Bruce Rioch who after his one and only full season at the helm was cruelly jettisoned after missing out on the holy grail of 4th place to Aston Villa on goals scored.
And will happen to the person taking over from Arsene. Always happens after a long term manager leaves a club. Look at United after Ferguson. They will need either a big name manager who will be successful from the start or a Rioch/Moyes type fallguy to come in and do a season before getting a replacement.
Didn’t realise @briantinnion was still supporting Woolwich. Thought he’d throw in the towel after he requested the 2017/18 thread to be locked back at the end of January.
Stayed way too long but he was a great manager. Three titles and seven FA Cups.
That side with Vieira, Petit, Overmars, Henry, Bergkamp, Pires, Anelka etc was incredible at their peak. They drove United to that treble in ‘99 because every game from about February on was must win that season.
Arsenal Fan TV is going to be rubbish now unless they get a Moyes type figure in for next season.
I’d have a lot of time for Claude. Seems a normal decent bloke who wants to see his club do well. Sort of chap you’d chat away to in the pub over pints.
That Ty is an absolute mug. Those daft Arsenal embroidered head phones…! I’m surprised Claude has never strangled him with them yet.
With the financial disparity in the game now, its a much more hierarchical structure, there’s more of a ceiling as to how far you can fall. Back in the day, Man U, Spurs, Leeds and Notts Forest all got relegated shortly after the departure of long standing, successful and dynastic managers like Sir Matt Busby, Bill Nicholson, Don Revie and Brian Clough. Or actually in Forest’s case in Cloughie’s final season. That simply wouldn’t happen now.
Man U have finished 7, 4, 5, 6 and most likely now 2nd in the 5 seasons since Sir Alex departed. Even a club like Everton who’s position in the current order is probably 7th, after a a season of upheaval and turmoil will most likely finish 8th or 9th.
Woolwich finished 5th last season, will most likely finish 6th this season. They’re not going to drop too much lower than what they’ve already fallen. Who knows, they might even get a new manager bounce next season if they make a smart appointment.