EPL Talk: Feel Extra Sorry for EPL Managers This Season
tyduffy
· 2 years ago
I see your point. But they are reimbursed rather well for their trouble, and when they get fired they get a huge severance package, so I don't really much sympathy.
Kartik
· 2 years ago
Chris Coleman could be a break through for British managers. (He is Welsh). British and particularly English managers aren't well thought of at all in continental football, and are in some ways viewed with contempt......the same contempt ironically that British pundits reserve for American "soccer" it seems. Coleman and potentially Jewell could help change that and do something that I feel still has to be done, which would be to integrate England into a more continental style of football. Besides the faults of the English FA, England's National Team will never rival that of Italy or Germany on the world stage (even if England wins meaningless friendlies against these two nations) until English teaching methods and tactics are refined and fine tuned to match the latest innovations and styles in World Football.
Zizou06
· 2 years ago
Agree exactly with what Kartik said.
One manager that isn't worried about being sacked is Sven. He has brought his Scandinavian-Mainland Europe style tactics to City. And look what it has done. In today's game, their goal was scored on the counter attack. This counter attack is something that these teams managed by English managers really don't know how to defend.
Sven has been able to do in City what he wasn't allowed to do for the National Team, which is play his style of play. So far, that style has lead to nine points and no goals allowed.
Still, maybe these threats to sack managers are just motivation. Maybe they are threatening to sack their managers so that they aren't afraid to dip into the transfer market or to just plain play better. It is odd that these threats come up. But I have a feeling if some of these teams sign some quality players before the transfer deadline, the talk of sacking those team managers will be gone.
In a few weeks, lets see where these threats might go. As for right now, I think they are hollow threats.
Simon Burke
· 2 years ago
Tell that to Sammy Lee as when Anelka bolts this week he will have little chance of turning them round.. I had Southgate dowon for first sacking but Boros cheap win this weekend means he will probably escape going first. Jol if he loses to Man U next week is in serious trouble - if he wins he should be alright..
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One manager that isn't worried about being sacked is Sven. He has brought his Scandinavian-Mainland Europe style tactics to City. And look what it has done. In today's game, their goal was scored on the counter attack. This counter attack is something that these teams managed by English managers really don't know how to defend.
Sven has been able to do in City what he wasn't allowed to do for the National Team, which is play his style of play. So far, that style has lead to nine points and no goals allowed.
Still, maybe these threats to sack managers are just motivation. Maybe they are threatening to sack their managers so that they aren't afraid to dip into the transfer market or to just plain play better. It is odd that these threats come up. But I have a feeling if some of these teams sign some quality players before the transfer deadline, the talk of sacking those team managers will be gone.
In a few weeks, lets see where these threats might go. As for right now, I think they are hollow threats.
Jol if he loses to Man U next week is in serious trouble - if he wins he should be alright..