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Will Koeman get the boot today?

Sacked today


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We won the FA cup that season mate.

Plus I believe it will be another 4 games before he is sacked as the next 3 games can be termed "expected" losses.

Plus I believe that, when it happens, Unsy and a certain Mr Royle will be appointed as joint caretaker managers initially, and that will be extended until the end of the season after an immediate turnaround in results and performance.

Do you believe in fate?

It's on lads;)

We won the FA Cup after Royle replaced Walker.

The similarities between the Walker tenure and what's going on at the mo, almost mirror each other.

You'd think Kenwright would've recognised this, once bitten and all that
 


Well theres no decent managers available (no Unsworth doesn't count), the new bloke will inherit all the same problems, why would they sack him before the January window? Look at it from their perspective
 
He should have gone after the Brighton game if we were to salvage something from the season. In fact, he probably should have gone before that game. He won't go now for at least 4 matches. We will lose the next 3, possibly even 4 as Watford are a much stronger team than us at the moment.

A draw or defeat at home to Watford will seal his fate IMO, and give the club some time to sort a replacement during the International break. For me, that is too late as the season is over bar the FA Cup. We'll be out of Europe and the league cup and probably bottom of the Premier.

Bringing in somebody completely new to the club at that stage may actually be a bigger mistake than keeping Koeman. The new manager will want to start from scratch and will take a while to get to know the players and the club. Plus he will likely be looking to undo everything Koeman has put in place, which will put back our recovery at least another season or two. There is therefore an argument that, seeing as the season is already over, Koeman should be given further time to try and turn things around. Apart from fear of relegation (which I personally believe we'll avoid comfortably), we have nothing to lose. In fact I think there's more chance of Koeman turning it around than a new guy having an immediate impact.

Given that we've already missed the boat for this season, I'm now thinking we should be giving Koeman until the end of the year to turn it around. Having already played 5 of the top 6 we do have a much easier set of fixtures so a run of 2 or 3 decent results and performances could get the players confidence back. Also more time for the new players to bed in and for Koeman to find a system that works for these players.

If things aren't much better by Christmas, then I'd sack him and appoint Unsy/Royle until end of the season.

I don't think any of the above will happen by the way. Firmly believe he'll go after the Watford game and we'll look to bring somebody new in during the International break. I'm just not convinced that this would work out any better.
 

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