Management Merry Go Round 2026/27

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Preston North End's Paul Heckingbottom and his assistant have been given their P45s after losing to Lincoln

Now here's a blast from the past. First team coach Jason Euell has been named interim manager and will take of charge of his first ever senior match at Loftus Road on Saturday

Heckingbottom isn't the first sacking of the season, Wycombe Wanderers' Michael Duff got the boot on Tuesday and they showed an immediate improvement by beating Leyton Orient yesterday

Not a "new manager bounce" but a "no manager bounce"

Comments

  • jay_in_cptjay_in_cpt
    No shock, Burnley's boss gone.....
    https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/articles/cm4gv830j73do
  • ASLEFshruggedASLEFshrugged
    Burnley had a difficult time finding a new manager before the season started when they were expected to be contenders for promotion rather than for relegation

    Some of the names being mentioned seem a tad optimistic

    Rod Edwards and Craig Bellamy turned them down in the summer so why would they want to go there now?

    Obviously Sean Dyche is linked, he was their most successful manager this century

    Steven Gerrard is just insane

    The most likely would be Dave Challinor who got Stockport County from the Conference to League One and left after they lost the playoff final to Bolton in May
  • jay_in_cptjay_in_cpt
    Michael Carrick might be available soon 🫢
  • ASLEFshruggedASLEFshrugged
    Watching MotD2, the fans cheered Carrick as he walked off then once he was in the tunnel they started boo-ing the players
  • ASLEFshruggedASLEFshrugged
    edited October 29
    Burnley's new manager is Fabio Celestini

    Ex-Swiss international, spent most his managerial career in the Switzerland and did the double with Basel in 2024-25. Three weeks after Basel had won the Swiss Cup he controversially joined CSKA Moscow but didn't last a year, leaving on a mutual after winning just two in eleven in April and May

    I couldn't resist,,,




  • chicagohammerchicagohammer
    Once seen
  • ASLEFshruggedASLEFshrugged
    Now this is cheeky

    Allegedly Palace have decided to sack Pierre Sage but are waiting to see if Lens offer him his old job back so they won't have to pay as much compensation

    The manager who replaced Sage in June got sacked in September and his replacement was sacked on Tuesday
  • SlackerSlacker
    Been reading this morning that Pochettino is happy to take the gig at Man.U. if Carrick gets the elbow. To play all this out in public( the Monaco meeting etc) just strikes me as awful treatment of an employee.
    I presume Carrick will get a handsome pay off but it still looks shabby and disrespectful to me.
  • FortuneseekerFortuneseeker
    Not saying it's right Slacker but that's football for you. Look at ASLEF'S post at 7.18 for another example. We are reported to have approached Martin O'Neill years ago when we already had a manager in post, how do I know that because it was in the media and I trust the source & it has has been confirmed to be correct since.
  • IronHerbIronHerb
    No issue with sounding out potential replacements but it should b kept under wraps.
  • WhitehorsehammerWhitehorsehammer
    It will all end in tears.
  • claretandblueskyclaretandbluesky
    I think the Man Utd job isn't as attractive as it once was, they are in a lot of debt with an existing squad of pretty ordinary ability, with quite an unlikeable owner. They will always have the name but have not hit past heights for an increasingly long time now.
  • jay_in_cptjay_in_cpt
    Their signings have been on par with some of ours over the last years.....(not all bad )....But I'm probably with @Slacker, just the way it's being done doesn't sit well with me....
    But as already said, Carrick will walk away with a handsome packet and no doubt find a new position in time to come.....

    Let's hope it comes back to bite Man U.....
  • chicagohammerchicagohammer
    Assuming he does get the Spanish archer i am confident he will be fine, he is held in high regard for the job he did at Middlesbrough and I do not think that anyone is placing the mess that is Man Utd at his door.

    He will walk away with a handsome payout and will not be out of work for long.

    I also think that the current situation is untenable and surely the sooner this saga ends the better it is for everyone.
  • EXETERHAMMEREXETERHAMMER
    Wise words Chicago
  • ASLEFshruggedASLEFshrugged
    claretandbluesky said:

    I think the Man Utd job isn't as attractive as it once was, they are in a lot of debt with an existing squad of pretty ordinary ability, with quite an unlikeable owner. They will always have the name but have not hit past heights for an increasingly long time now.

    Apparently the Glazers still own 71% with brothers Joel and Avram as co-chairman

    Ratcliffe only owns 29% but the Glazers put him in charge of running the club as part of the 2024 deal to increase his shares from 25%
  • stevesteve
    Carrick gone from Man U ,Sage gone from Palace ,Dropping like Flies =)
  • ASLEFshruggedASLEFshrugged
    edited November 12
    Sage has also gone, Frank expected to take over

    USA want Pep to replace Poch

    If we’d stuck with Nuno for another couple of weeks we could have had Carrick…
  • jay_in_cptjay_in_cpt
    edited November 12
    jay_in_cpt said:

    Michael Carrick might be available soon 🫢

    Did we jump the gun with Parker, then again, would Carrick have wanted to come to us straight after being fired...Not sure, anyhow, for now, in Parker I trust......
  • FortuneseekerFortuneseeker
    I agree jay. I don't believe Carrick has any promotions on his CV whilst Parker has 3. He will get us back into the Premier League hopefully this season. We could have gone for alot of other managers but never appear to want to pay any compensation. Manchester United are believed to be paying £7.5M to get Pochettino.
  • claretandblueskyclaretandbluesky
    Parker has the much better CV, tailor made for our needs you could say.
  • stevesteve
    Don't rate Carrick
  • chicagohammerchicagohammer
    steve said:

    Don't rate Carrick

    So that’ll be a no from you then, for me I would have chanced my arm for him last season over Nunes but it was not to be
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