Daily Mail:DOES SACKING YR MANAGER REALLY WORK DURING

Hughton is the latest boss to go... But does sacking your manager really work during the season?
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By CHRIS WHEELER
Daily Mail.
Monday 7th April 2014.


Chris Hughton’s departure from Norwich has raised the number of Barclays Premier League bosses who have lost their jobs this season to eight, with clubs desperate to preserve their top-flight status and others ruthless in their pursuit of success. As we enter the last month of the campaign, Sportsmail weighs up how many of the changes have paid off so far – and how many have not. viewtopic.php?f=2&t=139375


Chris Hughton, Norwich - April 4
Norwich made the bold decision to axe Hughton and replace him with youth coach Neil Adams after defeat to West Brom left them five points off the relegation zone with just five games remaining – four of them are against Liverpool, Manchester United, Chelsea and Arsenal.
End of the road: Chris Hughton has been sacked by Norwich and replaced by Neil Adams.


" FULHAM "

Rene Meulensteen, Fulham - February 14
Muelensteen’s brief tenure was brought to a messy end by Fulham owner Shahid Khan as Felix Magath was appointed on a 18-month contract, becoming the first German to manage in the Premier League. Magath has since picked up six points from seven games but the club remain in the relegation zone.

' VERDICT: Failure '
Short stay: Rene Meulensteen lasted just three months incharge of Fulham



" CARDIFF CITY "

Malky Mackay, Cardiff - December 27
Mackay was inevitably sacked after a public fallout with controversial owner Vincent Tan. Cardiff were 17th when Ole Gunnar Soskjaer took over but a run of nine defeats from 14 league games has left them second from bottom and deep in trouble.

' VERDICT: Failure '
Time to go: Malky Mackay was sacked by Cardiff, but things have got worse and not better since he left




" TOTTENHAM "

Andre Villas-Boas, Tottenham - December 16
AVB was shown the door after a woeful run of results in the league which included a 6-0 defeat to Man City and 5-0 to Liverpool. Replaced by Tim Sherwood who has suffered similar embarrassing reversals.

' VERDICT: Failure '
Run out of time: Andre Villas-Boas saw his time at Spurs come to an end




" WBA "

Steve Clarke, West Bromwich Albion - December 14
West Brom were two places and two points off the relegation zone when Clarke got the boot and was eventually succeeded by Pepe Mel. Under the Spaniard, Albion are still in 16th but have moved to five points clear of danger with a game in hand over most of their rivals.

' VERDICT: Success '
Poor run: Steve Clarke paid the price for a string of bad results



" FULHAM "

Martin Jol, Fulham - December 1
Jol was sacked after a run of five Premier League defeats in a row and replaced by Muelensteen, who had arrived as head coach three weeks earlier, but the former Manchester United coach only won four of 17 games in charge before he suffered the same fate.

' VERDICT: Failure '
Out of ideas: Martin Jol was sacked after five defeats in a row




" CRYSTAL PALACE "

Ian Holloway, Crystal Palace - October 23
Holloway went by mutual consent after winning just one of his first nine games of the season. Palace were five points adrift of safety at the time but Tony Pulis has almost guaranteed survival and even engineered a win over Chelsea.

' VERDICT: Success '
Not up to it: Ian Holloway admitted he had to leave Palace





" SUNDERLAND "

Paolo Di Canio, Sunderland - September 22
Di Canio’s tempestuous reign came to an end with Sunderland bottom of the table after taking one point from five league games. The cups have provided a welcome distraction under Gus Poyet but Sunderland remain bottom, albeit with three games in hand.

' VERDICT: Failure '


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