1. Members of the Manchester City Title Win Reenactment Society delivered a performance with the
sort of coordination that made the London 2012 opening ceremony look amateurish. Samir Nasri just
peaked a bit too soon. 2. With all the comparisons bring drawn between the Olympics and the Premier
League, it's hard to know why everyone [.
Aaron Ramsey has hailed the quality of Arsenal's summer signings Lukas Podolski and Olivier
Giroud, expressing confidence in the duo's ability to succeed in the Barclays Premier League.
Manager Arsene Wenger introduced Podolski and Giroud a few weeks ago as the duo who could take
the Gunners' attacking dimension to a whole new level alongside skipper Robin van Persie.
When Alan Pardew won the LMA Manager of the Year award he took both John Carver and Steve Stone toÂ
London for the award dinner. Steven Stone, John Carver and Alan Pardew on the sidelines Cheer up
lads! We're not sure if Alan knew if he had won the award before the dinner, but he was
already the Barclays Premier League Manager of the Season, [.
Alan Pardew, the Barclays Premier League Manager of the Year thinks that European competition will
help keep his players on Tyneside. Alan Pardew massively over-achieved at Newcastle this season
But Alan says he is still looking to bring three players in this summer, but that could be more
if players leave the club, and both Guthrie and Simpson [.
Former Premier League champions Blackburn Rovers have been relegated after losing 1-0 at home to
Wigan tonight. Antolin Alcaraz's goal in the 87th minute was enough to keep Wigan in the Premier
League for another season.
There were ugly scenes at the final whistle when some Blackburn fans ran onto the field at Ewood
Park in further opposition to the club's management and owners on a night of protest at Ewood
Park.
Former Premier League champions Blackburn Rovers have been relegated after losing 1-0 at home to
Wigan tonight.  Antolin Alcaraz's goal in the 87th minute was enough to keep Wigan in the Premier
League for another season.
There were ugly scenes at the final whistle when some Blackburn fans ran onto the field at Ewood
Park in further opposition to the club's management and owners on a night of protest at Ewood
Park.
Newcastle's Summer 2012 Transfer Targets - originally posted on Soccerlens.com
It's really quite amazing that Newcastle can still finish anywhere from 3rd to 6th place in the
Premier League, with just one game to go.
And for those Newcastle fans who were really disappointed at losing to Manchester City on
Sunday, it can't be forgotten that last August the club were expecting a mid-table finish, with
Kevin Nolan, Jose Enrique and Joey Barton all having left in the summer.
Alan Pardew a no brainer for Premier League Manager of the Season - originally posted on
Soccerlens.com
If you had told Alan Pardew this time last year that his side would be within touching distance
of a Champions League spot he probably would've told you to turn off Football Manager and go to
bed.
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger made history back in February of 2005 when he became the first
English Premier League manager to field a starting 11 that didn't include one English player. The
reason for this appears to be necessitated by injuries to some of his top players at the time such
as Sol Campbell, Justin Hoyte, and Ashley Cole.
Frank gets as close to heaven as is humanly possible in this Earthly realm
As you may well have noticed, it's January which generally means it's open season for tabloids
and newspapers for grown-ups alike to go big with half-arsed and utterly superfluous football
transfer bulltattle and tittlehonky but not the Daily Mail, for they have themselves an
EXCLUSIVE!
It seems there is no shortage of ‘look at me' columnists or radio shock-jocks ready to stick
the knife into Liverpool following this week's events and the fallout from the Suarez-Evra verdict.
It was like Christmas had come early, albeit by a few days, with a topic they could talk about from
atop their high horses without wasting valuable festive drinking time by bothering to do any
research on it.
What are the odds Sunderland are relegated this season no matter who replaces Bruce?
Derek McGovern's Bets of the Day
Sunderland chairman Ellis Short described results as "simply not good enough" – but could just
as easily have been describing sacked boss Steve Bruce.
What are the odds Sunderland are relegated this season no matter who replaces Bruce?
Derek McGovern's Bets of the Day
Sunderland chairman Ellis Short described results as "simply not good enough" – but could just
as easily have been describing sacked boss Steve Bruce.
What are the odds Sunderland are relegated this season no matter who replaces Bruce?
Derek McGovern's Bets of the Day
Sunderland chairman Ellis Short described results as "simply not good enough" – but could just
as easily have been describing sacked boss Steve Bruce.
What are the odds Sunderland are relegated this season no matter who replaces Bruce?
Derek McGovern's Bets of the Day
Sunderland chairman Ellis Short described results as "simply not good enough" – but could just
as easily have been describing sacked boss Steve Bruce.
As one wag put it on Twitter last night, "Steve Kean is so incompetent that he can't even win
the sack race". It was, however, another Steve who did manage to stumble over this unwanted
finishing line ahead of the perpetually embattled Blackburn Rovers manager. Steve Bruce became the
first Premier League manager to lose his job for this season following his departure from
Sunderland late yesterday afternoon, and recent events meant that this was no great
surprise.
Newcastle United manager Alan Pardew has just been named the League Managers Association (LMA)
Manager of the Season. Alan Pardew LMA Manager of the Season That goes with the award he received
last Friday as the Premier League Manager of the season, and is Alan's second award for the
season just completed.
Alan Pardew has today dedicated his Premier League Manager Of The Season Award to the staff and
everyone associated with Newcastle. Alan Pardew after the game last Sunday That's not surprising
from a man who is an expert at man-management, and who is leading Newcastle back to the glory
days of the past.
With Alan Pardew winning the Premier League Manager Of The Season award last night he has
significantly added to his resume (CV). Alan Pardew welcoming Davide Santon last August AndÂ
Newcastle fans have been simply delighted that Alan's award has put Newcastle back into the
spotlight, and Alan is the very first Newcastle manager to receive the award.
We thought it was odd that Danny Guthrie had not even been on the bench in recent games forÂ
Newcastle. Danny Guthrie will leave Newcastle this summer And we have surmised that could mean he
will leave Newcastle in the summer, and Newcastle manager Alan Pardew, this season's Premier
League Manager Of The Season has said that Danny wants first [.
Today Newcastle United manager Alan Pardew was named Premier League Manager of the Year. I
suspected this might happen in our post from last week, but was chuffed to bits today that the
Premier League have recognized Pardew's work at Newcastle.
Undoubtedly, Pardew has impressed. No-one wanted him at Newcastle, other than Mike Ashley and
Derek Llambias, and he walked into a bit of a no-win situation.
Newcastle United's season has been a bit of a revelation. Absolutely no-one predicted we'd be
fighting and competing for Champions League football at the start of the season. Steady, but
unspectacular signings and big-name players leaving the club saw many pundits predicting mid-table
mediocrity for us, and you'd be hard pushed to argue with them.
Newcastle United's season has been a bit of a revelation. Absolutely no-one predicted we'd be
fighting and competing for Champions League football at the start of the season. Steady, but
unspectacular signings and big-name players leaving the club saw many pundits predicting mid-table
mediocrity for us, and you'd be hard pushed to argue with them.
The Premier League Manager of the Season award is always a contentious one. Whilst usually
dominated by the manager of the league champions, there are often several contenders. Overachievers
competing for Europe? The newly promoted side comfortable...
With Wolves set to name former Wimbledon midfielder Stale Solbakken as their new manager, OTP touts
10 other former Dons players who could take on the Molineux job. 1. Hans Segers OTP can't
understand how Hans Segers isn't the frontrunner. Who snapped up everybody's second favourite
betting irregularity goalkeeper when he left Wimbledon?
There are lots of reasons why an interview is important when deciding which candidate should get
the job.
A smart appearance is indicative of a fastidious approach. A personable style can suggest a warm
and engaging individual capable of motivating others.
It is also a chance to find out more about a person's career beyond the bland statistics of a
written CV.
Manchester City v Sunderland (Saturday, 3pm) Free £50 Bet for All New Paddy Power Customers
Imagine you're a Premier League manager, three points off the leaders, with some patchy form of
late, but 1/4 with Paddy Power for a home win that will take you joint top. How do you prepare?
Well, it's doubtful Alex [.
-
- On This Day in Football, March 15 (The Ideas...!)...Future QPRs! In the League Cup Final - Don
Rogers' Swindon Defeated Frank McLintock's Arsenal
-
- Follow QPR REPORT on TWITTER!
- QPR REPORT MESSAGEBOARD - Visit the cutting-edge, football-only, QPR Report messageboard (and
see items you won't usually read elsewhere
-
Visit the truly-fascinating Bushman QPR Photo Archives for additional QPR History
____________________________________________________________________________________
- QPR's Amit Bhatia Refutes Report of Buying-Millwall
No Premier League manager has ever turned handshakes into such a pullava as Mark Hughes. In fact,
if Mark Hughes and Luis Suarez are ever in the same room, a magnetic handshake field causes them to
repel. The QPR boss is always turning basic post-game etiquette into minor diplomatic incident.
Here's six of Sparky's best [.
Jordan Henderson is focused on returning Liverpool to Wembley after more than a decade away from
the home of English football.
The Anfield club has not played at the national stadium since losing the 1996 FA Cup final to old
rivals Manchester Unitedcourtesy of Eric Cantona's late goal.
Liverpool has won FA Cups, League Cups and Community Shields in their 15-year Wembley absence, but
all of those successes came at Cardiff's Millennium Stadium.
Spurs manager Andre Villas Boas knows only too well that a Premier League manager could easily find themselves out of work before the end of the season. We presume that's why he used his post-match press conference after Spurs' 0-0 draw with Lazio to suck-up to Uefa boss Michel Platini. AVB launched his manifesto for [.
Arsene Wenger's latest Eurosport column is a glowing review of Robin van Persie brilliance as a footballer and a person. It's not the kind of thing you might expect a Premier League manager to write immediately after both being forced to sell the player in question to a major rival and watching that player instantly becomes that major rival's top scorer.
TweetLiverpool boss Kenny Dalglish has been handed the dreaded vote of confidence by the board with
chairman Tom Werner insisting that he enjoys the "full support" of owners Fenway Sports Group.
Dalglish is now 11/4 with Paddy Power to be the next Premier League manager to be sacked after a
string of poor results which [.
Firstly all these fines for racist abuse, then for homophobic abuse and now former Crazy Gang
member Lawrie Sanchez is predicting a female Premier League manager within 10 years!
Another week, another bout of speculation over whether Tim Ream will make his Bolton debut.
At the very least, he appears destined for a place on the bench for the first time since making
his move from the New York Red Bulls to the Premier League.
As Blackburn Rovers languish towards the bottom of the Premier League, manager Steve Kean
continues to be backed by the club's Indian owners: The Venkys Group. Despite the current trend in
the game of sacking underperforming managers prematurely, fan protests outside Ewood Park and the
total inexperience of Scottish coach Steve Kean at this level, Kean still remains on the Lancashire
side's bench.
