Talksport

[BertTrautmann'sParachute]

I'm stealing that!

You're welcome.

 

[EricBrooksGhost]

Saggers must be feeling ill, City top, Aguero, Sterling Silva best 3 going, Toure if fit will be magnificent, Chelsea will be 5th!!!!!

That bitter **** must have been slipped something to say anything positive about us,I'm going for horse's head in the bed.

 

[mayo31]

Depends how you interpret 'death row' - did he mean he looks like death warmed up - in which case, Wenger's of a similar stature sometimes. And his looks didn't stop us doing a double the season before last, so why should his looks matter now?
If he meant 'waiting for the sack at the end of the season' - that's another matter - but I still think personal pride will see him wanting to go out on a high.

It cannot be the sack if a contract simply runs out/expires

 

[FanchesterCity]

Liverpool are only doing with Mil

It cannot be the sack if a contract simply runs out/expires

Technically, no, it's not the sack, but effectively it's the same. Not renewing a contract means bye bye - we don't want you any more.
Most managers don't get sacked, their contract is paid up and terminated - but the euphemism is 'sacked' (as we all know that's what it is)

 

[unexpected item]

It cannot be the sack if a contract simply runs out/expires

Some in the media have started calling him a lame duck too, like they do with US presidents who are leaving office soon. I've heard it said that it will affect the players and also it will be embarrassing to our owner if we win something. They will get to use the phrase whatever the season's outcome I reckon.

 

[Bodicoteblue]

Depends how you interpret 'death row' - did he mean he looks like death warmed up - in which case, Wenger's of a similar stature sometimes. And his looks didn't stop us doing a double the season before last, so why should his looks matter now?
If he meant 'waiting for the sack at the end of the season' - that's another matter - but I still think personal pride will see him wanting to go out on a high.

I interpreted it very much as a comment on pellegrini's less than excitable demeanour, and his lugubrious inscrutability, which does at times border on the cadaverous, and I also took into account the slim likelihood of a talkshit presenter being able to use metaphor or simile in a witty and intelligent manner, and the inability of the average talkshit listener to understand them.
Just another sly little dig from the very nervous.

 

[bluethrunthru]

That bitter **** must have been slipped something to say anything positive about us,I'm going for horse's head in the bed.

he saw how we dealt with Cilla after she came out as a dipper fan and doesn't fancy any of the same

 

[bluethrunthru]

Here's a thought - Pellers will be 62 and his contract will be up next year - maybe HE could decide not to renew - maybe he has already communicated this intention to the owners thus paving the way for them to court Pep without fear of him having a strop - maybe he fancies going back home after a few years in Europe - of course the press would interpret that as sacked...............

 

[andyhinch]

Here's a thought - Pellers will be 62 and his contract will be up next year - maybe HE could decide not to renew - maybe he has already communicated this intention to the owners thus paving the way for them to court Pep without fear of him having a strop - maybe he fancies going back home after a few years in Europe - of course the press would interpret that as sacked...............

Of Pellers snubs City shocker :)

 

[bluethrunthru]

Yep - City Sacked by Pellers shock. " In a sensational move this morning Manuel Pellegrini dismissed Manchester City Football Club. He is quoted as saying that they will never play for him again" That would be the spin Sly Sports, Talkshite et al would put on it