Worst Sacking of a Manager at Sunderland

[SAFC Wilks]

I’ve not been arsed about most sackings recently to be fair. In hindsight, I would have kept Poyet for the championship had we been relegated though.

 

[deleted user 785]

Ferguson was a bit of a twat

And also massively loyal to them. Deal with things behind closed doors.

Di Canio couldn't be any further away from Ferguson

 

[Johnnyh]

Another vote for Durban here.
Another vote for Durban here.

and here.

 

[HMB Mackem]

George Hardwick. Took over in 1964 when we were third from bottom and got us to mid table. He was then fired in the Summer

 

[Johnap]

Not a manager but a coach. The biggest mistake was the sacking of Arthur Cox - he was the natural successor to Bob Stokoe.

What did we get a loser from Burnley - Adamson

 

[nestegg]

Another vote for Durban here.
Another vote for Durban here.

and here a good youngish manager with a half decent team

 

[Johnap]

George Hardwick. Took over in 1964 when we were third from bottom and got us to mid table. He was then fired in the Summer

He was sacked because he could not keep his trousers on where ladies were concerned.

 

[MEEKLANGLEYFTM]

I thought Malcolm Crosby being sacked after the pools panel awarded a defeat was particularly harsh.

This was going to be what I said

 

[Frosty Kempes]

Martin O'Neill came as a surprise to me.

 

[TheStinger]

Ferguson was a bit of a twat

He was a reader of individuals, not a bully. He'd never bollock Robson or Cantona. He didnt even give Cantona a telling off when he booted that fan in the face. Few actually have a bad word to say about Fergie. Di Canio on the otherhand managed us for a few games and managed to shun the kitchen staff, let alone the players.

 

[chunkyshanhawk53]

I agree. But he was also at an iconic club. It's the mid table Premier managers who are fucked when a multi millionaire player decides he wants to fuck off I feel sorry for (ok not sorry but you know what I mean)

Very true

 

[TopCat]

I thought Malcolm Crosby being sacked after the pools panel awarded a defeat was particularly harsh.

Bob Murray never wanted to give him the job. He bowed to fan/media pressure when MC got us to the cup final


In hindsight, the MON sacking was harsh (that said, the football that season was f***ing awful)

 

[prica's crown]

you could say all managers who failed werent backed, aside from bruce,keane and o neil

 

[deleted user 785]

He was a reader of individuals, not a bully. He'd never bollock Robson or Cantona. He didnt even give Cantona a telling off when he booted that fan in the face. Few actually have a bad word to say about Fergie. Di Canio on the otherhand managed us for a few games and managed to shun the kitchen staff, let alone the players.

He pissed everyone off, he was universally unliked. Add in the absolutely abysmal performances and I still wonder why people like the fucker.

 

[rickopooly]

Billy Elliot

 

[Moneyball]

PDC was left high and dry by the clubs hierarchy but he was bat shot crazy. Don’t think he tried to rule by fear though, he simply wanted the players to be professional.

On Ferguson though, he did rule the young kids by fear but even then he recruited a whole raft of lieutenants throughout his tenure that ran the dressing room and set the standards. He was the stick at the end of the that.

He knew how to psychologically put a dressing room together that would rule itself and spit out the weak...his powers waned when money and agents changed the game.

 

[Prague insurance man]

I thought at the time that Dennis Smith could have been a successful manager and was sacked too early. Time clouds your judgement like.
I’m more recent times. I liked Poyet and thought he got us playing some decent stuff .

Agree Dennis Smith for me totally starved of funds.

 

[Wise Man Says]

In retrospect it was a bit premature to get rid of Cloughie so early in his coaching/managerial career. He was doing well with the youth team and I wish we'd hung on to him for another 30 years or so!

Who got rid of him? McColl? Clough wasn’t even Catholic as far as I’m aware, which seemed to be McColl’s usual isolation reason.

I thought at the time that Dennis Smith could have been a successful manager and was sacked too early. Time clouds your judgement like.
I’m more recent times. I liked Poyet and thought he got us playing some decent stuff .

That Villa game had to be the end for Poyet. 4-0, it was pathetic. I think he knew he was a goner. The 8-0 fucked him up before that.

 

[joemcdokes]

These days a manager can’t rule through fear. Look at Klopp and Mourinho, their players have loved them

Up until the episode at Chelsea.

 

[70s traveller]

Another vote for Durban here.
Another vote for Durban here.

and another here, sometimes the football wasn't great to watch but it was showing signs of development, he was binned too early