CumbrianRam Posted October 20, 2009 Share Posted October 20, 2009 From BBC Sport ticker "Gareth Southgate is relieved of his position as Middlesbrough boss with immediate effect" From Boro official website: MIDDLESBROUGH FC have tonight announced that manager Gareth Southgate has been relieved of his position with immediate effect. Football consultant Alan Smith will also be leaving the club as part of the change. http://www.mfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/News/NewsDetail /0,,1~1832420,00.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perky1106 Posted October 21, 2009 Share Posted October 21, 2009 Wtf? :eek: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trigger Posted October 21, 2009 Share Posted October 21, 2009 good maybe he will go back to doing pizza adverts with that blonde haired ,blue eyed german stuart pearce , who also cost us the world cup!pair of over rated bum boys! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boycie Posted October 21, 2009 Share Posted October 21, 2009 jesus, I thought I heard we'd lost 2-0? Did we win after all!:eek::confused: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trigger Posted October 21, 2009 Share Posted October 21, 2009 thats just the voices in your wierd and wonderful world boycie that you heard! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Day Posted October 21, 2009 Share Posted October 21, 2009 Wow, maybe this was already arranged so he could leave on winning terms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dangerous Posted October 21, 2009 Share Posted October 21, 2009 apparently gordon strachan has been told the job is his. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dangerous Posted October 21, 2009 Share Posted October 21, 2009 apparently southgate lost his job because of poor attendances.fookin hell,they never filled the ground when they were playing in europe!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vicky-27 Posted October 21, 2009 Share Posted October 21, 2009 Your getting sacked in the morning ! sacked in the morning ! Lowest ever attendance last night - 17,456 - including 385 Derby fans - i swear there were more than that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattyTheRam Posted October 21, 2009 Share Posted October 21, 2009 Your getting sacked in the morning ! sacked in the morning ! Lowest ever attendance last night - 17,456 - including 385 Derby fans - i swear there were more than that. The noise made it seem like there was more. We were the reason he got sacked realy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Day Posted October 21, 2009 Share Posted October 21, 2009 Middlesbrough chairman Steve Gibson has revealed the decision to sack Gareth Southgate was taken before Tuesday's win over Derby. Southgate's three-year spell in charge at the Riverside was brought to an end on Tuesday night just hours after the 2-0 win over the Rams, which left them just one point off league leaders West Brom. The former Boro captain took charge of the club in 2006 and he could not prevent them from suffering relegation last season. It is believed Gibson lost patience with Southgate because of their poor home form in the Championship and also the falling attendances at the Riverside this term. Gibson admitted he made the difficult decision to part company because he feared the club would fail to win promotion back to the Premier League this season. "When I sat down and considered our start to the season, I felt that the league table was actually more favourable than some of our performances," Gibson told the club's official website. "Then I looked at the important games against the teams immediately around us, and took those results into account. "In general the results and the performances have not been to the level I would have hoped for. "Before last night, our five home games had brought in seven points. That will not get us promoted - and promotion is the only objective for the season." Gibson added: "As difficult a decision as it was to make, the decision was made before last night's match. "One good result wasn't going to change that decision." Gibson revealed the club had a replacement in mind for Southgate before his sudden departure, with former Celtic boss Gordon Strachan the bookmakers' favourite for the job. "We already had a strategy for Gareth's replacement," noted Gibson. "The timing of Gareth's sacking was determined a little by the implementation of that strategy." http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11095_5642338,00.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dangerous Posted October 21, 2009 Share Posted October 21, 2009 I think he was sacked because they only beat us 2-0. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rams71 Posted October 21, 2009 Share Posted October 21, 2009 1 point of top spot and sacked for poor attendances :confused: thats crap and shows what a **** that Gibson is Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Day Posted October 21, 2009 Share Posted October 21, 2009 To be fair he should of been sacked after taking Boro down, Gibson is one of the most loyal chairmans in the game, Robson had 6 years, McClaren 5 and Southgate 3 years in charge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rams71 Posted October 21, 2009 Share Posted October 21, 2009 To be fair he should of been sacked after taking Boro down, Gibson is one of the most loyal chairmans in the game, Robson had 6 years, McClaren 5 and Southgate 3 years in charge. yeah and 2 out of the 3 took em down Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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