The Managerial Sack Race

[Exiled_red]

He's been a pundit for a couple of years now I think. Don't think much of him I have to say!

I've seen him occasionally, but in the last couple of months he seems to have been everywhere.

He's been doing Scottish football for ages, someone obviously thinks he's worthy of a promotion to proper football.

Despite living in Scotland I don't really bother watching Scottish football

[Rich]

Sutton is just like 99% of other ex-pro pundits, utterly ****e.

[Shaggy]

Moyes gone

[McDermotX]

Moyes gone

#bringhimhome

[Yozza]

Ain't going to happen but a return to Everton would be ****ing hilarious...

[Buzzo]

Moyes and Fat Sam out on the lash later then.

Both canned in the same day despite them both delivering the bare minimum contractual requirement.

[red g]

ti be fair to fat Sam i think getting 8th is pretty good to where they were at. ****e football withstanding.

[Kenneth]

Ignoring where they were when he came in, 8th is roughly the right league position for Everton. Would usually expect to finish 7th above Burnley but hardly a failure on his behalf. And it terms of the quality of football, I haven't seen them play good football for at least a decade.

[Alex]

Think both have been treated harshly. Moyes especially.

That being said, I dislike both of them greatly.

[dww]

Think both have been treated harshly. Moyes especially.

That being said, I dislike both of them greatly.

I tend to think everyone got what they wanted out of both relationships - teams stayed up, managers laundered (or in Sam's case continued to launder) their reputations. Neither of them were good fits for the clubs long term, I think we should remember how rank it felt when Hodgson managed us.

That said West Ham in particular seem to have no plans for what to do. I expect them to lurch into a new disaster next season having burnt though another 'safe pair of hands'. Unless something substantially changes in the way they are run I make them favourites for relegation next season. Like Stoke and Swansea this season they seem like a stale and listless club.

[Alex]

Most people I see tend to acknowledge that Moyes was probably the right fit for West Ham. I take your point on SA at Everton though.

I fear for West Ham. Their owners and board are totally clueless about Modern Football. Karen Brady writing articles in The Sun about their fans surely must be a low point for them now.

[dww]

The West Ham fans I've spoken to haven't taken to Moyes. Some accept that with the current owners he might have been be the best option but he would never have been 'one of them'.

[Alex]

'One of them' and 'The West Ham Way' both things that dont seem to mean anything with regards to West Ham anymore. Bilic was one of them, and he was a bit clueless.

So who do they get after this? Pelligrini is the favourite.

[dww]

It's a difficult one - they have an old, slow squad + a couple of good attacking players. Not clear whether they should have someone to just stabilise the squad (Pulis style) or develop a long term project. They don't seem to have any sort of plan for the latter approach though and the former is unlikely to be popular.

[Buzzo]

Lambert leaves Stoke.

Managerial carnage already.