The Premier League managers who might be a little nervous this weekend | Football

PANIC ROOMS

Five games in the Premier League season. It’s probably time to panic. Six teams have failed to win a match. Where were those extra sheets? For unemployed executives looking for further opportunities, it’s probably time to accept requests to act as experts, to get their faces back out there, even if that means flying to Doha. Admittedly, it’s not really plundering season yet. Most clubs are more patient these days. The golden era when Peter J. Swales wielded the ax against Peter Reid after thirteen days in the 1993/94 Manchester City season, despite a new contract, is a thing of the past. Modern clubs are projects that move forward together as stakeholders in symbiosis and all that jazz. Even though the cases have been found against much of their fault, it is still a bad look to have had a full and exhaustive recruitment process in which no stone was left unturned, but you named the second coming of Villa edition Rémi Garde.

So who’s on the chopping block to use medieval language to remind us that the management game is indeed something of a blood sport? Let’s start at the bottom with Gary O’Neil and Wolves. No one boils with impotent rage like Angry Gary, who in full force against the great evil of the VAR can resemble the younger Gary Oldman or Tim Roth. It’s not what he says, but how he says it. Public reminders that his bosses sold Max Kilman and Pedro Neto under him are well-intentioned and will undoubtedly be used when the blow comes, although one league win since March – and that against Luton – is not great.

Sean Dyche, who is level on points with Angry Gary, can grumble that his Everton hand is being forced by players being sold under him. But with new owners coming in – well, hopefully – and a new stadium ready for next season – well, hopefully – Dycheball could well be the victim of another broom being swept clean in time-honored style, as it has a polished , progressive salesperson for the hall wants. -tech enormousdome. People forget how good Status Quo was at opening Live Aid. And to complement the bottom three, Russell Martin, his Southampton team trying to play football the right way, while forgetting not to pass to the opposition. Removing him would seem like an act of great ruthlessness considering last season’s play-off success and performance was quite good, if you believe in what the stats call ‘underlying numbers’.

In the chat comes: Julen Lopetegui, previously depicted as the Basque David Moyes, a comparison that now only works if Moyes had forgotten how to organize a defense. Poor Julen got so irritated by West Ham’s 5-1 Rumbelows Cup defeat at Liverpool that he managed to compose himself, leaving Anfield on crutches. That leaves Erik ten Hag and Ange Postecoglou from the middle of the table, who meet on Sunday. This week, Manchester United set a target of winning the Premier League by 2028, almost certainly hastening Ten Hag’s departure. As for Ange, “it’s just who we are, buddy” is a catchphrase that may soon wear a little thin.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY

“What is called the Mourinho effect? Trophies. Cups. We can’t win trophies in September. There are no trophies to be won in September. How can you see the effect? I have won cups in every club I have been to. Except Tottenham” – José Mourinho in full swing after Fenerbahce beat Union Saint-Gilloise 2-1 at Bigger Vase.

After a difficult last few years for the club, it is good to see the football gods Ajax smiling again” – Peter Oh.

I must protest your inability to award Phil Cockburn your priceless award for his hilarious comment (yesterday’s Football Daily letters). Apparently selecting the right winners is not your strong suit. Come to think of it, do you have one? – John Nielsen-Gammon.

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