A little harsh. Away from home & down to 10 men. They wont go down & will finish mid table. Dont know what else is to be expected. Have some decent players but they're not spending millions every season and with the emergence of Newcastle and a few others they wont be challenging for the European places.
A little harsh. Away from home & down to 10 men. They wont go down & will finish mid table. Dont know what else is to be expected. Have some decent players but they're not spending millions every season and with the emergence of Newcastle and a few others they wont be challenging for the European places.
Villa have a net spend of 260m in the 4 years since they got promoted. That puts them 7th in the 5 year net spend table even though they've only been in the PL for 4 of those years.
With the money they've spent i think the owners are entitled to expect better than 17th. Whilst i'm sure they don't expect to be challenging for Europe, they'd definitely expect to be doing better than the likes of Brentford, Southampton, Fulham and Bournemouth.
A little harsh. Away from home & down to 10 men. They wont go down & will finish mid table. Dont know what else is to be expected. Have some decent players but they're not spending millions every season and with the emergence of Newcastle and a few others they wont be challenging for the European places.
They could very easily have gone down under Gérrard. They've been dreadful. Can't score and can't keep cleansheets
Just shows the pull of the Premier league when a manager who has won 4 Europa leagues, was manager of PSG as recently as 2018, reached the Champions league semi finals last year, and had his side 7th in La Liga and he leaves for a side 15th in the PL.
I like Rosenior. He comes across as an intelligent thinker about the game and if things work out for him he will still be managing a Championship club next season and the one he left may well still be in League 1.
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With the money they've spent i think the owners are entitled to expect better than 17th. Whilst i'm sure they don't expect to be challenging for Europe, they'd definitely expect to be doing better than the likes of Brentford, Southampton, Fulham and Bournemouth.
The Irish FA has parted company with Northern Ireland manager Ian Baraclough, BBC Sport NI understands.
The decision was taken at a board meeting on Thursday evening.
NI have won just four of their 22 competitive fixtures under Baraclough, who replaced Michael O'Neill at the helm 28 months ago.
He departs after his side avoided relegation to the fourth tier of the Nations League despite losing to Greece last month.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/63344031
Gary Caldwell has been appointed the new Exeter manager. He had a decent L1 season at Wigan, winning the title.
Started the season well with 7 points from 9, including destroying Chelsea. Since then 2 points from 8 games.
Hope they've got the version that did well @ Wigan rather than anywhere else
His career has been disappointing after a good start
Getting into a championship relegation battle is a very tough start in management though.
Hull City have appointed Liam Rosenior as their new head coach on a two-and-a-half-year deal.
The 38-year-old spent five seasons with the Tigers as a player between 2010 and 2015.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/63500291
Wolves have appointed Spaniard Julen Lopetegui as their new manager after he had initially turned them down.
The 56-year-old will take charge on 14 November, with the Premier League pausing for the World Cup.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/63163755