PDC goes

Take your gambling seriously, I have a bet on our games (almost always lose) but I don't study the form or anything, just normally a correct score / first player to score double.

 

I do. That, mostly the horses, and trading the markets is my living.

 

Live in Darras Hall among the players and the other local superstars?

 

Me? Not I. I live half way up a mountain where there's no road names (just the cottage name and postal town for the address), no street lights, nearest neighbour is somewhere down the muddy lane (4x4 recommended) and, more to the point, no uncouth footballers nor their tasteless mock Tudor homes. The internet is my lifeline to the Outside World. I find it's better to keep the rest of 'civilisation' at the other end of my broadband connection; it serves us both better that way.

I loosely use the word civilisation for the uncivilised populated areas where one has to lock the car and the front door at night.

 

Peace and tranquillity rather than rubbing shoulders with the rich and famous (and noisy) neighbours.

 

Just had a look on the Betfair market at the prices. Gus Poyet is slowly moving out, though still massively odds on. The next two in the market, both neck and neck, are Kevin Ball and Steve McClaren.

McClaren's price is about ten points lower than three or four days ago.

 

Steve Mclaren is the man who we all must be praying for

 

He brought silverware to Boro, BORO! Write him off if you want.

 

Tony Pulis all the way. I think we owe our six fingered a debt of gratitude for all the entertainment of the last week. Even in our darkest days they are always there to raise our spirits. Its like they are not willing to accept Mikes efforts to make us no.1 target for the medias fun time

 

No mean feat, but he did also fail to get England to a major competition...In a special club with Graeme Taylor
Youre getting poyet though, which i think is a damn fine choice!

 

MON won silverware too didn't he?

 

I've always thought McLaren is massively underrated. Yes, he does have this persona of the clown about him, but he's no fool.

We've had parallel threads here about England and, frankly, not even Joe Kinnear in his mind's eye could get them to win anything. So I wouldn't dismiss McLaren on that account. We've had people here saying that Keegan was a decent club manager and he made a poor fist of England. We've had a handful of successful European managers come in and they all failed miserably at that job. So, I wouldn't put a black mark against McLaren; in fact, I would give him a gold star for having a go.

I think that McLaren would be a good call for Sunderland and for that reason alone I hope that Poyet gets the gig.

By the way, I have now effectively a free bet on McClaren at about 9/1 for £50, so nothing lost if he doesn't get the job and nice insurance if he does.

 

To be fair McClaren's club record is none too shabby. He was awful as England manager but he should never have been appointed, he didn't have the experience or knowledge. Fair play he has gone away and tried to ain more knowledge. He is a figure of fun thanks to the media and obviously we'd be duty bound to capitilise on that if he appeared in Blunderland. I don't think it would be that bad an appointment if the fans would accept him. WIthout the backing of their support you are up against the odds massively in terms of being a success.

 

Does that mean you're not going to invite me round for tea anytime soon...?

 

Pards is the only man for the England job.

 

Well... you say that... But putting on heavily accented broken English in a TV interview weeks after moving to a foreign country doesn't exactly make it hard for them, does it... I hope he goes there just to see him attempt the Mackem accent

Also, he picked Scott Carson... In a crucial qualifying game... SCOTT CARSON...

Literally his only redeemable feature as a human being is his ginger hair, because it means when he's finished attempting to be a football manager, he can put on a dress and amuse ACS for a bit...

 

I don't think that ACS is that easily amused.

 

You are just playing on the fact that you have met me in real life you one legged Scouse albino bastard xxx

 

Less of the online privacy leaks you Taiwanese jezebel and sex-change surgeon

That's right people... He doesn't even change the sex of people the good way round...

At least he's given up all the piracy.

 

Sorry for calling you Scouse