DBasia.news – The dismissal of trainers in Europe is prone to occur in the last two months of the annual calendar, November and December.
Dismissals often occur in the past and are proven to occur in November or December, especially in the international pause. Even that continues today. Two coaches in two of Europe’s top clubs, Niko Kovac and Mauricio Pochettino, were fired by their respective clubs.
Kovac was sacked by Bayern Munich after the club lost 1-5 to Eintracht Frankfurt in the Bundesliga. His position was replaced by Hans-Dieter Flick (interim or temporary manager).
While Tottenham sacked Pochettino, who has been coaching the club for five years, due to inconsistency and a decline in team performance this season. Tottenham appointed Jose Mourinho as Pochettino’s successor on a contract until 2023.
The dismissal of the two is proof: no one knows the future and when the top brass of the club fired the coach, especially in November-December. Bolaacur.com also recorded six coaches whose fate is in the balance right now. Including Unai Emery, the following is an explanation:
1. Unai Emery
Six games in a row in all competitions without a win. Unai Emery may not be lucky or not fired by Arsenal at this time. Arsenal already has many reasons if they decide to fire him.
First, club officials bought him many players this summer including a transfer record, Nicolas Pepe, who was recruited from Lille for £ 72 million. Then, this is also the second season Emery has coached the Gunners since replacing Arsene Wenger.
Plus, pressure from the media, club legends, to fans, wants Arsenal to replace Emery with another manager.
“I watched the replay of Arsenal matches and I was confused. Arsenal was often at an alarming moment, but I remained confused. Arsenal did not develop more than when they were trained by Arsene Wenger,” said the Daily Telegraph writer, Paul Hayward.
“Moreover, Emery always talks about analysis, analysis, and analysis. Sorry, the time to analyze has passed. He has to do something to make the team (perform) better.”
2. Marco Silva
Everton is ranked 16th in the Premier League standings and four points adrift of the relegation zone. Everton has not improved in their second season Marco Silva has coached the club since replacing Sam Allardyce a year ago.
As there are new players like Moise Kean, Alex Iwobi and Fabian Delph, Everton should be able to perform better – at least fighting in the middle of the board or the European zone. No doubt the pressure is now being felt by the Portuguese manager.
“Marco Silva looks depressed from one game to the next. He wins one game, loses one game, and wins again. He is expected to be the savior of Everton after Sam Allardyce and do well. But, he is not the right person to lead the club to develop,” said Steve Bates, author of The People.
3. Quique Sanchez Flores
The fate of Quique Sanchez Flores is also on the edge of Watford. The team that reached the FA Cup final last season is at the bottom of the standings, the relegation zone, with eight points resulting from one win, five draws and seven defeats.
Watford’s poor performance this season is quite unique because the squad hasn’t changed much and is still strengthened by the mainstay players last season such as Gerard Deulofeu, Roberto Pereyra, and Abdoulaye Doucoure.
“Quique Sanchez Flores, given the record of Watford manager sacking – knocked on the door there and they did not hesitate to make changes. When you lose 0-3 from Burnley at home, without intending to be disrespectful, then an alarm will sound,” explained Steve Bates.
4. Manuel Pellegrini
The Hammers – nicknamed West Ham United – are without a win in the last eight matches in all competitions, lost six times, and are now ranked 17th in the Premier League standings – three points adrift of the relegation zone.
Inconsistent team play under the tutelage of Manuel Pellegrini, the manager who once led Manchester City to the Premier League champions. As a result, West Ham only tends to rely on two English midfielders, Mark Noble and Declan Rice, to motivate the teammate’s playing spirit.
Manuel Pellegrini is considered not the same coach since returning from China, training Hebei China Fortune (2016-2018), and training West Ham since 2018.
5. Lucien Favre
The second season of Lucien Favre did not go well at Borussia Dortmund. Despite having been given Julian Brandt, Thorgan Hazard, and Nico Schulz, Dortmund is not consistent in playing and is currently ranked sixth in the Bundesliga standings. If their playing inconsistency continues, it is quite possible Favre was fired like Kovac.
6. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer
Inconsistency in play and potentially difficulty entering the Champions League zone in the top four Premier League. Ed Woodward has represented the club giving his support to the manager, but, if Manchester United does not show progress, it could be that Ole Gunnar Solskjaer was fired.
In December 2018 Man United fired Jose Mourinho. Interesting to look forward to, how the club’s performance in that period and also the attitude of United officials to Solskjaer.