Scottish Mag 3 Posted March 13, 2007 Share Posted March 13, 2007 Glenn Roeder and Newcastle United could not be more focused on Thursday's UEFA Cup tie with AZ Alkmaar. That's why the United boss does not want James Milner and Steven Taylor to even think about playing at Wembley for the England Under-21 side until the games at the DSB Stadion and The Valley on Sunday are out of the way. But Roeder himself is keeping an eye on what is happening at Manchester City where Stuart Pearce is fighting for his managerial life. If Pearce loses his job then he could take over as full-time boss of the England Under-21 side. But on the other hand, one of the conditions of Pearce staying at the City of Manchester Stadium is that he steps down from the England Under-21 set-up. Roeder knows that his own No 2 Nigel Pearson could not be rated more highly than he is at the FA and that there is already talk about him taking over as the Under-21 boss. The United boss does not want to lose his No 2 because the pair of them complement each other and the respect between them is mutual. Pearce is now the favourite to become the next Premiership manager to lose his job - a position Roeder found himself in earlier this season in some quarters. And while Alan Pardew, Les Reed and Iain Dowie have already gone the journey, Roeder was the highest placed English manager in the Premiership last season and he would love to repeat that achievement this term. That's why he will not fly down to London with the United squad on Saturday for the game at Charlton the following day. Instead he will take in Middlesbrough's home match with Manchester City. He told me today: "Manchester City are our next visitors and it is important I see just how they are playing away from home. "It is also very important I am with my own team the night before a match and on Saturday night I will jump on a train and head to London." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 47377 Posted March 13, 2007 Share Posted March 13, 2007 Another one for Leazes - highest placed English-managed club in the Premiership. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isegrim 10038 Posted March 13, 2007 Share Posted March 13, 2007 Another one for Leazes - highest placed English-managed club in the Premiership. And he didn't even need "qualifications" for it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sima 0 Posted March 13, 2007 Share Posted March 13, 2007 I presume a pre-requisite for potential England appointments is involvements in relegations. Something Pearson has been party to on more than one occasion and something Pearce is flirting with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face 29 Posted March 13, 2007 Share Posted March 13, 2007 (edited) This is a saga now. Edited March 13, 2007 by Happy Face Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted March 13, 2007 Share Posted March 13, 2007 English managers are the new Scottish goalkeepers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sima 0 Posted March 13, 2007 Share Posted March 13, 2007 Craig Gordon's the best in Britain tbh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted March 13, 2007 Share Posted March 13, 2007 Craig Gordon's the best in Britain tbh Aye, they used to be notoriously shite though. Just a tongue-in-cheek comment really; decent English managers are very thin on the ground though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sima 0 Posted March 13, 2007 Share Posted March 13, 2007 Lies, Alan Rough was awesome tbh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted March 13, 2007 Share Posted March 13, 2007 Lies, Alan Rough was awesome tbh Unfairly maligned perhaps. Awesome by the standards of his peers though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Carr's Gloves 4098 Posted March 15, 2007 Share Posted March 15, 2007 Craig Gordon's the best in Britain tbh Needs to be tested a little more to confirm that I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinofbeans 91 Posted March 15, 2007 Share Posted March 15, 2007 weren't people raving about jim leighton once... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottish Mag 3 Posted March 15, 2007 Author Share Posted March 15, 2007 Andy Goram was class tbh... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweetleftpeg 0 Posted March 15, 2007 Share Posted March 15, 2007 Tbf, Jim Leighton had his moments. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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