Sometimes I wonder... if Alan Curbishley's period at the club were happening today, with how much football has changed and all the money in the Premier League, would he have survived the sack when we were relegated in our first top-flight season?
Possibly not, though a few clubs have stuck by managers after relegation and we were “well run” at the time so might have.
I think the Powell promotion season wouldn’t have happened because he wouldn’t have survived the year before in the modern game. We even saw it this season how quickly fans jumped on the sack the manager bandwagon. It’s the modern world, no one has any patience because we are used to having everything so quickly
A bit harsh sacking him after they had lost to Liverpool & Man City ! Were they expecting wins from those 2 games ?
I've said it before on this thread but teams rarely seem to sack managers before tough games. It wouldn't make a lot of sense to bring a new manager in knowing they had those 2 games (and 2 likely defeats) next. Now Potter comes in and after the cup this weekend his first 2 league game are Fulham and Palace both at home, so they're much more likely to get a new manager bounce.
I wonder how long Sullivan will keep control at West Ham before selling the whole club to Daniel Kretinsky. Feels like an incredibly disjointedly run club , not even as if they bring through as many academy prospects as they used to. Tough job for Potter
Multiple sources, including Football League World and talkSPORT, claim the 42-year-old will step away from his role at Kenilworth Road by mutual consent following a difficult campaign in the Championship so far.
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Potter confirmed at West Ham