Ex-Claret Joyce sacked

[ClaretTony]

Gone at Wigan after four months in job

[claretdom]

Wonder what the odds were on 3 managers in the championship sacked over the weekend and none being Zola

[claptrappers_union]

4 months?!

[Suratclaret]

Gone at Wigan after four months in job

How any manager can be expected to achieve anything in such a short time is just incredible. It's just madness but no doubt it will happen again at some other club.

[Sidney1st]

The Birmingham fans won't be impressed that they've still got him

[jlup1980]

Four months. FOUR MONTHS. Is that all you get these days? Comical.

[beddie]

"Four months. FOUR MONTHS. Is that all you get these days? Comical." Not at all, some clubs give you at least 6 months .

[nil_desperandum]

Four months too long though. They weren't in such a dire position when they sacked Caldwell, who had taken them to success last season.
Wigan's fortunes are directly relevant to the survival hopes at Ewood, so let's hope that someone can turn things around.
Rotherham are down and out, but if Wigan pick up a bit, then it means there are still 2 relegation slots available.

[Steve1956]

Do these guys running football club's have any idea at all? Funny as everyone chasing the Premier League Dollar.

[ClaretTony]

Wonder what the odds were on 3 managers in the championship sacked over the weekend and none being Zola

I'm amazed Zola is still there to be honest. He's done well to take them from a team close to the top six.

[Steve1956]

Was it on here someone said Zola only gets managers jobs because of his exotic sounding name

[nil_desperandum]

I wonder if Nixon will propose Coyle for the job? (I believe he's available, and deluded enough to apply).

[ashtonlongsider]

I'm amazed Zola is still there to be honest. He's done well to take them from a team close to the top six.

I was very surprised when they got Zola in the first place. Especially replacing such a good up and coming manager as Rowett. Birmingham deserve all they get.
As for Wigan, from talking to locals I'm not surprised but they shouldn't have got rid of Caldwell so hastily. If he was still in charge I'm sure they'd have been reasonably safe if not where they wanted to be.

[Roger Mellie]

Heard today that 25% of clubs in the top 4 divisions have changed managers... in the last 100 days!! Football's going stark staring mad...

[ElectroClaret]

Zola won't be long. Even Brummies aren't completely stupid.

[ClaretTony]

Heard today that 25% of clubs in the top 4 divisions have changed managers... in the last 100 days!! Football's going stark staring mad...

The last 100 days takes us back to just after the start of November - the total in that time is 30 so it is very close to a third.

[ClaretTony]

Here's the current list of 92 managers with dates

1 - Arsenal - Arsene Wenger - 30/09/1996
2 - Exeter City - Paul Tisdale - 26/06/2006
3 - Morecambe - Jim Bentley - 13/05/2011
4 - Wycombe Wanderers - Gareth Ainsworth - 24/09/2012
5 - AFC Wimbledon - Neal Ardley - 10/10/2012
6 - Bournemouth - Eddie Howe - 13/10/2012
7 - Burnley - Sean Dyche - 30/10/2012
8 - Ipswich Town - Mick McCarthy - 01/11/2012
9 - Rochdale - Keith Hill - 22/01/2013
10 - Preston North End - Simon Grayson - 18/02/2013
11 - Southend United - Phil Brown - 25/03/2013
12 - Stoke City - Mark Hughes - 30/05/2013
13 - Middlesbrough - Aitor Karanka - 13/11/2013
14 - Bristol Rovers - Darrell Clarke - 28/03/2014
15 - Tottenham Hotspur - Maurico Pochettino - 27/05/2014
16 - Oxford United - Michael Appleton - 04/07/2014
17 - Accrington Stanley - John Coleman - 17/09/2014
18 - Carlisle United - Keith Curle - 19/09/2014
19 - Brighton and Hove Albion - Chris Hughton - 31/12/2014
20 - West Bromwich Albion - Tony Pulis - 01/01/2015
21 - Millwall - Neil Harris - 10/03/2015
22 - Cheltenham Town - Gary Johnson - 30/03/2015
23 - Portsmouth - Paul Cook - 12/05/2015
24 - West Ham United - Slaven Bilic - 09/06/2015
25 - Plymouth Argyle - Derek Adams - 11/06/2015
26 - Sheffield Wednesday - Carlos Carvalhal - 30/06/2015
27 - Liverpool - Jurgen Klopp - 08/10/2015
28 - Doncaster Rovers - Darren Ferguson - 16/10/2015
29 - Huddersfield Town - David Wagner - 09/11/2015
30 - Cambridge United - Shaun Derry - 12/11/2015
31 - Brentford - Dean Smith - 30/11/2015
32 - Yeovil Town - Darren Way - 01/12/2015
33 - Burton Albion - Nigel Clough - 07/12/2015
34 - Fulham - Slavisa Jokanovic - 27/12/2015
35 - Swindon Town - Luke Williams - 29/12/2015
36 - Luton Town - Nathan Jones - 06/01/2016
37 - Stevenage - Darren Sarll - 01/02/2016
38 - Barnsley - Paul Heckingbottom - 06/02/2016
39 - Bristol City - Lee Johnson - 06/02/2016
40 - Walsall - Jon Whitney - 07/03/2016
41 - Newcastle United - Rafael Benitez - 11/03/2016
42 - Scunthorpe United - Graham Alexander - 22/03/2016
43 - Peterborough United - Grant McCann - 23/04/2016
44 - Crawley Town - Dermot Drummy - 27/04/2016
45 - Colchester United - John McGreal - 04/05/2016
46 - Sheffield United - Chris Wilder - 12/05/2016
47 - Watford - Walter Mazzarri - 21/05/2016
48 - Manchester United - Jose Mourinho - 26/05/2016
49 - Blackpool - Gary Bowyer - 01/06/2016
50 - Leeds United - Garry Monk - 02/06/2016
51 - Bolton Wanderers - Phil Parkinson - 10/06/2016
52 - Reading - Jaap Stam - 13/06/2016
53 - Everton - Ronald Koeman - 14/06/2016
54 - Bradford City - Stuart McCall - 20/06/2016
55 - Southampton - Claude Puel - 30/06/2016
56 - Manchester City - Pep Guardiola - 01/07/2016
57 - Chelsea - Antonio Conte - 13/07/2016
58 - Sunderland - David Moyes - 23/07/2016
59 - Fleetwood Town - Uwe Rosler - 30/07/2016
60 - Cardiff City - Neil Warnock - 05/10/2016
61 - Aston Villa - Steve Bruce - 12/10/2016
62 - Shrewsbury Town - Paul Hurst - 24/10/2016
63 - Wolverhampton Wanderers - Paul Lambert - 05/11/2016
64 - Grimsby Town - Marcus Bignot - 07/11/2016
65 - Queens Park Rangers - Ian Holloway - 11/11/2016
66 - Mansfield Town - Steve Evans - 16/11/2016
67 - Charlton Athletic - Karl Robinson - 24/11/2016
68 - Rotherham United - Paul Warne - 28/11/2016
69 - MK Franchise - Robbie Neilson - 02/12/2016
70 - Birmingham City - Gianfranco Zola - 14/12/2016
71 - Crystal Palace - Sam Allardyce - 23/12/2016
72 - Port Vale - Michael Brown - 26/12/2016
73 - Swansea City - Paul Clement - 03/01/2017
74 - Gillingham - Adrian Pennock - 04/01/2017
75 - Hull City - Marco Silva - 05/01/2017
76 - Crewe Alexandra - David Artell - 08/01/2017
77 - Oldham Athletic - John Sheridan - 12/01/2017
78 - Notts County - Kevin Nolan - 12/01/2017
79 - Northampton Town - Justin Edinburgh - 13/01/2017
80 - Nottingham Forest - Gary Brazil - 14/01/2017
81 - Chesterfield - Gary Caldwell - 17/01/2017
82 - Hartlepool United - Dave Jones - 18/01/2017
83 - Leyton Orient - Danny Webb - 29/01/2017
84 - Bury - Lee Clark - 15/02/2017
85 - Barnet - Kevin Nugent - 15/02/2017
86 - Blackburn Rovers - Tony Mowbray - 22/02/2017
87 - Leicester City - Craig Shakespeare - 23/02/2017
88 - Coventry City - Mark Robins - 06/03/2017
89 - Newport County - Michael Flynn (Caretaker) - 09/03/2017
90 - Norwich City - Alan Irvine (Caretaker) - 10/03/2017
91 - Derby County - to appoint - 12/03/2017
92 - Wigan Athletic - Graham Barrow - 13/03/2017

[wilks_bfc]

It's bonkers that there have been 33 changes since the season started - probably more with some clubs changing more than once in that time.

Would expect every one to move up at least one position by we time we kick off 2017/18 season, with a new number 1 position

[ClaretTony]

It's bonkers that there have been 33 changes since the season started - probably more with some clubs changing more than once in that time.

Would expect every one to move up at least one position by we time we kick off 2017/18 season, with a new number 1 position

8 of those 33 clubs have made more than one change but incredibly there have been 48 clubs changed manager since the end of last season with 19 having changed at least twice.

[Ashingtonclaret46]

A symptom of the modern society where everything has to be 'instant' ---very sad really.

[Burnleybabe]

Granddad ( Dave Whelan) mustn't have been happy with the results.

IMO David Sharpe has no say in what goes on at Wigan.
Dave Whelan is still in charge but stays in the background.

That is coming from lots of Latics supporters I know.

4 months is far to little amount of time to get results, he wasn't Gary Caldwell and that was who the Supporters wanted as Manager.

They did not like that he should have been sacked in the first place.

I just hope they do go down, back where they belong.

[nil_desperandum]

I just hope they do go down, back where they belong.

Yeah. Great idea. Wigan to go down and Rovers to stay up. I doubt many Clarets will agree with you.

[CleggHall]

Didn't grandad Dave Whelan break his leg in a cup final many moons ago?

[Sidney1st]

*disclaimer - this isn't my picture so apologies about the quality of it.

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[Burnleybabe]

Yeah. Great idea. Wigan to go down and Rovers to stay up. I doubt many Clarets will agree with you

Well as a Wiganer supporting Burnley I would prefer both to go down.

[nil_desperandum]

Yeah. Great idea. Wigan to go down and Rovers to stay up. I doubt many Clarets will agree with you

Well as a Wiganer supporting Burnley I would prefer both to go down.

Fine - but you must admit that the chances of Rovers being relegated are significantly increased if Wigan can dig themselves out.
(Rotherham already down and out).

[ashtonlongsider]

Well as a Wiganer supporting Burnley I would prefer both to go down.

Well Burnleybabe, as a fellow Wiganer, it would give me no pleasure at all if Latics got relegated. As for Rovers