It’s all a mess. Only silver lining is being before the window shuts does sometimes push through more transfers. I expected to win but on reflection I shouldn’t. I’m currently on holiday and they seem to always lose the matches I expect them to when I’m on holiday (But then sometimes win the matches I don’t expect to against the top clubs.)
I don't particularly rate Parker, at least as a premier league tier manager, but he really got screwed over by Burnley losing perhaps their 3 best players from last season, 2 of them without even a transfer fee to reinvest. There are other issues there, their business in the transfer market has been horrendous, and Parker has historically been very poor at being able to adapt playing style to the premier league, but its so difficult for promoted teams to be competitive in the premier league nowadays at the best of times, yet alone losing the spine of your team for very little.
Graham Potter ain't lasting long this season. Chelsea haven't even been good here but have scored three. West Ham are playing a back five but look on the verge of conceding every time Chelsea put their foot on the gas slightly. I don't think he's been done any favours with some of the squad but I also don't know why he's using a setup that doesn't get the best out of what he's got.
Can´t understand why he doesn´t trust Freddie Potts more who´s been their bes midfileder in pre season imo. Something similar happened with Moyes and Mubama some seasons ago too unfortunately...
I think Potter's career is just starting to look like someone who has basically been propelled forward on media hype of playing the "right way", a more successful Russell Martin if you will. In the cold light of day his record in England looks pretty unimpressive. Swansea were relegated from the premier league which usually makes for a strong side, yet he finished 10th with them. Made worse by the fact Cooper took them to the play offs in back to back seasons the two following years. At Brighton, he finished 15th, 16th, and 9th. Certainly successful in the grand scheme of things but nothing astonishing, particularly given he inherited a Brighton side who had got over the difficult first 2 years in the premier which is the really tough part. Then at Chelsea he obviously got sacked the same year. Now West Ham has become a damp squib where its increasingly looking like a bad case of a manager trying to fit players to a failing system rather than work with what he has. There are some mitigating factors there too in those jobs but its all in all its making for a pretty unimpressive record. Not over for him yet at West Ham of course but they do have a strong whiff of a side going through the motions waiting for a managerial change.
Yep. They're massively lacking in athleticism too, which Potts brings a good amount of. Bringing in Soucek to play in a midfield two after they blatantly lacked legs against Sunderland utterly stinks of panic.
West Ham boss Graham Potter is safe from the sack for now, but the 50-year-old Englishman needs to improve results soon if he wants to remain in his role at the London Stadium. (Mirror) Brendan Rodgers is Nottingham Forest's top target when they make their move for a new boss. (The Sun)
If Man United get rid of Amorim you can make a pretty strong argument for them going for Eddie Howe. He's a strong culture guy, which is reportedly what they want, and is just a damn good coach on a tactical level. You feel like it's going to take years and years for Newcastle to be able to work themselves into a financial position where they can afford to assemble a world beating squad - if ever at all. They'll just keeping losing their best players. We don't know what Howe's ceiling is as a coach but I think he's earned the right to be backed with a world-class team.
I do wonder with Howe what the expectation is on him from the owners, I think realistically he's taken Newcastle as far as they're going to go unless rules change on financial fair play. A occasional champions league side, competitive in domestic cups seems the ceiling for them. As seen with the Isak situation its always going to be a struggle for them to get and keep top players. I think a downturn is to be expected for them this season given how they struggled with the extra games last time, plus losing Isak, and a massive overperformance last season from some mediocre players like Murphy.
I think the Saudis will move on from Newcastle in the coming years. I can't see them ever being able to build to the point of being a consistent title contending club in the PSR era. When Man United inevitably move on from Amorim, they should go all in for Howe and Howe should jump at it. Regardless of the struggles that come with the job, he'll at least get a level of backing and talent retention that's impossible at Newcastle.
Former Wolves boss Gary O'Neil is not rushing back to management but waiting for the right opportunity having spoken to "some fantastic clubs" since he left Molineux. (Telegraph - subscription required), external
Guess who´s back? Back again... Looks like Wilder has accepted to return to managing us after Selles´ deserved sacking after our pathetic and inexcusable start to the season. Now just imagine the uproar if it was the other way round if a foreign manager with the standing of Wilder at Dem Blades (or any other English club for that matter) had been sacked for a rather unproven young English hipster manager and this would be the result!
1967230502420566313 is not a valid tweet id Even in the championship we don’t get that many derbies with two English managers anymore.
Crystal Palace manager Oliver Glasner, former England boss Gareth Southgate, Fulham chief Marco Silva and Bournemouth's Andoni Iraola are among the potential replacements for Ruben Amorim should Manchester United sack him. (Daily Star) West Ham have also started to consider potential successors to under-pressure boss Graham Potter and want someone who can galvanise the squad and the club's fanbase. (Teamtalk), external