New ex-players (and managers) thread
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City Fan
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Makes it even more ridiculous.
City Fan
Well-Known Member
I’d still prefer Villa down.
H T B
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It is a dilemma
jb5000
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It is possible for them both to go, albeit with an outlandish Bournemouth result
Fox Fan
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Watford SACK manager Nigel Pearson with two games remaining
Sportsmail understands the loss away to West Ham left club officials infuriated and put the manager's job in serious jeopardy and he was relieved of his duties on Sunday afternoon.
Blue Maniac
Alzheimers sufferer
Now that is funny.
Watford SACK manager Nigel Pearson with two games remaining
Sportsmail understands the loss away to West Ham left club officials infuriated and put the manager's job in serious jeopardy and he was relieved of his duties on Sunday afternoon.www.dailymail.co.uk
I'm sure he could get a team out of the championship.
Blaarev
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Depends on which exit door he would be soning for
ThaiSweetChilli
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Have you lost your mind? He has been their saviour.
He has all but rescued them. Another 3 points should do it, but i reckon even 1 might nick it.
If it isn't something he's said then it has to be one of the more unfair sackings in recent times.
He's coached someone else's squad, who after 16 matches looked down and out. Check the table out when he was appointed.
FOX Franks
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Was just looking at that. Of all the watford managers in the current PL stint he’s got the best win ratio. He’s playing with someone else’s team and he’s done a good job with what they have.
Any other season he’d be looking at 12th/13th on form since he joined.
Plus if they do get relegated he would not let them slide as lots of PL clubs do. Madness.
Blue Maniac
Alzheimers sufferer
Don’t get me wrong, I think he’s largely responsible for the fact they even can still stay up, but I get why they’d be concerned with their form since the restart. There are only so many sackings a manager can get on their CV before they start getting emails saying “thanks but no thanks”.
Blue Maniac
Alzheimers sufferer
Also, TSC, your screenshot is just a blur. This is better.
ThaiSweetChilli
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thanks
ThaiSweetChilli
Well-Known Member
I totally disagree. His remit was to keep them up. To sack him with two matches left is ridiculous. I hope they go down, but he's got them three points clear of Villa, so Villa have got work to do to stay up. Someone else's squad, one winter transfer window, erratic owners, downbeat players - I would've given him the job permanently.
His results post-restart aren't important in the bigger picture but they're not bad for a team fighting relegation, W2, D1, L4 - if it were an average over the season they'd be on 38 points and safe.
I hope future clubs can look at the fact that his time with us was very successful and that ended because of a wildcard reason. And his time at Watford was also very successful terminated by what can only be described as a hot-headed lunatic.
Championship
| P | Pld | Pts | |
| 1 | Leicester | 44 | 94 |
| 2 | Leeds Utd | 45 | 90 |
| 3 | Ipswich | 44 | 90 |
| 4 | Southampton | 45 | 84 |
| 5 | Norwich City | 45 | 73 |
| 6 | West Brom | 45 | 72 |
| 7 | Hull City | 45 | 70 |
| 8 | Middlesbro | 45 | 66 |
| 9 | Coventry City | 44 | 64 |
| 10 | Preston | 44 | 63 |
| 11 | Bristol City | 45 | 62 |
| 12 | Cardiff City | 45 | 62 |
| 13 | Swansea City | 45 | 57 |
| 14 | Watford | 45 | 56 |
| 15 | Sunderland | 45 | 56 |
| 16 | Millwall | 45 | 56 |
| 17 | QPR | 45 | 53 |
| 18 | Stoke City | 45 | 53 |
| 19 | Blackburn | 45 | 50 |
| 20 | Sheffield W | 45 | 50 |
| 21 | Plymouth | 45 | 48 |
| 22 | Birmingham | 45 | 47 |
| 23 | Huddersfield | 45 | 45 |
| 24 | Rotherham Utd | 45 | 24 |
