Problem is whoever owns a football club has the authority to do what they want with their business. You could just say fair enough.
The other problem is that the guys in charge probably, in a few notable cases, dont know enough about football and can't see the bigger picture of the decision to relieve a man of his duties when from the fans and pundits perspective it appears to be unjustified for obvious reasons why.
Would be better to change business laws of running a football club with the following.
1. Every club has to employ a small board of 5 highly regarded loyal FANS of the club.
2. The chairman or whoever authorises the decision for a sacking has to pass the idea onto the 5 or so fans for them to either collectively decline or agree on, which could mirror say, when the president of the U.S has to pass a law through congress.
3. The fans contracts cannot be terminated by the owners.
4. The fans must have a highly in depth knowledge of football and proof of genuine care of the club (obviously). With a lot of other things and laws about their role at the club to keep things in tact.
My idea has too many holes in it for it to be taken seriously but I think something along these lines should be done in order for the protection of football itself as the sackings in the premier league this season have just been f""king ridiculous.
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You'd think though that most owners would look at those clubs at the other end of the division and note that Ferguson and Wenger have been at Man U and Arsenal for quite a few years. Everton have retained Moyes and the continuity and stability he offers has kept them competitive albeit only on a once in every two seasons basis while statistically most clubs that sack their manager actually get worse not better.
"Dr Sue Bridgewater of the Warwick Business School, who works with the League Managers’ Association, said research indicates there is often an immediate upturn in results but that usually lasts no more than a dozen games and the team frequently then perform worse than before the management change."
Interesting trend though
That would be a fascinating idea, though I suppose nearly every club in the bottom half of each division would swap managers in January.
Not sure it would work..whilst some see to be dumped in a harsh way there are others who do deserve to be sacked.
ofcourse it seems many boards don't get the right appointment in the first place.
There are a number of boards that might have sacked Powell this season and that would have been a bonkers move. But thankfully our board have been fairly level headed so far and had they done it it would have been post millwall when most people had the hump. But despite the numerous unfounded whispering on here I'm pretty convinced Powell will last the season out...
They probably didn't make their money by democratically listening to others and cant see anyone other than genuine fans of clubs (which seem increasingly rare) adopting such a system without it merely being lip service and flimsy appeasement of the fanbase.
Also i think it all comes down to money nowdays. I dont think that our board and probably many outside the huge clubs at the top of the premiership have done a great deal wrong other than not have the requisite funds to finance the clubs they have taken on. Us for example...I dont think many of us had much if any criticism for the new owners and what we saw on the pitch until it became apparent they dont have a pot to piss in since the money disappeared in the summer. Everything negative,or perceived as negative since is just compounded by that fact.
Jim Davidson and Michael Grade could take over tomorrow but if they didnt have the substantial money to service the debt and spend on proving the players i doubt much if anything would change on the pitch.
I think the one thing that has stopped thermos flasks flying at the board room windows at our place is the fact that the board have had the nous not to sack Powell as they probably know in a pretty bleak period that his appointment and continued presence is one of the very few things that has appeased fans enough to keep us from venting beyond message boards. Very shrewd appointment. If he gets sacked or walks I expect the board realise they would be vulnerable to much more voiciferous criticism.
The others have been fired when their teams look doomed
McDermott (maybe) but look where they are