Despite how terrible Burnley and Sheffield United have been so far this season, what’s keeping those two managers in their jobs? At least Luton have managed to adjust to the premier league and are now getting results after a poor start
Despite how terrible Burnley and Sheffield United have been so far this season, what’s keeping those two managers in their jobs? At least Luton have managed to adjust to the premier league and are now getting results after a poor start
It’s still only a third of the way into the season. Things can still turn around and narratives in football move fast. Everyone had Luton to go down after the first 5 games but now some are saying they could stay up after some good performances and results.
We may see some sackings around Christmas time or just after if things don’t improve for either of those clubs.
Think losing to teams like Palace and West Ham at home has ended any chance of survival as good as those two teams are, fixtures at home against those kind of sides have to be key to picking up points for survival
We played better than both of those teams though. Go on fotmob and look at the stats or actually watch the games (imagine that)
Burnley stuck with Dyche through many years of promotion and relegation between the Championship and Premier League. I am amazed that anyone is thinking that Kompany’s position is on the line. Burnley are not the type of club to fire a manager after a poor start to the season.
I am happy they are backing their manager. This current climate where a manager should get sacked after a few months of poor results is just terrible.
Haven’t they changed ownership since then?
Yes they have, however I believe that the owner will stick with VK, through this season and see how it works out. Additionally, if/when they go down, he’ll stick with him through the first half of next season also.
That’s all irrelevant as soon as you get new owners. The “type” of club you are is entirely defined by who owns the club. The previous owners were not the type to sack willy nilly, doesn’t mean the new owners are necessarily the same. Who do you think would be in a senior enough position to fire the manager, that has existed through the various ownerships, and has maintained a club philosophy like that? Very rarely. A DoF would do that if they retained their role across ownerships, but if you are reporting directly to the owner then the club takes its shape from the owners management style
JJ Watt (retired NFL player) Dude Perfect (Youtubers)
Must be other investors as well. But neither of those mentioned would seem to be driving any type of change without a clear DoF in charge.
Granted I do like both JJ and DP but I wouldn’t expect them to know the complexities surrounding promotion/relegation in the EPL
Think that JJ would know more about pro/rel than DP. His wife is a professional footballer.
13 games in they’ve played 6 of the top 8, think that’s pretty par for the course, given that you have to play everyone within 19.
The remaining teams we have to play are ranked 12.5/19.
As you’ve suggested, it’s obviously starting to level out after 2/3 of the first half of the season, but that’s still going to be a kinder fixture list than most.
Had a look, because that’s an interesting point. For the teams right down there, the average next 6 are:
Everton - 9.33
Sheff U - 10.83
Luton - 9.16
Bournemouth - 11.5
So you’ve definitely got a little edge, and playing Sheff U and Everton will be massive too. I also don’t rule out us (Forest) or Fulham getting dragged into it properly either!
Everton point deduction has given hopes to relegation teams as well so they will be more motivated thinking they have a chance to stay up
Think Bournemouth are in more danger than Everton