03-04-2023, 10:34 AM
Maybe, I'm putting a grenade in starting up this thread.
However, I was thinking earlier about the 12 managers being sacked this season in the league. Clearly, it's an industry wise issue, all the analytics I've read suggest it isn't smart business, yet they keep doing it. Of course every situation is unique, some become completely untenable eg Nathan Jones. Or have had a long time to make the team slightly worse (Jesse Marsh). However, when you have a manager proven success, you don't need to sack them due to a bad run. Chelsea paid 21m for Potter and sacked him after 6 months, that's not good business.
Anyway, I digress, I actually wanted to praise EM for being one of the clubs that has resisted this fairly pointless urge. The media write a lot about clubs when they go through a bad run of results (despite simple factors like fixtures (Palace) ignored or injuries), it riles up fans and puts pressure on the owners to think making a change is worthwhile. EM resisted that in October, he has actually been pretty patient in relative championship terms with previous managers. Sabri and Hughton both lasted to the points where they didn't seem to want to be there anymore and longer than would happen at a lot of clubs, which I think deserves credit.
Obviously, this praise will be withdrawn if Cooper does go but lets see what actually happens first. Either way, it's difficult to argue that going against the grain and keeping the manager would be an impressive choice and would be the best decision he's made since appointing Cooper in the first place.
However, I was thinking earlier about the 12 managers being sacked this season in the league. Clearly, it's an industry wise issue, all the analytics I've read suggest it isn't smart business, yet they keep doing it. Of course every situation is unique, some become completely untenable eg Nathan Jones. Or have had a long time to make the team slightly worse (Jesse Marsh). However, when you have a manager proven success, you don't need to sack them due to a bad run. Chelsea paid 21m for Potter and sacked him after 6 months, that's not good business.
Anyway, I digress, I actually wanted to praise EM for being one of the clubs that has resisted this fairly pointless urge. The media write a lot about clubs when they go through a bad run of results (despite simple factors like fixtures (Palace) ignored or injuries), it riles up fans and puts pressure on the owners to think making a change is worthwhile. EM resisted that in October, he has actually been pretty patient in relative championship terms with previous managers. Sabri and Hughton both lasted to the points where they didn't seem to want to be there anymore and longer than would happen at a lot of clubs, which I think deserves credit.
Obviously, this praise will be withdrawn if Cooper does go but lets see what actually happens first. Either way, it's difficult to argue that going against the grain and keeping the manager would be an impressive choice and would be the best decision he's made since appointing Cooper in the first place.