The Managerial Merry Go Round™

[Guest]

Football Management must be the greatest profession. Sacked if you're shite, and employed a week later as if nothing happened. 

[GeordieDazzler]

Like with players the churn of managers is only speeding up but unlike players the talent pool is much much smaller. 

 

How long until someone goes for Will Still? 
 

[Miggys First Goal]

1 hour ago, OCK said:

Football Management must be the greatest profession. Sacked if you're shite, and employed a week later as if nothing happened. 

One of the few professions where you can become absolutely minted by being shit. 

[joeyt]

 

 

 

[Yorkie]

I wonder if we've ever had a season where five clubs have got interim bosses in to see out the rest of the season. It's barmy atm like; the whole nature of management in this country is changing. 

 

Like Lampard and Hodgson, Smith is a perfectly 'understandable' appointment because if you want to make a permanent appointment in the twilight of a season, you end up with the likes of Javi Gracia. It makes sense to go temporary and just cross your fingers, ahead of a meaningful appointment in the summer where there's more to choose from. 

 

That being said, it's gonna be a right clusterfuck with all of them shopping in the same market. Wouldn't be surprised to see some 12 month extensions dished out.

[toon25]

Dean Spliff, man 

[brummie]

Leicester are a club with a small number of games in which to save themselves from what looks like very possible relegation. Dean Smith, after the covid break, saved a club from what looked like absolutely certain relegation, in fewer games. He has done exactly what they need to do, in the last few years.

 

I genuinely don't think there are many more sensible but - most importantly - achievable appointments they could have made, especially as it is until the end of the season.

 

re John Terry. When he came to us, I was gutted, as I hated him as much as the next man, and thought he was just there for the $$$ and didn't give a shit about anything that wasn't Chelsea. Totally wrong on that, he was brilliant for us both on the pitch and as assistant manager.

 

They're also taking Craig Shakespeare, who is still highly thought of at Leicester from his time there.

 

I saw that smug fucking prick Barry Glendenning saying what an awful appointment it was.

 

Who do they think Leicester City, in their current predicament, should have gone for?

 

 

Edited April 10, 2023 by brummie

[Paullow]

https://www.foxestalk.co.uk/topic/131485-dean-smith-new-interim-manager-official/

 

Deano had a dream

To lead a football team

He came from Villa

Now he’s one of our own 

We’re crap at the back

We’ve got no attack

Championship in England 

We’ll have to sing that

 

[Wolfcastle]

A short sharp shock doesn't always work but someone who took a team down with a whimper (1win in 16) less than a year ago with a far lower reputation than they guy you've just sacked has got to be demoralising all round.

The interim situation is better suited to wild cards or over-matched manager to the club, reigns them into a concenrated period not for mediocrities.

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[McCormick]

He’s no Rafa or Potter but it’s a solid appointment for the short-term (considering their situation). Think he’ll keep them up tbh.

[SUPERTOON]

Ince sacked 

[Ben]

7 minutes ago, SUPERTOON said:

Ince sacked 

Again, where will his son go now ? 

[El Prontonise]

Paul Once sacked again I see.

[The College Dropout]

Aye the management pool at the highest level is small. Smith doesn’t sound exciting but… who else? 

 

Any manager on the ‘up’ will stay clear. 
 

It’s too risky to go totally unproven at this stage.  
 

The big problem was letting Rodgers go on so long. They could’ve sacked him a long time ago and gone for a Loupetegui(sp?) type manager. Someone at this point - only desperate managers would take the job. 

[kingxlnc]

Leicester remind me of NUFC in 2015/16. McClaren took a talented team who should be no where near there down - and Rafa came in too late to save the club despite improved performances. Even then it was said why did we not sack before the international break, so there were an extra two weeks to train the team. 

 

With that said, let's hope it's not a 5-1 defeat for us on the last day like we did to Spurs! 

[GeordieDazzler]

1 hour ago, The College Dropout said:

Aye the management pool at the highest level is small. Smith doesn’t sound exciting but… who else? 

 

Any manager on the ‘up’ will stay clear. 
 

It’s too risky to go totally unproven at this stage.  
 

The big problem was letting Rodgers go on so long. They could’ve sacked him a long time ago and gone for a Loupetegui(sp?) type manager. Someone at this point - only desperate managers would take the job. 

Yeah that seems poor in retrospect I think they just assumed the quality in the squad would keep them above water, also didn’t they have a run of three/four wins on the bounce just before the WC? Probably stayed their hand at that point. 

[magvicar]

From 13th to bottom it seems like a lottery with who will or won't get dragged down.

This final few games will be more about who's up for the actual scrap rather than who can be tactically set up to play better football.

It's a last throw of the dice for too many clubs.

Dean Smith and Shakespeare? Who knows. It's simply a coin toss time for about 9 teams.

 

 

 

[Wolfcastle]

Entirely boils down to whether they stay up or not.

If they go down it was a pathetically stupid suicidal appointment, what good is 'steady' when you've got relegation written all over

if they stay up it did the job

 

its not like Rafa who was a good appointment period. Its a rotten appointment beyond the interim, sort of thing Ashley would fetch up.

 

 

Edited April 11, 2023 by Wolfcastle

[brummie]

You have to look at Leicester appointing Dean Smith through the prism of the fact that they stuck with Rodgers for way, way too long, and got rid of him at a point where they'd managed to reduce their realistic options massively.

 

They've been awful for ages but just put up with it.

[SUPERTOON]

 

[The Fountain]

On 10/03/2023 at 09:47, GeordieDazzler said:

Spurs should have won the title in the Leicester City season the fact they didn’t was massively damaging for them I think. Hard to shift the also ran mentality for them.

They finished 3rd in a two horse race??

[brummie]

12 minutes ago, The Fountain said:

They finished 3rd in a two horse race??

 

You really can't be in a two horse race for the title with Leicester City and not win it.

[Ben]

1 hour ago, brummie said:

You have to look at Leicester appointing Dean Smith through the prism of the fact that they stuck with Rodgers for way, way too long, and got rid of him at a point where they'd managed to reduce their realistic options massively.

 

They've been awful for ages but just put up with it.

I still think Rodgers is a good manager that got messed about in the transfer window, Ward in goal for a full season would have anyone in trouble. 

[NE28]

2 hours ago, brummie said:

You have to look at Leicester appointing Dean Smith through the prism of the fact that they stuck with Rodgers for way, way too long, and got rid of him at a point where they'd managed to reduce their realistic options massively.

 

They've been awful for ages but just put up with it.

The best thing they can basically hope for though is that just not being Brendan Rodgers is enough to have a turnaround though. Imagine being a club that was linked with Smith and Rodgers and your owners chose Smith, you’d almost certainly be questioning how sane the people making that choice were. I suppose it depends how toxic things were behind the scenes with Brendan but if I supported Leicester I wouldn’t have much hope of playing premier league football next season