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Sven Today, Hughes Tomorrow?Manchester City by Crazy Cesc & his doughnut disco! (U9643670) 02 June 2008  The worst kept secret in football is finally out. No, not that Dr Shinawatra does not have a clue, thats the second, but Sven-Goran Eriksson has this morning left Manchester City. we love you at City and all the best with the future!csomethingood Finishing 9th in the league, securing a UEFA Cup place and of course, the league double over rivals, Salford United. Perhaps the only mark againist the Swedes reign at Eastlands would have been performances in the later part of the season, which did not emulate the heights of earlier on in the campaign. I can lick over 45 envelopes in an hour!Red2Blue I really feel for Sven, I thought he was a brilliant England manager and the way he has been treated, after a very good season is nothing short of outrageous. Fair play to the Swede though, I'm sure he will recieve a nice big pay-off and the way he has conducted himself, I don't think anyone would begrudge him that. Where will the ex-England manager head to next, another crack at club football with former perspective employers Chelsea, or will he and Nancy head off to a Mexican beach? MC are now the poisoned chalice of EPLIwilltellyouthis Who next for The Eastlands: Scolari, Hughes, Grant, even Allardyce? Although it now seems Blackburn Rovers have given permission to the Welsh legend to speak with Citys board. Certainly a sought-after manager, but could the fans at Eastlands stomach a United legend taking over as manager? Regardless, I'm sure with the money at his disposal, the Thai billionaire will surely appoint a top manager. I can only hope the new appointee can learn to walk on water quickly because I'm not sure what more Sven could have done. I've not been convinced by the signingsBoycee-MCFC From a Gooner, gutted for you and just another indication of the madness that is foreign billionaire owners. Please vote 5 stars if you agree with anything I've said, enjoyed my article, found no obvious spelling errors or hate Salford United. Latest 10 commentsRead members' comments or add your own
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gay fish (U7932210) posted Jun 4, 2008 Good luck Sven. Reading the words 'took England to two quarter finals of the world cup' really shows that was a pretty good achievement especially how we played in the games where we were knocked out. £10 on Mexico to win the next world cup anyone? They were very entertaining in Germany.
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bewilderingDAVIDF (U10952983) posted Jun 4, 2008 I don't understand all this 'City had a good season under Sven' rubbish.Spent £50 million and since the Everton game on Jan 12th have played awful. Beaten and outplayed by Sheffield United,Birmingham,Reading,Fulham.Lucky to get a draw against Wigan and Derby, no where near teams around us in terms of quality being dished up and the entertainment was provided by the opponents. Continued to play one up front against poor teams, created very chances and no plan B when getting beaten. Why panic buy Caicedo in January, and then never play him, and buy Castillo who is a lighter version of Elano ? He also continued to play Sun Jihai in the final month or so of the season, who hasn't been good enough for at least two years, and Erikson should have sold the useless Garrido after the shame that was Stamford Bridge. Just two decent games since the Newcastle win, and the Middlesborough game was just the culmination of four months of abysmal football.Sven didn't have a clue. Good luck to him, nice fella, no idea about the Premership though.
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yusuf_fofana (U9860808) posted Jun 4, 2008 what does shinawatra knows about 2 derby wins against United.
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rgh1066 (U6926569) posted Jun 4, 2008 Well it was hardly a secret – even a “worst-kept” one. It was headline news here last weekend. Anyone scanning the foreign press websites would have seen the headline in El Norte even if they didn’t read Spanish. I wonder at the fleeting nature of football fame. Ricardo La Volpe was in many ways similar to Sven – a foreign coach (Argentinian) here in Mexico who took the side within a whisker of beating Argentina in the last world cup and who was lambasted for supposedly underachieving. Yet the BBC can state that Sven will be Mexico’s first foreign coach since 1997! Sven was England’s best coach since Robson. He took a side ranked eighth in the world to the World Cup quarter-finals twice. Nothing wrong with that.
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Ingr (U11958489) posted Jun 4, 2008 "I agree with all the Erikkson supporters; it is an utter discgrace that a man of such dignity, "
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OLDESTBRFC4EVER (U12191646) posted Jun 4, 2008 why go back,,you lot at mcfc have just aquired the best up and coming manager in the uk,gary crook must have a 3 cornered hat,,you got mh ok,leave our players alone they are far better than any you got,,good look mark hughes and thanx brfc 4 everrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
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Thanks A lot BBC7 (U2212240) posted Jun 4, 2008 Sven Today, Hughes Tomorrow?
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Wing Back (U9900949) posted Jun 4, 2008 I like Sparky, but because of Shinawatra, who is nothing but a clown, I hope City go down next year. Sorry City fans but Shinawatra is bad news.
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highthief (U6102709) posted Jun 4, 2008 Good luck, Sven. Hope you do well with Mexico.
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germanyfan (U1884727) posted Jun 5, 2008 SGE must be back in his villa having a good laugh. A failure in the UK he has been massively rewarded for winning NOTHING. This is very English...the nearly men. Now foreigner after foreigner is piling in for the EEEGLEESH cash ...its a joke beyond belief. Even the Irish gave fallen for it with another clapped out old Italian. Have you not gor two brain cells between you over there...your a laughing stock... Comment on this article
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