Since the start of the current season, no less than 8 Premier League clubs and 8 Championship clubs have offloaded Managers/Head Coaches. But surely the most bizarre of these changes has to be this weekend’s managerial change at Leeds United.
On Friday 2nd Paul Heckingbottom signed a new contract with Barnsley FC after having his transfer window targets secured by the Barnsley board.
On Sunday 4th, following their 4-1 home defeat to Cardiff, Leeds United sacked their Manager Thomas Cristiansen.
Today (Tuesday 6th) Paul Heckingbttom walked away from Barnsley to take up his new post as Manager of Leeds United.
This begs two questions:
1. Does Paul Heckingbottom have any sense of honour or a single loyal bone in his body?
2. Why would Leeds United pay half a million quid to activate a contract release clause and thereby secure the services of a Manager who is in charge of a team currently 11 places below Leeds in the same league?
Managerial Merry Go Round
posted on 7/2/18
comment by Tamwolf (U17286)
posted 1 hour, 7 minutes ago
Heckingbottom probably gets a massive pay rise and feels that Leeds have more of a chance of increasing his profile and gaining promotion from the Championship.
Most people would move jobs if offered a considerable amount more money and an apparent bigger opportunity to progress. Even if they had only just been promoted or given a pay rise by their current employers. Footballers and managers are no different really.
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Nuno didn't jump ship when Everton came calling. Apparently there are still some Managers with some integrity, well one anyway.
posted on 7/2/18
amazing that people don't seem to learn - football is a results business
posted on 7/2/18
Cinci having a dig at McCarthy who would have believed it. I think he first told us Mick was on the way out of Ipswich 4 years ago
And I don't think football is just a results business. Managers like Mourinho and Capello have been shown the door by clubs, despite being successful, for boring the pants off supporters. Despite our league position I don't think Nuno would be as popular, or pulling in full houses every week, if our football was as dull as dishwater
posted on 7/2/18
Yes DJ, it's funny that one criticism of Nuno in other jobs before he got here was that his teams were organised, very defensive and dull.
Hardly been that this year, maybe he is developing as well with Wolves
posted on 7/2/18
...sholud be 'organised and very defensive'
posted on 7/2/18
nope should be 'organised BUT very defensive'
posted on 7/2/18
comment by Well trained Lovable Wolf (U8869)
posted 3 hours, 30 minutes ago
amazing that people don't seem to learn - football is a results business
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It seems the Directors of Birmingham City haven't learned that either. They sacked Rowett when they were in 8th place in the league and have plummeted down the table ever since. Results based? I don't think so!
posted on 7/2/18
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still was done on results - they thought they would get better results.
problem was they're idiots
posted on 7/2/18
dj
And I don't think football is just a results business. Managers like Mourinho and Capello have been shown the door by clubs, despite being successful, for boring the pants off supporters.
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so they got the boot as a RESULT of being boring
posted on 7/2/18
All clubs have expectations whether they be reasonable ones or not, Birmingham a great example, most of us could see Rowett was performing miracles but yet the club somehow expected more and got sucked into thinking a higher profile name(barely any profile as a coach) would be the answer.