View Full Version : Palios resigns
Just seen this on sky sports news,
For me Palios wasn't the man for the job in the first place, his media handling skills let him down big time.
charles w
01-08-2004, 19:37
I long for the day that the only sports news that is reported is that which is made on the pitch etc.
Any news of any sort that involves management/administrators etc leaves me cold.
Radiohead
01-08-2004, 20:09
This musy weaken Sven's position even further.
Martin O'Neill please FA.
Pisces Iscariot
01-08-2004, 20:22
Now the director of communications, Colin Gibson, has resigned.
Is there anyone going to be left at the FA ??
Story on the BBC website now:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/3526524.stm
Just makes a mockery of our FA to be honest. Used to be a time when the press reported what went on on the pitch. Now it all seems to be about who is sleeping with who :(
Have to agree that this must weaken Svens position greatly. I think he is going to get the push, but they couldn't sack him and not Palios. Totally stupid IMHO.
Better steer clear of the whole did they try to hush the Palios (for now) thing up for legal reasons? Typical FA bungling and press witch hunt.
Sack the man for poor results by all means, but for an affair? What has that got to do with football. Wonder what % of workers in Britain would be guilty of an office affair?
the FA have been a joke for quite a while - could not stand Palios.
The media are calling it "Svengate" :help: :lol:
Have to agree that this must weaken Svens position greatly. I think he is going to get the push, but they couldn't sack him and not Palios. Totally stupid IMHO.
Better steer clear of the whole did they try to hush the Palios (for now) thing up for legal reasons? Typical FA bungling and press witch hunt.
Sack the man for poor results by all means, but for an affair? What has that got to do with football. Wonder what % of workers in Britain would be guilty of an office affair?
its not just because of an affair though.
Apparently the FA offered to string Sven out to dry, if they keep Palios out of the paper. Also the FA seem to have criticised Sven for his affair, when all along Palios has been testing the goods as well. Seems like a cover-up gone badly wrong, how much bungling was down to Palios - who knows, but he was thr top man. :wave:
so Steve Mclaren to be next boss then.....great :|
It could be worse though, we could be run by Blatter and his rabble
Mr Silly
01-08-2004, 21:29
The whole affair has been handled poorly. The FA look so poor for this :doh:
Sven isn't a great manager, but he isn't bad either. Its the traditional British media of building them up and knocking them down
so Steve Mclaren to be next boss then.....great :| He's not too bad, but I don't think he's ready for the job
Alan Curbishly... perhaps, but no one really springs to mind
Another case of gutter journalism triumphing over substance. :(
It really annoys me that the gutter press sit on their high horse masturbating over how they "have the power to bring them down" over nothing more than a couple of fellas doing bob a job weekend with the secretary!
Lets face it, more often than not, the gutter press are quite possibly the most suspect lot to be caught crawling with Pleaty and a packet of pear drops down Kings Cross station. Their papers are full of jack n danny and yet they have the gaul to take the moral high ground!!:mad:
BlueDwarf
02-08-2004, 00:47
The reason these people deserved to go (and why the tabloids made such a fuss), was because of their terrible news management.
When Sven had an affair with Ulrika, the F.A said it was none of their business.
This time they wanted to manage the situation - keeping Palios out of it and hanging Sven out to dry. It's got nothing to do with "gutter press", and everything to do with two-faced, in-house politicing inside the F.A.
Personally I think it is a shame that Palios has gone as he seemed to be doing a good job.
Euripedes
02-08-2004, 04:05
This musy weaken Sven's position even further.
Martin O'Neill please FA.
M o N .. no way .. needs to be an English Manager in my opnion next.
Grandmaster
02-08-2004, 06:42
Palios had to go because he was supposed to be "cleaning up" English Football. Considering the stuff he's done, such as the Rio Ferdinand affair and the Alan Smith episode, it would be very rich for him to keep his job while not living up to the standards he was espousing.
With regards Sven, he apparently told the FA that the stories in the paper about Faria Alam were "nonsense". The FA defended him and issued a statement and were made to look foolish as it was not "nonsense" at all. Sven has lied to his employers who were trying to do their best by him, and for that he should go.
AngryFlower
02-08-2004, 06:57
Now the director of communications, Colin Gibson, has resigned.
No, he's offered to resign - personally, these are the two heads which should roll over this.
Never like Palios style of management, bear in mind this is the man who steamrolled through Rio Ferdinand's suspension in the face of huge criticism and the Euro Championships.
BlueDwarf
02-08-2004, 09:42
Palios was spot on in the way the F.A dealt with Ferdinand. We don't need a puppet at the F.A who will bow down to big club bullies.
Welshlad
02-08-2004, 09:49
...bear in mind this is the man who steamrolled through Rio Ferdinand's suspension in the face of huge criticism and the Euro Championships.
Yeah shocking! Someone taking a hard line against drugs in sport! how shameful! whatever next! :oh-hum:
Yeah shocking! Someone taking a hard line against drugs in sport! how shameful! whatever next! :oh-hum:
more to do with the handling of the matter, and the stupid amount of time it took the FA to even deal with the case, it dragged on for months - another sign of the FA's total incompetance.
Although at least it pushed them into shortening the punishment procedure for this season (like the rest of Europe have had for some time). :thumbs:
Pisces Iscariot
02-08-2004, 10:34
Palios was spot on in the way the F.A dealt with Ferdinand. We don't need a puppet at the F.A who will bow down to big club bullies.
An FA that bows down to Sepp Blatters ego trips is obviously far better.
AdamBrunt
02-08-2004, 10:42
more to do with the handling of the matter, and the stupid amount of time it took the FA to even deal with the case, it dragged on for months - another sign of the FA's total incompetance.
And of course Man U and Rio's solicitors answered all the FA questions and requests for documents straight away didn't they :nono:
joconnor
02-08-2004, 10:45
Palios was spot on in the way the F.A dealt with Ferdinand. We don't need a puppet at the F.A who will bow down to big club bullies.
Yes completely agree. In future the FA should leak the players name to press, thus giving them a trial by media. Who cares that the said players are meant to be kept anonymous? :oh-hum:
It's so glaringly obvious after 'Svengate' that it was the FA that sold his name to the tabloids.
And of course Man U and Rio's solicitors answered all the FA questions and requests for documents straight away didn't they :nono:
Man Utd may have pursued their own agenda - but thats not the point, the FA were still incompetant. Another example was Smith, called up to the squad, and then sent home againg, even though previously players had been called up to the England squad whilst being questioned by the police - e.g. Butt.
:thumbs:
Erikson cleared of any wrongdoing and the FA admit their handling was bad:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/internationals/3529888.stm
It took them a meeting to work that out? :D
It took them a meeting to work that out? :D
How anyone can have any confidence in the FA is beyond me. How are they supposed to look after the English game when they can't even keep their own house in order ?
This entire episode has been regrettable for the reputation of football in this country
No, really :D
Sad thing is that it is not going to end there - saw Max Clifford all over the telly telling us all that the woman is in negotiations to sell her story. No need to ask what will be in the News of the World or The People this Sunday :brickwall
Sad thing is that it is not going to end there - saw Max Clifford all over the telly telling us all that the woman is in negotiations to sell her story.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3539002.stm
She will make an absolute packet out of this, one can't help but wonder if she had something like this in mind all along. I know one thing I will not be reading it as I couldn't care less about the whole situation.
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