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  1. Essayyeffcee

    Essayyeffcee Well-Known Member

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    Did he swear?
     
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  2. The Legendary Tongue

    The Legendary Tongue Well-Known Member

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    Aye after being booked for nowt. :emoticon-0105-wink:
     
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  3. marcusblackcat

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    So… After our second yellow for Neil saying “that’s a ducking foul”, Bruno and Kovetic, both on yellows, commit identical fouls to their first ones, neither get a yellow.
    Kovetic both were borderline red cards.

    PGMOL need to explain how swearing without insulting is a second yellow card, but endangering an opponent isn’t
     
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  4. Oliver's Army

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    Birmingham have sacked Eustace. Rooney incoming apparently.
     
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  5. TopCat.

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    Wow. Birmingham 6th in the league and Eustace has done an excellent job there. Watch them sink like a stone now
     
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  6. Scout73

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    Hopefully, hate when managers get the sack when they are doing really well just to be replaced by a big name
     
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  7. Sour Patch

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    Didn't they do something similar a few years back when they sacked Gary Rowett when going well and replaced him with Zola and it went wrong?
     
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  8. FellTop

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    Sacked by Birmingham. Rooney in next. Big risk for me, but it was entirely predictable the new owners would want a 'big' name. Shame for Eustace, seemed to be doing a decent job.
     
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  9. TopCat.

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    Birmingham fans aren't happy.
     
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  10. Blond Bombshell

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    John O'Shea and Ashley Cole coming in as Rooney assistant's
     
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  11. LD19SAFC

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    Harsh.
     
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  12. Monkey69

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    Think he was sacked because he asked permission to speak to Rangers and owners didn't like it.
     
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  13. TopCat.

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    "Can I speak to Rangers?"
    "No, we don't want to lose you"
    "Oh ok then"
    "You're sacked!"
     
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  14. Teessidemackem

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  15. C Montgomery Burns

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    Which is stupid from the owners, if true. They have to pay him compo for sacking him, while if he got the Rangers job (which I think that might be Frank Lampard) they'd get compensation.
     
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  16. Teessidemackem

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    I dont know why Lampard still insists on trying to become a manager.
    He keeps getting big jobs because of how good a player he was but he's absolutely useless. He should focus his energy else where and enjoy life being a multi millionaire
     
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  17. TopCat.

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    Sack John for being unloyal, disloyal. And for joining in fun in a way that excludes his employer. And sack him for being an absolute idiot and inefficient

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  18. Smug in Boots

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    ... having appointed Wayne Rooney, but pretending they're only in talks <doh>
     
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  19. Oliver's Army

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    And it's only costing them 3 times the coin to pay for Wazza <laugh><laugh>

     
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  20. Disco down under

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    Aren't they in the mix for the play-offs?

    Seems odd.
     
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