Success doesn't come over night. Players need stability, they need to have one manager over years for them to perform at their best. When managers know their players, that's when you know its a TEAM! If managers are changing every season, players wont be able to perform at their best. Having to adapt every season to a new manager with a new footballing style is unsettling for players most of the time. So why keep changing?
Back to the example of Manchester United this season—when Sir Alex started managing at United—he didn't have success the next day—the team grew and worked hard for it over years.
In other words, there was stability. It was the same case with Arsene Wenger, now he's been one of the best managers to have graced the Premier League. Can you imagine Sir Alex, Benitez, or Wenger being sacked for coming second in the Premier League and losing the UCL on penalties?
That would never happen cause the board and directors of those clubs would love to keep them on. Why? Cause theres every chance the club would go a step further the following season.
The owners, board members, directors of football, chief executive's play too big a role in the football management side of the game today. We've seen in Manchester United's case (with the Glazers)—that Mancheter United has been allowed to play the way they want, manage the way they want, buy whoever they want—and we can all see the success.
I could say the same for Liverpool—except this season the owners love-hate relationship hasn't helped much. But other than that, the owners haven't decided who the club should and should not buy, they haven't told Benitez how to manage his team, they haven't told Benitez he needs to perform and win the EPL within a season or he's out!
We saw through Arsenal's attractive football this season that they play as a TEAM. There's a close knit relationship between the players and manager, backroom staff etc. The manager manages the team—not the board, chief executives or Director's of Football.
Chelsea, Inter and Man City need to learn from the most successful clubs. Those clubs didn't build their success overnight. If Chelsea win the UCL next season—it won't make them one of the greatest teams unless they do it continuously.
Looking at the greatest clubs in football history... this was achieved through stability. Inter have such a great football history, a great football culture and they are one of the top football clubs in the world—but there are always going to be clubs better than you!
Sorry Avram, Roberto, Sven and Sam—you were just at the wrong clubs!
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