Dyche sacked

[whelk]

Didn’t see that coming

[Lighthouse]

Must have Joe Root already lined up.

[HarvSFC]

Dyche was their survival card. That's them gone ffs, they had one job.

[Lee On Solent Saint]

Mental

[S-Clarke]

The owners are obviously putting everything on the hope of a 'new manager bounce'.

Not sure this is going to make much difference tbh. If anything they have less chance now in my eyes, lucky days for Everton.

 

Edited 15 April, 2022 by S-Clarke

[Whitey Grandad]

Unbelievable 

[beatlesaint]

With 8 games left? That’s bizarre. Player power maybe?

[jawillwill]

Shame. Really wanted Everton to go down. 

[Lee On Solent Saint]

8 minutes ago, S-Clarke said:

The owners are obviously putting everything on the hope of a 'new manager bounce'.

Not sure this is going to make much difference tbh. If anything they have less chance now in my eyes, lucky days for Everton.

 

They looked a shadow of the team that beat Everton when they played Norwich. Really thought after that win the momentum was going to be with them. Not really sure who out there that they will turn too. Not Big Sam, surely?

[cloggy saint]

Ludicrous.

[TWar]

Dreadful decision. He's one of the best managers in the league for constant overperformance of spending. 

[CB Fry]

Massive news for the "we are always the first opponents for a team with a new manager" brigade.

It's always us. Always always always.

[SW5 SAINT]

They must have big Sam or something lined up. Perhaps he will take charge at wham on Saturday rather than us next Thursday…….😬

[Sarnia Cherie]

The cut throat world of PL managers. 10 years Dyche has been at Burnley with never much, if any, money to spend to strengthen a small and mediocre squad. Many managers would have jumped ship years ago but Dyche has stuck at it, keeping Burnley in the PL by the skin of his teeth and this is the thanks he gets. Taxi for Big Sam!!

[Dr Who?]

Now watch Burnley drift off into nowhere land.

Expectations! 

[Dr Who?]

5 minutes ago, Sarnia Cherie said:

The cut throat world of PL managers. 10 years Dyche has been at Burnley with never much, if any, money to spend to strengthen a small and mediocre squad. Many managers would have jumped ship years ago but Dyche has stuck at it, keeping Burnley in the PL by the skin of his teeth and this is the thanks he gets. Taxi for Big Sam!!

Yep we are just above this and banging on about our manager, who is pretty much doing things the right way with very little money. Our style of football is the correct way and nice on the eye. 

 

[Colinjb]

There must have a been a falling out, the only way I can make sense of that. 

[LiberalCommunist]

Utterly bewildering decision. Especially because they have two very winnable  games in the next seven days.

[Micky]

Simon Jordan already lining him up to replace Ralph at Saints...!

 

Edited 15 April, 2022 by Micky

[Uncle Albert]

Utterly stupid decision on the face of it, so shortsighted.

I’m going to miss those soothing tones that could only come from years of chewing on gravel and washing it down with a pint of special brew.

[Jimmy_D]

Seems like a very short sighted decision, feels like this probably reduces their chances of staying up.

[FarehamSaintJames]

Simon Jordan does talk utter shit though. He’s up there with Paul Merson as one of the worst pundits out there.

Burnley clearly banking on the new manager bounce, can’t see it myself. Would find it quite funny though if they got Rafa in until the end of the season and he kept them up relegating Everton in the process 😂

[cloggy saint]

Apparently it wasn't a sacking, just a special football operation.

[qwertyell]

3 hours ago, LiberalCommunist said:

Utterly bewildering decision. Especially because they have two very winnable  games in the next seven days.

Gambling on the new manager bounce, I guess. Two wins could be all they need - Everton aren't picking up many more points.

[John Boy Saint]

I think pretty much everyone outside the Burnley boardroom thinks that this is insanity. His football might be a bit industrial but I know who I would like alongside me in a fight.

Lampard will probably sleep better tonight.

[DT]

3 hours ago, Micky said:

Simon Jordan already lining him up to replace Ralph at Saints...!

 

We could actually do a lot worse

[LiberalCommunist]

I don't think he'd like our defence much......

[DT]

Just now, LiberalCommunist said:

I don't think he'd like our defence much......

I don’t like our defence much

[Kenilworthy]

That puts Ralph quite high up the list of longest serving PL managers - possibly 3rd after Klopp and Guardiola?

[Whitey Grandad]

52 minutes ago, DT said:

We could actually do a lot worse

We already have.

[kwsaint]

Madness. Thats them gone. Burnley are in big trouble as the new owners saddled them with loads of debt as part of the takeover.

[whelk]

2 minutes ago, kwsaint said:

Madness. Thats them gone. Burnley are in big trouble as the new owners saddled them with loads of debt as part of the takeover.

See Bolton or Charlton for how this turns out

[rooney]

He should get another job soon with someone who can appreciate him.

[Give it to Ron]

4 minutes ago, rooney said:

He should get another job soon with someone who can appreciate him.

I can see him taking over from Roy at Watford 

[Suhari]

That is serious mental.

Who do they get to try and keep them up?

Surely it's too late for the Fat Sam Siren!

That club is fucked.

[The Kraken]

1 minute ago, Give it to Ron said:

I can see him taking over from Roy at Watford 

Not a bad shout.  Watford old boy with Malay McKay, closer to home for him. However, given how long he’s been in the Prem for, he may be looking for a step up. Watford are always going to struggle to stay up, so it’s like for like really.

IMO he’d have been decent for Everton, but Lampard got that and despite doing a poor job he won’t get ousted from that just yet. There’s not really any other stand out Premier League clubs that would go for him. So, it’s either go for a job in the summer, or wait until the inevitable round of Premier League sackings next season and hope for something from that.

[CB Fry]

10 minutes ago, The Kraken said:

So, it’s either go for a job in the summer, or wait until the inevitable round of Premier League sackings next season and hope for something from that.

Bournemouth manager by Halloween.

[JRM]

17 minutes ago, Suhari said:

That is serious mental.

Who do they get to try and keep them up?

Surely it's too late for the Fat Sam Siren!

That club is fucked.

Agree I think it was already likely but that's the bottom 3 down in my opinion. 

[TWar]

31 minutes ago, Give it to Ron said:

I can see him taking over from Roy at Watford 

Good shout that. Would fit well.

[Dr Who?]

6 hours ago, LiberalCommunist said:

Utterly bewildering decision. Especially because they have two very winnable  games in the next seven days.

Which is the main thinking up here when I say a lot of people want Ralf out. They look at me like I’m a little crazy. 

[HarvSFC]

Dyche was the original sackee by the Pozzos at Watford, replaced by Zola. As the old saying goes, you're never more than six feet away from a former Watford manager and they did reappoint Sanchez Flores, so they could do it again, I suppose.

[david in sweden]

1 hour ago, Give it to Ron said:

I can see him taking over from Roy at Watford 

He's a Northern fella.   Watford is about as far south as he'd want to move. 

[The Kraken]

13 minutes ago, david in sweden said:

He's a Northern fella.   Watford is about as far south as he'd want to move. 

No he isn’t.

He lives somewhere near Northampton. He hasn’t even moved to Burnley, he shared a flat up there with Ian Woan and comes back to the family home.

[Matthew Le God]

33 minutes ago, david in sweden said:

He's a Northern fella.   Watford is about as far south as he'd want to move. 

Not particularly Northern. He was born in Kettering in the East Midlands and played for Watford, Bristol City, Northampton, Luton and previously managed Watford.

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[The Cat]

Why would anyone want to manage Watford? They are one of the most mental clubs in the top 4 divisions. 

Even managers who are doing well get kicked out.

[Matthew Le God]

19 minutes ago, The Cat said:

Why would anyone want to manage Watford? They are one of the most mental clubs in the top 4 divisions. 

Even managers who are doing well get kicked out.

Easy payday when sacked after 3 months.

[The Cat]

13 minutes ago, Matthew Le God said:

Easy payday when sacked after 3 months.

Fair point. I wonder how much compensation they have paid out to managers over the last 5 seasons or so.

[The Kraken]

22 minutes ago, The Cat said:

Fair point. I wonder how much compensation they have paid out to managers over the last 5 seasons or so.

I was thinking this, and I can only imagine they build in some fairly high achievement benchmarks to the management contracts that allow them to get rid without paying out contracts in full. If not, half their revenues must disappear on payoffs.

[le_tiss]

17 hours ago, Give it to Ron said:

I can see him taking over from Roy at Watford 

 

I can't 

 He has always said he doesn't want to work under a DoF type of Club - that's what Watford are 🤷‍♂️

 

 

17 hours ago, The Kraken said:

Not a bad shout.  Watford old boy with Malay McKay, closer to home for him. However, given how long he’s been in the Prem for, he may be looking for a step up. Watford are always going to struggle to stay up, so it’s like for like really.

IMO he’d have been decent for Everton, but Lampard got that and despite doing a poor job he won’t get ousted from that just yet. There’s not really any other stand out Premier League clubs that would go for him. So, it’s either go for a job in the summer, or wait until the inevitable round of Premier League sackings next season and hope for something from that.

 

 

Everton or Newcastle would have been a great job for him

Edited 16 April, 2022 by le_tiss