Marked Ox
Level: Mickey Lewis
(351 Apps, 7 Gls)
Bournemouth have sacked Gary O'Neil which appears very harsh considering he kept them up.
General Manager Sack Watch
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Level: Mickey Lewis
Unbelievable. Bournemouth are a tiny club, backed by a rich owner, they’re never going to become an established top half club.
Gary O’Neil got them to 15th. I hope they go down. Twats.
Gary O’Neil got them to 15th. I hope they go down. Twats.
When I saw the breaking news alert I was very surpised!
Cotswolds Cowboy
Level: Chris Maguire
(79 Apps, 22 Gls)
Preposterous
Football is a madhouse
werthersoriginal
Level: James Constable
(280 Apps, 106 Gls)
They must have seen someone better at the disco
So this is where KR is going!
They must have someone ready to appoint.
Unless there was something behind the scenes?
Unless there was something behind the scenes?
The official club announcement says his replacement will be named this afternoon
Victor1986
Level: Andy Crosby
(122 Apps, 13 Gls)
I just do not believe Darren Moore's departure .."is by mutual consent". It will take him a long time to forget the dreadful things posted about him after the first leg defeat at Peterborough.
Andy Stroud
Level: Dave Langan
(136 Apps, 3 Gls)
"It's been a privilege to work with Dunc these last few months and this was a very difficult decision to make," said Forest Green owner Dale Vince.
Sounds like a sacking to me.
Not a great surprise either, he did nothing to improve them during his time in charge
Village-Yellow
Level: Steve Basham
(189 Apps, 51 Gls)
5 year contract terminated after 6 months following 1 win in 18.
If that isn’t a sacking, I don’t know what is.
Marked Ox
Level: Mickey Lewis
(351 Apps, 7 Gls)
Weird timing as well, you'd think they'd have done this earlier in pre-season.
I wonder what protections big Dunc had in his contract - maybe he'll get all the remaining monies like someone else recently..........I think Dale Vince is a bit too savvy for that though.
Village-Yellow
Level: Steve Basham
(189 Apps, 51 Gls)
No doubt a settlement agreement that works well for both parties, and he probably still earned very well out of it for his 6 month tenure.
Birmingham part company with head coach Eustace
Birmingham City part company with head coach John Eustace after 15 months in charge, and with Blues sixth in the Championship.
www.bbc.co.uk
Birmingham sack their manager with them 6th. Rumours are that Wayne Rooney will be given the job.
Mojofilter
Level: Dave Langan
(136 Apps, 3 Gls)
On the face if it, bonkers decision
Foley
Level: Colin Harrington
(260 Apps, 30 Gls)
They want a more well known manager.Birmingham part company with head coach Eustace
Birmingham City part company with head coach John Eustace after 15 months in charge, and with Blues sixth in the Championship.
Birmingham sack their manager with them 6th. Rumours are that Wayne Rooney will be given the job.
The opening post on this thread was about Bournemouth sacking O'Neil. It looked bonkers at the time and still does.
Adam Murray sacked as AFC Fylde manager ( after losing 3-0 to Oxford City)
Andy Stroud
Level: Dave Langan
(136 Apps, 3 Gls)
Birmingham part company with head coach Eustace
Birmingham City part company with head coach John Eustace after 15 months in charge, and with Blues sixth in the Championship.
Birmingham sack their manager with them 6th. Rumours are that Wayne Rooney will be given the job.
They have seriously outperformed expectations so far this season, so don’t understand this at all.
Andy Stroud
Level: Dave Langan
(136 Apps, 3 Gls)
On another note, I see that Bradford sacked Mark Hughes BEFORE they played (and beat) Swindon at the weekend.
Hope they get relegatedBirmingham part company with head coach Eustace
Birmingham City part company with head coach John Eustace after 15 months in charge, and with Blues sixth in the Championship.
Birmingham sack their manager with them 6th. Rumours are that Wayne Rooney will be given the job.
Marked Ox
Level: Mickey Lewis
(351 Apps, 7 Gls)
Timed it to perfection.
They have form - they previously sacked Gary Rowett in mid-December 2016 when they were going well and threatening the playoffs, in order to appoint Gianfranco Zola (seemingly because they wanted a bigger name). He almost took them down the same season!
Some clubs just cannot get out of their own way.
The new owners are linked to Rooney (between the CEO and Rooney's agent) so they always wanted him, but he wasn't available before.
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Rooney according to bbc football gossip has been offered the job, on a salary that’s 3 times greater that eustace was on!, what a daft state of affairs
Seems to.me the really strange thing is that aging rocker Garth Ainsworth still has a job. Hasn't he?
It's such a backwards appointment, though.
At a time when almost all the best young managers in the game are young, smart and got into coaching early after mediocre-to-non-existent playing careers (Eddie Howe, Rob Edwards, Kieran McKenna, Liam Manning etc. etc.), and when the recent crop of high profile England stars have at best done average jobs when they been handed plum management gigs, and at worst fallen on their faces (Gerrard, Lampard, Gary Neville, Sol Campbell etc. etc.)......
......why exactly would you decide to can your promising young manager who's got you overperforming in the Championship in order to bring in the former England hero who's just been fired for under-performance by the mighty D.C. United?!?
