THE hardest thing to do in testing times, when adversity and animosity is mounting in equal measure, is stick to your guns.
It's all too easy to fly off the handle the moment something is not going how you want it and it is a sad indictment of the way football is in this day and age that everything must either be black or white – grey areas no longer exist. Click to continue reading...

In this weekend of European action France really cranked it up a notch, a 5-5 draw between Lyon and Marseille showed not only great attacking talent, but also defensive organisation.
In England, Hull City get an important win over Stoke City with a late winner by Vennegoor of Hesselink, this win eases the pressure on Phil Brown, who was leading the sack race recently. Click to continue reading...

I think I may have discovered what West Ham's problem is.
Their poor results may indeed be symptomatic of some problems with the manager, who some are suggesting is a leading contender for the sack race.
I think it is likely to have more to do with where the club focuses its attention, which it has to be said does not appear to feature football that predominantly. Click to continue reading...

This week included two gigantic matches in world football, the North London Derby, Arsenal against Tottenham, and Ajax against Feyenoord. Pellegrini is a bit safer at Madrid, and Benitez is moving up the spots in the sack race. While Inter escape to the top of Serie A, seven points above second place Juventus, Portsmouth start getting the three points needed to start moving up the Premiership table. Click to continue reading...

Hull club officials had plenty of patience with boss Phil Brown over the last year or so, even though the Tigers kept underachieving, but they have finally decided to sack him if the team remain in the relegation zone after the next two rounds. Those of you who were insightful enough to place a bet on Brown to win the Premiership sack race are probably in for a nice betting bonus, while those of you thinking about doing that now should know the betting is suspended.

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This weekend was full of action, not only were there big games between top tier teams, but some matches were just as important for the other teams.
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In England, the weakened Liverpool side that was ready to crack overcomes Manchester United winning 2-0, this win lets Chelsea stay top of the table, and will hopefully revive the Reds. Click to continue reading...

What the F**k?

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For reasons that we have yet to establish at the time of writing, Harry Redknapp has shot to favourite in the next Premier League manager to go market. He is at 7/4, with Paul Hart languishing behind in the sack race at 3/1.

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Just over half a dozen games in and the Premier League is beginning to take shape. There have already been some heavyweight clashes with the newly oil rich Man City upsetting Big 4 stalwarts Arsenal while Spurs' flying start was kept in check by Manchester United and Chelsea. With the electric Fernando Torres leading the line Liverpool have steadied the ship after a nervy start and last year's pretenders, Aston Villa, have picked up useful points despite not fully hitting top form yet.

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The first three Premiership rounds have generated a lot of excitement and even though it is still early in the season, some things are clearer after we have seen the teams play. Premiership sack race is as interesting as ever, but Rafa Benitez has, surprisingly or not, emerged as the hot favourite after Liverpool lost two of the first three league games, while Paul Hart and Phil Brown were among the candidates even before the season started.

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date Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 2:57 PM
subject RUMOR:Osorio probably to last rest of season and a hitler vs nyrb video
im not sure if this information qualifies to be posted on your website but i have a friend who works with the red bull company and he says that in austria, they will keep osorio until the end of the season because it wont be "profitable" for the team to have a new coach late in the season before they sack osorio from his position. Click to continue reading...

*The English sack race bagged after just ONE game??? League One Norwich have fired their coach Bryan Gunn after 90 minutes of the new league season, a 7-1 home hammering by Colchester. Here are the Canaries in better days beating Bayern Munich at the Olimpiastadion in the 1993 UEFA Cup with an all-British eleven. Click to continue reading...

We received this earlier today. Not surprisingly it would appear Juan Carlos Osorio's days probably can be counted on one hand.
Hello,

You should know me from some other rumors I gave you regarding players RBNY was looking at years before they came to the team.

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Somehow this man still has a job. (Getty Images)

In light of Kansas City dismissing manager Curt Onalfo yesterday evening, I figured it was high time I updated my coaching hot seat look once again. Funny thing was yesterday I was already set to work on this and got caught up in something else, by the time I went back into it last night the news came down about Onalfo.

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When looking on paper one would thick that Red Bull New York's Juan Carlos Osorio or FC Dallas's Schellas Hyndman might have won the sack race. Ah, but the sack race does not play out on paper but in board rooms. Here's the press release from Kansas City/MLSNet:

The Kansas City Wizards announced Monday that the team has dismissed Head Coach Curt Onalfo.

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The Quarterfinals of the CONCACAF Gold Cup are set and here are the story lines.

• Panama has lost in close matches each of the last two Gold Cups to the United States. In 2005 it was in the PK shootout in the final, and in 2007 it was 2-1 on a controversial PK call against the Panamanians.

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Some things in life are inevitable; Politicians will never win popularity contests. You will always have a soft spot for your first love. Police officers will look more and more like 15-year-olds the older you get and football managers will be sacked.

The demand for instant success ensures most managers will be sacked several times, with only two or three of them escaping the experience.

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We could have, we should have, but we didn't. Not just a quick summary of the Arsenal game but in some ways a summary of the the season, and of the past couple of decades really. We are always on the verge of achieving something, unfortunately this year its avoiding relegation, but somehow lack the mental energy to pull it off. Click to continue reading...

It's no secret that Alan Curbishley is the bookmaker's favourite in their Premier League 'Sack Race' market, something that no manager wants to win. West Ham's 4-1 victory over Macclesfield has done little to end speculation that the Hammers boss is living on borrowed time, especially as the Premier League . Click to continue reading...

PREMIER League chief Richard Scudamore has today announced that he plans to make the Premier League sack race an Olympic event by 2012. Scudamore is currently lobbying IOC members to add the Premier League sack race to the bloated list of pointless Olympic events that nobody really gives two tiny squirts of piss about. Click to continue reading...

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Managerial "Sack Race"
EDP24 "...The bookmakers don't rate [Norwich] City's chances for promotion this season - and one company has him down as a 16-1 shot to be the first Championship manager to be sacked this season.
Roeder is rated at 16-1 to get the elbow from Carrow Road, although it's another former West Ham manager, Alan Pardew, who SkyBet reckon could be the first to pick up his P45. Click to continue reading...

It's a bit of a Premier League predict-o-rama on The Offside today. I've already taken a shot at what the final 2008/9 Premiership table will look like (or more likely won't) and Chris has weighed up the likely winners and losers in the sack race (if the sack race actually has winners.) But now it's [. Click to continue reading...

Alan Curbishley has admitted the 'vultures are circling' around him for the first time in his managerial career but insists he is not fazed going into the first game of the new season. The Hammers boss has been installed as the bookies' favourite to win this year's managerial sack race after receiving criticism from some quarters [. Click to continue reading...

Wigan have axed Chris Hutchings. Hutchings was Paul Jewell's No2 and took over from Jewell when he resigned the last day of the season (06/07) after saving the club from relegation.
Wigan droped to 18th place after a 2-0 lost against Chelsea at home.They have played 12, at home they have W-2, D-1, L-3. Away they have W-0, D-1, L-4. Click to continue reading...

Today I woke up, got my cup of coffee turned the computer on to read the footballing news. I read The Sun first and the headline is "Grant In For Jose" I think its a joke because lets be honest its The Sun, so i read the London Times and i find out its true... Jose has left Chelsea. I honestly spit out my coffee i was shocked out of all the managers he was probably one of the last i would have expected to win the sack race.

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Sorry that the blog has been down foe so long, but i had problems with my Internet provider since last thursday!
I'm catching up on all the footballing news and i will post later.
BREAKING NEWS! JOSE MOURINHO HAS LEFT CHELSEA!
More on this HUGE story later, because trust me i have a lot of opinions on this one! Click to continue reading...