The Manager Sack Race/Merry-go-Round

[Silver Fox]

Did your bedsheet have the desired effect?
It did indeed!
What? Rafa got sacked?
No we got ourselves on telly

[No Fixed Abode]

Scolari announced as new Brazil coach.

[Pepe the Horseman]

Sean O'Driscoll leaves Forest, dunno what that's all about

[buzzby]

Sean O'Driscoll leaves Forest, dunno what that's all about

Seems a strange one. 1 point off the play offs and a 4-2 win today.

[wolsey]

Sean O'Driscoll leaves Forest, dunno what that's all about

Seems a strange one. 1 point off the play offs and a 4-2 win today.

That'll be rich foreign owners looking for a trophy manager then

[LoyalRoyalFan]

Sean O'Driscoll leaves Forest, dunno what that's all about

Seems a strange one. 1 point off the play offs and a 4-2 win today.

That'll be rich foreign owners looking for a trophy manager then

Roy Keane being linked.

ROFL.

[Born 'n Bred Royal]

I cannot believe Forest have sacked O'Driscoll. They got it wrong by allowing Davies to leave as well (the next season they were in a relegation battle).

Have the owners (not quite sure who they are after the previous one died) gone mad?? They're one point off the playoff places, which looking at their squad and compared to last season O'Driscoll seems to be doing a fantastic job. And after they beat Leeds convincingly today? I would like to hear the explanation!

[Avon Royal]

Hopefully TSI are watching, would love to see O'Driscoll at Reading.

[Born 'n Bred Royal]

Hopefully TSI are watching, would love to see O'Driscoll at Reading.

With respect, if they were to get rid of McD I'd want to see an experienced Prem manager come in

[Avon Royal]

Not really any available experienced premier league managers out there that I'd take above O'Driscoll.

[TBM]

Di Matteo getting the Forest job

[ankeny]

Were going down anyway so O'Driscoll would be ideal.

[Born 'n Bred Royal]

Di Matteo getting the Forest job

Is there a source for this or was it a throwaway comment? He was rumoured to be in line for the AC Milan job recently, very much doubt he'd ever consider going to Forest. But I guess if the owners are rich...?

[Mr Angry]

"He can count himself unlucky to have lost his job with the team just one point away from the top six," Forest chairman Fawaz Al Hasawi said.

"With the January transfer window approaching, we feel it's the right time to make a change."

Al Hasawi added that Forest would now be "looking to bring in an ambitious manager with Premier League experience".


Another club for Mark Hughes to weave his own brand of magic at then........

[SPARTA]

Di Matteo getting the Forest job

When he's being linked with top jobs in Italy? I don't think so.

[Super_horns]

Its a surprise to see O'Driscoll...but then after the game on Saturday some fans did want the guy out although that might have been your usual fickle fans.

However if these owners were reading such comments...

[_royal]

Di Matteo getting the Forest job

Is there a source for this or was it a throwaway comment? He was rumoured to be in line for the AC Milan job recently, very much doubt he'd ever consider going to Forest. But I guess if the owners are rich...?

I think he will go to Forest. I doubt a team like AC Milan would take on a manager with little managerial experience at the top level, and none outside of England

[Uke]

Blolackburn sack Henning Berg

[Barry the bird boggler]

Bit more from the media on O'Driscoll leaving Forest....

Sean O'Driscoll has been sacked as Nottingham Forest manager after five months in charge at the City Ground.

The decision to relieve the 55-year-old of his duties came hours after a 4-2 Championship win against Leeds .

"He can count himself unlucky to have lost his job with the team just one point away from the top six," Forest chairman Fawaz Al Hasawi said.

Al Hasawi had earlier declared that Forest would be "looking to bring in an ambitious manager with Premier League experience", stating that "with the January transfer window approaching, we feel it's the right time to make a change".

Former Republic of Ireland international O'Driscoll was appointed on 19 July, days after Steve Cotterill was sacked.

He leaves Forest with them in eighth place, having collected 36 points from 24 games.

In total, Forest won 10 games during his time in charge, drawing nine and losing seven.

However, they never won more than two games in a row under him, and Al Hasawi cited that lack of consistency as one of the reasons behind the decision.

"We have a responsibility to look to the future for this great club because we have huge ambitions for it," he said.

"We feel we have developed a really strong squad of players but are still searching for consistency in terms of team performance, underlined by the fact that we have not won more than two games in succession in the Championship this season."

O'Driscoll spent five months as first-team coach at Forest at the start of the year, before leaving to take charge of Crawley in May.

He was with the League One side for only two months before returning to the City Ground as manager, signing a three-year contract.

His task was to build a side capable of challenging for promotion to the Premier League and he made a number of high-profile signings, including Simon Cox from West Bromwich Albion, Henri Lansbury from Arsenal and Billy Sharp on loan from Southampton.

Shortly after the news of O'Driscoll's sacking was confirmed, Cox wrote on Twitter: "So we win 4-2 and the manager gets the sack. Gutted for Sean, pleasure to work under. Wonder who will walk through the door next."

Sharp also took to Twitter to give his reaction, writing: "Gutted that ruins a decent day."

[Barry the bird boggler]

Blolackburn sack Henning Berg

Source?