The Homeless SZS fantasy league thread

[ChiangMai noon]

^^
that all sounds entirely plausible

it's difficult to imagine any manager wanting the job except for michael appleton

[ChiangMai noon]

There's even Spurs

can you imagine what the spurs fans would make of malky's tactics?

dawson one touch and hoof over the gazillions of quids worth of midfield playmakers to a 5 foot 8 inch striker

[Jimmy McNulty]

Didn't Mackay play much nicer football with Watford though due to the types of players he had at his disposal. He then went to Cardiff, looked at what he had and identified what he'd need to go up. I think that's his strength, he appreciates what is needed to do a certain job and is rather pragmatic about it. I'd imagine that given the talent at his disposal at Spurs, he'd probably look to employ something more expansive. This idea that managers only really know one way to coach is puzzling to me. Surely a good manager can adapt. I'm interested in seeing how Palace continue to develop under Pulis. He's taken over a side put together by an attacking manager in Holloway. Let's see how Stoke they get.

[NickA]

looks like malky is digging in...

BBC Sport - Cardiff City: Malky Mackay 'will not resign' after owner's criticism

[ChiangMai noon]

he's dug in for months now

he won't resign for sure

the pair of them are playing funny fukkers

tan is trying to make it impossible for him to work and malky is getting on with it remarkably well while trying his best to anger tan into firing him

there's only going to be one winner so the sooner they agree some sort of termination package the better

[NickA]

4 pts above the drop

can't sniff at that

I thought they'd be bottom by a similar margin

[ChiangMai noon]

4 pts above the drop

can't sniff at that

indeed

i thought we had a good chance at beating derby's 11 point season....they must have been dogshit awful

this spat has nothing to do with points or results i don't think

the stuff robin said earlier about tan's dislke of makay and the reasons ring true


that aside, the style of football we play is shocking
i wouldn't mind a change and it's going to happen anyway, so before saturday would be a decent time to start

[cyrille]

More likely he's looking at West Brom.

Peace gave an interview a couple of months ago in which he was explicit about what most albion fans have long suspected: that he budgets for albion to be a championship club rather than a premiership club.

I think Mackay could well be someone he's looking at. He hates paying compensation though, so he might be prepared to wait out the stand off at Cardiff.

It does look as if it's just a question of when rather than if re Mackay's termination, doesn't it.

I can't see any credibility in any of the other 'candidates', except maybe McInnes.

[ChiangMai noon]

was listening to radio 5 and the midlands correspondent thought Ralf Rangnick was the most likely

apparently peace is a fan and he was close before clarke was appointed

[cyrille]

Pat Murphy, by any chance?

He tends to make it up as he goes along.

[ChiangMai noon]

yes

think it was murphy

he seemed quite adamant about it

podcast is here

BBC - Podcasts and Downloads - 5 live Football Daily

was a decent monday night club podcast with all the sacking talking points

[NickA]

that aside, the style of football we play is shocking

I don't think I've ever seen you play

I rarely watch past the first 3 or 4 games on MOTD

[NickA]

Liverpool v Cardiff on BT sport this saturday

Might have a look in to see my boy pick up some points

[cyrille]

Zabaleta out - and i was regretting dumping him.

[ChiangMai noon]

games on MOTD

no wonder you are doing so shit if you are using MOTD as a guide for team selection

Zabaleta out - and i was regretting dumping him.

i was close to buying him, probably would have if i hadn't needed to replace aguerro this week...looked really good lately

aguerro now feared out for 8 weeks
that's going to sting

[ChiangMai noon]

great commentary by barry glendenning on the guardian's minute by minute report



The Guardian's text commentary:

ET 27: It's all Sunderland at the moment. They are battering Chelsea with the power of 10,000 suns.

GOAL! GOAL! GOAL! GOAL! GOAL!!!!!!!!! GOAAAAAAAALL! GOAL! GOAL! GOAL! GOAL! GOAL! Sunderland 2-1 Chelsea (Ki 118) Sunderland have taken the lead with less than two minutes of extra time to go.

[cyrille]

I'm hoping kolarov will get switched to right back.

Not my most inspired signing so far.

[ChiangMai noon]

are curtis davies and james chester the best centre half pairing in the premier league at the moment?

certainly the best english pairing but i can only think of cardiff with an english partnership

[ChiangMai noon]

not long to go til the wild card

i could do with a bit of a shuffle but injuries keep forcing me to change a player a week

[Jimmy McNulty]

Who still has their original wildcards? I do. I think Jofrey does.

[ChiangMai noon]

blimey...you haven't used it yet??

i used mine in week 3 just to bring van persie in.......that was a heinous waste

[reinvented]

Who still has their original wildcards? I do. I think Jofrey does.

moi

i, leaving zabeleta in; hes only doubtful apparently and ive got walker on the bench if he doesent play

[ChiangMai noon]

zabaleta did his hamstring

would be amazed if he plays before new year

i reckon you should keep him

[cyrille]

Who still has their original wildcards? I do. I think Jofrey does.

No joffrey used his about week three or four.

[ChiangMai noon]

massive advantage for re-i and robin i reckon

done well to be where they are and hold off on playing their wildcard so long

i reckon i'll be playing mine as soon as january starts

find them irresistible