The Managerial Sack Race

[ChesterDave]

BBC article says that the contract for fdb stipulated what formation he had to play. Idiot for taking the gig on.

Hodgson is a fraud and really hope they go down. Lose to Southampton and they could very possibly be pointless by the second international break.

[Saveloy]

From the guardian:

"Hodgson was last seen looking frazzled and wired after a sleepless night in Chantilly, sweating and swaying at his lectern and telling the world “I’m not really sure what I’m doing here”, a quote that has since become his “Hit Les”, his multicoloured golfing umbrella. England had lost horribly to Iceland the day before, outplayed by opponents Hodgson had chosen not to scout in person in order to take Ray Lewington on a boat trip down the Seine (“Ray had never seen Paris”).:

[EwarWoo]

that's amazing.

[gratziani]

5 MILLION a year as well weren't it , stupid or what

[Bender]

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[dom9]

Cheers Bender!

[Gingawaria]

https://twitter.com/bbcsport_david/s...49347800248320

Well if the bastion of all footballing knowledge Dougie Freedman thinks he's **** then that's good enough for me!

[Bender]

[ame]https://twitter.com/MailSport/status/909110929174024193[/ame]

[Tatterdemalion]

https://twitter.com/bbcsport_david/s...49347800248320

Does sound like De Boer had far too much interference - agreements on the formation? Other than that - who hired him? There's got to be some accountability there.

[Shaggy]

Excellent punditry from the former Villa stopper

[ame]https://twitter.com/ShaunTeale/status/909116523746349056[/ame]

[ChesterDave]

Allegedly not getting a payout. In Unrelated news the local Pets at Home store has sold out of dog treats

[Gingawaria]

Paddy Power were offering odds of 66/1 for Ugo Ehiogu to take over as Birmingham boss. They've taken it down and apologised.

I'm hoping it was just an oversight because otherwise that's awful!

[Bender]

Paddy Power were offering odds of 66/1 for Ugo Ehiogu to take over as Birmingham boss. They've taken it down and apologised.

I'm hoping it was just an oversight because otherwise that's awful!

Oversight my ass...they got the publicty they wanted.....Pathetic from them.

[Yozza]

Strange - considering he survived the racism accusations against him...

Mark Sampson sacked as England women's manager

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/41326806

Mark Sampson has been sacked as England women's manager following evidence of "inappropriate and unacceptable" behaviour with female players in a previous role.

The Football Association says that last week it was made aware of the full details of safeguarding allegations made against Sampson in 2014 relating to his time as Bristol Academy manager.

A 2015 FA assessment found Sampson did not pose a risk.

Sampson was also cleared this year of wrongdoing following discrimination allegations made by England players, including Chelsea and England striker Eniola Aluko.

The 34-year-old Welshman became England head coach in December 2013 after leaving top-flight side Bristol Academy, now renamed Bristol City Women.

The FA statement said: "The full report of that [2014] investigation was only brought to the attention of the current FA leadership last week.

"It is our judgement that it revealed clear evidence of inappropriate and unacceptable behaviour by a coach. It is on this basis that we have acted quickly to agree a termination of Mark's contract."

Women In Sport announced Sampson had been removed as patron of the charity following the FA decision.

'It's a difficult decision'

FA chief executive Martin Glenn, speaking to BBC Sport's Richard Conway

Why have you taken this decision today?

In 2014 there were concerns raised about Mark's time at Bristol Academy. These were investigated by the FA's safeguarding unit and Mark was cleared in terms of his suitability to continue in football in early 2015.

Let's be clear, Mark is not deemed to be a safeguarding threat in football. The problem is that when I read the full report of that just last week, the issue became one of Mark's conduct and it's really around the boundaries between a player and a coach.

On reading that report, I felt that what I saw was incompatible with the standards that we'd expect for someone to work at the FA.

Many people will look at this and perhaps think this is a convenient way to get rid of Mark Sampson given the ongoing scrutiny he is under over Eni Aluko's allegations - what do you say to that?

I can understand why people would say that but they are two very different things.

The concerns Eni Aluko raised were about perceived bullying and perceived racism. We have investigated those properly, there have been two separate investigations actually which have broadly concluded there's no systematic evidence for that.

This is a different issue, this is about his conduct before his time at the FA which we judge just isn't consistent with the standards that an FA employee needs to show.

Is Mark Sampson fit to work as a coach in football generally in your opinion?

Mark Sampson is absolutely clear to work as a coach in football.

But you don't think it's appropriate to work as the England coach when he can work elsewhere?

I think that's for other people to make their mind up. In terms of the standards we set at the FA and what we know about what happened, we are very clear about our decision.

'This situation is a mess'

A spokesman for Bristol Academy said: "In 2014 the club was made aware of the FA's investigation into allegations surrounding Mark Sampson.

"Bristol Academy Women co-operated fully with that investigation, which found that Mark Sampson did not pose a safeguarding risk working in the game. The club has had no further contact from the FA on this subject in the intervening years."

Minister for Sport Tracey Crouch said: "This situation is a mess and raises very serious questions about whether the historic processes that the FA had in place around the recruitment of coaches were appropriate, for something like this to have been missed.

"The FA are right to have taken action but reassurance is needed to make sure this does not happen again at any level of coaching."

Sampson's England side beat Russia 6-0 in a World Cup qualifier on Tuesday and he led the Lionesses to successive semi-finals at major tournaments.

Last year Sampson signed a new contract to remain in charge until 2019. He has had his contract paid up in full by the FA.

[Vermilion]

Pretty much this imo. Not enough evidence to convict from the latest investigation, but enough for those at the FA to get the picture of what went on..


Many people will look at this and perhaps think this is a convenient way to get rid of Mark Sampson given the ongoing scrutiny he is under over Eni Aluko's allegations - what do you say to that?

I can understand why people would say that but they are two very different things.



Don't know what it is about him, but i always looked at him and thought....hmmm something about this guy's demeanour that makes me think he's shady and slippery.