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Futbolmetrix <futbolmetrix@yahoo.com> wrote:

On Sun, 9 Nov 2025 20:17:57 +0100, Werner Pichler <wpichler@gmail.com>
wrote:

On 05/11/2025 00:44, Futbolmetrix wrote:

On Sun, 02 Nov 2025 16:21:21 -0500, Futbolmetrix
<futbolmetrix@yahoo.com> wrote:

On Sun, 2 Nov 2025 20:51:53 +0100, Werner Pichler <wpichler@gmail.com> >>>> wrote:

Finally some tallies, V|!tor Pereira's sacking gives points
to Blueshirt and MH.

Incredible that two-pointer Pioli is still hanging on despite
Fiorentina's horrible start, but it's unlikely he'll last very long.

He did not last very long. No points.

Simonis sacked at Wolfsburg. Points (or rather, half a point) for MH.

Juric (Atalanta) gone! 3 points for everybody, 4.5 for me.

We vultures are so back...

Sandro Wagner (Augsburg) and Juli|in Calero (Levante)
gone. No points.


Ciao,
Werner

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On 01/12/2025 18:49, Werner Pichler wrote:

Futbolmetrix <futbolmetrix@yahoo.com> wrote:

On Sun, 9 Nov 2025 20:17:57 +0100, Werner Pichler <wpichler@gmail.com>
wrote:

On 05/11/2025 00:44, Futbolmetrix wrote:

On Sun, 02 Nov 2025 16:21:21 -0500, Futbolmetrix
<futbolmetrix@yahoo.com> wrote:

On Sun, 2 Nov 2025 20:51:53 +0100, Werner Pichler <wpichler@gmail.com> >>>>> wrote:

Finally some tallies, V|!tor Pereira's sacking gives points
to Blueshirt and MH.

Incredible that two-pointer Pioli is still hanging on despite
Fiorentina's horrible start, but it's unlikely he'll last very long.

He did not last very long. No points.

Simonis sacked at Wolfsburg. Points (or rather, half a point) for MH.

Juric (Atalanta) gone! 3 points for everybody, 4.5 for me.

We vultures are so back...

Sandro Wagner (Augsburg) and Juli|in Calero (Levante)
gone. No points.

Mainz sack Bo Henriksen. Since he's a two-pointer, MH gets a full
point for his 0.5 prediction.


Current Vulture Ranking

Futbolmetrix 9.5 (Potter 1x1 / Postecoglou 2x2 / Juri-c 1.5x3 /)
MH 5 (Pereira 0.5x1 / Simonis 0.5x1 / Juri-c 1x3 / Henriksen 0.5x2)
Werner 5 (Potter 2x1 / Juri-c 1x3)
Blueshirt 4 (Potter 3x1 / Pereira 1x1)


Ciao,
Werner
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On 27/10/2025 15:44, Futbolmetrix wrote:

On Mon, 27 Oct 2025 10:32:27 -0400, Futbolmetrix
<futbolmetrix@yahoo.com> wrote:

On Wed, 22 Oct 2025 17:46:18 -0400, Futbolmetrix
<futbolmetrix@yahoo.com> wrote:

On Wed, 22 Oct 2025 22:30:09 +0200, Werner Pichler
<wpichler@gmail.com> wrote:

I've added H|+tter,

Nice, thanks!

sacked two weeks ago, and picked by nobody despite
having been a three-pointer.

Our vulturing skills are not what they used to be...

Tudor (Juventus) gone, potential 3 pointer missed by everybody

We also missed Veljko Paunovic of Oviedo, sacked on October 9 (1
point). He has been replaced by Luis Carrion, the most aptly-named
coach for this game (I'm having hime next year, no matter whether he's coaching anybody on deadline day.

You should have had him this year! Carri||n is once more carrion.

Also, Real Sociedad have sacked in-house promotion Sergio Francisco
(half a point for MH, which propels him into sole possession of second
place), and a couple of days ago Nantes have fired Lu|!s Castro (no
points).


Ciao,
Werner
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On Mon, 15 Dec 2025 19:27:57 +0100, Werner Pichler
<wpichler@gmail.com> wrote:

We also missed Veljko Paunovic of Oviedo, sacked on October 9 (1
point). He has been replaced by Luis Carrion, the most aptly-named
coach for this game (I'm having hime next year, no matter whether he's
coaching anybody on deadline day.

You should have had him this year! Carri<n is once more carrion.

:-O

Also, Real Sociedad have sacked in-house promotion Sergio Francisco
(half a point for MH, which propels him into sole possession of second >place), and a couple of days ago Nantes have fired Lu0s Castro (no
points).

Thanks for the updates here and on the spreadsheet. With 8 days left,
standings are:

Vulture Points Correct Picks --------------------------------------------------
Futbolmetrix 9.5 Postecoglou, Juric, Potter
MH 5.5 Sergio Francisco, Juric, Vitor Pereira,
Henriksen, Simonis
Werner 5 Potter, Juric
Blueshirt 4 Potter, Vitor Pereira


Of the remaining picks, the one who seems to be closest to losing his
job is Alberto Gilardino (Pisa and Werner, 0.5 points). Marco Baroni
of Torino (Futbolmetrix, 1 point) was also close in early December,
but two consecutive wins have probably saved his ass (for now). All
the others seem to be quite safe.




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On 23/12/2025 17:30, Futbolmetrix wrote:

On Mon, 15 Dec 2025 19:27:57 +0100, Werner Pichler
<wpichler@gmail.com> wrote:

We also missed Veljko Paunovic of Oviedo, sacked on October 9 (1
point). He has been replaced by Luis Carrion, the most aptly-named
coach for this game (I'm having hime next year, no matter whether he's
coaching anybody on deadline day.

You should have had him this year! Carri||n is once more carrion.

:-O

Also, Real Sociedad have sacked in-house promotion Sergio Francisco
(half a point for MH, which propels him into sole possession of second
place), and a couple of days ago Nantes have fired Lu|!s Castro (no
points).

Thanks for the updates here and on the spreadsheet. With 8 days left, standings are:

Vulture Points Correct Picks --------------------------------------------------
Futbolmetrix 9.5 Postecoglou, Juric, Potter
MH 5.5 Sergio Francisco, Juric, Vitor Pereira,
Henriksen, Simonis
Werner 5 Potter, Juric
Blueshirt 4 Potter, Vitor Pereira

Of the remaining picks, the one who seems to be closest to losing his
job is Alberto Gilardino (Pisa and Werner, 0.5 points). Marco Baroni
of Torino (Futbolmetrix, 1 point) was also close in early December,
but two consecutive wins have probably saved his ass (for now). All
the others seem to be quite safe.

One more missed two-pointer, OGC Nice and Franck Haise part ways.

Collectively, we only got 7 out of a possible 18, and missed two
3-pointers and two 2-pointers.

That's probably the worst RSSCSC performance so far.


Ciao,
Werner
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Did anyone have Enzo Maresca? If so, nice job Chelsea firing him right
after the deadline.
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On 2026-01-01 10:21 a.m., Jesper Lauridsen wrote:

Did anyone have Enzo Maresca? If so, nice job Chelsea firing him right
after the deadline.

But why? they just won the MSGA Cup a few months ago.
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On 03/01/2026 15.22, Binder Dundat wrote:

On 2026-01-01 10:21 a.m., Jesper Lauridsen wrote:

Did anyone have Enzo Maresca? If so, nice job Chelsea firing him right
after the deadline.

But why?-a they just won the MSGA Cup a few months ago.

Just Chelsea things.

But they do have a poor run of form with just one win in the last 8
matches (ignoring the EFL cup win against Cardiff). And rumour has it
that Maresca wasn't all that committed to Chelsea.

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Jesper Lauridsen wrote:

On 03/01/2026 15.22, Binder Dundat wrote:

But why?-a they just won the MSGA Cup a few months ago.

Just Chelsea things.

But they do have a poor run of form with just one win in
the last 8 matches (ignoring the EFL cup win against Cardiff).
And rumour has it that Maresca wasn't all that committed to
Chelsea.

It wasn't actually about the results.

It was about being told to play certain players and rest
others... using "medical advice". Which caused Maresca to
say things publicly... and with his new agent, seek a new
club for the summer behind the scenes.

The Chelsea FC medical staff can overrule the "Head Coach" on
the line-up and substitutions, whilst the "Sporting Directors"
get to say who comes in to the club and who leaves... the
Chelsea "Head Coach" does as he's told and just coaches the
team, or packs his bags.

At a guess, I'd say Ruben Amorim is in the same boat based on
his "I came to be the Manager" comments earlier...

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Blueshirt wrote:

At a guess, I'd say Ruben Amorim is in the same boat
based on his "I came to be the Manager" comments earlier...

And with the same result. Ruben Amorim sacked.

Another "Head Coach" that talked himself out of a job!
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On Mon, 05 Jan 2026 10:10:57 GMT, "Blueshirt" <blueshirt@indigo.news>
wrote:

Blueshirt wrote:

At a guess, I'd say Ruben Amorim is in the same boat
based on his "I came to be the Manager" comments earlier...

And with the same result. Ruben Amorim sacked.

Another "Head Coach" that talked himself out of a job!

We all had Amorim (Blueshirt 3, Werner and I 2, MH 1). Wouldn't have
changed thngs much if the ManU board had acted sooner.

On the other hand, nobody had Maresca.
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On Tue, 30 Dec 2025 21:56:57 +0100, Werner Pichler
<wpichler@gmail.com> wrote:

One more missed two-pointer, OGC Nice and Franck Haise part ways.

Collectively, we only got 7 out of a possible 18, and missed two
3-pointers and two 2-pointers.

That's probably the worst RSSCSC performance so far.

Maybe we tried to be too fancy with longshot picks so that we could
grab the three-pointers? Or maybe clubs are becoming less
trigger-happy about firing underperforming coaches? (I guess one could
cjeck the numbers...)




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In article <6hanlkh58epckjvir0uavjlo7019cq0nan@4ax.com>,
Futbolmetrix <futbolmetrix@yahoo.com> wrote:

On Tue, 30 Dec 2025 21:56:57 +0100, Werner Pichler
<wpichler@gmail.com> wrote:

One more missed two-pointer, OGC Nice and Franck Haise part ways.

Collectively, we only got 7 out of a possible 18, and missed two
3-pointers and two 2-pointers.

That's probably the worst RSSCSC performance so far.

Maybe we tried to be too fancy with longshot picks so that we could
grab the three-pointers? Or maybe clubs are becoming less
trigger-happy about firing underperforming coaches? (I guess one could
cjeck the numbers...)

Will Loserpool be looking for a new manager?
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Futbolmetrix wrote:

On Tue, 30 Dec 2025 21:56:57 +0100, Werner Pichler
<wpichler@gmail.com> wrote:

One more missed two-pointer, OGC Nice and Franck Haise part
ways.

Collectively, we only got 7 out of a possible 18, and missed
two 3-pointers and two 2-pointers.

That's probably the worst RSSCSC performance so far.

Maybe we tried to be too fancy with longshot picks so that we
could grab the three-pointers? Or maybe clubs are becoming less
trigger-happy about firing underperforming coaches? (I guess
one could cjeck the numbers...)

I didn't go with fancy long-shots, but most - if not all - of
the 'managers' I picked actually did get sacked. One went before
the deadline though, whilst Amorim went after the deadline.

I didn't have Maresca though... I considered a lot of Premier
League 'managers' for my picks, yet strangely enough he wasn't
one of them!

I'll know better next time.
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On Sat, 16 Aug 2025 08:08:48 -0400, Futbolmetrix
<futbolmetrix@yahoo.com> wrote:

Deadline: Friday September 12.

Xabi Alonso gone, but past the deadline, and nobody had him anyway. Inconsequential, like one of his trademark square passes, I guess.

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