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Posted:  08 Nov 2006 12:40

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So, Sheffield Wednesday have sacked what seems to be the 105th manager in six years or something. Paul Sturrock is gone. Brian Laws is in.

Sturrock took them up from League Two and his reward for this achievement. The bullet.

They probably owe more to their sacked managers in compensation than they get in gate receipts for the season. When will clubs like this ever learn. They need to accept that they are not a big club. They have no divine right to be in the Premiership. Thus any manager who doesn't get them back into the top division isn't a failure who should be sacked but potentially a good long term manager.

It's no good sacking a manager every 6 months as the new guy will come in, want to bring 'his' players in - creating more turmoil, ensuring that success takes longer. It's no brain surgery. Why can't these formerly great clubs work this out.

Wednesday only have to look across the city to see how to do it properly. Neil Warnock has managed Sheffield United for seven years or something. He's built up his team, ensured that the club isn't over stretching itself, protected some of his better players from being poached by more successful clubs. And now they are back in the Premiership.
Posted:  09 Nov 2006 11:40

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Yeah, Alex Ferguson said only the other day that there's no evidence changing managers helps you get better results and the plite of Leeds United, Forest, Sheffield Wednesday just proves it.
Posted:  13 Nov 2006 00:41

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Yup, you never hear of short term managers that bring any sort of success to a club
Posted:  15 Sep 2008 17:59

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Short term managers will never work out things at their clubs. The boards should think things through better. But hey, they've got the power.
Posted:  16 Sep 2008 19:59

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The boards do, indeed, have the power, as Oigen points out.

This is an old thread, but is still so true. The examples of Newcastle and West Ham just prove the point.

A better example is that of Spurs...the sacking of Martin Jol after a poor star to last term has benefited the club not at all. Jol is now head coach of Hamburg, who are currently top of the Bungesliga, while Ramos is overseeing the same board-inspired craziness that led to Jol's sacking.