'Laughable' is the only way you can describe the news this week that Newcastle Football Club issued a statement that they are 100% behind their current manager Chris Hughton.
I find it pathetic that a club who has just won promotion back to the Premier League and are currently sitting 9th having won away at the likes of Everton, West Ham and home to Villa, as well as a stunning victory away at Stamford Bridge in the League Cup even have to let us know that the boss is 'safe'.
Hughton took the reigns at St James Park when quite frankly no one else (bar Alan Shearer) would have. He oversaw a magnificent season last year which saw the Toon stroll their way back into the top flight after the disappointment of the season before.
Hughton has also shown his recruitment 'gold' by bringing in the likes of Ben Arfa, Tiote and Gosling (All very good players).
A quick warning to the Newcastle Hierachy that after just maybe winning the fans back on side, sacking the gaffer now would probably lose all your fans trust in you, think wisely Mr Ashley.
There was also another ridiculous sacking this week in League One at Notts County who sacked Craig Short after just 16 games in charge and laying 16th in the table, just four points off the play-offs. How can a manager build a team his way in just that short a period.
Football chairman need to begin to realise that success wont happen overnight and need more trust in the men they put in charge to get it right.
I only hope that the latest sacking will be the last for a while, but lets be honest, by the time I next blog there will probably have been another managerial casualty.
Very well said. Managers do need more time to establish themselves at clubs, however, theres no doubt in my mind that by your next blog, a certain Mr. Avram Grant will be unemployed.
ReplyDeleteThe latest odds for the next manager to be sacked is grim reading for the likes of Roy Hodgson and Avram Grant.
ReplyDelete■R Hodgson – evens
■C Hughton – 4/1
■A Grant – 4/1
■M McCarthy – 9/1
■R Martinez – 12/1
■R Mancini – 20/1
■I Holloway – 25/1
■A McLeish – 25/1
■M Huges – 25/1
■S Bruce – 33/1
■S Allardyce -33/1
■G Houllier – 33/1
■R Di Matteo – 40/1
■O Coyle – 40/1
■T Pulis – 40/1
■D Moyes – 40/1
■A Ferguson – 40/1
■C Ancelotti 66/1
■H Redknapp – 66/1
■A Wenger 80/1
Odds from Paddy Power
Ryan you're 100% right. I struggle to find support for NUFC as they are truly deluded. Just because they have 50k attendance doesn't make them a big team, and the arrogance of their fans really annoys me.
ReplyDeleteThey are in a decent position in the league and there is no way the manager or the club should have to deal with this rubbish. Having worked inside football for the last 10 years I can confidently say that the majority of these stories are created by lazy journalists (please dont become one of these) who are scraping the barrel looking for extra column inches....
rant over
Not being a NUFC Fan I dont feel I should comment on other things such as how big the club think they are.
ReplyDeleteHowever having been to one game last season against Reading I dont think you can underestimate just how passionate these fans are about their club, and for that alone I hope they do not get dragged through another saga like before because of a chairman who does not have the same passion.
I agree the media do make things more difficult for these managers but I just hope that chairman begin to put more trust in young English talent rather than sacking them every year.
Surely would be more productive for those that wish to see an Englishman in charge when Mr Capello leaves in 2012?