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As much as we all like to say that managers have a tough old job, it's very funny when they make a complete mess of it and end up getting shown the door. Given the elbow. The old heave-ho. Binned off. Relieved of their duties. Parted by mutual consent. Whatever you call it, no Premier League boss is ever very far away from the dreaded Sack. Maybe you're in charge of a big club who've spent a billion quid on a load of shite and you're miles off your chairman's completely realistic expectation of going 38-0-0. Maybe you're down at the pointy end of the table frantically trying to find some combination of 18 year old Chelsea loanees that will scrape together enough points to stop the EFL Reaper (whos just Neil Warnock) from tapping at the window of your office every morning and pointing at a fixture list with 800 matches on it. Doesn't matter. Chairmen are useless, fans are fickle bastards who only remember the last result and at any moment it could be all over. With that in mind we're going to be having a bit of a contest this season, which might last for a couple of months or a couple of days depending on what mood the chairmen are in. It's the  Jizz Hornkamp Premier League Sack Race 2021/22THE RULES The rules are straightforward enough. Simply pick which of the 20 Premier League managers currently gainfully employed will be the first one to get the boot this season. As a refresher, those managers are: Arsenal - Mikel Arteta Aston Villa -Dean Smith Brentford - Thomas Frank Brighton & Hove Albion - Graham Potter Burnley - Sean Dyche Chelsea - Thomas Tuchel Crystal Palace - Patrick Vieira Everton - Rafael Benítez Leeds United - Marcelo Bielsa Leicester City - Brendan Rodgers Liverpool - Jürgen Klopp Manchester City - Pep Guardiola Manchester United - Ole Gunnar Solskjær Newcastle United - Steve Bruce Norwich City - Daniel Farke Southampton - Ralph Hasenhüttl Tottenham Hotspur - Nuno Espírito Santo Watford - Xisco Muñoz West Ham United - David Moyes Wolverhampton Wanderers - Bruno Lage For the purposes of this contest and because of the weaselly way clubs like to announce this stuff a 'sacking' consitutes either an outright removal from the position, a stepping down, a resignation, a parting by mutual consent etc. I'm also inclined to include leaving a club for a bigger job in another league but will leave that up to the thread to decide whether they want to allow this. Just pick who's gonna get sacked first. You could literally pick any of them because clubs make stupid decisions all the time. A dead cert sacking candidate might cling on for months because the owners We're gonna be working with a provisional limit of 10 posters per manager. If you want to pick your fave you'd better be fast. If you're too slow and your gaffer is already fully loaded with posters desperate for him to lose his livelhood you'll have to root for someone else. DID YOU SAY PRIZES GET ON WITH IT The 10 posters who successfully guess the unlucky winner will be getting this beautiful bespoke gangtag from our very own Bogan Krkic. Maybe I'll chuck in some forum upgrades as well if I can figure out the buttons.  Look at their little sad faces. It's loving brilliant. If somehow the first manager sacked is someone nobody picked I guess we'll roll it over or something idk Once you've made your picks feel free to post your reasonings, try and persuade other posters and wildly speculate on the actions and motivations of billionaire owners who probably don't give it a moment's thought. Good luck, get picking, and may the worst man win. 
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Arsenal - Mikel Arteta (NO MORE SPACES) - Jose - Blasmeister - Akbar - Reprisal - Concerned Citizen - paddyboat - Flayer - V. Illych L. - Cup of Hemlock - Dressed For Chess Aston Villa -Dean Smith - Shrapnig - JunkDeluxe Brentford - Thomas Frank Brighton & Hove Albion - Graham Potter - CyberPingu Burnley - Sean Dyche - Tortilla Maker - the sex ghost - ItohRespectArmy - psyer - ZeeBoi Chelsea - Thomas Tuchel - shut up blegum Crystal Palace - Patrick Vieira - NinpoEspiritoSanto - trem_two - McFlurry Fan #1 - Myssu - emjayo - blue footed boobie - webmeister Everton - Rafael Benítez Leeds United - Marcelo Bielsa - Eau de MacGowan - hello i am phone Leicester City - Brendan Rodgers Liverpool - Jürgen Klopp - FullLeatherJacket Manchester City - Pep Guardiola - Barry Shitpeas - Grimble Manchester United - Ole Gunnar Solskjær Newcastle United - Steve Bruce - KYOON GRIFFEY JR - Tortuga Norwich City - Daniel Farke - Total Meatlove Southampton - Ralph Hasenhüttl - JingleBells - Bogan Krkic - Mickolution - Gigi Galli - ozmunkeh Tottenham Hotspur - Nuno Espírito Santo Watford - Xisco Muñoz - Literally Lewis Hamilton - sticksy - Vyelkin - Backdoor Delivery - Sphyre - UnderFreddy - Mr Snips - King of False Promises West Ham United - David Moyes - Belgend Wolverhampton Wanderers - Bruno Lage the sex ghost fucked around with this message at 21:30 on Sep 21, 2021 |
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Aug 16, 2021 22:24
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My pick for this sack race will be David Moyes. I will not elaborate
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Aug 16, 2021 22:27
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Vieira is my pick
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Aug 16, 2021 22:30
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arteta
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Aug 16, 2021 22:33
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Ralph Hasenhüttl
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Aug 16, 2021 22:45
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Vieira
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Aug 16, 2021 22:47
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Pep
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Aug 16, 2021 22:48
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Xisco at Watford will be the first to go, bank it
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Aug 16, 2021 23:42
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Arteta
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Aug 17, 2021 01:11
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Easy. Sean Dyche
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Aug 17, 2021 01:30
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Top, top OP. My heart and love of Arsenal meltdowns says Arteta, but I'll go with Xisco at Watford - they love a good midseason sacking, several even.
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Aug 17, 2021 03:36
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Bielsa's overdue a meltdown/mutual consenting
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Aug 17, 2021 04:17
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Xisco seems like the obvious pick but I think Hassenhuttl is gonna manage another 9-0 as Southampton finally go down, so he's my choice
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Aug 17, 2021 06:24
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Tortilla Maker posted:Easy. Sean Dyche This would be my choice I think. Just swerved relegation last year and signed no-one in the pre season. Think dyche is finding wins harder to come by and other teams have figured them out - wouldn't be surprised to see the chairman getting rid if they lose another few games in a row. I do not have the ear of the board at Burnley though so could go either way
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Aug 17, 2021 07:18
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Viera will be out first to get in whichever of the British managers luncheon club fancies it. Arteta probably goes at the end of the season.
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Aug 17, 2021 08:00
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I'm going with Arteta
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Aug 17, 2021 08:15
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Graham Potter for me
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Aug 17, 2021 08:24
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It has to be Vieira. Palace love to abandon an ambitious project for an established clogger at the first hurdle.
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Aug 17, 2021 10:43
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I say Xisco, Watford sack their manager like three times a season.
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Aug 17, 2021 14:10
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Dean Smith.
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Aug 17, 2021 14:41
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I was going to say Viera, but Southampton's fixtures are pretty tough, so I'll say Hasenhuttl.
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Aug 17, 2021 14:46
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Jurgen Klopp Go big or nach Hause gehen
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Aug 17, 2021 15:05
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Based on how dire Southampton were last season and a lack of transfer news I’ll say Ralph Hasenhüttl as well.
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Aug 17, 2021 21:59
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Close call, I’ll go with Arteta
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Aug 17, 2021 22:18
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So I went with Vieira because it's a big step up for him from his previous management challenges, particularly so with pretty much all Palace's experience going out the door along with Hodgson. I can absolutely see Parish sacking him the nanosecond it feels like they're headed for a relegation fight.
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Aug 17, 2021 22:42
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arteta
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Aug 17, 2021 23:06
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Southampton haven't bought anyone yet to replace Danny Ings aka 90% of their goals have they?
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Aug 17, 2021 23:12
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what's the temperature like on Ole's fancy recaro seat. Is it league or bust this season with sancho and varane or will he get time if they slow down during the season or get dumped out of a cup early. Obviously the 5-1 win last saturday probably helps but i dont really know what the expectation is over there
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the sex ghost posted:what's the temperature like on Ole's fancy recaro seat. Is it league or bust this season with sancho and varane or will he get time if they slow down during the season or get dumped out of a cup early. Obviously the 5-1 win last saturday probably helps but i dont really know what the expectation is over there Expected to challenge, absolutely not a disaster if we match last season/close the gap on first place. Fans will be agitating if there's another potless season (I won't be one of them but I'd consider that a disappointing season and pressure on him to produce next season from a fan perspective). So long as Ole's securing CL football the Glazers won't touch him, he won't be allowed to go backwards if it affects the bottom line. These signings are with the aim of keeping United in a stronger position to stay in the top four spots, anything else beyond that is on Ole. He wants to win trophies I have no doubt, however if that was the Glazers real intent then we'd have addressed the McFred issue as well as securing the Varane and Sancho transfers. They have however also realised that you still have to properly invest in the squad to stay in those champions league spots because all the other teams around you will spend to get in there and you can easily end up going without for a number of seasons as United did post Ferguson. e: tbh I'd say he's one of the safest managers on the list alongside klopp NinpoEspiritoSanto fucked around with this message at 23:33 on Aug 17, 2021 |
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i went with arteta mostly because arsenal's next 2 matches are chelsea and city lol
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Aug 17, 2021 23:27
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The Ings thing intrigued me so looked up some Advanced Stats:
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Aug 17, 2021 23:50
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Put me down for a Hasenhuttl, please. Weren’t Southampton in a Europa league spot at Christmas before completely making GBS threads the bed in the second half of last season? If it wasn’t for that crazy purple patch they’d have been relegated in March.
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Aug 17, 2021 23:58
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Jose posted:i went with arteta mostly because arsenal's next 2 matches are chelsea and city lol 2 points out of the first six games and then a sack if you ask me
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Aug 18, 2021 01:07
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micky farteta
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Aug 18, 2021 02:35
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Vieira. Got a feeling Arteta will hold on for grim death.
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Aug 18, 2021 05:14
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sticksy posted:Southampton haven't bought anyone yet to replace Danny Ings aka 90% of their goals have they? They bought Adam Armstrong from Blackburn who is decent but not a proven prem striker - as Che Adams was at the time.
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Aug 18, 2021 08:15
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Mikel Arteta He's clearly out of his depth. He's putting out Wenger era League-Cup-3rd-round-against-Scunthorpe teams and expecting results.
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Aug 18, 2021 11:39
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The bald fraud
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My vote goes to Bielsa leaving because someone cut the training field grass 2mm too short.
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