Adrian Goldberg is a journalist and West Bromwich season ticket holder and he takes you inside the football boardroom with Charlie Methven, boyhood Oxford United fan, one time Sunderland director and now an investor in Charlton Athletic.
This week The Sack Race - the whys and wherefores of getting rid of a manager.
Dean Holden of Charlie’s club Charlton became the first EFL manager to lose their job this season before August was even out; Sheffield Wednesday fans are already calling for the head of Xisco Munoz after eight winless games, and one Man United mate told me the other day that Eric Ten Hag will soon be on his way out at Old Trafford after their laboured start.
In the premier League the average managerial tenure is less than two years; a decade ago it was more than three years. The Championship is even more brutal with most bosses getting less tnan a yeat to prove themselves.
But what factors are taken into account before a manager gets the elbow? Who gets to make the call? Is it fans who are impatient? Or owners?
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