We've got to get them playing as a team, all these new faces may not be a big ht straight away. Ameobi move is off though it seems.

At last! A win for the Sheep.

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Again.

Silly decision imo, where are they in the league, 9th? surely he deserved a little more time to work with the players he had. If Briatore is intending to run the club in a non-Chelsea style manner, in other words having cash but not spending it crazily then surely stability is the best course of action. How many managers have they had since the consortium bought them? Gregory, Luigi di Canio, Dowie and another.
There is a rumour circuling around that Roberto Mancini

will replace him. If QPR are looking for a promotion expert look no further than Walter Novellino, ex Sampdoria manager who got us back up to the top flight after the misery years of poor signings, David Platt's disasterous reign, Danny Dichio wearing a Sampdoria shirt and relegation to Serie B following Sven's departure to Lazio. Currently unemployed after biting the bullet at Torino last year. Could they approach Gianluca Vialli and give him a second chance at management after his bad spell at Watford. My tip give Big Sam Allardyce first refusal on the job.

football league to introduce "homegrown players" rule, which will come into effect from the start of the 2009/10 season.

A big welcome back to the front page for the Championship thread. It took me 4 months to find it.

Cardiff.

Peter Ridsdale

It couldnt of happened to a nicer bunch i punched the air in celebration when i heard they were out

Here here

Shame they still finished one place above us but there's always next year to show who the best team in Wales really are

Sheff Utd beat Preston to reach the play-off Final.

Not a good sequence for the North West, with Preston, Rochdale and Bury falling by the wayside. Up to Burnley now.

Burnley beat Reading 2 - 0 away to qualify for the play-off Final vs Sheff Utd.

Coppell before =


Coppell after =

Think he will be gone by the end of the week.


Would not be surprised if Lawrie Sanchez was installed in his place.

In fact he was gone by the end of the night! He celebrated with a Happy Meal.

Fairs enough

Hope Burnley win the play-off final so we can see a new team in the Premier league would be good

7/1 third fav behind Curbishly and Pardew

Betting closed.

Brendan Rodgers favourite.

Ian Holloway appointed manager at Blackpool. Let's hope he does better there than he did at QPR and Leicester.

Did ok at QPR and at a club where survival is enough I think he will do well especially if the can prise DJ Campbell off Leicester

The ground will be nice when it's finished.

Never unless his poetry books take off

I'm hoping my team, QPR, will be in the playoffs at least next season and hope our owners don't sack the manager after 3 months.

Oh its a cert (sacking your manager...the playoffs/promotion could be anyones but the relegated sides have to be favourites).


BTW who is your manager???? Struggle to keep up.

This thread has just got an extra 50,000+ contributors in black and white then.....