SAMIR Nasri has urged his manager not to come back from Australia in case a return ruins the club’s fantastic run of form.
The French midfielder scored twice for Piedmonte on the weekend which, added to goals from Shane Long and Steven Gerrard, helped fire the club second in the Kenna League.
The performance cuts Headless Chickens‘ lead to just 12 points, the lowest margin since they went top in mid September.
It is the Piedmonte manager’s best league position since he came second in the Kenna eight years ago, and all while the Englishman tours a former penal colony in the southern hemisphere.
Now his players have demanded their manager stays away from the club, claiming they can do a better job without him.
“The way we’re playing, we hope the boss never comes back. It’s no secret that the boss is a bit of a xenophobe, and I think certainly for me and some of the lads in the dressing room have got a renewed focus from not having to sing Jerusalem before games or being forced to drink a popular brand of weak English lager on Friday nights,” said Nasri, who’s enjoying his best run of form since joining the Kenna in 2008.
It’s not the first time the Piedmonte manager’s British bulldog mentality has been called into question. Overseeing years of steady decline at former club Thieving Magpies, his decision to pick English-only players was thought to have been vindicated just over a year ago. Lasting legacy was short-lived.
If the Piedmonte manager can tear himself away from hostilities in Adelaide for a few moments this weekend, he’ll be hoping his side can get something out of their Canesten Combi Cup group stage match with Hairy Fadjeetas.
Despite goals from Aaron Ramsey and Yoan Gouffran on the weekend, the Fadges slipped to third in the table.
Both managers are yet to win any Kenna league or cup silverware.
Kenna table
Weekly scores
| Manager | Points | Goals | ||
| 1 | St. Reatham FC | Mike | 51 | 5 |
| 2 | Piedmonte | Phil | 50 | 3 |
| 3 | Bala Rinas | Lewis | 35 | 2 |
| 4 | Newington Reds | Dudley | 32 | 1 |
| 5 | Hairy Fadjeetas | Aiden | 31 | 3 |
| 6 | Judean Peoples Front | Sholto | 31 | 1 |
| 7 | Just put Carles | Carles | 31 | 1 |
| 8 | Team Panda Rules OK | George | 30 | 1 |
| 9 | FC Testiculadew | James N | 29 | 0 |
| 10 | Pikey Scum | Jack | 27 | 1 |
| 11 | Headless Chickens | John N | 24 | 0 |
| 12 | Northern Monkeys | Hugo | 21 | 0 |
| 13 | Rapids De Cullons CF | Jorge | 20 | 2 |
| 14 | Sporting Lesbian | Ben M | 20 | 1 |
| 15 | Dynamo Charlton | Alex | 20 | 0 |
| 16 | KS West Green | Stix | 18 | 0 |
| 17 | Still Don’t Know Yet | Pete | 18 | 0 |
| 18 | Spartak Mogadishu | Abdi | 17 | 0 |
| 19 | Young Boys | Denney | 16 | 0 |
| 20 | This is Sparta…Prague | Rich | 13 | 0 |
| 21 | PSV Mornington | El Pons | 11 | 0 |
| 22 | Dulwich Red Sox | Luke | 10 | 0 |
| 23 | Lokomotiv Leeds | Ben S | 8 | 0 |
| Points | Player | |||
| Player of the week | 17 | Long, S – WBA – STR | ||
| Club | Piedmonte |
