I once applied for the Everton job as a laugh about 20 years ago. I actually got a reply from Bill Kenwright which is somewhere in my mother's cellar.
Its just cold business. Premier league club comes after him and look he is ready to go…. After four or five months he comes here he is ready to go just like that Is he really unsure there wont be a second chance to him for a premier league job. Bloody hell.. the way he started with there will be plenty chances for him. Yet,… he is going for the first possible one and to the club who might be relegated from the prem if he failed in the job. I will be deeply disaipointed of him if he goes…
To date MB has patiently built up a CV which has prepared him for a Managers job. I just hope that he continues to be patient. He is undoubtably ambitious and wants to be in the Premier league, but I hope that he will be chosey as regards where he will go, rather than take the first offer. Currently he may have a genuine dilemma of "Premiership football & much more money" vs. "results with his 1st managerial position". I hope that he chooses "patience". He has great initial results at QPR and could possibly take us at his first attempt which would be impressive. If not, then other clubs should be knocking at his door. Mick Beale will soon manange a Premiership club. It is only a question of when. Unfortunately we have no impact upon the decsion and we can only just wait and see.
The truth is, Beale is still unproven. It's early days in the season and we haven't seen how he manages when things get tough. We could all be debating whether or not he should manage in the EPL but find later that we finish mid table. In that respect, both Beale and QPR need to make an announcement and put this to bed if he is not going, ASAP.
Well, that was a thoroughly enjoyable notional 50th QPR anniversary evening. Meeting up with Raving and Terry (ex of this parish) at the C&S pre match after my little personal homage earlier, just about getting to the ground for kick off, seeing us go hell for leather from the start. I don’t know if Beale, or the situation with Beale, fired up the players but they were really up for it, we looked great even before the sending off, which felt like it happened very early but was in fact 18th minute. Very harsh decision from my perspective. From then on the shots just rained in, have a look at the stats, it could have been a lot more. Hard to judge the defence but Balogun and Clarke Salter look our strongest CB pairing and the full backs, the key to our season, were sensational again, though Chair my pick for man of the match. Fell asleep on a packed train back home, but fortunately woke up just in time. I’ll leave the Beale crap for the Beale threads. Well done you Rs!
Beale mentioned this in his long interview this morning, after explaining why he is staying - “Sinclair came out for the second half and cramped up everywhere” Roberts was rested last night, will probably be back on Saturday.
I applied for the England job after the Hoddle debacle. I got a nice letter from the FA saying I didn't have the right qualifications. Which was true I suppose
I thought the foul a couple of minutes before also by Simpson too could have been a penalty. It probably was a penalty, on Armstrong....the two players really went for him from both sides...but not a red card I agree. At the time I thought the card was for dissent after the foul, but it seems not now
Soft penalty imo. Never a goal scoring opportunity as he'd lost control of the ball and it was running through to the keeper. Couldn't care less of course and Armstrong was superb first half. Imagine him occupying defenders when both Chair and Willock are behind him.
