The Managerial Merry-Go-Round 2018/19 - sackings etc at other clubs

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  • LukerzLukerz
    Lump money on him getting the WBA job in a month or so.
  • claretandblueskyclaretandbluesky
    34 years outside the top tier and he takes them back, finishes a comfortable 15th and then a less comfortable 17th but also achieves an FA cup semi final this year, but this all gets you the sack. Football management just gets harsher and harsher.
  • HamstewHamstew
    Silly decision. Odds on for relegation next season
  • grey_til_I_dyegrey_til_I_dye
    As Yeold pointed out, 3 wins in the last 23 games. Along with 6 draws, that's 15 points from 23 games. No wins from the last 9 games.

    It's relegation form, and it's a rare chairman who would say 'It's my fault, I didn't give him the tools to get the job done.'
  • FortuneseekerFortuneseeker
    Vorse,

    That is why it is probably safer for Pelle for us to aim higher. ;)
  • grey_til_I_dyegrey_til_I_dye
    Vorse

    Pretty sure any manager who had the run Houghton did would be vulnerable.

    3 points from the last 9 games wouldn't suggest he had a handle on things.
  • HamstewHamstew
    I guess some of there signings have been a bit iffy but that doesn't mean some of them won't become good next season. Maybe he thought playing his usual crop of players would give them more of a chance of staying up which they did just. Imo they should have kept him and seen how it went at the start of next season. I think a club like Brighton could easily slip back down and struggle to make it back up again.
  • KuchinghammerKuchinghammer
    When he was sacked by Newcastle, how did that end exactly? Oh yes, Shearer worked his magic... Still, OGS may well be available by September... ;)
  • IronHerbIronHerb
    Beware the return of "The Hughes". Never been relegated!
  • grey_til_I_dyegrey_til_I_dye
    :nonono:

    In fact,


  • Expat_HammerExpat_Hammer
    Ye gods, I'd forgotten about him :weep:
  • thornburyironthornburyiron
    Pauli’s leaves Middlesbrough after his contract expired.
  • PrestonHammerPrestonHammer
    Pauli Walnuts Gualtieri leaves the Sopranos or Tony Pulis leaves Middlesbrough?
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  • chicagohammerchicagohammer
    So Brighton have gone for a newbie for the Premiership, Graham Potter, did well in Sweden and was most recently at Swansea, they finished 10th so not that great, but probably not that bad, however........ the Premiership is different proposition, if it works out they will look like heroes but to my mind there is a Seagull standing on a giant banana skin.

    A couple of the teams coming up have decent premier league pedigrees so the likes of Brighton, Burnley, Bournemouth and a couple of others will have to be on top of their game to avoid slipping out of the division at the next time of asking.

    It may look like a brave shout by Brighton, it could easily backfire on them.

    The chairman said “we are delighted to secure the services of one of the brightest young coaches” now where have we heard that before, let me think............
  • MIAHammerMIAHammer
    chicagohammer said:

    So Brighton have gone for a newbie for the Premiership, Graham Potter, did well in Sweden and was most recently at Swansea, they finished 10th so not that great, but probably not that bad, however........ the Premiership is different proposition, if it works out they will look like heroes but to my mind there is a Seagull standing on a giant banana skin.

    A couple of the teams coming up have decent premier league pedigrees so the likes of Brighton, Burnley, Bournemouth and a couple of others will have to be on top of their game to avoid slipping out of the division at the next time of asking.

    It may look like a brave shout by Brighton, it could easily backfire on them.

    The chairman said “we are delighted to secure the services of one of the brightest young coaches” now where have we heard that before, let me think............

    I like the quote from the BBC website

    “Potter joined the Welsh side from Swedish side Ostersunds FK in June 2018 and guided them to a 10th-place finish”.

    Is 10th place in the Championship that much of an achievement for a team coming out of the Premier League. I’m not sure guided is the right word.
  • chicagohammerchicagohammer
    It is purely a matter of perspective, I recall another bright young coach, Chris Colemen, guiding a spectacularly hapless Sunderland straight into league one ;)
  • alderzalderz
    Tbf to Potter, what he did this season was completely overhaul the Swansea squad, invest in youth and get them playing a good passing game again. I don’t think he’ll keep Brighton up, but finishing 10th was the end of it, IMO.
  • LukerzLukerz
    edited May 2019
    It’s a massive gamble purely because they are replacing somebody who actually did a decent job. That really is it. Potter did a good job last season. You look at the side last season compared to the one before & he had to overhaul it to the extent where you never felt they were going to realistically challenge for promotion. Maybe they thought top 6 was an outside chance if they did better than expected but he had a very young side with very few well known players by the end of the season. I saw them on the TV a couple of times & to be fair I was surprised by the standard of football they were playing.

    I don’t think it’s a case of Potter not having potential to be a good PL manager, but it is more the sacking of Hughton in order to get him which is where the doubt is.

    Hughton achieved promotion, two seasons of PL football & an FA Cup semi-final. If that’s his benchmark then he’s gonna have to go some & he will need some money to better it.

    Brighton seem to now feel they are at that level where they can sacrifice the experience of a manager in search of the ‘better football’ philosophy but you would struggle to find anybody who would call Brighton an established PL side based on two seasons.
  • claretandblueskyclaretandbluesky
    There is a lot of talk of managers being given a chance to build and Brighton and Houghton were a perfect opportunity for that. I understand he has had a terrible run in the last half of the season but I feel there was enough since he joined the club in his favour to allow that and offer him the chance to move on. He had got them promoted, kept them up, reached a semi final and kept them up again. If Benitez fancied a seaside club then I can sort of understand the decision but not for Potter.
  • jay_in_cptjay_in_cpt
    I agree with all that, however his team played DIRE football, if that is important?
  • grey_til_I_dyegrey_til_I_dye
    I think Houghton had got to where Slav got with us; for whatever reason, he'd lost that ability to make a difference, and whatever he tried wasn't working.
  • LukerzLukerz
    edited May 2019
    I actually thought Brighton have always been quite pleasing on the eye, given the players they have.

    I think what happened at the back end of last season is a common thing that happens at clubs that struggle, they lose form & confidence & their performances then become worse. The football then looks bad & a knee-jerk decision is made.
  • jay_in_cptjay_in_cpt
    Quite plaesing on the eye Luke, Then ur idea of football is different to mine!!!!
  • LukerzLukerz
    Don’t get me wrong, they aren’t Man City. But they haven’t got a great side. Certainly seen far worse.
  • ASLEFshruggedASLEFshrugged
    According to the Guardian Sarri has told Chelsea he wants to go back to Italy for "family reasons"...and to be the next Juventus manager.

    If he goes Chelsea might have a problem attracting a top level manager because of the transfer ban so they might opt for Frank Lampard.
  • BazshuayiBazshuayi
    Has Sarri got Payets agent :hmm:

    #Family reasons
  • whupathmanwhupathman
    His wife thinks Chelsea stink
  • grey_til_I_dyegrey_til_I_dye
    That runners-up medal walk must be some of the least enjoyable moments of anyone's career
  • ASLEFshruggedASLEFshrugged
    Bilic in talks with West Brom.
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