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Listed below are comments made by dr_horse between Thursday, 26th June 2008 and Thursday, 1st January 2009.

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The perils of Football League management 11:56am on 01 Jan 2009 You can forgive younger managers for a lot providing there is some indication that they are learning from their mistakes.

With Colin Calderwood he was not only failing in this regard, but actually demonstrating in some areas that nothing was being learned at all.

As a Forest fan I loved having a young, intelligent, up-and-coming British manager, and many of the club's current troubles should be placed just as much at the feet of Chairman Mao (sorry, I meant Nigel Doughty) as Calderwood's, but anyone who saw the loss against 10-man Norwich and the capitulation against Doncaster on Boxing Day would agree that CC was having little or no effect when it mattered.

He has made some excellent signings but, seeing as he was only one member of a "transfer committee" within the club, it's impossible to tell just what proportion of that credit he is due either.

It's true that some managers are sacked before they've been given a fair crack - Big Sam at Newcastle for example - but in this case I think Calderwood went at the right time.

I hope Billy Davies, a man with an excellent track record in this division, is given the same time and backing from the board that CC was.
What we can learn from post-match reaction 10:06pm on 17 Sep 2008 You haven't read in to anything they have said, you have simply read what they have said, offering no further insight than anyone else with the ability to read English could.

Doesn't the BBC sports site already have a section on Quotes of the Week? Oh wait in that they generally use amusing or interesting quotes, I understand the difference now.

This is a complete non-article, it would have been more useful just printing out the offside rule, and no less entertaining.
Capello and Barwick suffer as England struggle 06:49am on 21 Aug 2008 RealWurstBoy, you have taken the words right out of my text box.
Frustration for Britain's hockey teams 7:06pm on 19 Aug 2008 Isn't Matt Daly Canadian?
Separating fact from fiction 6:40pm on 15 Aug 2008 If the BBC really believes its coverage of the conflict has been impartial, then there is no hope.
Arshavin in debt to Dutch duo 4:59pm on 26 Jun 2008 Why is anyone surprised such a quality player has been ignored by English fans/press when he plays as far away as St Petersburg?

Don't forget it took Owen Hargreaves, our best player at the World Cup by far, until a similar age before anyone in England would give him any respect, and he only played in Germany, practically our back yard...

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