The Manager Sack Race/Merry-go-Round

[Kitsondinho]

He has clearly read Moneyball.....

[No Fixed Abode]

Rafa Benitez to be unveiled as Real Madrid manager tomorrow.

First with the news

[Victor Meldrew]

Rafa Benitez to be unveiled as Real Madrid manager tomorrow.

We would we lost without your input Kes, especially when it is something that has been in the Press for weeks.

[Stranded]

He has clearly read Moneyball.....

Worked for him on a smaller scale in Denmark, where he implemented this stats based system when he took over Fc Midtjylland and they've just won their first league title.

[paultheroyal]

Rafa Benitez to be unveiled as Real Madrid manager tomorrow.

It's no Federici news

[Coppelled_Streets]

Rafa confirmed on a 3 year deal.

[floyd__streete]

The Brentford chairman is a numbers man, he looks at statistics over ability/performance. Its like a real life game of Football Manager. He wants a manager with the right stats, to buy the players he identifies as having the best set of numbers to their name etc.....

And of course it is absolutely his right to employ whomsoever he chooses to do the job. But I'd love it if Warburton went to Rangers, and got and (admittedly huge club) promoted back to the Premier League while Brentford floundered in the Championship

[No Fixed Abode]

Rafa Benitez to be unveiled as Real Madrid manager tomorrow.

We would we lost without your input Kes, especially when it is something that has been in the Press for weeks.

I didn't see anyone else say he was going to be named as RM this morning.......

[ZacNaloen]

I've given up caring which manager Real Madrid sack for failing to win every single trophy each season, tbh

[Sutekh]

Brian McDermott installed as a favourite for the Plymouth Argyle job.

[Mr Optimist]

Brian McDermott installed as a favourite for the Plymouth Argyle job.

Definitely a club with potential and might be a good project for our Brian. Could see him doing well there given a little time. Scope for a couple of promotions there if you can get the ball rolling.

[Coppelled_Streets]

Brian McDermott installed as a favourite for the Plymouth Argyle job.

Surely he can do a lot better than that. If it goes wrong their it wont look to good on his CV.

[Kitsondinho]

Brian McDermott installed as a favourite for the Plymouth Argyle job.

Surely he can do a lot better than that. If it goes wrong their it wont look to good on his CV.

But Brian is God.....he can do no wrong.....

[paultheroyal]

Brian McDermott installed as a favourite for the Plymouth Argyle job.

Club I always manage on football manager. Sleeping giant.

[Royal Rother]

The Brentford chairman is a numbers man, he looks at statistics over ability/performance. Its like a real life game of Football Manager. He wants a manager with the right stats, to buy the players he identifies as having the best set of numbers to their name etc.....

And of course it is absolutely his right to employ whomsoever he chooses to do the job. But I'd love it if Warburton went to Rangers, and got and (admittedly huge club) promoted back to the Premier League while Brentford floundered in the Championship

It'd be even better if Rangers got releagated and Brentford promoted.

[Royal Ginger]

What the actual f*ck are Brentford doing sacking off Warburton - under whom they have been consistently succesful - with a foreign manager when they're in the Championship FFS? You can understand foreign managers in the Premier League to an extent (its a gloabl league, the Championship isn't. Although isn't it nice to see an english manager such as Monk perform at least as well as - for example and given respective budgets - Pochettino?) but in the english second tier? Utterly pretentious nonsense, hope they struggle next season.

In other news, Nigel Adkins will be getting the Sheff U job. Sliding down the divisions isn't he, Brendan Rodgers will be next one on that downward spiral.

The Brentford chairman is a numbers man, he looks at statistics over ability/performance. Its like a real life game of Football Manager. He wants a manager with the right stats, to buy the players he identifies as having the best set of numbers to their name etc.....

This model has been proven to work in American sports. There's a whole film about how Billy Beane did it at the Oakland A's in the MLB. They're having a crap season this year, but have taken themselves from the second lowest spending team coming last year on year to being perpetual contenders with no change in the finances.

[Winston Smith]

What the actual f*ck are Brentford doing sacking off Warburton - under whom they have been consistently succesful - with a foreign manager when they're in the Championship FFS? You can understand foreign managers in the Premier League to an extent (its a gloabl league, the Championship isn't. Although isn't it nice to see an english manager such as Monk perform at least as well as - for example and given respective budgets - Pochettino?) but in the english second tier? Utterly pretentious nonsense, hope they struggle next season.

In other news, Nigel Adkins will be getting the Sheff U job. Sliding down the divisions isn't he, Brendan Rodgers will be next one on that downward spiral.

The Brentford chairman is a numbers man, he looks at statistics over ability/performance. Its like a real life game of Football Manager. He wants a manager with the right stats, to buy the players he identifies as having the best set of numbers to their name etc.....

This model has been proven to work in American sports. There's a whole film about how Billy Beane did it at the Oakland A's in the MLB. They're having a crap season this year, but have taken themselves from the second lowest spending team coming last year on year to being perpetual contenders with no change in the finances.

Good research. You should write a book or make a documentary on it or summat

[Kitsondinho]

Call it Balls to Money......

[RG30]

Slaven Bilic is the new West Ham manager. First competitive fixture in 23 days

[Winston Smith]

I like how he only played for them for 18 months where they were almost relegated and I dont remember him being anything sensational, yet in the last few years he has taken on the aura of some kind of West Ham legend.