Managerial sackings, comings and goings

As expected.
Watford have done it again.

golfaddick said:

Watford owners are mad. You can't just keep sacking manager after manager. Ranieri had the same players at his disposal as his predecessor. You could probably employ Klopp and the results would be the same.

As they say....you can't polish a turd.

Although it goes against everything that should build stability it is interesting that Watford have been successful during the last fifteen years.

I am curious why this is? 

Roy Hodgson looking like the favourite for the Watford job. Seems to have come out of nowhere although probably not a bad appointment.

After the young gun 70 year old  Ranieri, left the building, Watford realize they need experience for 1 season and Croydon's own, 74 year old Roy Hodgson will take charge until the Spring season.

clive said:

Championship side Hull City have sacked manager Grant McCann, less than a week after they were taken over by the Turkey-based Acun Medya Group.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/60127002

New ownership so not surprised. Harsh on Mccann however. Have had some really good results recently.

Lincsaddick said:

charltonman2016 said:

clive said:

Championship side Hull City have sacked manager Grant McCann, less than a week after they were taken over by the Turkey-based Acun Medya Group.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/60127002

New ownership so not surprised. Harsh on Mccann however. Have had some really good results recently.

Shota Arveladze – the former Georgian international – will take McCann’s place as City head coach and will be in charge of his first game this weekend when the Tigers host Swansea City at the MKM Stadium.

He's played for Rangers and an assortment of Turkish and Dutch clubs as a successful striker .. BUT this is a very dodgy looking appointment, I don't know how or why, just feels dodgy i m o

I know he won the league in Uzbekistan (with a team that's the equivalent of wining the Bundesliga with Bayern) but if he was any good why has he been unemployed since 2020?

Roy Hodgson the new Watford manager until the end of the season.!

Wonder if he'll kiss and make up with Harry the Hornet?

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2018/aug/24/roy-hodgson-warns-disgraceful-harry-the-hornet-over-diving-antics

Everton set to appoint some Portuguese Manager: Vitor Pereira

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/60135020

A tale of two clubs less than 20 miles apart geographically - both in dire trouble early season - one that sacked their Manager and one that didn't:

Nottingham Forest - sacked Chris Hughton following a disastrous start that left them bottom with one point from their first seven games. Since then Forest have taken, under Steve Cooper, 42 points from 21 games and are just one point off the Play Offs

Mansfield Town - after 14 games they were joint bottom with just 11 points and were on a winless run of 12 games too. Mansfield stuck with Nigel Clough and have been on an incredible run that has seen them win 10 of their last 11 matches - they are now in the Play Offs and just three points off automatic promotion with two games in hand

I backed both of these pre season on the handicap markets on the basis of that I thought both Hughton and Clough were good Managers. Despite their runs, I am unlikely to win with either and have to admit I got Hughton wrong - he was just too negative. But Clough, yet again, has proved that the acorn didn't fall far from the tree. I wanted him to be our Manager at one point but it seems he is unwilling to move far from home given that he has managed at Sheffield, Burton (twice), Derby and now Mansfield for a total of 1,135 matches in 22 years - and unlike his Dad most of them out of the limelight too

The moral of the story - some Managers know what they are doing and are the right fit for a club. If you stick with them they will come through eventually. As did Lennie and Curbs for us. 

Addick Addict said:

A tale of two clubs less than 20 miles apart geographically - both in dire trouble early season - one that sacked their Manager and one that didn't:

Nottingham Forest - sacked Chris Hughton following a disastrous start that left them bottom with one point from their first seven games. Since then Forest have taken, under Steve Cooper, 42 points from 21 games and are just one point off the Play Offs

Mansfield Town - after 14 games they were joint bottom with just 11 points and were on a winless run of 12 games too. Mansfield stuck with Nigel Clough and have been on an incredible run that has seen them win 10 of their last 11 matches - they are now in the Play Offs and just three points off automatic promotion with two games in hand

I backed both of these pre season on the handicap markets on the basis of that I thought both Hughton and Clough were good Managers. Despite their runs, I am unlikely to win with either and have to admit I got Hughton wrong - he was just too negative. But Clough, yet again, has proved that the acorn didn't fall far from the tree. I wanted him to be our Manager at one point but it seems he is unwilling to move far from home given that he has managed at Sheffield, Burton (twice), Derby and now Mansfield for a total of 1,135 matches in 22 years - and unlike his Dad most of them out of the limelight too

The moral of the story - some Managers know what they are doing and are the right fit for a club. If you stick with them they will come through eventually. As did Lennie and Curbs for us. 

Great post AA. I've thought about Clough too over the years. There can't be many in the current era (where managers are sacked so readily never to be seen again) that have had such a long run of being in management for consecutive seasons. I was also impressed when he rather selflessly resigned from Burton at the end of the first pandemic affected season to assist the club's finances.

Hopefully your bets come off too.