WORLD CUP .......

[AngelBlue]

Oh dear...Hull city have sacked their manager !

[Sir Neil]

Originally Posted by AngelBlue

...and this is why I feel it's maybe a bit unfair on the team that played well all year to come 3rd on merit only to perhaps not go through.
( And I'm not saying that because it's Leeds. I've been saying it for years regardless of whoever it is )

They know the rules at the outset of the season. 1 and 2 go up automatically. 3 - 6 contest the play offs at the end. The reason that 3rd place doesn’t go up automatically is because they aren’t quite good enough to finish 1st or 2nd.

And I know all about finishing 3rd. In 2012-13, my Watford team played great football, but finished 3rd because we were inconsistent in the opening months of the season, and poor during the March of that year. (We lost the final to Crystal Palace, but the semi final gave us the most memorable moment in the club’s history).

In 2005-06 we also finished 3rd, which was a surprise, but didn't go up automatically because we dropped 7 points to the top 2 (and also because Reading were ultra consistent that season). We did however, win the play-offs mainly because we embraced their knock-out competition nature. We relished them and approached games really positively.

[AngelBlue]

Yes and I know you're right Sir Neil.
In general , maybe third place teams are quite adrift with the points, but this has not been the case this season , certainly in the top 2 leagues. In fact it couldn't have been much closer .
Arsenal , Liverpool, and Man City have wowed us all season ( although of course they don't get promoted) , and it came down to the very last game of the season between Ipswich and Leeds to see who went second, that's how close it was .

While we are on the subject though , do you think the same thing should apply in premier league with the bottom teams doomed for relegation ?
As in the bottom 2 go down and the 4 above have play offs too ?
Was only a thought.

I suppose I'm a bit old school and remember footy back in the days before the play offs !

[AngelBlue]

Sorry. Double post.

[Redchic12]

Nice win for Botussia Dortmund against PSG. Klopp will be happy I’m sure.
Apparently PSG were horrific. Haven’t seen the game yet.

[AngelBlue]

...So . "It's all in the ball" for the Euros !
Anyone can join , and I'll leave it open till the end of may.
It's just some footy fun, and no one needs to do anything ...I do all the "behind the scenes" work..
Good grief .
It's like pulling teeth.
Anyone would think I'm asking you to sell your soul to the devil LOL ...

[AngelBlue]

....And while we're on the subject, which we're not...
But we are now LOL...
Football managers.
Let's talk about them, and more specifically when they keep getting sacking after 2 games without a win.
Ok, a bit dramatic but not far from the truth these days.
Hull City have just sacked manager Liam Rosenior because he didn't get them into the plays offs .
They were right up there, and again, it was so close that it came right down to the very last game to decide who coveted that 6th spot.
DOWN TO ONE GAME !!!
I swear if this was medieval times they would have dunked him in the duck pond to see if he was a witch !
I mean come on .
Did he really do THAT bad of a job ?
Also, and as I keep saying, can ALL the blame be put on the manager ?
I think some of the onus should be on the players . After all, it's them on the pitch and not the manager.

But here's the thing.
In Rosenior's case he actually played for Hull for 5 years between 2010 and 2015..
And he became manager for them in November 2022 on a two and a half year deal...
So pardon me for being thick, but surely that means he's still got a full year ( until next may ) of his deal left ?
So how can they sack him ?

Just little details that keep me awake at night.
Little titbits to ponder over.