Sunday’s 5-1 away loss to West Brom left Queens Park Rangers winless since the start of the Championship campaign, and in a move that bodes poorly for today’s UK release of Bruce Springsteen’s ‘Magic’ (hey, every sale counts), Boss acolyte John Gregory has been fired.

The Daily Mail has cranked up speculation that Gianluca Vialli, last seen leading Watford to the brink of bankruptcy, is the favored managerial candidate of Rangers’ new ownership. If that wasn’t a grim enough prospect, the same paper has raised the possibility of Gerry Francis coming back for a third tour of duty.