The Manager Sacked/Hired Thread 2025/2026

[Deutsch Wolf]

That’s what sucks!

It really doesn't

 

[EpsomWolf]

Always seemed the obvious choice for Spurs to me.

 

[Tony Towner]

Always seemed the obvious choice for Spurs to me.

Taking Bournemouth's manager after failing with Brentfords wouldn't have gone down well with the fans.

 

[Alan]

It really doesn't

It does; it makes the idea of long-term change in a club's stature seem laughably unrealistic. That's pretty shit IMO.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

They'll never grow beyond what they are. If they added 10k to their shit ground they wouldn't fill it.

They're where they are down to financial doping, that sucks if anything does.

 

[Lycan]

I think he’s going back to Bilbao?

That would make sense. He'd be perfect there.

He's a bit too much of a 'disruptor' to work at a Super League club. He'd have failed for similar reasons to Frank & Nuno did at Spurs.

 

[Tony Towner]

With TV money being such a large percentage of income a team their size can stay up and continue to do so if they are well run. If they do go down and lose parachute money they are more likely to regress to their norm than come back up though. Despite a number of years in the PL for Brentford, Bournemouth and Fulham their away support is pitiful, that's not arrogance on my part, just who they are.

 

[Alan]

Mascherano sacked by Miami, which has flabbergasted me a bit tbh

Publicly presented as his choice, for "personal reasons". Color me skeptical.

 

[BillyDee]

Marco Rose, formerly of RB Leipzig, to take over at Bournemouth.

 

[Kenny]

Utter scandal no one will give Lage a chance

 

[Lycan]

An annoyingly good appointment.

Bournemouth being good might be the worst thing about English football over the last decade.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

I wanted Rose in the 2-3 day period between us sacking Nuno and it being obvious that Twatneck was getting the job, despite not having a CV that would span more than two paragraphs.

 

[Derby Wolf]

With TV money being such a large percentage of income a team their size can stay up and continue to do so if they are well run. If they do go down and lose parachute money they are more likely to regress to their norm than come back up though. Despite a number of years in the PL for Brentford, Bournemouth and Fulham their away support is pitiful, that's not arrogance on my part, just who they are.

Like Wigan and to a degree Reading before them.

 

[Lupo]

Dr Football sacked

 

[basher]

Shi II take note

 

[Jack Regan]

Three months into a six year contract.

 

[YoungWolf]

Amazing really.

As a pundit, and even while he was coaching Brighton U21s and Derby he came across was really bright but likeable. The way he has presented himself in this job, I just haven’t been able to get my head around it.

 

[prawnking]

Embarrassing for all concerned

 

[Tony Towner]

Amazing really.

As a pundit, and even while he was coaching Brighton U21s and Derby he came across was really bright but likeable. The way he has presented himself in this job, I just haven’t been able to get my head around it.

His ex team mates say they don't recognise him. If it's not authentic then I'm sure players see straight through you it.

 

[White Wolf]

Amazing really.

As a pundit, and even while he was coaching Brighton U21s and Derby he came across was really bright but likeable. The way he has presented himself in this job, I just haven’t been able to get my head around it.

When he was coaching at Brighton he was on some Sky show talking about coaching and I was really impressed by him. As you said, bright and likeable. Great job done at Hull and seemed like Strasbourg was positive. Might have just been too much, too soon? Chelsea is a very difficult place to work, Tuchel and Pochettino also struggled in their setup. Way he spoke at Chelsea didn't help, I can't remember him being like this at Hull. Wonder if he felt like he had to compensate a little for his lack of experience at a big club by trying to come across as very tactical/intellectual but in reality likely eroded his authority.