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Ranieri sacked

Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2022 4:44 pm
by Milltown1882
8 Watford managers till Christmas.

Sanchez Flores again?

Re: Ranieri sacked

Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2022 4:45 pm
by Vegas Claret
unfortunate for us

Re: Ranieri sacked

Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2022 4:46 pm
by claretblue
:( disappointed…wanted him still in place for our match!

Re: Ranieri sacked

Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2022 4:49 pm
by tiger76
Rats I hoped TM would be his last game, given how trigger happy the Watford owners are it's perhaps a surprise he's lasted this long.

Got to hope they don't get a new manager bounce now.

Re: Ranieri sacked

Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2022 4:50 pm
by Stu
Nothing on the Watford website yet.

Re: Ranieri sacked

Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2022 4:51 pm
by superdimitri
Teams always sack their managers before they play us. Annoying because they will likely be up for it more now.

Re: Ranieri sacked

Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2022 4:52 pm
by arise_sir_charge
Could work both ways this, the players may have liked Ranieri and throw the towel in.

Re: Ranieri sacked

Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2022 4:59 pm
by beddie
I expected that to be honest after the last game, the lights have certainly gone out for Ranieri. :roll:

Re: Ranieri sacked

Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2022 4:59 pm
by Vegas Claret
there's every chance they could sack their new manager before they play us as it's a couple of weeks away

Re: Ranieri sacked

Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2022 5:01 pm
by Goddy
Who would want that job, anyhow? Someone who wants a quick payday only, surely....or desperate? Anyone seeing it as a serious or in any way long-term career option must be bonkers.....

Re: Ranieri sacked

Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2022 5:06 pm
by mikeS
They need Colin. With all his earthly powers.

Re: Ranieri sacked

Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2022 5:09 pm
by Devils_Advocate
To be fair they could probably stick a Watford fan in charge and still be able to beat us a lot.

Re: Ranieri sacked

Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2022 5:10 pm
by dsr
If sacking the manager meant an improvement in results, then why aren't Watford top 4 every year?

Re: Ranieri sacked

Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2022 5:20 pm
by bobinho
Goddy wrote:
Mon Jan 24, 2022 5:01 pm
Who would want that job, anyhow? Someone who wants a quick payday only, surely....or desperate? Anyone seeing it as a serious or in any way long-term career option must be bonkers.....
Quick payday?

Got BFS written all over it.

Re: Ranieri sacked

Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2022 5:20 pm
by LeadBelly
Nothing on BBC sport website just now but Telegraph has a small piece including.....
"Watford do not play again until February 5, when they travel for their re-arranged fixture away to Burnley and it is understood that the club want to make the change quickly to give the new man as much time as possible to prepare for such a crucial fixture."

Re: Ranieri sacked

Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2022 5:22 pm
by Zom Zom
Watford are a joke.

Re: Ranieri sacked

Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2022 5:24 pm
by Spijed

Re: Ranieri sacked

Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2022 5:29 pm
by RVclaret
Zom Zom wrote:
Mon Jan 24, 2022 5:22 pm
Watford are a joke.
Hope they go down, pathetic tinpot club.

Re: Ranieri sacked

Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2022 5:30 pm
by wilks_bfc
19 managers since they sacked Dyche

Re: Ranieri sacked

Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2022 5:44 pm
by Sproggy
Colin was on Talksport this morning and they asked him if he'd be interested in Watford if Ranieri got sacked and he said anyone would be as it's a guaranteed pay off in three months.

Re: Ranieri sacked

Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2022 5:52 pm
by bfcjg
Alas he will tinker no more.

Re: Ranieri sacked

Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2022 5:54 pm
by Woodleyclaret
Best job in the world .Big money wages ,bomb and get paid to leave ,what's not to like

Re: Ranieri sacked

Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2022 5:54 pm
by SalisburyClaret
So when they play us they’ll be without their best player and have a new manager who’ll have had no time to put his system in place or recruit new players from the other clubs that the owners have. Excellent!

Re: Ranieri sacked

Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2022 5:55 pm
by Papabendi
It wouldn't surprise me if they try and get Silva back.

Re: Ranieri sacked

Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2022 6:13 pm
by Jamesy
Surely this basket case of a football club won’t be wasting another massive wedge of cash getting another manager in on a decent long term contract? I think they will go for BFS for the rest of the season with a massive incentive bonus factored in if he manages to keep them up.

Re: Ranieri sacked

Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2022 6:18 pm
by GodIsADeeJay81
Papabendi wrote:
Mon Jan 24, 2022 5:55 pm
It wouldn't surprise me if they try and get Silva back.
It would surprise everyone else after the way he behaved last time, fluttering his eyes at Everton.

Re: Ranieri sacked

Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2022 6:19 pm
by GodIsADeeJay81
Apparently this Watford model of constantly hiring and firing managers is to be admired and one we should emulate, I've read on here in the past.
They don't seem any better off than us for doing it, but hey ho.

Re: Ranieri sacked

Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2022 6:24 pm
by Boss Hogg
Watford - the least safest manager job in football
Burnley - the safest manager job in football

Watford - could be out of a job after 4 straight losses
Burnley - probably still in a job after 40 straight losses

Re: Ranieri sacked

Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2022 6:28 pm
by Jamesy
Boss Hogg wrote:
Mon Jan 24, 2022 6:24 pm
Watford - the least safest manager job in football
Burnley - the safest manager job in football

Watford - could be out of a job after 4 straight losses
Burnley - probably still in a job after 40 straight losses
Ermm, I understand your point but even Dyche wouldn’t be keeping his job if we had 40 straight losses.

Re: Ranieri sacked

Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2022 6:32 pm
by Papabendi
GodIsADeeJay81 wrote:
Mon Jan 24, 2022 6:18 pm
It would surprise everyone else after the way he behaved last time, fluttering his eyes at Everton.
I think you will find they don't have long memories there.

Re: Ranieri sacked

Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2022 6:50 pm
by duncandisorderly
they'd probably think it was a different Silva.

Re: Ranieri sacked

Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2022 6:50 pm
by claretburns
Diego Martinez the current favourite. Ex Sevilla assistant and managed both Osasuna and Granada, achieving promotion with the latter. Don't Watford owners own Granada as well?

Re: Ranieri sacked

Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2022 6:57 pm
by Spijed
I presume Watford are also one of those clubs where the manager has no say in who they sign or sell. They are basically there to manage a group of players, regardless of style.

Re: Ranieri sacked

Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2022 6:58 pm
by tiger76
Papabendi wrote:
Mon Jan 24, 2022 5:55 pm
It wouldn't surprise me if they try and get Silva back.
Why would he be interested, he's on course to take Fulham up, and there's every chance they'll be swapping places with Watford in a few months.

I genuinely don't understand what Watford's owners expect, for a club of their size they're about where you'd expect them to be, and the revolving door approach has hardly served them well has it.

Bizarre club potting the manager every few months, and surely not a sustainable method, however they continue to operate in this madcap manner, and somehow it sort of works in a fashion.

Re: Ranieri sacked

Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2022 7:00 pm
by elwaclaret
This was inevitable after the weekend, but I was hoping he could squeeze one more game in. Hopefully it will not have the effect i does at other clubs because it happens so regularly.

Re: Ranieri sacked

Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2022 7:00 pm
by duncandisorderly
tiger76 wrote:
Mon Jan 24, 2022 6:58 pm
Why would he be interested, he's on course to take Fulham up, and there's every chance they'll be swapping places with Watford in a few months.

I genuinely don't understand what Watford's owners expect, for a club of their size they're about where you'd expect them to be, and the revolving door approach has hardly served them well has it.

Bizarre club potting the manager every few months, and surely not a sustainable method, however they continue to operate in this madcap manner, and somehow it sort of works in a fashion.

It's served them well enough - six out of the last eight seasons in the top division.
They are a complete footballing non entity though.

Re: Ranieri sacked

Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2022 7:02 pm
by Rileybobs
I’ve used my Next Watford Manager Name Generator and I reckon the next in the hotseat will be Jorge Fernandez.

Re: Ranieri sacked

Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2022 7:02 pm
by GaryClaret
tiger76 wrote:
Mon Jan 24, 2022 6:58 pm
Why would he be interested, he's on course to take Fulham up, and there's every chance they'll be swapping places with Watford in a few months.

I genuinely don't understand what Watford's owners expect, for a club of their size they're about where you'd expect them to be, and the revolving door approach has hardly served them well has it.

Bizarre club potting the manager every few months, and surely not a sustainable method, however they continue to operate in this madcap manner, and somehow it sort of works in a fashion.
I don’t think about it that often as it’s like “well that’s just so Watford” but it is maddening that they’re in the league with the best 20 clubs in the country with their managerial changes. Have they even spent THAT much money when compared to the rest of the league? Do they even need a manager? Why bother?

Re: Ranieri sacked

Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2022 7:03 pm
by FCBurnley
Devils_Advocate wrote:
Mon Jan 24, 2022 5:09 pm
To be fair they could probably stick a Watford fan in charge and still be able to beat us a lot.
In my youth DA was an abbreviation of Ducks Arse. I guess nothing has changed

Re: Ranieri sacked

Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2022 7:07 pm
by duncandisorderly
Why did you need an abbreviation for Ducks Arse?

Re: Ranieri sacked

Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2022 7:15 pm
by FCBurnley
duncandisorderly wrote:
Mon Jan 24, 2022 7:07 pm
Why did you need an abbreviation for Ducks Arse?
Arse was a bad word in those days and. DA was a style of haircut

Re: Ranieri sacked

Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2022 8:05 pm
by CFS
Cannavaro

Re: Ranieri sacked

Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2022 8:41 pm
by timshorts
dsr wrote:
Mon Jan 24, 2022 5:10 pm
If sacking the manager meant an improvement in results, then why aren't Watford top 4 every year?
Because they don't sack people often enough. Every 3-4 weeks would be optimum.

Re: Ranieri sacked

Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2022 8:53 pm
by ClaretAL
Just what we need, playing them with the new manager bounce

Re: Ranieri sacked

Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2022 9:02 pm
by RalphCoatesComb
bobinho wrote:
Mon Jan 24, 2022 5:20 pm
Got BFS written all over it.
OMG ! You've really scared me now.

There'll be no pies left for us fans come kick-off :lol: :lol: :lol:

Re: Ranieri sacked

Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2022 9:31 pm
by PWBFC
I think I could only name about 3 of their managers from the last 10 years or so. Complete farce of a club.

Re: Ranieri sacked

Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2022 9:34 pm
by GodIsADeeJay81
Watford fans - right lads, let's get behind the manager.

Also Watford fans - anyone know who it is this week??

Re: Ranieri sacked

Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2022 10:07 pm
by clarethomer
Reports coming out that he has secured his next role already.

He’s been quoted he hopes this is the role that actually gives him a chance to deliver something.
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Re: Ranieri sacked

Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2022 10:08 pm
by SalisburyClaret
superdimitri wrote:
Mon Jan 24, 2022 4:51 pm
Teams always sack their managers before they play us. Annoying because they will likely be up for it more now.
It does seem to happen a lot - we either play teams with a new manager or we beat them and they fire their manager.

Re: Ranieri sacked

Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2022 10:24 pm
by Pearcey
Just seen it could be Woy.