Some stastics: Only four managers out of all the professional English divisions have been at their club for over four years. Only one manager has been at his club for over ten years.
Around 10% of clubs have had a current manager working with them for over 3 years (12/92).
Over 40% of league managers have been in their jobs for under a year (37/92).
I work as a TEFL teacher, an industry notorious for short-termism, and I would score as being a long-term employee compared to these guys. Gone seem to be the days of the Fergusons and Busbys and, once Wenger steps down/is forced out, it's unlikely we'll see his ilk for a long time to come either.
It's got to be the worst job in the world as far as job security is concerned. You're more likely to work for a longer period of time in your average Xmas temp job.
My questions are, firstly, as stated in the title, which kinds of people want these jobs? What do clubs hope to achieve by constantly sacking their personnel? And why do chairman bother dishing out these long-term contracts when 95% of them aren't even close to being fulfilled?
One thing that particularly irks me is this growing trend of sacking managers of teams in the bottom five/six in the league. Some bagger's got to get relegated. Why not stick with your man and give the club the chance at developing some sort of long-term stability?
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_English_Football_League_managers
Who would be a football manager?
posted on 30/12/14
Haha, ironically:
"Curbishley was appointed technical director at Premier League side Fulham.[24] In February 2014 following the appointment of a new manager at Fulham, Felix Magath, Curbishley was sacked after less than two months in the role"
Wilson, Jeremy (17 February 2014). "Fulham sack Alan Curbishley and Ray Wilkins". The Telegraph. Retrieved 18 February 2014.
posted on 30/12/14
comment by RandomFootballFan (U11764)
posted 2 minutes ago
Haha, ironically:
"Curbishley was appointed technical director at Premier League side Fulham.[24] In February 2014 following the appointment of a new manager at Fulham, Felix Magath, Curbishley was sacked after less than two months in the role"
Wilson, Jeremy (17 February 2014). "Fulham sack Alan Curbishley and Ray Wilkins". The Telegraph. Retrieved 18 February 2014.
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Like Warnock, Curbishley's sacking was expected. My point is how quickly they both seem to land lucrative punditry gigs with the big broadcasters.
posted on 31/12/14
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posted on 31/12/14
The West Bromeich gene pool is shallow. There's generally not enough genes to go around, so they share them amongst many families.
posted on 31/12/14
It's a by-product of the Greed League. Another area where we are finally catching up with our continental Cousins along with feigning injury, conveniently falling over and trying to get opposition players sent off.
Think of this though. The more useless you are at football management the richer you get!
Weird.
posted on 31/12/14
Ignore the Wolf. They're still hurting and it shows.
posted on 31/12/14
Get paid so much for a little time when if you are a lucky coach you could get millions of pounds doing very little.
posted on 31/12/14
comment by Gillespie Road - Parking Arsene's Routemaster since Boxing Day. (U18361)
posted 12 hours, 23 minutes ago
Good work if you can get it. The labour pool is so shallow, it's pretty much a case of "musical chairs". You could sack 10 gaffers today, and 9 of them will be in a job within a fortnight.
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This. Most get sacked and hired, sacked and hired etc... so whilst they may not be in the SAME job for very long, it isn't long before they get another.
posted on 5/1/15
Nice article OP!5 STAR ARTICLE!
posted on 5/1/15
What's all this about CR7? commenting on really old articles?