The median length of current tenure for an English Football League manager is well under a year again - 308 days, with Pellegrini and Emery nos. 46 and 47.
The Lincolnshire Echo, in classic 'Phil Space' mode, point out that Danny Cowley, appointed in May 2016, is now the 17th longest serving manager in the top four English leagues.
The Lincolnshire Echo, in classic 'Phil Space' mode, point out that Danny Cowley, appointed in May 2016, is now the 17th longest serving manager in the top four English leagues.
I'm not sure non-league should count, Grimsby tried pulling that with Paul Hurst before he moved on to better, and then worse things.
There should be an asterisk there for sure.
Hurst is favourite for the Southend job, apparently.
I'm not sure non-league should count, Grimsby tried pulling that with Paul Hurst before he moved on to better, and then worse things.
There should be an asterisk there for sure.
Hurst is favourite for the Southend job, apparently.
I'd say he is more likely to get the Scunny job at the end of the season. Having said that, if they go down, he won't be interested.
I'm not sure why non-league shouldn't count as part of a managers spell in charge of a club.
Well, the claim was he was Cowley was the 17th longest serving manager in the top four Divisions. It's dubious to count time spent managing outside the top four Divisions towards that, even if it was part of the spell in charge of the same club.
Well, the claim was he was Cowley was the 17th longest serving manager in the top four Divisions. It's dubious to count time spent managing outside the top four Divisions towards that, even if it was part of the spell in charge of the same club.
I disagree. He led them there and was manager of the club prior to that. It's irrelevant whether the spell started outside the top tier.
The bigger question now is not who do hire next as who makes the choice? The backstage Ferdinand/Hoos/Ramsay part has been doing OK. The board, Fenandes et al, who apparently get to choose the manager, not so much. Now Amit Bhatia's back that could change. I sincerely hope so.
John Eustace takes us to the end of the season. I guess if he won six of the eight games remaining he'd be in with a shout, did well with Kidderminster. The board have always gone for bright shiny toys though. Rangel's popular, worth keeping around as a player/coach possibly.
Hardly surprising though, considering Ferdinand and Sherwood worked together at Spurs for nearly six years. On the plus side that friendship should be over some time in November.
Warburton our new manager according to the usual suspects. Eustace stays on too apparently. Could be worse, whether they'll just be next year's sacrificial goats remains to be seen of course.
Not surprising to be fair - if the season was a few weeks longer I think they'd have gone down. They must have been chuffed that Huddersfield and Fulham were so inept.
Not surprising to be fair - if the season was a few weeks longer I think they'd have gone down. They must have been chuffed that Huddersfield and Fulham were so inept.
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