They say he was told on Saturday that he not the right man for the job 
and will go at the end of the season.

-- 
"I first diagnosed symptomless coma
  three years ago, and since then the number
  of cases has been steadily increasing."

Yee Gods I hope not !

will this club never stop embarrassing itself ?

Jim ;o(


"madMental"  wrote in message 
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> They say he was told on Saturday that he not the right man for the job and 
> will go at the end of the season.
>
> -- 
> "I first diagnosed symptomless coma
>  three years ago, and since then the number
>  of cases has been steadily increasing."

Through the last fourteen years of my having a season ticket this is my 
lowest point.
-- 
"I first diagnosed symptomless coma
  three years ago, and since then the number
  of cases has been steadily increasing."

"madMental"  wrote in message 
news:fv6qsd$cfk$1@news.datemas.de...
> Through the last fourteen years of my having a season ticket this is my 
> lowest point.

Agreed. This is very depressing.

Well done, Frank. We've been crying out for progress and stability for 
years, and now we've got it, you take it away. Fool.

One side of me can't help but feel we've got what we deserve. We were too 
happy to take the money when Frank stepped in, but now we know the high 
price we've paid. Frank is a mad dictator. You would have to be mad to sack 
a manager that has the enthusiastic backing of the fans, the players and the 
pre-Frank City hierarchy.

Sven must be given a reasonable time to do the job.

If reports are true that Frank is interfering in team selection he
will have little success in bringing any top manager to CITY and if he
is involved he must accept some responsibilty for the teams
performance.

I have not bought my ticket for next season yet!!

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+mrcakey

Online petition:

http://www.petitiononline.com/savesven/petition.html

Looks like its true

heard it on Radio 4 and radio 2

more upheaval - just what we dont need



"Chas"  wrote in message 
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> Online petition:
>
> http://www.petitiononline.com/savesven/petition.html
>
>
>

Quote from Sven's agent Athole Still -

  "It's just developments over the last couple of days. If Dr Shinawatra 
was going to give his ringing support we would have heard it over the 
last couple of days."

He continued: "I could be wrong - I hope I am wrong because there is a 
job half-done there and I have no doubt that Sven-Goran Eriksson left to 
manage in the way he manages and to select his own players who he 
purchased, would have been challenging UEFA next year or maybe even 
higher."

The last two lines suggest that the chairman may have been giving his 
"input".
-- 
"I first diagnosed symptomless coma
  three years ago, and since then the number
  of cases has been steadily increasing."

How mystifying.

Good managers, nevermind great ones, don't grow on trees. There's
plenty of average managers out there. Sven is clearly above average
though, hard to see anyone of his qualifications & ability that can be
brought in.

wrote
>hard to see anyone of his qualifications & ability that can be
> brought in.

Who would /want/ to come after seeing Sven achieving and yet still getting 
sacked? Who the hell wants to work for an egotistical megalomaniac 
politician?

City statement doesn't contradict any of the press speculation. I think that 
says it all unfortunately:
Manchester City spokesman Paul Tyrrell said: "Dr Thaksin Shinawatra recently 
stated that there would be a full review of the club at the end of the 
season. The situation remains the same. Sven-Goran Eriksson, the players, 
board and staff of the football club are fully focused on the two remaining 
games of the current campaign."

Manager Sven-Goran Eriksson confirmed in his regular weekly media briefing, 
"The Chairman and I spoke at the weekend, but I do not wish to comment any 
further. The game with Liverpool on Sunday is most important and we are 
working very hard to prepare properly for the trip to Anfield and our final 
game of the season at Middlesbrough."

"Chas"  wrote in message 
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>  wrote
>>hard to see anyone of his qualifications & ability that can be
>> brought in.
>
> Who would /want/ to come after seeing Sven achieving and yet still getting 
> sacked? Who the hell wants to work for an egotistical megalomaniac 
> politician?

Exactly.  We're not Real Madrid are we?

+mrcakey

"Chas"  wrote in message 
news:p9GdnbBCNI7-oYrVnZ2dneKdnZydnZ2d@plusnet...
> City statement doesn't contradict any of the press speculation. I think 
> that says it all unfortunately:
> Manchester City spokesman Paul Tyrrell said: "Dr Thaksin Shinawatra 
> recently stated that there would be a full review of the club at the end 
> of the season. The situation remains the same. Sven-Goran Eriksson, the 
> players, board and staff of the football club are fully focused on the two 
> remaining games of the current campaign."
>
> Manager Sven-Goran Eriksson confirmed in his regular weekly media 
> briefing, "The Chairman and I spoke at the weekend, but I do not wish to 
> comment any further. The game with Liverpool on Sunday is most important 
> and we are working very hard to prepare properly for the trip to Anfield 
> and our final game of the season at Middlesbrough."

The other side of the coin is that no-one's stated for CERTAIN that he's 
going.  That gives Frank an out if the weight of media, player and fan 
reaction is enough to persuade him of what a cock he's being.  My dad 
however, who has dealings with Thai businessmen on a regular basis, says 
that it tends to be that the more people tell them they're wrong, the more 
they dig their heals in.  That is of course a racial stereotype and we all 
know they're not always true, for instance I'm white but my cock is huge.

+mrcakey

HAHA Classic - great gag cakey !

LOL

Jimbo

"mrcakey"  wrote in message 
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> "Chas"  wrote in message 
> news:p9GdnbBCNI7-oYrVnZ2dneKdnZydnZ2d@plusnet...
>> City statement doesn't contradict any of the press speculation. I think 
>> that says it all unfortunately:
>> Manchester City spokesman Paul Tyrrell said: "Dr Thaksin Shinawatra 
>> recently stated that there would be a full review of the club at the end 
>> of the season. The situation remains the same. Sven-Goran Eriksson, the 
>> players, board and staff of the football club are fully focused on the 
>> two remaining games of the current campaign."
>>
>> Manager Sven-Goran Eriksson confirmed in his regular weekly media 
>> briefing, "The Chairman and I spoke at the weekend, but I do not wish to 
>> comment any further. The game with Liverpool on Sunday is most important 
>> and we are working very hard to prepare properly for the trip to Anfield 
>> and our final game of the season at Middlesbrough."
>
> The other side of the coin is that no-one's stated for CERTAIN that he's 
> going.  That gives Frank an out if the weight of media, player and fan 
> reaction is enough to persuade him of what a cock he's being.  My dad 
> however, who has dealings with Thai businessmen on a regular basis, says 
> that it tends to be that the more people tell them they're wrong, the more 
> they dig their heals in.  That is of course a racial stereotype and we all 
> know they're not always true, for instance I'm white but my cock is huge.
>
> +mrcakey
>

On 29 Apr, 20:16, "mrcakey"  wrote:
> "Chas"  wrote in message
>
> news:p9GdnbBCNI7-oYrVnZ2dneKdnZydnZ2d@plusnet...
>
> > City statement doesn't contradict any of the press speculation. I think
> > that says it all unfortunately:
> > Manchester City spokesman Paul Tyrrell said: "Dr Thaksin Shinawatra
> > recently stated that there would be a full review of the club at the end> > of the season. The situation remains the same. Sven-Goran Eriksson, the
> > players, board and staff of the football club are fully focused on the two
> > remaining games of the current campaign."
>
> > Manager Sven-Goran Eriksson confirmed in his regular weekly media
> > briefing, "The Chairman and I spoke at the weekend, but I do not wish to> > comment any further. The game with Liverpool on Sunday is most important> > and we are working very hard to prepare properly for the trip to Anfield> > and our final game of the season at Middlesbrough."
>
> The other side of the coin is that no-one's stated for CERTAIN that he's
> going.  That gives Frank an out if the weight of media, player and fan
> reaction is enough to persuade him of what a cock he's being.  My dad
> however, who has dealings with Thai businessmen on a regular basis, says
> that it tends to be that the more people tell them they're wrong, the more> they dig their heals in.  That is of course a racial stereotype and we all
> know they're not always true, for instance I'm white but my cock is huge.
>
> 骷᪑

Mr C, I think you may be white and delusional. Does Mrs C erupt into
uncontrollable laughter just after telling you it's the biggest cock
she's ever seen?

On 29 Apr, 11:19, madMental  wrote:
> They say he was told on Saturday that he not the right man for the job
> and will go at the end of the season.
>
> --
> "I first diagnosed symptomless coma
>   three years ago, and since then the number
>   of cases has been steadily increasing."

As you all know, I was not in the Sven camp when he joined and had
serious reservations about him being our manager. I'm happy to say
that these reservations proved unfounded and that Sven was quite
possibly the best manager for the job - and still remains so. Frank is
making a BIG mistake. We are not Man U fans who will just suck up any
old shit provided the club still wins trophies. I like to think City
fans have a special relationship with the club - that we did not
choose to support City but we were chosen to support City.

We got rid of Swales, we can get rid of Frank. This is OUR City, not
his.

Bump.  Has everyone signed this?  Only up to 4000 sigs.  There are about 2m 
City fans around the globe, so that's about 1.2m online.  Let's work!

+mrcakey

"Chas"  wrote in message 
news:k7SdnbFrGKSjlIrVnZ2dnUVZ8uadnZ2d@plusnet...
> Online petition:
>
> http://www.petitiononline.com/savesven/petition.html
>
>

"Henry Crun"  wrote
>We got rid of Swales, we can get rid of Frank. This is OUR City, not
> his.

"Henry Crun"  wrote
> We got rid of Swales, we can get rid of Frank. This is OUR City, not
> his.

How?

I thought about fans simply sending in a "Don't sack Sven" postcard to 
Frank. 50,000 postcards might make him take notice. But how do you get the 
word out? We're such a diverse group.

He's not even in the country anyway.
As far as the  Sven issue is concerned, it appears from what is leaking 
out that after last weekend the
relationship between him and Shinawatra is finished.
There's an interesting piece in today's Independent 
http://tinyurl.com/6oljrf
The first home game of next season should be interesting, my disapproval 
will not be lessened over the summer ;-)
-- 
"I first diagnosed symptomless coma
  three years ago, and since then the number
  of cases has been steadily increasing."

On 30 Apr, 12:18, madMental  wrote:
> He's not even in the country anyway.
> As far as the  Sven issue is concerned, it appears from what is leaking
> out that after last weekend the
> relationship between him and Shinawatra is finished.
> There's an interesting piece in today's Independenthttp://tinyurl.com/6oljrf
> The first home game of next season should be interesting, my disapproval
> will not be lessened over the summer ;-)
> --
> "I first diagnosed symptomless coma
>   three years ago, and since then the number
>   of cases has been steadily increasing."

The Bilic story is already dead - he has signed an extension to his
Croatia contract today.

On 30 Apr, 11:21, "Chas"  wrote:
> "Henry Crun"  wrote
>
> > We got rid of Swales, we can get rid of Frank. This is OUR City, not
> > his.
>
> How?
>
> I thought about fans simply sending in a "Don't sack Sven" postcard to
> Frank. 50,000 postcards might make him take notice. But how do you get the
> word out? We're such a diverse group.

Not really...how about sending the suggestion to the MCIVTA group.

And if I send a postcard, and all the City fans on here send a
postcard and we tell all our City supporting mates to send a postcard
and they tell their friends....

Right I'm off to the Post Office.

The "Don't Sack Sven" campaign starts here. Today.

"madMental"  wrote in message 
news:fv9h1u$lb7$1@news.datemas.de...
> He's not even in the country anyway.
> As far as the  Sven issue is concerned, it appears from what is leaking 
> out that after last weekend the
> relationship between him and Shinawatra is finished.
> There's an interesting piece in today's Independent 
> http://tinyurl.com/6oljrf
> The first home game of next season should be interesting, my disapproval 
> will not be lessened over the summer ;-)

Funny how this blew up after the season ticket renewal deadline and after 
the last home game. So no avenue left to make a protest. Shafted and 
stitched up in one move.

We are all a bit pathetic really. We (and I include myself in this) just 
shrug our shoulders and watch from the sidelines while this madman destroys 
our club. I was hoping the supporters clubs would organise a protest or 
something, but there's no leadership there. If this were Liverpool, Frank 
would have received 100's of death threats by now. Having said that, I guess 
he's used to sending those out himself, so maybe that technique wouldn't 
work in this case.

"Henry Crun"  wrote in message 
news:956ae7d7-f826-4dad-b627-887c139c37fc@a1g2000hsb.googlegroups.com...
> On 30 Apr, 11:21, "Chas"  wrote:
>> "Henry Crun"  wrote
>>
>> > We got rid of Swales, we can get rid of Frank. This is OUR City, not
>> > his.
>>
>> How?
>>
>> I thought about fans simply sending in a "Don't sack Sven" postcard to
>> Frank. 50,000 postcards might make him take notice. But how do you get 
>> the
>> word out? We're such a diverse group.
>
> Not really...how about sending the suggestion to the MCIVTA group.
>
> And if I send a postcard, and all the City fans on here send a
> postcard and we tell all our City supporting mates to send a postcard
> and they tell their friends....
>
> Right I'm off to the Post Office.
>
> The "Don't Sack Sven" campaign starts here. Today.

Yes, I will do that. Thanks for the suggestion. I feel better for just 
/doing/ something.

I'm going to put my views down on paper for the club, i've already sent 
an email, i wonder if they'll print it and the (hopefully) many others 
and show them to the chairman when he returns.
-- 
"I first diagnosed symptomless coma
  three years ago, and since then the number
  of cases has been steadily increasing."

Looks like you and I were right to question the wisdom of having 'Frank' 
with his questionable ethics after all Chas !

Remember Liverpool carried out due diligence on him before he washed up at 
Eastland's.

It's all so sad and so city.

Jim :o(


"Chas"  wrote in message 
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> "madMental"  wrote in message 
> news:fv9h1u$lb7$1@news.datemas.de...
>> He's not even in the country anyway.
>> As far as the  Sven issue is concerned, it appears from what is leaking 
>> out that after last weekend the
>> relationship between him and Shinawatra is finished.
>> There's an interesting piece in today's Independent 
>> http://tinyurl.com/6oljrf
>> The first home game of next season should be interesting, my disapproval 
>> will not be lessened over the summer ;-)
>
> Funny how this blew up after the season ticket renewal deadline and after 
> the last home game. So no avenue left to make a protest. Shafted and 
> stitched up in one move.
>
> We are all a bit pathetic really. We (and I include myself in this) just 
> shrug our shoulders and watch from the sidelines while this madman 
> destroys our club. I was hoping the supporters clubs would organise a 
> protest or something, but there's no leadership there. If this were 
> Liverpool, Frank would have received 100's of death threats by now. Having 
> said that, I guess he's used to sending those out himself, so maybe that 
> technique wouldn't work in this case.
>
>

Noble efforts no doubt lads... but I fear Sven wouldn't want to stay now 
with this chairman anyway ?


"Chas"  wrote in message 
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> "Henry Crun"  wrote in message 
> news:956ae7d7-f826-4dad-b627-887c139c37fc@a1g2000hsb.googlegroups.com...
>> On 30 Apr, 11:21, "Chas"  wrote:
>>> "Henry Crun"  wrote
>>>
>>> > We got rid of Swales, we can get rid of Frank. This is OUR City, not
>>> > his.
>>>
>>> How?
>>>
>>> I thought about fans simply sending in a "Don't sack Sven" postcard to
>>> Frank. 50,000 postcards might make him take notice. But how do you get 
>>> the
>>> word out? We're such a diverse group.
>>
>> Not really...how about sending the suggestion to the MCIVTA group.
>>
>> And if I send a postcard, and all the City fans on here send a
>> postcard and we tell all our City supporting mates to send a postcard
>> and they tell their friends....
>>
>> Right I'm off to the Post Office.
>>
>> The "Don't Sack Sven" campaign starts here. Today.
>
> Yes, I will do that. Thanks for the suggestion. I feel better for just 
> /doing/ something.
>

"Jimbo"  wrote in message 
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> Noble efforts no doubt lads... but I fear Sven wouldn't want to stay now 
> with this chairman anyway ?


You can't just assume worst case scenario, you have to at least reach out 
for what you want to achieve.

Look at the positives. He's got the full backing of the fans, the players 
and (from what I read) the City hierarchy, apart from the Shinawanker 
appointed amateurs. Given that he sees Shinawanker very infrequently, seems 
to be enjoying his 'project' and in any case has a contract, there's a good 
chance that he'll stay.