the chaotic standards of Brazilian football, Palmeiras is a club riven by internal schisms. Felipao, who led the club to Libertadores glory in 1999, seemed to spend most of his second spell in charge arguing publicly with vice-president Roberto Frizzo, and from time to time, his own players. After departing under a cloud for Grmio, famed rabble-rouser Kleber stated that the majority of the team "didn't like" Scolari (though Felipao soon might not care very much -- he is currently being touted for a return to the Brazil job, if the axe should fall on Mano Menezes surprisingly rubbery neck before 2014). The stubbornly unreconstructed Frizzo, you suspect, would handily trump Big Phil in any unpopularity contest. After the recent clssico defeat against Corinthians, a group of the club's notorious torcida organizada , Mancha Verde , descended on his swish Sao Paulo restaurant. "We're not going to hurt anybody," they informed startled diners, "we're just going to smash things up a bit." The promise was kept, though had it been discovered that Frizzo and Tirone were tucking into tripe and truffles in a back room, things might not have ended so peaceably. But perhaps relegation would not be the worst thing in the world for Palmeiras. Both Vasco da Gama and Corinthians have spent a season in Serie B in recent years, and came back the stronger for it. Life in the second tier might breed the sense of togetherness that Palmeiras sorely lack, and more importantly, bring about the