The Managerial Merry Go Round™

[Jonas]

1 hour ago, Elbel1 said:

I've just happened across the Scottish Premier League table. 

Must say that I thought, as a vegan Buddhist, Russel Martin would struggle to win over the Rangers fans and it would end in tears, but I didn't expect him to have such an appalling start. 

He got right up on wick last season with Southampton up here, possession cup fetishist. You'd think that'd be the last thing Rangers or Celtic would want seeing as its a given they'll dominated possession anyway.

Looked at the league table the other day myself, five teams in a twelve team league without a win after five games seemed pretty unique.

 

 

Edited September 17, 2025 by Jonas

[Infinitely Content]

2 minutes ago, joeyt said:

Emery under any pressure do we reckon?

 

One of their chances of silverware already gone last night

I'd hope not, Emery is one of the best managers around, and looking at the table they're outliers at the bottom statistically when you look at goals against. I think they've just struggled to click from an attacking point of view which is hardly major cause for concern enough to be changing a top class manager who has achieved so much with them.

[James]

Emery will leave Villa for Man Utd before the end of the season

[Ben]

3 hours ago, James said:

Emery will leave Villa for Man Utd before the end of the season

 

Sounds like he's starting to fall out with some of his players.

[joeyt]

 

 

 

[Optimistic Nut]

He's done a brilliant job tbf. Not sure who'd have done any better. 

[Fak]

Just now, Optimistic Nut said:

He's done a brilliant job tbf. Not sure who'd have done any better. 

 

He's done OK, Wolves fans want him performing a lot better

[joeyt]

3 minutes ago, Optimistic Nut said:

He's done a brilliant job tbf. Not sure who'd have done any better. 

 

Losing your first 4 games of the season seems a wild time to reward someone with a pay rise

 

 

Edited September 17, 2025 by joeyt

[Geogaddi]

Had a look on that Villa forum and some of them want Unai gone, that's just mental to me. He's not won a trophy like Eddie but in terms of the job he's done at Villa since he came in it's very similar . Still expect them to challenge the top 6-8 this season with him in charge . He's just been done with PSR compared to the bigger clubs like we have .

[GeordieDazzler]

Feels like Villa moved to a much more short term transfer strategy since Monchi came in and failure to pip us to the CL has fucked them basically. Their business has seemed incredibly reactionary with Elliot, Sancho etc. 

 

[bobbydazzla]

7 hours ago, Elbel1 said:

These lines were casually thrown in at the end of a BBC Football article about Mouriniho potentially taking over at Benfica:-

 

The move to part company with Lage coincides with Benfica preparing for their presidential election on 25 October.

Joao Noronha Lopes, favourite to win the election, has his sights set on Manchester United manager Ruben Amorim and was at Etihad Stadium on Sunday to watch Portuguese.

Costa said the decision to make a managerial change is not motivated by his attempt to get re-elected.

 

Is it possible that Amorim is engineering a payoff at Man Utd with a eye on a return to the easy life in Portugal? 

Would a manager who brought success to arch rivals Sporting be warmly welcomed by Benfica fans ?

 

I don’t know enough about whether that sort of move has happened before and I can’t be arsed to look it up and go down that rabbit hole either 

 

 

Edited September 17, 2025 by bobbydazzla

[LordJake]

Rafa at Everton went down well 😀

[Fak]

4 minutes ago, bobbydazzla said:

Would a manager who brought success to arch rivals Sporting be warmly welcomed by Benfica fans ?

 

I don’t know enough about whether that sort of move has happened before and I can’t be arsed to look it up and go down that rabbit hole either 

 

 

 

 

Did Robson not do similar at Sporting/Porto?

[GeordieDazzler]

2 minutes ago, bobbydazzla said:

Would a manager who brought success to arch rivals Sporting be warmly welcomed by Benfica fans ?

 

I don’t know enough about whether that sort of move has happened before and I can’t be arsed to look it up and go down that rabbit hole either 

 

 

 

spent the majority of his playing career at Benfica 

[midds]

1 minute ago, Fak said:

 

Did Robson not do similar at Sporting/Porto?

Different cities tbh, not quite the same 

[Stal]

Just saw Chris Wilder reappointed at Sheff Utd. Called it. 

 

 

Not that everyone couldn't see it happening a mile off.

[Kaizero]

 

25 years on, Jose has returned to the club that gave him his first gig as manager.

 

 

Edited September 18, 2025 by Kaizero

[Pablo123]

8 hours ago, Kaizero said:

 

25 years on, Jose has returned to the club that gave him his first gig as manager.

 

 

 

Looks like he's stupidly just trusted a fart. 

[54]

I wonder how long Ange lasts at Forest, it's obviously early days, but losing against Swansea and drawing against Burnley as well as being hammered by Arsenal isn't exactly an ideal start

[joeyt]

Absolutely wild decision to give Pereira a new contract at Wolves

 

Reckon Will Still is on borrowed time at Southampton too

[joeyt]

Also can't see Potter lasting any longer

[SteV]

Will Potter make it to Monday?

[54]

Nuno to West Ham just makes a lot of sense, that's the exact size of club he'll do a good job at too. 

[toontownman]

2 minutes ago, 54 said:

I wonder how long Ange lasts at Forest, it's obviously early days, but losing against Swansea and drawing against Burnley as well as being hammered by Arsenal isn't exactly an ideal start

Uninspiring appointment to begin with imo. 

 

Whats the fan reaction? I'd imagine there are a portion pissed about losing Nuno to begin with. Ange isn't a step up imo. 

[Cf]

2 minutes ago, 54 said:

I wonder how long Ange lasts at Forest, it's obviously early days, but losing against Swansea and drawing against Burnley as well as being hammered by Arsenal isn't exactly an ideal start

 

Hiring the guy who finished 17th with Tottenham. 

 

What could possibly go wrong?