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By Phoenix Arrow | Permalink | On 16 May 2013 - 21:50 PM
He's been having a big sulk basically. Whether Everton have offered a contract to him doesn't matter really, he's shown a complete lack of respect for the club and has shown himself to be dishonest. Gus is a great manager, but he's got a toxic personality. The problem is, if he leaves I don't think we'll be able to get someone of his influence. Certainly not someone with his influence in Spanish speaking countries. Which means we might lose some key players. More worried about losing the players than him.
Gus was a great manager but he always thought he was bigger than the club. Maybe he was, maybe he wasn't but you don't go saying that to the fucking media.

I have no idea what he's said - was this about budgets or something?
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Poyet apparently said this in a club e-mail ahead of the Crystal Palace game:
'Hi All,

1) ...when Crystal Palace players and staff arrived to the Amex and went into their dressing room, they found themselves in a very uncomfortable situation, for some reason that still no clear to me , someone during the day had access to the away dressing room and done something terrible, trying to upset everyone related to Palace. To say it in clear English, someone had a ‘poo’ all outside the toilets, over and around the toilets.

Now, after careful consideration, and even after a meeting with the Chairman who assured me that MY REPUTATION IS INTACT, I feel that I must express my anger that anyone inside this organisation thought they could interfere with it.

I am angry that someone within this club could endanger our good reputation and stoop so low - did they imagine that this would affect the Crystal Palace players - well it possible did - it may just have fired them up even more.

Well someone made a very bad decision and I think it is time to stand up and take responsibility - not just the culprit but those employees who are supposed to make our stadium safe and secure. Surely changing rooms are high up on securities check lists???

Surely someone should lose their job to allow such a breach of security - they do not deserve to be part of this club!...

2)...would someone like to admit it was their idea to hand out stupid pieces of noise-making paper - can I tell you it was an extremely silly idea and the result was an annoying noise - I am not for one minute blaming the result of the game on this, but it added only negative vibes to the proceedings along with the rubbish filled balloons that littered the pitch.

My team of players and staff have worked hard this season and I do not appreciate negative actions from others within the club...whoever you are, you let the club down very badly.

Gus Poyet'

And to think pigs heads at Stoke was bad enough.
Eric Portapotty
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Let me get this straight:

Someone had a shit in Crystal Palace's dressing room? Literally?
Number 1
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From the sound of it, yes.
Phoenix Arrow
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Oh good, it's official now. We're back to being a joke club again.
There's also an exclusive interview with Vicente in our local paper. Try telling someone that 10 years ago... anyway, he's not being given a new contract and he's basically slagging off Gus. Says he's "the worst person I've come across in football". Vicente wanted to move back to Spain because his family were struggling to settle in England, he was told by Gus he could leave then they wouldn't let him. He also apparently never went to see Vicente when he was injured for 4 months and takes the piss out his players and belittles them in training.
He also confirms that Gus refused to do contract negotiations for next season.
Shola
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Quite amazing Brighton have done so well if Poyet is that bad. - Poyet is a friend of Dennis Wise, which suggests he is an awful person.
Vercoe
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1-0 Bradford in the Playoff Final.

3-0 now
Slashman X
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Northampton getting hammered
terriersmad
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Wonder what goes through professional footballers' heads at times.

'Oh look, we've just gone a goal down in a play-off final with 75 minutes to play. We're a bit nervous. Should I keep the ball and play the simple pass to steady the ship or hoof it into a corner?'

Northampton haven't made it hard for Bradford. They haven't kept the ball and seem to want to just get rid as soon as they can. Bradford have used their domination of possession to good effect. The game's sewn up. They'll be in League One next season.
gfnx25
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No more MASSIVE Bradford in League Two? Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo. Shoot me! Quick!

I'm also yet to see a sentence about Adebayo Akinfenwa that does not consist the words 'tank', 'beast' or 'massive'
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By gfnx25 | Permalink | On 18 May 2013 - 17:26 PM
No more MASSIVE Bradford in League Two? Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo. Shoot me! Quick!

I'm also yet to see a sentence about Adebayo Akinfenwa that does not consist the words 'tank', 'beast' or 'massive'

In fairness, what else is there to say about him?

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By Ninja | Permalink | On 18 May 2013 - 20:15 PM
In fairness, what else is there to say about him?


That he's actually quite a decent footballer and on his day he is a right nuisance for anyone in League 2. Something we're reminded of everytime we play him.

Anyway, Yeovil are leading Brentford 2-1 in the play-off final. Would be weird seeing them compete against the likes of Leicester, Notlob or Forest
Number 1
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Yeovil Town in the Championship
terriersmad
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Congrats to them. Risen about 5 levels in my lifetime - difficult to do in non-league, so to do it in the Football League on one of the smallest budgets in the country is remarkable.

Guaranteed to be a wet Tuesday in November when we go down there
Franck
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I remember that when I was a kid I had this shit manager game on Playstation where the default friendly opponent was Yeovil.
hammer9
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Right.....come on palace...good luck!
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Doncaster have appointed Paul Dickov as their new manager.
gfnx25
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By bluemoon. | Permalink | On 20 May 2013 - 16:04 PM
Doncaster have appointed Paul Dickov as their new manager.


Justicar
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They've let their first choice goalie at the age of 22 be released on a free, retaining the 43 year old Neil Sullivan and now this. Wow.
terriersmad
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I can only assume that they're skint, otherwise the appointment of a failed League One manager with few redeeming features and the release of their first-choice keeper make no sense. Then again, every time I've seen Woods he's looked a liability. Sullivan may go down in stages these days, but he's not going to drop one in his own net.

Speaking of goalkeepers, why is Declan Rudd going to the U21 Euros and not Alex Smithies? Alex is (just) still eligible for the U21s, and he's played almost 200 games, including being a highly-rated Championship ever-present. Declan Rudd, by comparison, has played 30 in the same time frame, most in League One, and has only just had his first run in a team of more than five games. Absolutely mystifying.
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By bluemoon. | Permalink | On 20 May 2013 - 16:04 PM
Doncaster have appointed Paul Dickov as their new manager.


wtf? what happen other? is it he sack? or leave? they are in championship!?
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By hammer9 | Permalink | On 20 May 2013 - 21:04 PM
wtf? what happen other? is it he sack? or leave? they are in championship!?


Their previous one, Dean Saunders left to join Wolves (and got them relegated), then Brian Flynn became interim manager then permanent til the end of the season. He has no stepped down to take the Director of Football job above Paul Dickov and oversee him.

Bizarre move.
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By Justicar | Permalink | On 20 May 2013 - 22:23 PM
Their previous one, Dean Saunders left to join Wolves (and got them relegated), then Brian Flynn became interim manager then permanent til the end of the season. He has no stepped down to take the Director of Football job above Paul Dickov and oversee him.

Bizarre move.



strange..ok cheers for it.
ianbaker
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Brighton & Hove Albion have issued a formal apology to Championship play-off semi-final opponents Crystal Palace after it came to light that excrement was smeared (apologies for all those taking elevenses at this point) on the floor of the Palace dressing room before the away team arrived.

Palace boss informed opposite number Gus Poyet just what treat had awaited them on their arrival in the dressing room and Poyet was so disgusted that he immediately sent an email to the club’s top brass insisting that the culprit be identified and sacked.

According to The Sun, Poyet’s email read:

“When Crystal Palace players and staff arrived to the Amex and went into their dressing room, they found themselves in a very uncomfortable situation.

“For some reason, someone had access to the away dressing room and done something terrible, trying to upset everyone related to Palace. To say it in clear English, someone had a “poo” all outside the toilets, over and around the toilets.

“I am angry that someone within this club could endanger our good reputation and stoop so low. I would like someone to accept responsibility and resign.”

Someone had a poo all outside the toilet. Someone. Had a poo. All outside the toilet.

Anyway, Poyet and three members of his coaching staff have since been suspended by the club, though the suspension is nothing to do with the turd war, rather a barrage of other criticism which the Brighton boss included in his email.

We should also mention that, while the grubby bugger who did have a poo all outside the toilet is still at large, none of the Brighton players are at all responsible either.

In a letter to Brighton’s season ticket holders, chief executive Paul Barber revealed that the club have apologised to Palace for the welcome present they were left ahead of the play-off semi, saying:

“We apologised to Crystal Palace as soon as the vandalism in their dressing room was discovered and again more formally a few days after the match.

“We have reviewed internal procedures to guard against this happening again.”

All toilets have since been removed at the AMEX and any and all personnel entering the stadium will be now supplied with an adult nappy to soil at their leisure.
Telegram Sam
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Why did they remove the toilets?
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By Telegram Sam | Permalink | On 21 May 2013 - 16:04 PM
Why did they remove the toilets?

Surely it's a joke, right?
Slashman X
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all personnel entering the stadium will be now supplied with an adult nappy to soil at their leisure.



Yeah, I think it's a joke. Especially seeing how the whole article was very tongue-in-cheek
Phoenix Arrow
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The guy who did it "resigned" if anyone's interested. He has since been labeled a cunt.
Oh, and there's a photo.
gfnx25
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Steven Schumacher joins Fleetwood for an undisclosed fee.

Well. Sheeeeeeeeeeeeit
gfnx25
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Retained
Trevor Carson, Phil Picken, Adam Lockwood, Shane Byrne, David Worrall, Craig Jones, Andy Bishop, Shaun Harrad

Released
Marcus Marshall, Mark Carrington, Efe Sodje, Mark Hughes, Max Harrop. Carl Regan, Christian Dibble, Euan Holden, Jordan Melia, Dalton McLaughlin, David Healy, Cameron Belford, Craig Fagan, Tom Soares, Valery Mezague

8 senior players left. That's how we roll.

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