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Real Madrid sack Capello

Posted: Thu Jun 28, 2007 1:16 pm
by Bwfcraig
Real Madrid have sacked coach Fabio Capello, 11 days after the Italian led the Spanish giants to their first league title since 2003. Pretty harsh considering the title's theres, tactics aside - sure we wouldnt sack Sammy Lee if he won the prem with big sam tactics. 8)

Posted: Thu Jun 28, 2007 1:20 pm
by Dave Sutton's barnet
We haven't got our head up our arse, and we hadn't offered the job to Bernd Schuster three months ago.

Madrid did precisely the same to title-winning Capello in 1987, and Del Bosque in about 2002 or so. Poor old Jupp Heynckes was given the boot after winning their first Champions League in 30 years!!

Posted: Thu Jun 28, 2007 1:28 pm
by Abdoulaye's Twin
why anyone would want to manage them is beyond me. pretty much doesn't matter what you do, its basically a popularity contest for re-election and whoever is in vogue will get brought in for a year or 2 and then fired :roll:

Posted: Thu Jun 28, 2007 1:29 pm
by Soldier_Of_The_White_Army
Now see, if Sam would have waited a month or so!

Posted: Thu Jun 28, 2007 1:34 pm
by Abdoulaye's Twin
Soldier_Of_The_White_Army wrote:Now see, if Sam would have waited a month or so!
maybe this Ashley bloke will sack him, handover £6m and Sam walks into the RM job?

Nothing would surprise me with those 2 clubs :wink:

Posted: Thu Jun 28, 2007 1:39 pm
by Soldier_Of_The_White_Army
Abdoulaye's Twin wrote:
Soldier_Of_The_White_Army wrote:Now see, if Sam would have waited a month or so!
maybe this Ashley bloke will sack him, handover £6m and Sam walks into the RM job?

Nothing would surprise me with those 2 clubs :wink:
"Hey Ruud, what are you like at left back?"

Posted: Thu Jun 28, 2007 1:43 pm
by James B
they certainly are a breed apart as a club

barca to crush them next season

Posted: Thu Jun 28, 2007 1:44 pm
by Abdoulaye's Twin
Soldier_Of_The_White_Army wrote:
Abdoulaye's Twin wrote:
Soldier_Of_The_White_Army wrote:Now see, if Sam would have waited a month or so!
maybe this Ashley bloke will sack him, handover £6m and Sam walks into the RM job?

Nothing would surprise me with those 2 clubs :wink:
"Hey Ruud, what are you like at left back?"
:lol:

"Now then Michel see that Raul fella up front on his own? He's what you call a target man. What I want you to do is hoof up to him every chance you get"

Posted: Thu Jun 28, 2007 1:55 pm
by Dave Sutton's barnet
James B wrote:they certainly are a breed apart as a club

barca to crush them next season
Depends on balance. Rijkaard's already on shaky ground and leaving out one of Dinho/Henry/Eto'o/Messi - as he surely must if they're not to be swamped in midfield - will look like a mistake after every loss. But on the other hand, Schuster (probably) will have to balance half of Capello's (defensive) signings with a glory purchase or two, while assuaging the egos of ageing legends like Raul. Interesting times ahead, particularly if Sevilla keep up and Valencia step up.

Posted: Thu Jun 28, 2007 1:59 pm
by Soldier_Of_The_White_Army
Dave Sutton's barnet wrote:
James B wrote:they certainly are a breed apart as a club

barca to crush them next season
Depends on balance. Rijkaard's already on shaky ground and leaving out one of Dinho/Henry/Eto'o/Messi - as he surely must if they're not to be swamped in midfield - will look like a mistake after every loss. But on the other hand, Schuster (probably) will have to balance half of Capello's (defensive) signings with a glory purchase or two, while assuaging the egos of ageing legends like Raul. Interesting times ahead, particularly if Sevilla keep up and Valencia step up.
The best thing the next manager could do would be to let Raul go. He's like the Alan Shearer of Madrid! Nowhere near the player he was, but still thinks he owns the club.

The again, those mentalists in the stands wouldn't stand for it!

Posted: Thu Jun 28, 2007 2:02 pm
by boltonboris
Soldier_Of_The_White_Army wrote:
Dave Sutton's barnet wrote:
James B wrote:they certainly are a breed apart as a club

barca to crush them next season
Depends on balance. Rijkaard's already on shaky ground and leaving out one of Dinho/Henry/Eto'o/Messi - as he surely must if they're not to be swamped in midfield - will look like a mistake after every loss. But on the other hand, Schuster (probably) will have to balance half of Capello's (defensive) signings with a glory purchase or two, while assuaging the egos of ageing legends like Raul. Interesting times ahead, particularly if Sevilla keep up and Valencia step up.
The best thing the next manager could do would be to let Raul go. He's like the Alan Shearer of Madrid! Nowhere near the player he was, but still thinks he owns the club.

The again, those mentalists in the stands wouldn't stand for it!
I don't think that choice lies with the manager

Posted: Thu Jun 28, 2007 2:06 pm
by Dave Sutton's barnet
boltonboris wrote:
Soldier_Of_The_White_Army wrote:The best thing the next manager could do would be to let Raul go. He's like the Alan Shearer of Madrid! Nowhere near the player he was, but still thinks he owns the club.

The again, those mentalists in the stands wouldn't stand for it!
I don't think that choice lies with the manager
Yer both right

Posted: Thu Jun 28, 2007 3:56 pm
by LeeRoyBrown
Anyone know why he's been sacked?

Is it because of how they did in the champs league?

Posted: Thu Jun 28, 2007 4:41 pm
by Dave Sutton's barnet
LeeRoyBrown wrote:Anyone know why he's been sacked?

Is it because of how they did in the champs league?
In truth he was lucky to last this long. Unpopular defensive football, signings that often didn't work (Horseface apart), sending the popular Becks to Coventry... his (cliche alert) Italian-style "winning football" eventually triumphed as Barça fell apart and Sevilla tired massively, but there won't be floods of tears in the capital over Capello's decapitation.

Posted: Thu Jun 28, 2007 7:23 pm
by Village Idiot
Dave Sutton's barnet wrote:
LeeRoyBrown wrote:Anyone know why he's been sacked?

Is it because of how they did in the champs league?
In truth he was lucky to last this long. Unpopular defensive football, signings that often didn't work (Horseface apart), sending the popular Becks to Coventry... his (cliche alert) Italian-style "winning football" eventually triumphed as Barça fell apart and Sevilla tired massively, but there won't be floods of tears in the capital over Capello's decapitation.
His sacking was already decided halfway in the season, with reportedly manager and president clashing almost daily and Real supporters hating the team playstile. Problem is that Fabio ended winning the league, which made the decision not as easy as it looked 3 months ago.

It cements Real's reputation of sacking managers in very odd grounds anyway (remembers me of when they sacked Antic with a 10 point lead up the league because he played ugly football and we ended nicking the title)

(we have some blunders too mind)

Posted: Thu Jun 28, 2007 8:54 pm
by H. Pedersen
Raul always seemed like a good guy, is he really that controlling at Madrid?

Posted: Thu Jun 28, 2007 9:24 pm
by Village Idiot
H. Pedersen wrote:Raul always seemed like a good guy, is he really that controlling at Madrid?
Yes he has a big ego and a great influence given his past achievements and popularity amongst the fans. He's actually been quite troublesome these last seasons where he has been benched often due to his decadence.

Posted: Thu Jun 28, 2007 9:31 pm
by H. Pedersen
Hmm, Madrid Captain who has fallen on hard times, I wonder who might be interested . . . :wink:

Posted: Fri Jun 29, 2007 12:41 am
by Village Idiot
H. Pedersen wrote:Hmm, Madrid Captain who has fallen on hard times, I wonder who might be interested . . . :wink:
He has a contract that states that he will always be the player with the highest wages at Real. Not sure you really want him ;)

There was a rumour that Florentino Pérez was so fed up with him that tried to sell him, but nobody could afford such wages.

Posted: Fri Jun 29, 2007 12:50 am
by Batman
Raul and Cassano, can you get a moodier front pairing?