Results for tag: Premiership
Posted by:
CoinFlip
on Dec 6, 2010 at 06:37:13 PM
Mike Ashley is a hard man to please. Chris Hughton's appointment was the first time in Ashley's tenure that a sound managerial choice was made and even at the start it was one Ashley was trying to avoid.
But Hughton started making a Premiership midfield play as one and suddenly all were swept before them.
This presumably upset Ashley but ultimately his wallet was involved and it made sense, if he was ever to sell that club, to get promoted back so he could put another over-inflated price tag on and avoid it being bought for a while, this was the only way. Almost inevitably promotion and the title was secured, with Ashley again mentioning how they might need a more experienced manager.
Except they didn't, and Hughton took them in to the top half on merit with a few disappointing...
Posted by:
CoinFlip
on Nov 22, 2010 at 06:45:59 PM
Fans were left perplexed at Craven Cottage to see a Manchester City team able to sustain attacks both against deep sitting defences and when seemingly pinned back. Tevez was outstanding with his direct running and strength in possession while the supporting pass and move game played by Silva, Barry and somewhat surprisingly De Jong left Fulham's high pressing attacking game dumbfounded. Not to mention a goalscoring full back on one side in Zabaleta and a left sided one whose set pieces were held in such high regard that he takes corners from the right.
As a long term holder of a bet backing City for the league, I'm probably going to be looking optimistically at a bet which is still at the price it started on, however, I sense that 9.8 really shouldn't be sniffed at. Johnson, Milner,...