Manchester City’s future in the Champions League has been thrown into doubt after Tuesday night’s frustrating defeat to Napoli leaves them one point behind the Italian club and relying on results elsewhere to qualify. Roberto Mancini has slammed his team for letting in ‘stupid’ goals and has described his side as now having a ‘30%’ [...]
Posted by jkitson on Wednesday, November 23, 2011 at 10:46 am
Filed under Competitions, Latest Manager News, Managers, Manchester City, Premier League, Roberto Mancini, Teams · Tagged with bayern munich, champions league, critical, group a, knock out, Ladbrokes, liverpool v man city, napoli, qualification, stupid, villarreal
Wigan Athletic’s manager Roberto Martinez has become the latest Premier League manager to come under-fire following his side’s defeat at home to Fulham on Saturday. Wigan have now suffered eight consecutive defeats in all competitions as they slump down t0 bottom of the league with just five points from their opening 10 matches. This woeful [...]
Posted by jkitson on Monday, October 31, 2011 at 4:20 pm
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Manchester City boss Roberto Mancini has expressed his desire to stay at the club for many more years to come. The Italian took over in December 2009, replacing the sacked Mark Hughes, and for a majority of his first 18 months in charge he was under considerable pressure. However, this season City have had an [...]
Posted by jkitson on Tuesday, October 18, 2011 at 9:17 am
Filed under Competitions, Latest Manager News, Managers, Manchester City, Mark Hughes, next manager, Premier League, Roberto Mancini, Teams · Tagged with champions league, contract, fa cup, man city specials, man city v villarreal betting, match odds, paddy power, pressure, trophies, unbeaten
Considering the high pressure nature of the Premier League it is perhaps a surprise that not a single Premier League manager has lost his job so far this season. However, that is not to say that there isn’t currently a handful of managers treading nervously in deep waters. The most notable example being Blackburn boss [...]
Posted by jkitson on Friday, October 7, 2011 at 9:37 am
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It was inevitable. At some point this season there was going to be a clog in the Manchester City juggernaut, and it comes as little surprise that it involves their disgruntled former captain Carlos Tevez. The controversial striker seemingly refused to come onto the pitch and help out his teammates in City’s defeat to Bayern [...]
Posted by jkitson on Wednesday, September 28, 2011 at 9:04 am
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Last season Manchester City transformed themselves from noisy neighbours into an official top 3 Premier League team but, questions still remain over whether they can make the step up and become genuine title contenders this time round. The bookmakers certainly think so, making City the third favourites behind Manchester Utd and Chelsea, with Paddy Power [...]
Posted by jkitson on Friday, August 12, 2011 at 9:45 am
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The LMA Manager of the Year Award is always a popular betting market and one that can spring a few surprises. The prestigious annual award is voted by all of the 92 managers from the Premier League and the Football League, who can pick a winner from any of those four leagues. The winning manager [...]
Posted by jkitson on Thursday, July 14, 2011 at 9:44 am
Filed under Andre Villas Boas, Arsenal, Arsene Wenger, Blackpool, Brendan Rodgers, Chelsea, Competitions, Danny Wilson, Everton, Fulham, Kenny Dalglish, Latest Manager News, Liverpool, Managers, Manchester City, Manchester United, Neil Warnock, Premier League, Reading, Roberto Mancini, Sir Alex Ferguson, Steve Coppell, Teams, Wigan Athletic · Tagged with lma manager of the year award 2012, manager betting, next premier league manager to be sacked, odds, Premier League, victor chandler
Real Madrid are well known for their lack of patience when it comes to managers. Fabio Capello and Bernd Schuster were sacked after both winning La Liga. Vicente Del Bosque was sent packing after winning two Champions League trophies and two Spanish titles in just four years (he has since guided Spain to World Cup [...]
Posted by jkitson on Thursday, May 5, 2011 at 9:58 am
Filed under Arsenal, Arsene Wenger, Carlo Ancelotti, Chelsea, Harry Redknapp, Jose Mourinho, Kenny Dalglish, Latest Manager News, Liverpool, Managers, Manchester City, Manchester United, Premier League, Real Madrid, Roberto Mancini, Sir Alex Ferguson, Tottenham Hotspur · Tagged with champions league, english clubs, Jos, jose mourinho betting, jose mourinho next club odds, manager sackrace, Premier League, Real Madrid
According to his agent, Italy’s World Cup-winning coach Marcello Lippi is contemplating a move to the Premier League. The legendary tactician is widely regarded as one of the finest managers in the world and after nearly a year in exile he now reportedly wants to test out his talents in the fast-paced nature of England’s [...]
Posted by jkitson on Wednesday, April 20, 2011 at 9:44 am
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Manchester City’s Champions League hopes for next season took a big blow last night when they were comprehensively outplayed by Liverpool at Anfield. A Dirk Kuyt strike sandwiched in between two goals from Andy Carroll gave The Reds a dominant 3-0 win to boost their own faint hopes of a top four finish. In the [...]
Posted by jkitson on Tuesday, April 12, 2011 at 11:28 am
Filed under Competitions, England, Latest Manager News, Managers, Manchester City, Premier League, Roberto Mancini · Tagged with carlos tevez, champions league, fa cup semi final odds, Liverpool, Manchester United, next man city manager odds, Premier League, Roberto Mancini, sky bet