First of all, I must say that I'm quite shocked with tonights decision to sack Sven. I think it's very short sighted. They may as well have given him to the end of the season and just not renew his contract if things hadn't improved. This has caused me to worry as to just why are the owners so desperate to gain promotion this year? Have they spent as much as they were willing to do so already? I think the major problem we may face now, is who on earth will want to manage our club, if they're constantly going to be worried about knee jerk reactions from the owners. It's certainly not going to be a good advert for any potential managers in waiting. Well this leave us with out of work managers our below average managers from other clubs to pick from. What ever the situation, I am now one worried fox!
posted on 24/10/11
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posted on 24/10/11
Your owners deserve this decision to backfire on them.
Sven had you heading in the right direction and would have had you in the play offs at least.
Seems to me like they have bet the farm on an auto spot this season,maybe they have unnamed/undeclared backers putting the pressure on.
posted on 24/10/11
666 and Elmondy aka Sicknote
I heard that their owners thought the Leeds boards were too miserable so decided to cheer us up, so they sacked him!
Wasn't that nice?
IMO he'll have had a minor row and thrown his toys out of the pram, they've sacked him, he'll get a payoff!
Sven has no interest in the club, he is motivated by money. I reckon he's engineered it.
posted on 24/10/11
How much of a payoff do you think he got? His contract was due to end this season.
posted on 24/10/11
The owners are in it for the money, the "dangling carrot" of the Premier League riches, just like Mandaric was.
Any business man wants to get from A to B as quickly as possible and make as much money on the way.
Sure, they have helped us out initially. Let's see if they stick around if promotion hasn't been achieved by this or next season. That will tell you if they are with the fans or in it just for the finances.
posted on 24/10/11
Sorry Culle you beat me to it.
posted on 24/10/11
Firstly, thanks for his efforts at the club. I think that some of the players came here because they were attracted by Sven so, for me, what he has done is given the new manager a squad that is capable of promotion and a very strong nPower Championship squad on paper for them to work with. I think Sven was sacked more because of bad performances than bad results and I do think it was harsh but I hope this isn't going to be the norm from Top where he sacks every manager if we lose one game that we should win. As I say, I think it was more bad performances leading up to that match that then culminated in that defeat rather than a knee-jerk reaction to one loss. At least, I hope it was, otherwise I'm very worried.
posted on 24/10/11
Greatness_Since_1884
I'd be worried, Brian Laws is still free!
posted on 24/10/11
i dont buy this "who wants the job" with a nice chunky bonus if they get to the prem and a bigger payoff if they dont. sounds pretty tempting to me
posted on 24/10/11
Funnily enough fella (666), I can't stand your club either.
...so there.