The Manager Sack Race/Merry-go-Round

[Brum Royal]

When is Mark Hughes getting sacked? Great player, terrible manager!

He's got worse, but that might be a product of the teams he's having to manage, but he wasn't always a poor manager.

He did well for Wales, Blackburn and, to an extent, City before things have certainly gone downhill. I think he did a decent enough job at Stoke initially too, but nothing that really seemed sustainable, more just an uplift after releasing the Pulis handbrake!

He can't last long at Southampton though.

From F365:

Mark Hughes
Twenty-two points from his last 30 matches as a Premier League manager. The evidence of this season would suggest that Hughes has dragged Southampton down to his level.

They suffer from a lack of ambition against the weaker teams and can’t even lay a glove on the best clubs. If that makes Southampton sound like a mush lacking any obvious identity, Hughes’ critics might suggest that this is his party trick.

[Old Man Andrews]

Dean Smith in at Aston Villa. John Terry assistant manager.

Think Brentford will be ok. With their business model I don't think it will matter too much who is in charge there, the wheels will keep on turning.

[John Smith]

Dean Smith in at Aston Villa. John Terry assistant manager.

Think Brentford will be ok. With their business model I don't think it will matter too much who is in charge there, the wheels will keep on turning.

Sort of like the Watford of the Championship, you could say?

Do you think any of the Brentford lads will get snapped up? I liked the look of the centre back against us a couple of weeks ago, no. 26 I think.

I still don't think they'll go up and sincerely hope they don't. Ideas above their station - they stay.

[Old Man Andrews]

Dean Smith in at Aston Villa. John Terry assistant manager.

Think Brentford will be ok. With their business model I don't think it will matter too much who is in charge there, the wheels will keep on turning.

Sort of like the Watford of the Championship, you could say?

Do you think any of the Brentford lads will get snapped up? I liked the look of the centre back against us a couple of weeks ago, no. 26 I think.

I still don't think they'll go up and sincerely hope they don't. Ideas above their station - they stay.

They will probably put the assistant manager in charge I'd think, he will likely stick to Dean Smith philosophy and it is cheaper. Brentford are a club who do things on the cheap and try to get maximum reward. Premier League football would be great and all but it would mean them having to spend a huge amount of money, something they really don't want to do. They like to invest in lower league talent and develop them in order to sell on for huge profit, it clearly works and nothing will change at Brentford until it doesn't. They have a new stadium being built and I would imgaine have gone a long way to paying for it with their transfer dealings alone.

I think you are referring to Chris Mepham. Very highly regarded and not far away from a big move to a top level Championship side or lower end Premier League side. Already playing for Wales aged 20, top prospect.

[Stranded]

Dean Smith in at Aston Villa. John Terry assistant manager.

Think Brentford will be ok. With their business model I don't think it will matter too much who is in charge there, the wheels will keep on turning.

John Terry to be AV manager by Christmas 2019 has to be a decent bet. Strange that Smith has essentially been told who his staff will be rather than looking to bring in his own team.

[John Smith]

I think you are referring to Chris Mepham. Very highly regarded and not far away from a big move to a top level Championship side or lower end Premier League side. Already playing for Wales aged 20, top prospect.

He's good but the player I was referring to was Ezri Konsa

[Uke]

Dean Smith in at Aston Villa. John Terry assistant manager.

Think Brentford will be ok. With their business model I don't think it will matter too much who is in charge there, the wheels will keep on turning.

John Terry to be AV manager by Christmas 2019 has to be a decent bet. Strange that Smith has essentially been told who his staff will be rather than looking to bring in his own team.

Terry to fill the Martin "Mad Dog" Allen role?

[leon]

Dean Smith in at Aston Villa. John Terry assistant manager.

Think Brentford will be ok. With their business model I don't think it will matter too much who is in charge there, the wheels will keep on turning.

John Terry to be AV manager by Christmas 2019 has to be a decent bet. Strange that Smith has essentially been told who his staff will be rather than looking to bring in his own team.

Terry to fill the Martin "Mad Dog" Allen role?

Terry to fill the Marcus Junius Brutus role, I would suggest.

[John Smith]

I think you are referring to Chris Mepham. Very highly regarded and not far away from a big move to a top level Championship side or lower end Premier League side. Already playing for Wales aged 20, top prospect.

He's good but the player I was referring to was Ezri Konsa

Who scored last night for the U21s

[Kulshaw72RFC]

Henry is the new Monaco boss. Good appointment.

[Winston Biscuit]

Monaco can't get much worse than they have been this season.

They have some kind league fixtures coming up, he should get off to a good start really

[John Smith]

So are Brentford sticking with Thomas Frank?

[Old Man Andrews]

So are Brentford sticking with Thomas Frank?

Yeah probably a wise move. Will keep things more or less status quo and knows all of the players. If it ain't broke don't fix it.

[Stranded]

So are Brentford sticking with Thomas Frank?

Yeah probably a wise move. Will keep things more or less status quo and knows all of the players. If it ain't broke don't fix it.

Makes sense really. Frank, though, may be the only manager to ever resign after the club chairman logged on to a fans forum under a pseudonym to insult him.

[John Smith]

So are Brentford sticking with Thomas Frank?

Yeah probably a wise move. Will keep things more or less status quo and knows all of the players. If it ain't broke don't fix it.

Makes sense really. Frank, though, may be the only manager to ever resign after the club chairman logged on to a fans forum under a pseudonym to insult him.

I wouldn't speak too soon...big Ron G might be making a Hobnob account as we speak!

[Old Man Andrews]

Yeah probably a wise move. Will keep things more or less status quo and knows all of the players. If it ain't broke don't fix it.

Makes sense really. Frank, though, may be the only manager to ever resign after the club chairman logged on to a fans forum under a pseudonym to insult him.

I wouldn't speak too soon...big Ron G might be making a Hobnob account as we speak!

Who goes first John, Gourlay or Clement?

[Winston Biscuit]

Shaun Maloney is the new Belgium assistant manager. Would like to hear how he goes about training Kevin De Bruyne.

[John Smith]

Makes sense really. Frank, though, may be the only manager to ever resign after the club chairman logged on to a fans forum under a pseudonym to insult him.

I wouldn't speak too soon...big Ron G might be making a Hobnob account as we speak!

Who goes first John, Gourlay or Clement?

Clement, without doubt. I think the fact we've seen articles start to appear already about his future means something could be bubbling under. Two big fixtures against dross sides coming up will probably mean a result on his return to Swans on 27th October could be paramount.

[Hoop Blah]

Shaun Maloney is the new Belgium assistant manager. Would like to hear how he goes about training Kevin De Bruyne.

I hadn't realised Maloney had been with Belgium for the last couple of months as a coach/assistant. Quite an interesting move.

As for coaching, well he's got a better playing pedigree than the likes of Fergie, Wenger or Jose, so I'm sure he'll manage in one way or another.

[BR0B0T]

Yeah probably a wise move. Will keep things more or less status quo and knows all of the players. If it ain't broke don't fix it.

Makes sense really. Frank, though, may be the only manager to ever resign after the club chairman logged on to a fans forum under a pseudonym to insult him.

I wouldn't speak too soon...big Ron G might be making a Hobnob account as we speak!

he posts as Snowflake Royal