Watford manager to be sacked

Watford are reportedly set to sack manager Alessio Dionisi, with the news emerging while they were still playing Cardiff City!

The Hornets are now heading towards their fifth managerial change of 2026.

Talk sport apparently announced that he is going to be sacked 15 minutes before full time lol has a manager ever been sacked before whilst the game is still being played

Talk sport apparently announced that he is going to be sacked 15 minutes before full time lol has a manager ever been sacked before whilst the game is still being played

I’m sure managers have been the subject of dismissals rubber stamped before a game’s end

It’s the ‘public knowledge’ bit that would frustrate, if he didn’t already know it was going to happen

I guess we’ll all know soon enough

Talk sport apparently announced that he is going to be sacked 15 minutes before full time lol has a manager ever been sacked before whilst the game is still being played

I’m sure managers have been the subject of dismissals rubber stamped before a game’s end

It’s the ‘public knowledge’ bit that would frustrate, if he didn’t already know it was going to happen

I guess we’ll all know soon enough

And there we have it; TalkSPORT doing a Sky Sports and making it up to suit the narrative…

Quote a Watford source: ‘This is at least the third time Talksport have reported an imminent Watford managerial firing that didn't happen’

Watford Observer: ‘Despite reports on Tuesday night that Watford were set to sack their head coach after a 5-1 loss at Cardiff City, there is an understanding that Dionisi retains the backing of the club’s owner, Gino Pozzo.

The club are also understood to recognise that they have been too hasty with managerial decisions in the past, and are therefore keen to give Dionisi more time to turn the club’s fortunes around.

Dionisi will be under no illusions about the need for swift improvement, however, after back-to-back four-goal defeats have left Watford in the relegation zone.’

Watford say head coach Alessio Dionisi will be in charge for Saturday's Championship match at home to Charlton (12:30 BST).

That is despite the Hornets suffering four successive defeats and slipping into the relegation zone.

Watford FC fans have published an open letter declaring their "complete loss of confidence" in the owner of the football club following the team's poor start to the season.

The letter, from The 1881 Movement supporter group and signed by spokesman Roy Moore, criticised decision-making and the "revolving door of managers".

Concerns about performances were echoed by Watford MP Matt Turmaine following the team's 5-1 "thrashing" at Cardiff on Tuesday, with the club's honorary life president, Sir Elton John, also expressing his disappointment after a recent 4-0 loss at home to Burnley.

The club said it had requested a meeting with Moore and that it "shared" Sir Elton's "disappointment" with results.

Twenty-seven managers have been in the role since Gino Pozzo took over the club in 2012.

The team currently sits third from bottom in the Championship.

The fans' letter was addressed to owner Pozzo.

It said: "We the undersigned supporters of Watford Football Club... formally declare our complete loss of confidence in your ownership of this club."

The letter acknowledged that "the successful years under your ownership have not been forgotten", but added: "For too long now Watford has been treated as a revolving door of managers, a testing ground for short-term decisions, and a vehicle for constant upheaval.

"The endless cycle of appointments and dismissals has reduced a once-proud club to a source of ridicule."

The letter also claimed stability and continuity had been "sacrificed" and criticised some of the decisions made about long-serving staff at the club who had now left.

The fans said they wanted to see "greater honesty and transparency", especially since "the club is known to be open to offers of takeover or investment".

Talk sport apparently announced that he is going to be sacked 15 minutes before full time lol has a manager ever been sacked before whilst the game is still being played

I’m sure managers have been the subject of dismissals rubber stamped before a game’s end

It’s the ‘public knowledge’ bit that would frustrate, if he didn’t already know it was going to happen

I guess we’ll all know soon enough

And there we have it; TalkSPORT doing a Sky Sports and making it up to suit the narrative…

Quote a Watford source: ‘This is at least the third time Talksport have reported an imminent Watford managerial firing that didn't happen’

Watford Observer: ‘Despite reports on Tuesday night that Watford were set to sack their head coach after a 5-1 loss at Cardiff City, there is an understanding that Dionisi retains the backing of the club’s owner, Gino Pozzo.

The club are also understood to recognise that they have been too hasty with managerial decisions in the past, and are therefore keen to give Dionisi more time to turn the club’s fortunes around.

Dionisi will be under no illusions about the need for swift improvement, however, after back-to-back four-goal defeats have left Watford in the relegation zone.’

Thanks for the update Chris, just posted what I saw on social media.

I share your opinion that TalkSport are full of shit. Amazed anyone listens to them in 2026.

Talk sport apparently announced that he is going to be sacked 15 minutes before full time lol has a manager ever been sacked before whilst the game is still being played

I’m sure managers have been the subject of dismissals rubber stamped before a game’s end

It’s the ‘public knowledge’ bit that would frustrate, if he didn’t already know it was going to happen

I guess we’ll all know soon enough

And there we have it; TalkSPORT doing a Sky Sports and making it up to suit the narrative…

Quote a Watford source: ‘This is at least the third time Talksport have reported an imminent Watford managerial firing that didn't happen’

Watford Observer: ‘Despite reports on Tuesday night that Watford were set to sack their head coach after a 5-1 loss at Cardiff City, there is an understanding that Dionisi retains the backing of the club’s owner, Gino Pozzo.

The club are also understood to recognise that they have been too hasty with managerial decisions in the past, and are therefore keen to give Dionisi more time to turn the club’s fortunes around.

Dionisi will be under no illusions about the need for swift improvement, however, after back-to-back four-goal defeats have left Watford in the relegation zone.’

Thanks for the update Chris, just posted what I saw on social media.

I share your opinion that TalkSport are full of shit. Amazed anyone listens to them in 2026.

Ned, my point was regarding TalkSPORT claiming he would be sacked before the game had ended. Either they got it wrong, or Watford capitulated. Either way, not a good look