Managerial Sack Race

[heretoday]

Heck and Mowbray won't be out of work for long.

[worcesterhibby]

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Heck and Mowbray won't be out of work for long.

Probably the best thing that could have happened to Heck - it must have been a joyless job trying to get results with that team each week and having to stand and give interviews after yet another defeat, you have to be a very strong character indeed not to find that situation very, very stressfull. He will get a decent pay-off and his reputation as a manager( championship level and below) is relatively intact.

The Mowbray one is weird though. But then Sunderland are

[JimBHibees]

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Tony Mowbray sacked by Sunderland.

On the face of it that seems ridiculous was very close to getting the play off final. Not really a handle how well they have done this season however very unfair imo

[Dmas]

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Probably the best thing that could have happened to Heck - it must have been a joyless job trying to get results with that team each week and having to stand and give interviews after yet another defeat, you have to be a very strong character indeed not to find that situation very, very stressfull. He will get a decent pay-off and his reputation as a manager( championship level and below) is relatively intact.

The Mowbray one is weird though. But then Sunderland are

I don’t know what Sheff Utd fans and owners expect and clubs like them actually who find themselves promoted and struggling the following season the gap is massive, the successful manager whoever it may be gets 6 months in job after leading the club up and gets punted labelled not good enough for prem and has to start in championship or below again to get another 6 month pop at it if he’s lucky, it’s no surprise English coaches win nothing these days there never given a chance to build anything of note to progress a career

[Donegal Hibby]

Really nice statement from Hecky and seems to be well respected by the blades fans .
Always liked hecky , wish him well .
https://www.s24su.com/forum/threads/...ass-act.98105/

[Crunchie]

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Really nice statement from Hecky and seems to be well respected by the blades fans .
Always liked hecky , wish him well .
https://www.s24su.com/forum/threads/...ass-act.98105/

As did I, fine margins and all that.

[Caversham Green]

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Sunderland might be the worst run club in Britain. I don’t know why any manager would go there.

I fear Reading have overtaken them in that department.

[Smartie]

Sunderland have been where they've been over the past few seasons because of some appalling decision making but sacking Mowbray at this time has to be up there with the worst of those decisions.

I'm pretty sure there will be a very direct correlation that can be drawn between clubs who enjoy relative footballing success and boards of directors who manage to ride out a bit of noise rather than pander to the angry mob at the first sign of disquiet from the usual suspects.

[J-C]

I wonder if something has gone on behind the scenes re Mowbray, strange decision. Feel sorry for Hecky, got promoted then they sell the better players without re investing, on a hiding to nothing in that league.

[Mcbizz1998]

Kettlewell must be on a shoogly now surely? Wasn't log ago he was being touted on here as a possible Hibs manager, looks like we dodged a bullet.

[Crunchie]

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Kettlewell must be on a shoogly now surely? Wasn't log ago he was being touted on here as a possible Hibs manager, looks like we dodged a bullet.

You only have to put a few results together and you're touted for the Hibs job on here by some

[Scottie]

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I fear Reading have overtaken them in that department.

Whats happened to Reading ? When Madjedski was owner weren't they punching above their weight. Hope the carrot crunchers can get back up soon

[Caversham Green]

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Whats happened to Reading ? When Madjedski was owner weren't they punching above their weight. Hope the carrot crunchers can get back up soon

That's a long and sad story. Just a series of terrible owners after Madejski sold the club to a Russian crook. They're now in the hands of a Chinese "billionaire" who can't pay the wages or HMRC and has already killed off two other clubs. There's talk of a buy out now (Mike Ashley seems interested ) but it would come as no surprise if they became Dai Yongge's third victim.

[Donegal Hibby]

Reading there that Neil Lennon is the favourite to succeed Kettlewell at Motherwell , doesn't seem to be any jobs that Lennon's not linked with now . Stuart McCall , Jack Ross , Scott Brown just a few of the names mentioned . 12 games without a win and 8 of them defeats . You'd think Motherwell must be about to act at this stage.

[Crunchie]

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Reading there that Neil Lennon is the favourite to succeed Kettlewell at Motherwell , doesn't seem to be any jobs that Lennon's not linked with now . Stuart McCall , Jack Ross , Scott Brown just a few of the names mentioned . 12 games without a win and 8 of them defeats . You'd think Motherwell must be about to act at this stage.

It's maybe a money thing, I'm amazed he wasn't punted after last night.

[bingo70]

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Reading there that Neil Lennon is the favourite to succeed Kettlewell at Motherwell , doesn't seem to be any jobs that Lennon's not linked with now . Stuart McCall , Jack Ross , Scott Brown just a few of the names mentioned . 12 games without a win and 8 of them defeats . You'd think Motherwell must be about to act at this stage.

Weird that he’s struggling when he knows Scottish football as well.

[Donegal Hibby]

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It's maybe a money thing, I'm amazed he wasn't punted after last night.

So am I , they were really bad last night , Ross county could easily have had another two or three goals. I think if he doesn't win on Saturday at home to St Johnstone it will probably be his last game . Fancy saints to get least a draw too!.

[Heisenberg]

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Weird that he’s struggling when he knows Scottish football as well.

😂😂😂

[Lago]

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Weird that he’s struggling when he knows Scottish football as well.

Naughty

[Since452]

Kettlewell sounds like he's graduated with top honours from the school of sounding as much like a football manager as is humanly possible. He just opens his mouth and lets it come out without really knowing what he's saying.

[WhileTheChief..]

Motherwell started the season really well no? I think Hearts fans were even considering Kettlewell as a replacement for Naismith at one stage.

Shows how quickly things can change, Maybe the 'well board feels he deserves more time, but I'd imagine he'll be gone soon.

Another non-manager trying to be a manager, Steven Hammell was the same.

Clubs really need to stop going for the cheap option. It would probably cost them less in the wrong run if they appointed actual managers in the first place!

[badabing67]

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Kettlewell must be on a shoogly now surely? Wasn't log ago he was being touted on here as a possible Hibs manager, looks like we dodged a bullet.

And another bullet with Robinson, and I'm so please we never went for McInnes

[WhileTheChief..]

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Kettlewell sounds like he's graduated with top honours from the school of sounding as much like a football manager as is humanly possible. He just opens his mouth and lets it come out without really knowing what he's saying.

Yup, same with Steven MacLean at St Johnstone.

He went from being a player with no managerial experience to an expert manager that knew it all within 24 hrs.

He would talk about the psychology of players and what was needed etc as if he'd been managing for decades.

It was clear as day he didn't understand what he was saying, and was trying to regurgitate stuff he heard Ferguson or Wenger say on the telly back in the day. Never a manager in a million years.

The top flight in Scotland has been littered with them the last 5 - 10 years.

[zitelli62]

Robson must be on a shoogglie peg now I think cup final then gone.

[Scottie]

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Robson must be on a shoogglie peg now I think cup final then gone.

Maybe he won’t get the cup final like Jack Ross with us

[He's here!]

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Robson must be on a shoogglie peg now I think cup final then gone.

Fingers crossed he can eke out a win over the yams this weekend to keep him in a job a bit longer.

[Donegal Hibby]

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Fingers crossed he can eke out a win over the yams this weekend to keep him in a job a bit longer.

The longer both Robson and naebadges are at Aberdeen and hertz the better it will be for us imo

[CapitalGreen]

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And another bullet with Robinson, and I'm so please we never went for McInnes

I think Monty broke Robinson when we pumped them out the cup, their form has been awful since then. 8 points from 30 and 10th in the form table over that period. Definitely dodged a bullet there.

[erin go bragh]

Robson and Kettlewell are neck and neck for the chop but can see Naebadges making a late charge 👋

[BSEJVT]

I think there is more to it than all these guys have suddenly become crap managers.

I think there is a real dumbing down of the level of the league that has been under way for at least a couple of years and that there are a good few clubs out there struggling badly financially which is dragging their quality down substantially.

You will always get this year's surprise packages, good and bad but I think that the league will increasingly form up on financial terms more than it has done for decades going forward, with the gruesome twosome, stretching ever further into the distance.