Wolves have sacked Dean Saunders

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Basket case club.

 

Yup

Sums them up perfectly, mate.

 

Re: Yup

Bet Donny fans are pissing themselves!

 

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Might go back........

 

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Another ridiculous decision from a ridiculous club.

 

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That club is in deep ****. Glad that Mick McCarthy is clear of them.

 

To be fair to Wolves on this issue, with the squad they've got I reckon I could have made a better fist of keeping them up than Dean Saunders did.

The barmiest sacking Wolves made was that of Mick McCarthy. They would have had a much better chance of staying in the Premier League with him at the helm, they'd only dropped in to the bottom three for one week with Mick in charge, and even if they were relegated he is the ideal candidate to get them straight back up. They're still reaping the rewards of that ridiculous decision.

 

Quite.

 

You can say the same about Sheff Utd with Danny Wilson. Who sacks their manager with just a few weeks to go when they're safe in a play-off position and still challenging for automatic promotion? A manager with one of the best win percentages of any manager working today. Idiots. They're already suffering from that decision and if there's any justice they'll endure a lesson as harsh as that dished out on Wolves and be nowhere near promotion next season.

 

Wolves... whatever. But Dean Saunders? What exactly has he done as a manager that landed him there? A conference play off semi with Wrexham. Pals with John Ryan, off to Donny in preference to S O'D?? Has nearly a full season to turn things round but doesn't and Donny are relegated. League 1, gets a bit of form out Donny to be in promotion contention by Xmas, then he leaves for Wolves. Donny win promotion anyway without him. Wolves go down with half a premiership team.

At least it's a warning to the rest of us.

 

It used to be that if you wanted to get out of the Championship you needed to appoint Neil Warnock or Dave Bassett. Now the quickest way out of the Championship is to appoint Dean Saunders.

 

Their squad appears to have been their biggest problem

The vast majority were there in the Premiership and didn't appear to have the best approach when it came to the Championship, according to their fans. They've gone ballistic with Jamie O'Hara, as an example, for his 'Loadsamoney' gestures to the supporters at the end of the game at Brighton last Saturday. If the lad actually did that, it's understandable why Saunders failed to a certain extent, assuming O'Hara's attitude is replicated with the rest of the squad.
It makes quite a contrast with the relationship between Barnsley's manager, coaches, players & fans.

 

Re: Their squad appears to have been their biggest problem

4th manager in 15 months.

 

Re: Their squad appears to have been their biggest problem

You're right in all that, but I believe it's the job of the manager to sort that sort of thing out.

Barnsley were a losing team when Flitcroft took over. From a few things that the players have said we weren't anywhere near as harmonious a group of players as we are now. I think that's obvious from both the way the team play together and the way they celebrate together. We're now a winning team. I put that down to David Flitcroft.

When I said that I could have made a better fist of it than Dean Saunders I was being flippant, I couldn't, I'd be a hopeless football manager. But I'm absolutely certain David Flitcroft would have. I think a good manager could have sorted out the problems at Wolves and harnessed the obvious talent the players have.

 

I think you're spot on

I couldn't really understand why they appointed Saunders in the first place, apart from the rumours of him being a close friend of the owner. A strong manager is required there. They also need to show patience, allowing him time to sort out the mess they're in. It may need more than one season, as well.

 

Re: I think you're spot on

Usually i'd be against a quick sacking but I can see why he's been fired. With the squad at his disposal half a season should have been enough to keep them up. Instead they went down with a wimper taking 10 games for his first win and then only winning one of their last six.

 

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He's joined that elite list of managers who are rubbish, but always seem to get jobs - Brian Laws, Gary Megson, Bryan Robson, Michael Appleton...

 

With regards to the sacking of McCarthy I was surprised he lasted as long as he did.

He got them promoted, kept them there for a season then had an escape to rival ours on the final day 2 seasons ago. I remember he'd been under pressure that season and perhaps had gone as far as he could with the combination of his ability and Wolves's budget. I fully expected him and Wolves to part company then - him with high stock as having got them promoted and surviving 2 seasons, them as an attractive proposition as a club to establish themselves like Stoke have.

Why they gave McCarthy another half a season then, with relegation far from a certainty and form poor but not calamitous, sack him with no-one else in the frame as a replacement, I'll never know. It made about as much sense to me as everything they've done since.

Proof at any rate that sacking a boss then promoting his assistant isn't always a successful strategy!