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What did I miss?

I go away on holiday and all hell breaks loose. Of course the main preoccupation of the media is management - who to replace McClaren and who's next for the chop in the Premiership.

Billy Davies became the sixth Premier League manager to leave his club and the 21st in the top four divisions (21 - that's a division on its own). The decision was perhaps a bit of a surprise, but may point to even more managerial movement in the future. The new injection of cash in the game from foreign investment and overseas TV has perhaps left the financial value of managers behind. Why give him the man another �10 million to fritter on rubbish players when you can get a new man in for peanuts.

The precarious position of Rafa is a perfect case in point. Unbeaten in the league, his side could be sinking out of the Champs League this week. That and the fact that he appears to be one of those kids who kept all their toys pristine in their boxes must rankle the controllers of the purse strings. It may not help his cause that the many international names like Cappello or Mourinho touted for the England job must look like a tantalising shopping list for Hicks and Gillett.

As I've said before, all this chopping and changing promises a bumper transfer-fest in January. I for one can't wait.

Transfer Tuesday: Well if he'd been in the game he'd have spooned in a mountain of points - as it is Scott Carson has to make do with being available for �250 (Zen's figure - not mine) - you might want to steer clear, I reckon he'll be around the �150 mark come Christmas.

Sp3ktor Tuesday 27 November, 1:11pm

Tragic roundabout

Yet another managerial casualty yesterday with Wigan's Chris Hutchings getting that sense of "he's no Paul Jewell" deja vu. But what does the runaway managerial merry-go-round mean for this game?

Last season only West Ham and Charlton changed managers before the transfer window opened. Consequently there was hardly any player movement. This season we've seen four casulaties already and it wouldn't be too much of a shock if Gareth Southgate and/or Steve Bruce didn't survive the next international break (a good time to bury bad news). All this adds up to a lot of squad juggling and opened coffers. The rumbles should start to kick off once the internationals are out of the way and will make for an interesting December and January for out of favour players or surprise stars.

November has started with a resurgent Wardonkey topping the early table followed by champion agent quizking, who is showing signs of restoring his early season form.

Transfer Tuesday sees us bringing in someone we should have brought in a long time ago. Republic of Ireland's Bertie Blow-out aka Manchester City's Stephen Ireland has been making all the wrong kind of headlines this season what with any number of grandmothers not dying and such. His Superman underpants exposure last night has earned him a creditable debut 8 points - at least, unlike the son of Jor-El, he has the good sense to wear his pants inside his shorts.

He replaces Jon Macken, who heads off on loan to Barnsley. No doubt the knowledge he acquires about the Championship will serve him well when the rest of Derby join him next season.

Sp3ktor Tuesday 6 November, 12:16pm | There is 1 comment