Managerial sackings, comings and goings

Aren't things bad enough already for them?

Honestly thought he was still at Bradford!

killerandflash said:

That shows the drug of football, that someone like Hughes would take over a club in such a desperate situation.

Agreed.
Mark Hughes is 61 and comfortable financially.
He could holiday with family and play golf, with some punditry similar to Curbs 16/1.

The English out post of Carlisle at the North west end of England and the southern most end of league 2.
The drug and addiction of football that made both Roy Hodgson and Neil Warnock come back for at least one more fix.

I assume Hughes feels he could be the Sparky 🤦🏻‍♂️to jolt Carlisle out of danger.

Braziliance said:

Not too surprising, just shows the gap now.

Oxford United needed Gary Rowett who's a bit of a Championship expert to navigate them. Believe they also start more or less, a mostly changed team from the team that won the play-offs. 

Portsmouth have had a massive overhaul in their team since opening week. Results have been on the up since. 

Now Derby are making a drastic change. 

The gap just seems to get wider each season. I think only Birmingham stand a chance of all the teams that could go up this season. All the rest of us would be relegation favourites. 

In summary, football is becoming shit!!!!! The same team has won the premier league 5 years running (won’t make it 6) and for the second year running, there is a strong possibility that the three promoted teams are going down, although one might survive.

the premier league is a closed shop!!

something needs to be done to level the playing field but I haven’t got a clue how this would happen.

Todds_right_hook said:

Braziliance said:

Not too surprising, just shows the gap now.

Oxford United needed Gary Rowett who's a bit of a Championship expert to navigate them. Believe they also start more or less, a mostly changed team from the team that won the play-offs. 

Portsmouth have had a massive overhaul in their team since opening week. Results have been on the up since. 

Now Derby are making a drastic change. 

The gap just seems to get wider each season. I think only Birmingham stand a chance of all the teams that could go up this season. All the rest of us would be relegation favourites. 

In summary, football is becoming shit!!!!! The same team has won the premier league 5 years running (won’t make it 6)* and for the second year running, there is a strong possibility that the three promoted teams are going down**, although one might survive.

the premier league is a closed shop!!

something needs to be done to level the playing field but I haven’t got a clue how this would happen.

Want to make that point the Premier League becoming a two horse race is the more accurate. (though the two there at the moment aren't City and Liverpool)

We have some unwoken giants (in Forest and Villa) breaking into the 'top six'. (With Man Utd and Tottenham having poor seasons).

Bournmouth (with a capacity: 11,379) could be a European team next year. That is not even mentioning Newcastle.

** I am starting to agree with that (due to Everton and Wolves rehiring wisely).

By all accounts Eustace doesn't trust the owners (the infamous Venky's). They received almost £30m for Wharton and Szmodics (27 Championship goals last season) and spent a pittance of that in new transfers. He had a meeting asking for certain assurances (presumably to do with future investment) and didn't get them whereas Derby sold him the manager's position as a long term project. 

killerandflash said:

Addick Addict said:

By all accounts Eustace doesn't trust the owners (the infamous Venky's). They received almost £30m for Wharton and Szmodics (27 Championship goals last season) and spent a pittance of that in new transfers. He had a meeting asking for certain assurances (presumably to do with future investment) and didn't get them whereas Derby sold him the manager's position as a long term project. 

I can understand not trusting the Venkys, and looking for better clubs. 

But Derby are in terrible form, and in real danger of relegation. The window has passed, so you can't sign new players. It just seems bizarre to choose to go to a club with a high chance of relegation, and without an especially big budget either, so even if they do stay up, would be unlikely to be promotion candidates.

Perhaps Eustace recognises that if he doesn't take Blackburn up (they've lost five of their last six in all competitions) then he will be sacked by the Venky's and that might happen anyway even if they are promoted - they refused to extend his contract beyond next July by all accounts so he will be swapping an 18 month contract at Blackburn for one of three or even four year duration at Derby. He's been here before of course - who could forget what the Birmingham owners did to him, when he was doing a great job, just to bring in Wayne Rooney who, predictably to all but the owners, turned into a disaster in lasting just 15 games. Equally, Jon Dahl Tomasson left Blackburn for similar broken promises when he said this:

"I told the club that it wasn't the project I signed up for. I told them that it was a different situation, not what I signed up for and I asked if they wanted to find another head coach for this project."

Eustace, presumably, has a bit more faith that in the Derby board and is guaranteed a job even if they do get relegated. He is from the midlands and played for Derby for two years so knows about the club too. But, ultimately, I think it's all down to security, trust and the devil he knows.

Didn’t he finish his playing career at Derby too? 

stackitsteve said:

Didn’t he finish his playing career at Derby too? 

Maybe keen to go back.

While we are disappointed by his decision to leave at this crucial stage of the season, we fully understand that the opportunity to move closer to his family and return to a former club played a significant role in his choice.

Henry Irving said:

Perfect job for Wayne Rooney

Overrated. I would go for the gerrard and Beale combo. They can both settle in the north west, ready for the Liverpool gig 😬

Todds_right_hook said:

Henry Irving said:

Perfect job for Wayne Rooney

Overrated. I would go for the gerrard and Beale combo. They can both settle in the north west, ready for the Liverpool gig 😬

Beale is a scumbag and walks out of clubs at the drop of a hat. Hope him and Rooney get nowhere near managing a club again