The attrition rate of Premiership managers this season so far is 30% - and its only November!
Kicked into touch to date:
- Mourhino by Chelsea
- Lee by Bolton
- Jol by Tottenham
- Davies by Derby
- Bruce by Birmingham
- Hutchings by Wigan
The rate of turnover in this group is already higher than the 04/05 and 05/06 seasons. Bundle the Steve McLaren sacking in with all the other problems facing English football at the moment, it does feel like a system that is falling apart.
Football is big business of course. And the system has to rise to that. But what of the other things that football is about? The passion and the loyalty. Building for success over time, not going for quick wins in response to pressure, which will inevitably mean the longer term is not properly attended to.
If we were a ship, the klaxon would be sounding. There would be cries of "The boiler room is smoking. It could burst into flames at any moment"
Lets hope we have got the right equipment to put the fire out and repair the damage.
You´ve made me very thoughtful.English football is in a bit of hole indeed. On the one hand, we host the most successful league in the world from an entertainment and financial perspective,for a world audience. On the the other hand, however,our national game is suffering a slow decline into spasicity.
ReplyDeleteYour previous piece highlighted this although I cant be sure it would take the implant of a woman on the board of the FA to remedy such dreadful results of the field of play.
I´d be really interested to hear your ideas about how you think things might be improved from a strategic perspective now you know what this game is all about.
JVIP
More girls of course!
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