Steve Coppell backed into 7/2 on Skybet!!

[Poole Blade]

Been backed in from nowhere!! The tricky appointment?


http://www.skybet.com/betting/football/manager-specials/t10002896.html

 

[Pinchy]

That's mah boy!

Excellent news.

 

[Highbury_Blade]

Been backed in from nowhere!! The tricky appointment?


http://www.skybet.com/betting/football/manager-specials/t10002896.html

What would be tricky about it?

 

[Grecian2000]

What would be tricky about it?

Getting him to stay for a game or two?

 

[Poole Blade]

What would be tricky about it?

The fact he has gone on record as saying he has retired from Management.

 

[beightonblade]

is he bringing Wally wi him !

Sir Neil wud have a wobblie !

 

[Highbury_Blade]

Getting him to stay for a game or two?

Lol, that is a very good point. If he can't handle the pressure at Bristol, he certainly won't be able to handle it here.

 

[Blade58]

What's going on? - Coppell!

Out of the blue from nowhere Skybet (haven't confirmed it mysef) suddenly chuck into the ring at 7/2 second fav for the managers job, no other than...........................










.......................Steve Coppell!


A manager who's recently thrown the towel in at Brizzie

Amanager who I believe has gone on record as saying he wouldn't manage a club up north

A manager who probably wouldn't manage a club who hasn't got a pot to piss in!


Red Herring? Must be a complete non starter.....................surely?

 

[creswellblade79]

he,d be out the door no sooner then he came threw it. bad idea

 

[travellingblade]

Don't you check other people's posts before starting a new one?

 

[Sothall_Blade]

That's mah boy! Excellent news.

I seem to remember Coppell's Crystal Palace being quite a "direct" team when they finished third in the old First Division.
It just shows the dangers of labelling managers as playing either "hoofball" or "good football".
Different styles but both Palace and Reading were exciting, attacking and scored lots of goals. So Coppell would certainly do for me if he's a realistic option.

 

[beightonblade]

its true ............. Wally has just jumped on the Mega Bus he's coming too !

 

[travellingblade]

I wouldn't want Coppell in favour of SOD or Adams.

We could be looking for our 4th manager in a season if we took this option.

 

[Blade58]

Don't you check other people's posts before starting a new one?

Apologies. Usually yes, but as I was in shock no I didn't

So Linz or Foxy, please delete

 

[Flatulent_Bob]

Not a chance IMHO. He's had enough of football anyway.

 

[Pinchy]

I seem to remember Coppell's Crystal Palace being quite a "direct" team when they finished third in the old First Division.
It just shows the dangers of labelling managers as playing either "hoofball" or "good football".
Different styles but both Palace and Reading were exciting, attacking and scored lots of goals. So Coppell would certainly do for me if he's a realistic option.

His Reading team was an absolute delight to watch. He brought in supposed nobodies from Ireland and other very shrewd acquisitions like a Championship Wenger. They then outplayed the whole of the League and won it by a mile. It was pretty effective as well - a record points total wasn't it?

If we can get SC, the rest can SOD off: And I'm not taking the Micky!

 

[GRUMPY BLADE]

Not a chance IMHO. He's had enough of football anyway.

Won't be playing any here so he'd be OK

 

[creswellblade79]

I wouldn't want Coppell in favour of SOD or Adams.

We could be looking for our 4th manager in a season if we took this option.[/QUOTE

my thoughts exactley

 

[Blade58]

There is an apparant link. His partner teaches at a school in S. Yorks and they have a house in this area!

Other than that?

 

[Pinchy]

He resigned on a point of principle at Bristol. He does not throw in towels; it's a myth. Look at his long service at Palace and Reading.

Why would a Northerner not work 'up North'?

Just reflect on the excellence of his Reading team for a moment and then think how little he spent in bringing in quality players from nowhere.

An intelligent, astute and quietly effective manager. As the modern idiom goes: What's not to like?

 

[Flatulent_Bob]

He's a quitter Pinchy.

7 times he's left a club within a year.

 

[Torrix1889]

Nothing on SKY-Bet odds-checker ...............??

 

[Blade58]

Nothing on SKY-Bet odds-checker ...............??

not up to date, as I fell in the same trap!

http://www.skybet.com/betting/football/manager-specials/t10002896.html

 

[Torrix1889]

In fact SOD now into 5/2 with Victor Chandler

 

[Yossarian]

BETTING ODDS MEAN NOTING FOLKS. THEY ARE A REFLECTION OF WHAT PEOPLE ARE BETTING ON. PEOPLE JUST LIKE YOU AND ME WHO DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IT. THANK YOU. Sorry for the caps but I'm getting tired of seeing the latest odds like it's a race down to 1

 

[Pinchy]

He's a quitter Pinchy.

7 times he's left a club within a year.

Wow! I'm surprised they kept allowing him back.

Do you know the circumstances of all those departures?

He didn't quit on Reading or Palace, that's for sure.

 

[Yossarian]

He's a quitter Pinchy.

7 times he's left a club within a year.

Working Men's Club.

 

[Lund-Blade]

Of course it's betting patterns and people usually don't know anything about it, otherwise the betting companies would go bust. You can see a pattern, it's just like stocks...

If the odds go down it MIGHT be an indication. People who actually do know something might have put some money in which gives an earlier unfancied choice a big cut.

 

[Torrix1889]

Oooh, Adams drifting on Sky-Bet now to 4/5, SOD into 2/1.......................

 

[sheffielder]

BETTING ODDS MEAN NOTING FOLKS. THEY ARE A REFLECTION OF WHAT PEOPLE ARE BETTING ON. PEOPLE JUST LIKE YOU AND ME WHO DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IT. THANK YOU. Sorry for the caps but I'm getting tired of seeing the latest odds like it's a race down to 1

If you don't want to read about it, don't go on posts with betting odds in the title. As Len would say, it's not rocket science