Managerial Merry Go Round

[Badman]

these 'senior players' that snaked need naming and shaming

SMH

[Kuffir]

dem boi pagan

[Heero Yuy]

Vardy one of them apparently 

[Agony]

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"It is a difficult, measured and well thought-out decision and I think I have to be loyal to what I think," said Enrique, who will leave at the end of his contract this summer.

"I would like to thank the club for the confidence they have shown in me. It's been three unforgettable years.

"It's about how I live with my profession, with a never-ending quest for solutions and to improve my team. That means I have very little time to rest, very few hours to disconnect.

"I think it will be good for me at the end of the season, because I need to rest. That's the principle motive.

"The most important thing is we have three exciting months left in all three competitions. In one of them, we are in a difficult situation but if the stars align, we will have a chance to turn it around."

 

[Drift]

McClaren sacked by Derby (for the second time)

[Anderson]

Worst manager. Shit club actually. Got a pretty dead squad bar a few individuals but always seem to be talked about as promotion contenders.

[Heero Yuy]

Dunno how he keeps getting jobs yanno

[Lieutenant]

He's got Man Utd

England

And a league title on his CV.

Goes a long way despite his many failures.

[Zizouz]

nah couple guys have eaten well and or are still eating off of Fergie's success

Carlos Queiroz

Mike Phelan

Meulensteen

must be more

and that's not even mentioning the fact that having played under him, people assume you've learnt something and are good to go for management

none of them learnt a thing lolsmh

[Lieutenant]

Great decision sacking Claudio

[Agony]

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Aitor Karanka: Middlesbrough sack manager after three and half years

 

 

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Karanka secured automatic promotion to the Premier League last season

Middlesbrough have sacked manager Aitor Karanka after three and a half years at the club.

Boro are winless in their last 10 Premier League games and currently sit in the relegation zone, three points from safety with 11 games remaining.

They are also the league's lowest scorers with just 19 goals and were knocked out of the FA Cup by Manchester City last weekend.

Assistant head coach Steve Agnew will take control of the first team.

"This club will always hold a special place for me," said Karanka, 43.

"I'd like to thank Middlesbrough for a wonderful opportunity and the players, staff and all the people at the club who I have worked with."

The former Real Madrid assistant manager took over at the Riverside in November 2013 to become Middlesbrough's first ever non-British boss.

Boro secured automatic promotion to the Premier League last season.

The club met with Karanka and following discussions, Boro said it was in their "best interests" to make the change.

Former Leicester manager Nigel Pearson is the early favourite to succeed Karanka.

Worst attack, top five defence

Boro had a solid start to the season including a 1-1 draw at Manchester City, but their form dipped over the winter and without a win since 17 December, they dropped into the relegation zone on 4 March for the first time.

Karanka has won just 15% of his games in the Premier League, with four wins, 10 draws and 13 defeats. His win rate in the Championship was 52%.

Goals have been hard to come by, despite the £7m signing of Aston Villa striker Rudy Gestede in January and they have scored just three goals in their last 10 league games.

In addition to scoring the fewest goals in the league this season, they have also attempted the fewest shots on target with just 65.

But they do have the joint fifth best defence in the league, better than Arsenal and Liverpool, with only 30 goals conceded.]

They have also conceded 31 fewer goals than Swansea, who are in 16th place.

Boro spent over £20m in the summer, as they brought in midfielder Marten De Roon for £12m, along with wingers Adama Traore for £7m and Viktor Fischer for £3.8m.

They also signed former Manchester City striker Alvaro Negredo on a season-long loan from Spanish side Valencia.

Rows and fall-outs

It was reported that Karanka walked out of the Riverside last March following a row, but returned

This season he criticised over a lack of January signings and also hit out at the fans' behaviour after a 3-1 defeat to West Ham in January, saying the players deserved more respect.

It has also been reported that he had training ground rows with Stewart Downing and then omitted the former England winger and January signing striker Patrick Bamford, from his matchday squad that lost to City on Sunday.

The Boro boss later said he didn't pick the pair because he wanted "18 fighters".

The damning statistics

• Worst shot conversion rate in 2016-17, including blocked shots, of 7.76%.
• Fewest touches inside the opposition box - 392 in 27 games, an average of 14.5 per game.
• Fewest shots from outside the box - 16 in 27 games.
• Scored one goal from outside the box, another Premier League low.
• Created the fewest chances - 173 including assists.

And history is not on their side...

• In 15 of the 25 Premier League seasons since 1992, the lowest scorers have been relegated.
• Since 1992, only 14 other teams have scored 19 goals or fewer after 27 Premier League games. Only five of them have stayed up.

Analysis

BBC Tees Sport journalist Rob Law

The departure of Aitor Karanka won't come as a massive shock to some Boro fans, many of whom have been calling for change for a number of weeks now.

The same can't be said for Karanka, who just last week declared "I'm not a quitter" to the press, as well as suggesting he had the backing of the chairman, Steve Gibson.

However, that's not to say the signs weren't there. Just last week BBC Tees Sport learned of a training ground bust up between Karanka and Stewart Downing, who was frustrated at not being selected for the trip to Stoke.

That was the latest in a long line of fall outs, from criticising the fans to the board and just last weekend Karanka said Downing, and new signing Patrick Bamford, lacked "fight" after leaving them both out of the match-day squad.

Karanka will always be remembered as the manager who got Boro promotion back to the Premier League after seven years in the wilderness.

However in the end it seems Karanka had lost the dressing room, as well as large section of the supporters, and this time the rifts were too big to mend.

 

 

[Drift]

They're saying it was Downing who got Aitor sacked.

These English players are toxic.

[Bruno Di Gradi]

2 hours ago, Iceberg said:

Joe Jordan appointed to Boro coaching staff

You know what comes next...

[Mame Biram Diouf]

Please 

 

Miss Arry

[Incumbent]

[O Fenomeno]

Tony Adams>Granada

??

[Thizz]

What the fuck

[Heero Yuy]

Bauza fired

[Agony]

 

[Posted April 18, 2017]

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