaves for pastures new. You would imagine a middling club such as Aston Villa, West Ham or even Tottenham would be keen on signing a player who was an integral part of Sam Allardyce’s later success at the Reebok.
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Part 2 of our round-up…
Arsenal gaffer Arsene Wenger is pondering a bid for Raffaele Palladino, and may make a move for the Juventus midfielder in the summer. (Star)
Chelsea boss Avram Grant will make a move for Palermo’s Brazilian striker Amauri at the end of the season. (Sunday Mirror)
Liverpool captain Stevie Gerrard reckons that ex-gaffer Gerard Houllier made a huge mistake in letting Nic Anelka leave the club. (News of the World)
Wigan chief Steve Bruce has sanctioned the sale of midfield gem Jason Koumas to Celtic. (News of the World)
Ex-Newcastle boss Sam Allardyce will be offered the Wolves hotseat if current incumbent Mick McCarthy fails to win promotion. (People)
Sunderland striker Kenwyne Jones has a relegation release clause in his contract, which could see him heading for pastures new if the Black Cats are relegated. (Sunday Mirror)
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So Big Sam Allardyce has finally been sacked by Newcastle United, and the whole of the UK can breathe a sigh of relief and wait with baited breath for the next press-led torch burning, pitchfork wielding, managerial witchunt (our money is on Rafa)…
In the meantime, the non-thinking man’s newspaper, The Sun has offered up a couple of options to take the St James’ hotseat. First up is Big Alan Shearer, he of the one handed snooze inducing goal celebration, and someone who is more Geordie that a black and white episode of Byker Grove.
The Sun claims that once they heard about Allardyce’s sacking:
“Toon fans immediately called for their hero Shearer to save the club — but owner Mike Ashley may never put the call in to Barbados, where the former England striker is on holiday.
“Ashley and his influential chum, former Spurs director Paul Kelmsley, are both big admirers of Portsmouth boss Redknapp.”
The BBC, meanwhile, thinks that Shearer will turn down the opportunity anyway, they report that:
“Sources close to Alan Shearer have confirmed to the BBC on Wednesday evening that he is extremely unlikely to be the next manager of Newcastle.
“Shearer says he is currently very happy with his job on Match of the Day.”
So it looks like although Shearer may be the fans favourite but he’d prefers the relaxed life of a mediocre pundit, so the money men seem to have taken a fancy to ‘Appy ‘Arry Redknapp – and the bookies seem to agree, slashing Redknapp’s odds and making him favourite to take over at Newcastle…So who do you think would be a better manager at St James’; Redknapp or Shearer?
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Newcastle manager Sam Allardyce will be hoping that 2008 brings improved fortunes after a nightmare first few months in the St James’ Park hotseat. Despite the Magpies sitting relatively comfortably in mid-table, there has been open hostility to the former Bolton coach, as well as daily speculation over his future.
United take on Manchester City this evening and Allardyce’s opposite number Sven-Goran Eriksson has spoken out in support of his fellow manager. The Independent report that the Swede believes Big Sam can prove himself as the right man for the job, providing he is given time.
Eriksson said: “Sam Allardyce has thick skin and he can stand up to what is happening there and will resolve it. Everyone knows he is a great manager. The job he did for Bolton was fantastic. The thing with jobs like that is if you win you are fantastic and if you lose it is the opposite, there is never anything in between.
“People might say would anyone choose to manage Newcastle? But then you might say would anyone choose to manage England? For me they are both dream jobs. You are talking about a big club, a fantastic stadium and support, nobody would ever say no to that job. Although I would emphasise I am happy where I am.”
Unfortunately for recent Newcastle managers, the ‘fantastic support’ of which Eriksson speaks has been more of a hindrance than a boost. The weight of supporter expectation has been a heavy load for Allardyce and his many predecessors to carry – he’ll have to start achieving improved performances and results quickly to win the hearts of the Toon Army.
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