A rule I'd love to introduce.

rammarkwright, in the same way you enforce transfer windows.

Simon Jordon was certainly a character and actually made a lot of sense but there were some serious questions marks over his professional conduct while he was at Palace

anything in particular Dru? He certainly goes into proper detail in the book.

I believe there were some issues with regards how he obtained the freehold of Selhurst park and who actually owed it. The companies involved that all ended up going bust.

I have not read the book yet but will as its been recommended by a few folk now.

He spoke a lot sense but talked some tripe too did he not manage to get up the noses of most of Premier chairmen with some interview he did.

He also took Palace into administration, not all his doing granted but he did not help the cause.

no, he never owned it, Ron Noades did. He tried to buy it through a consortium cos Noades wouldnt sell to him, and I think they did buy it about 3months before administration. If you read the book mate, it's cheap on kindle. He did his best and got stiffed.

To be fair I read about it in the Times or some broad sheet. I knew Noades wouldn't sell which is why he developed this wild scam of companies to buy it.

Have just downloaded it will start it at slumber time preview looks good mind.

Speaking of football related books you may want to check out I am the secret footballer. Some chapters are very interesting others (influence of managers, losing the dressing room, the impact the crowd makes) and others just down right pathetic (justifying that a footballer is entitled to 100k salaries).

Anyhow there's a paragraph about the worse stadiums and most fickle fans and Wolves and Forest got top billing. Made me laugh.

It's an easy read and I'd be interested in the comments of others.

Back to the subject, great idea but it'd make football a little stale. The sackings are part and parcel of why we enjoy the game.

It has got ridiculous in recent years (similar to the Italian leagues) but Chelsea have shown what can happen by sacking a manager at one end, Blackburn and Wolves at the other.

Desi, read three great football books in a row. Mark Ward - Hammered, not sure if you're old enough to remember him, but he was a cracking little player when I was growing up, but went to prison for allowing drugs factory in his house. Then the Simon Jordan book, and finished the secret footballer yesterday.

As for the staleness of football, On the contrary, imagine summer time when the managerial merrygoround kicks off.

Having a transfer window for sacking mangers is just absurd, this would encourage owners to sack managers during the transfer window. If a player losers form or motivation, that player can be dropped, but if a manger does, then the entire club can suffer.