Avram Grant: I'll ruin relegation dogfight
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Avram Grant: I'll ruin relegation dogfight by fielding weakened Portsmouth teams
'No duty to other teams': Grant
Sympathetic ear: Grant may rest South Africa-bound players such as Nadir Belhadj
Avram Grant has hinted he will make a farce of the Barclays Premier League survival race by fielding weakened teams for the rest of the season.
The Portsmouth manager is furious his team have been condemned to play Championship football next term after being deducted nine points for going into administration.
He will hold a crisis meeting with his players today in an attempt to discover how they want to approach their remaining nine league games, when they have nothing left to play for.
And in a threat to the integrity of the Premier League he has refused to rule out two stark possibilities.
He may field weakened teams, preferring to keep his best players fit for their April 10 FA Cup semi-final date against Fulham or Tottenham at Wembley.
And he may listen sympathetically to players like David James, Nadir Belhadj and Hassan Yebda if they say they do not want to risk getting injured before the World Cup.
Grant is in no mood to bow to any league dictat that he should field his strongest team in every game.
Grant said: ‘We don’t have a duty to the other Premier League teams. The Premier League has a duty to the other teams.
‘We have a duty to Portsmouth, and I have a duty to football.
‘We’ve tried everything in the last months to keep the spirit of football and what I think football is about and I don’t see any reason to do it when we haven’t got a target. Of course our target now is the semi-final.’
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Oh,this guy is still around?
Hahahaha
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he has a better record than many others at chelsea.
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sacked after brining chelsea to a champions league final....which team has done that before?
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Originally posted by Rock^Star:
sacked after brining chelsea to a champions league final....which team has done that before?
RM got?? not sure la..
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Originally posted by iceFatboy:
RM got?? not sure la..
RM sacked del bosco after winning the league double of la liga title and CL in 2002. he was sacked for not playing sexy football. -
avram grant has become my 3rd fav manager. fergie is 1st, then Martin o neil. avram grant did well at chelsea bt coz of that fag roman BS all th way get scolari and than carlo ancelotti ALL BS
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Originally posted by Rooney9:
RM sacked del bosco after winning the league double of la liga title and CL in 2002. he was sacked for not playing sexy football.I think u meant Vincente Del Bosque.
