With Leeds fans demanding the sack axe befalls their boss, which PL club will be the first to lose their boss?
Eddie Howe is currently favourite - partially due to the England job one would suspect. Newcastle will have to be in the fight for top 4 this season though. He is 6/1
Chelsea's new boss Enzo Maresca is 7s, while Erik ten Hag is 8/1 after surviving last season.
My favourite, Nuno Espirito Santo is 10/1. Forest have a kind start, but if they don't pick up points the pressure will be quickly on with tough games coming. Their big signing is Elliott Anderson! The man he replaced, Steve Cooper has a tough task keeping Leicester up and is also 10s.
Marco Silva and Russell Martin are 12s, with the former a flight risk as much as sack. Martin got Southampton up at first time of asking and is a highly thought of young manager. Oliver Glasner had a great start with Palace, but lost Olise and could see Guehi, Anderson and Eze follow. Could be a tough time. He is 14s, same as Sean Dyche, who will be hoping for a point-deduction free season.
Adroni Iralola (16/1), Julen Lopetegui and Thomas Frank (both 18s) are next.
At 20/1 you can find Ange Postecoglou, Gary O'Neil and Kieran McKenna. Hard to see any of them go, barring a nightmare start. However, also at 20s is Brighton manager Fabian Hurzeler. The inexperienced 31 year old has the benefit of a nurturing rather than sacking club, but many see him as a good bet.
Arne Slot is 25/1, Pep Guardiola is 33/1, odds probably shortened by the court case, and Unai Emery is 40/1. The manager seemingly untouchable is Mikel Arteta at 66/1. Arsenal have a tough start - anyone risking it?
All odds are SkyBet, so better odds may be available. All odds are on the manager to leave, not specifically sacked.
The Sack Race...
posted on 15/8/24
Cooper could be in trouble - does not look at all happy at Leicester, fans don’t seem too impressed with him. Tough start, squad in tatters. Mind you there is a high chance he walks rather than getting sacked.
Maresca has to be fancied as well given how mental Chelsea are.
Ange - needs to start with 2 wins, otherwise it’s an uphill task from there and could see the atmosphere get a bit toxic.
posted on 15/8/24
It’ll be Nuno.
posted on 15/8/24
comment by Striketeam7 - staying humble (U18109)
posted 37 minutes ago
Cooper could be in trouble - does not look at all happy at Leicester, fans don’t seem too impressed with him. Tough start, squad in tatters. Mind you there is a high chance he walks rather than getting sacked.
Maresca has to be fancied as well given how mental Chelsea are.
Ange - needs to start with 2 wins, otherwise it’s an uphill task from there and could see the atmosphere get a bit toxic.
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Toxic atmosphere if we took 4 points from the first 2 games.....feck me, tough crowd!!
posted on 15/8/24
Ten Hag for me!
If United struggle early, they’ve got Ruud sitting there.
posted on 15/8/24
Good assessment OP. Ok, I know you were just assessing the odds, but fair general comments. I think it would be going against the wall if ETH was sacked the first as he as surmounted so many hurdles to sruvive so far , not least a lot of his club fans do not want him at all. The fact that he seems to recruit only players from previous clubs, the fact that Utd have spent way of ver £2bn on the squad and have relatively achieved nothing. Have moved away from the title challenge which is main aim of the club, unless they have lowered expectations recently.
But, how long will he survive for?
posted on 15/8/24
I think the thing with all the big clubs is that there isnt really any standout manager to replace the current man with. That's partially what kept ETH in his job and will probably see patience from the Board as the season goes on. Same with Slot and probably Ange too, if they make bad starts.
Maresco is far more 'disposable' because even after all the buys this summer, it aint his team, and he hasnt proven himself as a high level manager so could be replaced more readily. That said i think they will show more patience with him because, unlike Poch, he is a yes man. Poch had an awful start and they kept him, but then weirdly got rid when he did well, probably because he rocked the boat.
I can see the Leicester man going. He's got a shiiit hand there and struggled to get keep up a forest team who spent a lot on decent players. Its not the case at Leicester, they are weak and have lost a couple key players and not replaced them. My money's on him!
posted on 15/8/24
Gary O'Neil has the impossible job this year. Squad was already poor and he's had two of his best players sold to fellow PL clubs.
Wolves could even go down for me as they have a horrendous start to season too.
posted on 15/8/24
comment by Tyranny of the majority (SE85) (U21241)
posted 6 minutes ago
Gary O'Neil has the impossible job this year. Squad was already poor and he's had two of his best players sold to fellow PL clubs.
Wolves could even go down for me as they have a horrendous start to season too.
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Many said the exact same thing at the start of last season and I said not a chance. They were safe by 20 points and were probably on the beach for the last 5 or 6 games.
While I don't think the relegation points tally will be as low as 26 this time around, Wolves still have too many decent players to be in the mix imo.
posted on 15/8/24
Chelsea have had 36 manager turnovers in 40 years.
Enzo Maresca could win his first 10 league games in charge, and he would still be top of the sack race.
posted on 15/8/24
Have to go with the most impatient and unforgiving fans and owners.
Forest fans seem to hate nun's football style so only results will keep him in. A bad start and he would go quick.
Chelsea obviously have extremely impatient and looney owners but also have fans who range from depressed by the madness to people who seem to think they money means titles and the style must be class as pochettino got zero support.
After those two Cooper seem to have zero support at leicester