The EPL Sack Race Thread

The EPL Sack Race Thread Aug 15, 2017 11:33:23 GMT

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Post by dougb on Aug 15, 2017 11:33:23 GMT

Aug 14, 2017 15:21:30 GMT staggerstag said:

No, not a charity gig with players barreling around the school playing fields like we used to do on Sports Day, but about the inevitable sackings/departures to come as we head into a new season.

First Manager to Go

Rafael Benitez 7/2

Antonio Conte 7/2

Mark Hughes 9/2

Slaven Bilic 9/2

Frank de Boer 7/1

Craig Shakespeare 12/1

Paul Clement 14/1

Tony Pulis 14/1

Sean Dyche 16/1

Mauricio Pellegrino 18/1

Chris Hughton 20/1

David Wagner 20/1

Ronald Koeman 25/1

Marco Silva 25/1

Jurgen Klopp 25/1

Eddie Howe 33/1

Mauricio Pochettino 50/1

Arsene Wenger 50/1

Pep Guardiola 50/1

Jose Mourinho 66/1

No Manager To Leave 150/1

I'll go a fantasy fiver on Bilic. A decent end to last season, finishing 11th, and following that dismal run of 5 straight league defeats in March/early April, they finished well, losing just one of their remaining 7 league fixtures (that 0-4 hammering by Liverpool - was this the game where Bilic picked up the pitchside BBC MOTD furry mic and threw it hard to the ground in frustration, maybe, I'm not sure) I mean, the form has not been terrible but I see Bilic as a wild one - a bust-up with the suits upstairs, a dressing room dressing-down, his parking space taken one morning at the London Stadium - with this guy, you never know, anything is liable to set him off. Resignation more likely than the sack, I reckon.
What do you say?

Does sack include resignation? Doubt the top two favourites would be sacked as such, but are quite likely to leave. I hope the geordies usual unreal expectations don't get the better of them for once. Got to be be Bilic IMHO. palace will have to give a possibly dangerous amount of time to their new man, but there will likely be 3 worse teams than them so they will probably get rid of him next summer.
Conte will be first to leave though.