The Homeless SZS fantasy league thread

[NickA]

couldn't get a decent midfielder in (there's only 3 that are sure to get points) so I bolstered my defence with a gooner

[NickA]

to be honest, on paper my team look like would be running away with the premier league... so why am I doing so shit?

[Jofrey]

I bolstered my defence with a gooner

I can't see them keeping CHelsea out at the weekend. Another failed cleansheet beckons.



What does the ciz think about Steve Clarke getting the boot?

[NickA]

I can't see them keeping CHelsea out at the weekend.

long term signing

[Jofrey]

AVB just been sacked too......'tis the season...

[NickA]

unbuleevabull

[Jofrey]

long term signing

my investment in the Arse goalie really paid off....

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[ChiangMai noon]

Luís André de Pina Cabral e Villas-Boas a gonner

can't see him managing again in the premier league

i have a feeling spurs might ask swansea for a chat with laudrup

[NickA]

who are spurs going to get in?

bring harry back?

[ChiangMai noon]

man city v barca in cup

tasty

[Jofrey]

i'm at home now.

considering the possibility of going to see Liverpool v Taffs......ticket prices seem mental though.....over 100 squid cheapest.

[ChiangMai noon]

over 100 squid cheapest.

not really a problem for the home counties plastics

fukked if i'd pay much more than about 20 quid to watch a game of football though

[reinvented]

jimmy mcnulty will be there
join him for a pint in the albert

[Jimmy McNulty]

i'm at home now.

considering the possibility of going to see Liverpool v Taffs......ticket prices seem mental though.....over 100 squid cheapest.

You could meet me for a pint after the game.

[Jimmy McNulty]

I paid 30.50 for the away end. Big difference to the 100 Baht for any Thai game.

[ChiangMai noon]

I paid 30.50 for the away end.

that sounds very reasonable

are they charging 100 quid for the irish?

[Jimmy McNulty]

I'd like to think they are.

[NickA]

What do you reckon to this cardiff boyos?

BBC Sport - Cardiff City boss Malky Mackay's plans upset owner Vincent Tan

Cardiff City owner Vincent Tan is "extremely upset" after manager Malky Mackay said he was hoping to recruit three new players in the January transfer window.
Chief executive Simon Lim says Tan feels Mackay has had sufficient funds to keep the club in the Premier League.
He added ex-recruitment boss Iain Moody had been removed amid a £15m overspend.

[cyrille]

Must say that it does seem Mackay has got things arse about tit by telling the press how many players he plans to get in before finding out if he's actually going to get any money at all.

I can see why any SE Asian boss would be fuming at the loss of face there. (I mean clearly he's a dick, but still...)

And how on earth did they manage to spend 15 million more than was supposed to be available in the summer? A major communication breakdown somewhere, surely?

Almost as ridiculous as Palace getting in two more players than they could fit on their roster.

Mackay must wish he could play us every week.

[ChiangMai noon]

i think malky is trying to get the sack and whatever pay off that involves

[Jimmy McNulty]

Must say that it does seem Mackay has got things arse about tit by telling the press how many players he plans to get in before finding out if he's actually going to get any money at all.

I can see why any SE Asian boss would be fuming at the loss of face there. (I mean clearly he's a dick, but still...)

And how on earth did they manage to spend 15 million more than was supposed to be available in the summer? A major communication breakdown somewhere, surely?

I'm fairly convinced that they didn't overspend. Mackay and Moody actually know what they're doing. The Malaysians don't. Lim himself signed off on every transfer. I get the feeling that though Mackay may be playing his own game, that the Malaysians are again looking to undermine him in the hope that he walks and are again looking to make up for a loss of face after. I have heard rumours of a Venky-like misapprehension of how transfers actually work.

Also, Moody received the full payout on his contract as opposed to being sacked and has said himself that Cardiff were actually under budget by 4m.

We certainly don't know what's truly happening behind the scenes but I'm willing to bet that any football-related unprofessionalism and miscommunication is down to the hotel manager and that superstitious lottery nutcase.

[Jimmy McNulty]

Also, perhaps a smart move by Mackay to stoke up the fact again that things are not well when there are potentially two jobs (one likely , another rather unlikely) available that would be preferable to the shite state of affairs he finds himself in.

[ChiangMai noon]

in all malky's press conferences lately, he's seemed remarkably calm

i've seen him a lot more edgy in the past especially when results have been iffy
i've interpreted that as resignation

zola resigned from watford yesterday

[Jimmy McNulty]

Tan hates him and will lie about everything through Lim to hopefully engineer Mackay's walking. Mackay knows he's in a position of strength though as Tan would have to pay out his contract to push him out the door. Meanwhile he's doing his job. He probably feels that he's under fuck all pressure and is perceived positively by all and sundry at being so professional in adverse working conditions.

Why does Tan hate him? I doubt it's anything to do with transfers which I would imagine have all been done by the book. It's probably everything to do with the fact that Mackay has banned him from the changing rooms, has repeatedly declined to take onboard his sage matchday advice on tactics and substitutions and is fairly universally loved among the fans while Tan is at best tolerated indifferently and at worst mocked and loathed.

Tan is bristling to get in a yes man that will shower praise on him and act on his every whim.

[Jimmy McNulty]

Zola's resignation will mean fuck all to Mackay, I doubt he'd go backwards. More likely he's looking at West Brom. I think Peace has fancied him in the past. There's even Spurs though that'll go to someone a little more Hollywood one would imagine.