Sven-Goran Eriksson. Manchester City's ex high-profile manager. Bringing in a virtually new team—and buying more and more players every other month didn't really help him much. His team wasn't allowed to gel properly and the physicality of the EPL didn't help his European side much.
However, for Manchester City who performed well above their usual standards (which was expected with Eriksson around), I thought they didn't do too bad. 1. They weren't relegated. 2. They have good players who once gelled would be competing every year for a UEFA cup spot at least if not a UCL Spot.
Eriksson has experience at the highest level—surely you need to give him time Mr. Thaksin. He himself was adjusting to managing a club with the physicality of the EPL, the pace of the game in England. I think if he was given this one more season—Man City would've been a force to be reckoned with.
Newcastle United—underachievers of the EPL for the last... few years after Shearer left. Step in—Sam Allardyce, manager of Bolton Wanderers. A team that beat Manchester United, Chelsea, Liverpool and Arsenal—in fact Arsenal struggled when Allardyce was around.
Yet only a few months later—he was sacked. Sure, Newcastle weren't doing too well. Sure some of his signings were the worst the EPL has graced. BUT, he was trying to build his team. Give manager a time to build his team and he will deliver.
He didnt move from Bolton to Newcastle just cause they were bigger—he had a vision with them. He could see Newcastle competing for UEFA Cup spots at the least, every season.
So why is it that all these managers are sacked or leave through mutual consent? Because they didn't bring success overnight? Have these clubs never heard of "success doesnt come overnight?"
People say that for a reason, not cause they were bored one day and decided to come up with a quote. We've seen that success doesn't come over night but after a while you see the fruits of sticking with the same manager.
Prime examples in today's world—Arsenal and Liverpool. Arsenal haven't won anything in three seasons. The last they won was the FA Cup. Yet you still don't see Wenger being sacked because of it. He's building his team-let him.
Liverpool haven't won the EPL in years. Decades perhaps. But Benitez is still given the chance because Liverpool know what a great manager he is and know he will deliver in time. Sure, there was speculation of him being sacked, the whole Klinsmann issue. If any Liverpool supporters are reading this, would you rather want Benitez or Klinsmann as your head coach? I'm guessing 85% of you would say Benitez—at the least.
With the Abramovich's, Kenyon's, Shinawatra's of the football world, they need to realise that success isnt going to come over night. When they start a business, investing a million pounds, it would be ridiculous to assume that those million pounds will be returned that same year through profits. It takes time to grow.
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