When is the best time to sack a manager?
The Athletic FC Podcast
The Athletic
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🗓️ 5 December 2024
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
So far just two Premier League managers have been shown the door this season, with Erik Ten Hag and Steve Cooper having been sacked.
But as we head toward the January transfer market, who else could follow Manchester United and Leicester City’s lead?
And just when is the right time to sack a manager?
Ayo Akinwolere is joined by The Athletic's Stu James and lead writer of The Athletic FC newsletter Phil Hay to discuss the situations around both Julen Lopetegui and Gary O'Neil at West Ham United and Wolves, while Leicester City correspondent Rob Tanner explains Leicester's decision to swap Cooper for Ruud van Nistelrooy.
Host: Ayo Akinwolere
With: Stu James, Phil Hay and Rob Tanner
Executive Producer: Adey Moorhead
Producer: Guy Clarke
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| 1:17.1 | Welcome to The Athletic FC Podcast Network Welcome to the Athletic FC podcast with me, Iyo Akim Molere. |
| 1:21.0 | So far just two Premier League managers have been shown the door this season. |
| 1:24.2 | But as we head toward the January transfer market, |
| 1:29.8 | who else could follow Manchester United and Leicester's lead? And just when is the right time to Saka Manager? With us today, we have the Athletic Stu James, as well as Phil Hay, |
| 1:39.1 | our lead writer for the Athletic FC newsletter. All right, gents, it's been a big week so far in terms of results for the Premier League, especially for a couple of managers under pressure. I'm looking at Lopategia. I'm looking at Gary O'Neill. We'll start with you, Phil. Who are you most worried about? I think both of them, to be frank, and you start to wonder if we might get a hat-trick with Russell Martin at some point too, because they got a real chasing from Chelsea last night. |
| 2:06.7 | And more of the goals that are really unflattering for them, more of the question marks about |
| 2:10.7 | Martin's style, which is admirable in a lot of ways, but it's absolutely not working. |
| 2:15.1 | And these players don't seem good enough to cope with or to make anything of. But to take Lopetegu first, the fact that that's |
| 2:23.3 | reached the level of boardroom discussions at West Ham, going by the piece that David |
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