Managerial sackings, comings and goings

Neil Warnock has been sacked by Middlesbrough

Am SURE that'll be his last job in Management... Wont it?

killerandflash said:

Strange timing. A decent draw against West Brom today

Still only 4 points off the playoffs too.

ricky_otto said:

ForeverAddickted said:

Neil Warnock has been sacked by Middlesbrough

Am SURE that'll be his last job in Management... Wont it?

It must be - he is 72 now. 1603 games  as a manager will take some beating.

There'll always be teams fighting relegation who want to get him in for a quick fix, he has an incredible record at keeping teams up and I imagine he'd find it hard to turn down somewhere that asked him to come in for 10 or so games to keep them up. I can't see him managing a club on a long term basis again but I could definitely see him stepping in near the end of the season when the call comes in which I am sure it will.

Heard from a Boro supporting mate of mine that it seems to have been agreed a few weeks ago with Wilder looking like he’s going there.

Yeah I think it was probably already agreed between him and Gibson that he would go at the international break.

I don't reckon that is it for him though. Cardiff, as mentioned above is possible, but Bristol City would be my best guess. 

how many of the sunday papers will have 'farke off' as the back page headline?

clive said:

Middlesbrough have appointed former Sheffield United, Oxford United and Northampton Town boss Chris Wilder to succeed Neil Warnock as their manager.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/59197939

Middlesbrough will come good 

clive said:

Middlesbrough have appointed former Sheffield United, Oxford United and Northampton Town boss Chris Wilder to succeed Neil Warnock as their manager.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/59197939

Sandgaard is going to have to look elsewhere if he decides he doesn't want Jackson now...

I think Wilder is a decent manager. His track record at Northampton and at Sheffield United was very good. Middlesbrough will seal his credentials or if he fails to get them promoted his stock will fall. I suspect the former.

ForeverAddickted said:

Dean Smith has left Aston Villa

Football is completely broken. Promotion in his first league campaign, then two seasons of consolidation in the Premier League. They were a shambles of a club when he took over and pretty sure I recall it being mentioned they were heading for administration if they hadn't won the play off final. 

Now he has a bit of a losing streak he's out the door and everything he has built they have decided to rip up. I remember pundits and fans absolutely falling over themselves to credit what a great manager he was when his side lost on penalties to Chelsea in the league cup,.

When was that? 22nd September. A few weeks later and a few poor results he is suddenly no longer good enough. You would think promotion and two seasons in the Premier League, as well as having your star player sold in the transfer window would buy you a little more time to turn things around.

But no it seems like  managers literally live game-by-game nowadays. Perhaps some like it that way but it just depresses me. It was a few weeks ago Mike Arteta was being described as hopeless and many predicting he'd be sacked if they lost to Norwich and then suddenly a few wins later I heard him being touted on Sky as a possible replacement for Guardiola at City when he leaves. 

Hopefully Villa get what they deserve and there back in the Championship next season.

So, just 11 games into the season and five PL Managers have already lost their jobs. In fact, almost half of all PL Managers weren't in that position this time last year. Such is the demand for success/survival. 

North Lower Neil said:

Wonder if Wilder might have held off for a few days he could have had a Premier League job.

I think he was always going to have to re-build in the championship. I think British managers are generally at a bit of a disadvantage to start with as clubs and fans tend to favour overseas appointments for whatever reason, and also as much as he did a fantastic job at Sheff Utd they really did fall off a cliff in his final season which I think probably hurt his chances of getting another Premier League job straight away.

I heard a boro fan yesterday on the radio when it was rumoured he was coming in saying they didn't want him and wanted someone from abroad who favoured possession based football, when asked who they had in mind they replied they didn't have anyone in mind but just wanted a foreign appointment.

His Sheff Utd side played some great football at times and living locally I know a lot of Sheff Utd fans all of whom absolutely loved him and would quite happily have had him remain as manager even if they'd lost every Premier league game that season because they were sure he'd get them back up.

Of course I'm sure there's a lot of boro fans delighted at the appointment and I think he will do really well for them.

Be interesting to see where Smith ends up, after his stint at Villa you'd almost think he'd be to good for the championship but you do wonder which Premier League side he would end up at. I think he could do a decent job at Norwich but I suspect they already have their candidate in mind before they sacked Farke.