tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4899456743687917132024-03-07T22:39:59.143-08:00Frank Worrall's BlogFrank Worrallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07971873455771153231noreply@blogger.comBlogger164125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-489945674368791713.post-86661014431954926702013-05-30T05:22:00.002-07:002013-05-30T05:22:14.227-07:00FIND ME ON TWITTER @frankworrall<b>AM spending more time on Twitter than here right now. Am a bit snowed under with things at moment - and tis easier to say something in 140 characters.</b><br />
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<b>Will return once a week here - but check me out at @frankworrall for up to date comments etc.</b><br />
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<b>All best, Frank</b>Frank Worrallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07971873455771153231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-489945674368791713.post-73718840890547904802013-05-10T12:31:00.001-07:002013-05-10T12:31:18.881-07:00MOURINHO 'TURNED UTD DOWN'<strong>HUGE story emerging from Portugal which, if true, explains a lot about Moyes' appointment as Utd manager.</strong><br />
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<strong>Apparently Jose Mourinho was offered a five-year deal to take over from Fergie - but turned it down because his wife wanted to live in London, and he was unwilling to spend days away from her and his children.</strong><br />
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<strong>I was as stunned by anyone that Utd had chosen Moyes - who has won nothing and not tasted Champions League football at even the group stage - but now it all makes sense, if the Mou story adds up.</strong><br />
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<strong>Given fergie's sudden urge to quit (apparently due to doc's orders) Utd were taken by surprise. No 1 choice Guardiola had already gone to Bayern because he thought Fergie was in the box seat for three more years, No 2 choice Mourinho did not want the job when offered - which left United with Moyes, very possibly the new Frank O'Farrell to Fergie's Matt Busby.</strong><br />
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<strong>David Moyes is a very lucky man to be the new Man United manager.</strong>Frank Worrallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07971873455771153231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-489945674368791713.post-18412357344222175432013-05-09T08:28:00.002-07:002013-05-09T08:40:06.334-07:00DAVID MOYES: WHY IT COULD WELL END IN TEARS<b>I THINK it may well end in tears: that David Moyes will find the job too big for him and that he will leave with Fergie stepping back into the brink, just as Sir Matt did all those years ago when Wilf McGuinness failed at Man United.</b><br />
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<b>In my not too humble opinion, there were only two men worthy of the Utd job - Guardiola and Mourinho. Inexplicably, Pep was allowed to join Bayern Munich when everyone in the game knows he hankered after Fergie's job. That leaves Mourinho: he should have been chosen over Moyes.</b><br />
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<b>1. Moyes is Utd's Roy Hodgson. Just like old Roy, Utd took him on because he is cheap and he won't upset the applecart. He will keep the majority of the current backroom staff while Jose would have wanted a clean sweep. The Glazers like Moyes because he arrives without having to pay any comp and he costs half what Mou would cost a year.</b><br />
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<b>2. But just as Hodgson is finding the England job a tad too big for him, so Moyes is in for a big shock. I tire of hearing Roy moan about England's lack of players etc - and how he has so tried to convince us we should be grateful to simply qualify for tournaments nowadays. Hodgson is Mr Average: a good boss at West Brom and Fulham, but never big enough for England. Similarly Moyes. Already, I hear people saying he should be given time...that Fergie took three years to bed in. But ask yourself this: would Mourinho ask to be given time? Or would he expect to hit the ground running and win at least one trophy, and probably two, in his first season at Old Trafford? That is the difference: a difference of perception and expectation.</b><br />
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<b>3. If you were a big star in South America, would you want to sign for Pep Guardiola, Jose Mourinho...or David Moyes? Or would you say, 'who' when Moyes was mentioned?</b><br />
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<b>4. Moyes never won anything at Everton and has a total lack of Champions League experience. Not so Mourinho. We are constantly told Moyes did well at Everton - but he didn't win anything. Yet, on even more limited resources, Michael Laudrup won the League Cup in his first season at Swansea City. I'll admit it: I would rather have Laudrup in the Utd hotseat than Moyes,</b><br />
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<b>5. Why was Bobby Charlton instrumental in choosing Moyes? My sources say it was Sir Bobby and Fergie who decided on Moyes. But Bobby has a renowned antipathy towards Mourinho because he is not the politest of chaps. Well, I am sure any Utd fan would rather have a rough and tumble guy - like Fergie, by the way - than someone who is well versed in the noble arts. And Sir Bobby, for all his talents as one of the greatest footballers ever, was one of the lousiest managers ever when he tried his hand at the tiller of the coal face. Just check out his managerial record. He is hardly qualified to judge managerial potential when he had none himself.</b><br />
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<b>6. Moyes' teams at Everton have always been functional. Never entertaining and cavalier as United fans are used to, and indeed demand.</b><br />
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<b>7. Mourinho was still available when Fergie and Charlton plumped for Moyes. It is a dereliction of duty that - as England did with Hodgson - they installed the wrong man in the hotseat.</b><br />
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<b>As I say, it could well end in tears, with Fergie stepping back in temporarily as Utd try desperately to avoid another repeat of the Busby/McGuiness/O'Farrell farce that dogged the club in the 70s. There's a saying that doing the same thing time after time and expecting a different outcome is the definition of insanity - have United indulged in insanity with their appointment of another O'Farrell so many years after the original blunder? </b>Frank Worrallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07971873455771153231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-489945674368791713.post-46645731646723579982013-05-08T07:33:00.002-07:002013-05-08T07:33:27.538-07:00GLAZERS DELIGHTED WITH MOYES...NO COSTS<br />
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<span id="yui_3_7_2_1_1368022163257_35667"><b>Moyes is OK but unproven with big players and Euro football. People say he has done a great job on a shoestring at Everton, but what has he won? </b></span></div>
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<span id="yui_3_7_2_1_1368022163257_35670"><b>To which people say, 'Well, you wouldn't win anything with his resources - he is a winner by keeping them high in the Prem.'</b></span></div>
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<span id="yui_3_7_2_1_1368022163257_35673"><b>The answer to that one is: Well, what about Michael Laudrup? </b></span></div>
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<span><b>Arguably, on less resources at Swansea but has won a trophy (Carling Cup) in his first season! </b></span></div>
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<span><b>And I would have Laudrup before Moyes. </b></span></div>
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<span><b>Here's the truth of it for the Glazers: Moyes = no compensation as he is out of contract = Glazers happy.</b></span></div>
Frank Worrallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07971873455771153231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-489945674368791713.post-58515566412125598612013-05-08T06:17:00.001-07:002013-05-08T06:17:04.833-07:00Neil Lennon 'to be Everton boss' if Moyes goes<b>I HEAR that Celtic manager Neil Lennon is top of the wanted list at Goodison if David Moyes does become Man United manager.</b><br />
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Has the Jose to Chelsea hype been a smokescreen all along?<br />
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Difficult to say - I also hear Madrid are playing hard ball to Jose's release. They want top dollar.<br />
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If Utd have promised Moyes the job - and now want Mourinho, that would be a problem. But one that couldn't be sorted with say a £1million 'stay silent' deal with Moyes.<br />
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I'm sure Utd fans would take Mourinho as boss, with Giggs as his No 2, any day of the week.Frank Worrallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07971873455771153231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-489945674368791713.post-72898713963602903322013-05-08T01:56:00.001-07:002013-05-08T01:56:13.666-07:00RYAN GIGGS MAY BE NO 2GIGGS may be No 2.Frank Worrallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07971873455771153231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-489945674368791713.post-77050170470370837582013-05-08T01:55:00.001-07:002013-05-08T01:55:40.852-07:00WHY ISN'T NEW BOSS GUARDIOLA? MONEY?Assuming that David Moyes is indeed the new guvnor at Old Trafford, I believe Man United have made a big mistake.<br />
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When Busby went upstairs at Utd, first Wilf McGuinness and then Frank O'Farrell both struggled to maintain his success.<br />
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Similarly, as Fergie now follows the same route David Moyes could well find the shadow of Fergie overwhelming. Moyes is an outsider like O'Farrell.<br />
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I would go for Giggs as the new boss - he is not a Wilf McGuinness. OK, both were on the Utd playing staff but Giggs is much tougher and has a coach's footballing brain.<br />
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Giggs would be my man.<br />
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Having said that, why are Utd in this position? Why didn't they approach the man who should be taking over - Pep Guardiola?<br />
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Instead, with Moyes, they have gone for a boss on a shoestring. They could have had the most successful manager of the last five years to replace the most successful boss ever. Instead, it looks like they have gone for a steadying hand, who has never won anything.Frank Worrallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07971873455771153231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-489945674368791713.post-48896781694574890282013-05-08T01:37:00.001-07:002013-05-08T01:37:59.481-07:00SIR MATT BUSBY HAS RETIRED: FRANK O'FARRELL TO TAKE OVERFrank Worrallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07971873455771153231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-489945674368791713.post-22400829105823907312013-04-25T08:36:00.000-07:002013-04-25T08:38:07.860-07:00MOURINHO 'CHELSEA BOSS' AND FALCAO 'SIGNED FOR HIM BY ROMAN'<strong>I HAVE been saying it for months - Jose Mourinho will be the next Chelsea boss - as many other Fleet Street hacks have put down money on Pellegrini or some other loser.</strong><br />
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<strong>Now I can confirm that it is '95 per cent certain' that Jose will indeed be back at the Bridge in June.</strong><br />
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<strong>Not only that - Falcao will also sign for Chelsea in June...and my spies tell me that he is coming in at Jose's request as his 'new Drogba'.</strong><br />
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<strong>I predict that next year's Premier League will be a straight fight between Man United and Chelsea now that Jose is back. He needs a new left-back, a new centre-back and a midfield enforcer to join Falcao. He could also do with a class winger - Moses is not good enough.</strong><br />
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<strong>Of the current squad these players are good enough to win the Champions League - Cech, Ivanovic, Oscar, Mata, Hazard, Ramires, Luiz and Falcao. Mikel is too laborious and slow and I am assuming Ivanovic will play right-back rather than centre-half. Ramires plus one will be the defensive twosome in midfield, the three creators are excellent: Oscar, Mata and Hazard and Falcao is indeed the business up front alone. I also think Lukaku is better than Torres and Ba as Falcao's stand-in.</strong><br />
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<strong>I hear Jose may bring Di Maria from Madrid as his No 1 winger and that he would dearly love to also take Ronaldo with him.</strong><br />
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<strong>Under Jose's guidance I believe Chelsea could well win the Champs Lge trophy next season to end all this nonsense about a 'new cycle' emerging because Bayern beat Barca.</strong><br />
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<strong>Barca will be back and I am more than a little bemused by all the talk of how brilliant Bayern are now and how Barca's tika-taka isn't really that wonderful.</strong><br />
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<strong>For the last 5 years the papers have been telling us Barca are the best thing since sliced bread and that English football - with its power play - is on its death bed.</strong><br />
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<strong>Now Bayern beat Barca in a distinctly English way - with power and speed - and they are the new gods! </strong><br />
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<strong>Truth is Bayern are more English than some English teams and only Dortmund of the current Champs Lge semi finalists have been truly inventive - and their style is based more on Barca's creativeness and genius than your traditional power play.</strong><br />
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<strong>Let's not forget that the feted Bayern were almost eliminated in the last 8....by Arsenal!</strong><br />
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<strong>No, next season the challengers for the Champs Lge will be Chelsea, Barca, Real, Man United and Bayern. But the Germans could well go out before the semis as they are caught between two stools - wanting to continue their power play (English) but with a manager who wants them to be more inventive and creative (a la Barca). Pep Guardiola has an almost impossible job if Bayern win this year's Champions Lge - upon reflection in a year's time he may well have wished he had gone to Chelsea rather than letting Jose back in.</strong><br />
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<strong>That is a double blow for volatile Dortmund boss Klopp just hours before the start of their most important game for a decade.</strong><br />
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<strong>Surely Bayern aren't trying to nobble their German rivals' chances of success against Real Madrid? Not.</strong>Frank Worrallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07971873455771153231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-489945674368791713.post-77013263450244984902013-04-23T08:48:00.001-07:002013-04-23T08:48:59.914-07:00KLOPP RECONSIDERS CHELSEA/MAN CITY MOVE<strong>I HEAR that Jurgen Klopp - the German answer to Mourinho - is suddenly more amenable to talking over a move to Chelsea.</strong><br />
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<strong>He turned down a request for talks earlier this year as he believed he could take Borussia Dortmund as far as he would Chelsea.</strong><br />
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<strong>But he has apparently changed his mind after Dortmund agreed to sell their best player - Gotze - to biggest German rivals Bayern Munich.</strong><br />
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<strong>It makes him feel that others will follow and that he will never catch Bayern if his own club become a selling club.</strong><br />
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<strong>I had been told that Mourinho was odds on to return to the Bridge - but this may now blow the whole thing apart.</strong><br />
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<strong>Don't be surprised if the odds on Klopp ending up at Chelsea - or even Man City - drop dramatically over the next couple of days.</strong>Frank Worrallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07971873455771153231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-489945674368791713.post-52378222421964004312013-04-16T05:05:00.001-07:002013-04-16T05:05:04.471-07:00VAN PERSIE HAS GONE GREY AT MAN UTD!!<strong>What a difference Robin Van Persie has made to Man United. His goals have helped secure a 20th title and he has been inspirational.</strong><br />
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<strong>But what a difference Man United has made to Van P! I have never seen a footballer age so much in one season. The Dutchman has gone grey overnight!</strong><br />
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<strong>Fergie will have to tell him to stop worrying - his first Prem title medal is in the bag and other medals will follow over the next couple of years.</strong><br />
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<strong>And maybe it's time for a bit of the old Grecian 2000, Robin, old chap!</strong>Frank Worrallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07971873455771153231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-489945674368791713.post-53342875316180386252013-04-16T05:01:00.002-07:002013-04-16T05:01:54.131-07:00BAYERN WILL BEAT BARCA<strong>The Champions League semi finals brings together three of the best four teams in Europe.</strong><br />
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<strong>And the fourth - Dortmund - are probably the fifth best so it is quite a tasty prospect.</strong><br />
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<strong>I believe that Barca are ageing in central midfield and that they are no longer the best team in Europe. Both Real and Bayern are better on their day as Barca look increasingly like a one-man team (Messi)</strong><br />
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<strong>I take Bayern to beat them over two legs and to set up a tremendous final against Madrid at Wembley.</strong>Frank Worrallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07971873455771153231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-489945674368791713.post-12435270292823464922013-04-16T04:58:00.000-07:002013-04-16T04:58:32.820-07:00ANDY CARROLL 'HEADING HOME TO NEWCASTLE'<strong>I HEAR that Newcastle boss Alan Pardew is ready to bring prodigal son Andy Carroll back to St James' Park.</strong><br />
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<strong>He is likely to return this summer after his loan spell at West Ham expires.</strong><br />
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<strong>The deal will involved one Newcastle player heading to Liverpool along with a fee of around £7million. </strong><br />
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<strong>That means the one Toon player will be valued at £10million - so you don't need to be a rocket scientist to work out it is likely to be a top star at the club. </strong><br />
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<strong>More than likely a midfielder who is French and whose surname is Ben Arfa.</strong><br />
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<strong></strong>Frank Worrallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07971873455771153231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-489945674368791713.post-27561902906534875202013-04-16T04:52:00.001-07:002013-04-16T04:52:52.795-07:00STOKE 'LOOK TO BENITEZ'<strong>LAST week I said that Rafa Benitez was eyeing up the opportunity of taking over at Aston Villa in the summer.</strong><br />
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<strong>Well, things have moved on since then.</strong><br />
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<strong>Apparently Villa are going to stick with Paul Lambert even if they go down. They like the way he is working with the club's promising youngsters and want to give him time to turn things around.</strong><br />
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<strong>That has prompted a new slant on Benitez's hopes of employment after his interim role comes to a conclusion at Chelsea next month.</strong><br />
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<strong>It seems Tony Pullis may be leaving Stoke - and that Benitez is one of the leading candidates to take his place.</strong><br />
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<strong>That suits Stoke and the Spaniard. He gets a job where he can go home every night (his family are based near Liverpool) and they get a manager who can bring a different style of football to the Britannia - but still keep them in the Prem.</strong>Frank Worrallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07971873455771153231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-489945674368791713.post-39801267418751893052013-04-08T08:57:00.002-07:002013-04-08T08:57:46.344-07:00MANCINI 'OUT OF CITY THIS SUMMER'<strong>I HEAR disturbing noises coming out of the Etihad for Man City fans today.</strong><br />
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<strong>Even before tonight's Manchester derby, it appears City have decided to dispense with Roberto Mancini this summer.</strong><br />
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<strong>It seems the club's new Spanish No 1 and No 2 (both former Barca head boys) do not want to continue with the Italian.</strong><br />
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<strong>They would have liked Guardiola to take over but now that he has gone to Bayern, they are seemingly keen on Manuel Pellegrini, the Malaga boss.</strong><br />
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<strong>I think it is a mad move - Mancini has brought the club their first title and FA Cup for years and may even win the latter again this term.</strong><br />
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<strong>But the Barca boys obviously disagree if the noises coming from the Etihad prove to be correct.</strong>Frank Worrallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07971873455771153231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-489945674368791713.post-40890776373715517752013-04-04T09:15:00.004-07:002013-04-04T09:15:33.936-07:00BENITEZ IS EYEING VILLA JOB<strong>MY SPIES tell me that Rafa Benitez would like the Aston Villa job if Lambert is dismissed.</strong><br />
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<strong>His confidence borders on arrogance sometimes but he is a competent manager, whatever people might say. His assessment of the squad he inherited at Chelsea certainly supports that view.</strong><br />
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<strong>Having said that, I would not want him in charge of the club I support. And I believe Villa would be better served sticking with Lambert.</strong>Frank Worrallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07971873455771153231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-489945674368791713.post-1161167033300940452013-04-04T09:12:00.000-07:002013-04-04T09:12:10.733-07:00DI CANIO WILL KEEP SUNDERLAND UP<strong>I DON'T particularly like Paolo Di Canio - and I certainly don't like his politics.</strong><br />
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<strong>But I believe he will prove to be a good manager at Sunderland.</strong><br />
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<strong>He is young, organised and enthusiastic - and determined to be a winner. He also has an exceptional take on tactics.</strong><br />
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<strong>I reckon he will keep Sunderland up this season and do well next season - if the board keep faith with him.</strong>Frank Worrallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07971873455771153231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-489945674368791713.post-27042889904335387612013-04-04T09:08:00.000-07:002013-04-04T09:08:15.266-07:00ASTON VILLA FUTURE IS BRIGHT<strong>ASTON Villa may be desperately battling for Premier League survival - but the future looks fine for boss Paul Lambert if he can somehow keep them up.</strong><br />
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<strong>The club has a brilliant set of youngsters coming through - some pundits have even claimed they are on a pair with the so-called Fergie Fledglings at Man United in the 90s.</strong><br />
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<strong>Proof of their abilities came this week when they won were crowned kings of Europe after beating Chelsea to win the NextGen Series final - a competition that included teams from Europe's biggest clubs.</strong><br />
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<strong>So the future is looking good - especially as Lambert is the sort of manager who will encourage youth to flourish through the ranks.</strong>Frank Worrallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07971873455771153231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-489945674368791713.post-11295599253089657822013-04-04T09:02:00.000-07:002013-04-04T09:02:44.371-07:00WHY MARTIN O'NEILL FAILED AT SUNDERLAND<strong>MARTIN O'Neill had a fairly frosty relationship with his mentor Brian Clough.</strong><br />
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<strong>Clough would wind O'Neill up because he was a footballer with a hinterland that included an education.</strong><br />
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<strong>And O'Neill would refuse to bow down to Old Big 'Ead and creep.</strong><br />
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<strong>Yet O'Neill has quite rightly - and fairly - reflected on how Clough helped mould his views as a manager.</strong><br />
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<strong>So it puzzles me that O'Neill did not put two and two together and realise that he was going to fail - just as Clough declined - if he repeated the one major mistake Clough made.</strong><br />
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<strong>I am talking about how Clough was only half the manager he had been when he split with Peter Taylor, his assistant.</strong><br />
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<strong>Similarly, O'Neill suffered at the Stadium of Light because he was without his long-time assistant, John Robertson.</strong><br />
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<strong>Like Taylor, Robertson was an exceptional conduit between the boss and the players. And, like Clough, O'Neill struggled without the man who had his ear to the ground.</strong><br />
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<strong>Uncanny how history sometimes has a habit of repeating itself.</strong><br />
<strong></strong>Frank Worrallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07971873455771153231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-489945674368791713.post-46375898822190022412013-03-27T09:21:00.000-07:002013-03-27T09:21:01.485-07:00ROY HODGSON: MR NICE BUT WE NEED A MOURINHO<strong>I HAVE been told off by some friends for being too harsh on England boss Roy Hodgson.</strong><br />
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<strong>One said: 'Why do you have it in for Roy all the time - he's a genuinely good bloke. A nice guy who is bringing a breath of fresh air to the England set-up. Making it more accessible to the press and the public and setting up a really nice atmosphere. Hodgson is someone you should be applauding, not moaning about all the time.'<br /><br />I replied: 'I don't disagree with you one bit. Roy is a lovely guy and he is doing all the things you say. He has made the camp much more pleasant, no doubt about it.'<br /><br />'Oh,' the friend said, taken aback. 'So why do you keep having a go at him?'<br /><br />I replied, slowly but surely: 'Because he's not a winner on the pitch. Tell me anything he has won? Tell me who he has managed to glory in England? Tell me why he is overtly cautious? Tell me why he didn't make a substitute until it was too late in Montenegro last night? Tell me why we are going to struggle to make second place in the group - let alone win it - under his guidance?</strong><br />
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<strong>'And answer me this: would we have drawn last night with someone who wouldn't be nice and pleasant like Roy - someone who would snarl and ensure the players reflected his determined, dark character - rather than someone who consistently says we shouldn't get over-optimistsic and damps down spirits. Someone who says we are average and should simply accept it - even though he is paid 3 million quid a year to prove we are not average!</strong><br />
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<strong>'Someone who is a dirty deeds man, but an out and out winner like Jose Mourinho?' </strong><br />
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<strong>'Are you seriously telling me,' I asked, 'That England wouldn't already have qualified under Jose?'</strong><br />
<strong></strong>Frank Worrallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07971873455771153231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-489945674368791713.post-49878295128232373752013-03-26T10:35:00.002-07:002013-03-26T10:35:45.202-07:00JOURNEYMAN HODGSON MAY SCRAPE DRAW<strong>I SINCERELY want England to win in Montenegro tonight.</strong><br />
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<strong>But the problem is this: their two best players happen to be the two strikers, Stevan Jovetic and Mirko Vucinic - while England's two most vulnerable players are Smalling and Lescott, the men who will mark Jovetic and Vucinic.</strong><br />
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<strong>So it doesn't take a rocket scientist or some clever dick hack from the Street to tell you where the match could be won and lost.</strong><br />
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<strong>Roy Hodgson can't be blamed for the injury crisis that has left his cupboard so threadbare in central defence, but surely England should be able to field two men who are at least first choices at their respective clubs?</strong><br />
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<strong>Let's be honest - if Hodgson hadn't messed Rio about last year, he would be playing tonight. All that crap about treatment programmes etc wouldn't have been mentioned. It's Hodgson's poor man management that is the problem here: he is simply not up to the job of international management.</strong><br />
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<strong>Hodgson is a journeyman manager employed by an FA board that was frightened of its own shadow - let alone that one cast by Harry Redknapp.</strong><br />
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<strong>If England get a result tonight - and I reckon they might scrape a lucky draw - it will be because of good fortune, not Hodgson.</strong><br />
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<strong></strong>Frank Worrallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07971873455771153231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-489945674368791713.post-70541190488724116932013-03-26T10:24:00.001-07:002013-03-26T10:24:55.694-07:00MOURINHO: THE PAPERS FINALLY CATCH UP!<strong>I HAVE been saying for months on this blog that Jose Mourinho will be the next Chelsea boss.</strong><br />
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<strong>Finally, the red tops believe me - as you will see from today's papers, where they all claim the 'exclusive' line on the story!</strong><br />
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<strong>You want the news first, stick with Big Frankie!!</strong>Frank Worrallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07971873455771153231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-489945674368791713.post-36983933688552260642013-03-26T10:22:00.002-07:002013-03-26T10:22:39.821-07:00ROLLING STONES 'TO PLAY HYDE PARK IN JULY'<strong>MY sources tell me that Jagger, Keef and the boys will play Hyde Park in July - after Glastonbury.</strong><br />
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<strong>Apparently the Hyde Park date will be revealed next month.</strong><br />
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