Changed 6 Managers, Watford Can’t Print Clean Sheets

DBasia.news – Previously in Serie A there was Supremo or the figure of the president of the club who was known to easily fire coaches. He is Maurizio Zamparini who was President of Palermo in 2002-2017 and 2017-2018.

His ease of firing coaches is well known in Italy and made him famous for it. In the era of modern football, this status is now owned by Watford President, Gino Pozzo. Uniquely he also comes from Italy.

Watford have struggled this season to move away from the relegation zone and Pozzo has already appointed the manager six times. The latest to be appointed is Roy Hodgson, who has declared his retirement after coaching Crystal Palace.

Hodgson replaced Claudio Ranieri after the club struggled to perform well in the middle of the 2021-2022 season. Hodgson will be at stake for Pozzo in his sixth manager Watford since he last kept clean sheets.

When did Watford last keep a clean sheet? It happened in 2020 when Watford beat Liverpool 3-0, the first defeat for the Reds and then Premier League champions in 30 years.

Liverpool were 44 league games unbeaten then and looked to Arsenal’s Invincibles record, but Nigel Pearson’s Watford were able to deliver a surprise. Pearson was considered Watford’s savior at the time and the right manager.

But Pearson was sacked after reportedly arguing with Gino Pozzo, even though the league only has two games left. Hayden Mullins became interim manager and was replaced by Vladimir Ivic in August 2020 who coached for four months.

Xisco Munoz comes in as Pozzo’s fifth manager and is loved by fans because he can improve the quality and bring the team to compete. Unfortunately, Munoz was sacked after seven matches in the Premier League.

Claudio Ranieri was appointed and sacked after seven games. The hammer has now passed to Hodgson and he becomes the 15th different manager of the Pozzo Family era at Watford since 2012.