"I'm Fired? I Mean, The Press Is Saying I'm Fired" The Manager Tango Continues.

I thought teaching high school kids this past summer was a strain on my heart but being a manager in the Premiership, or world football in general, has to be enough to give someone a coronary.

Apparently when the Newcastle manager did not show up at training on Tuesday morning, the press took this as a cue that King Kev had tossed the reins of the Toon away. Keegans supporters showed up chanting "sack the board," and after hours of silence, the club finally issued a statement that Keegan was important to the clubs success and to its future.

I think the main issue is that this is the second manager who has made headlines for having his head on the block this week. West Ham gaffer, Alan Curbishley's name has also popped up in the past week, despite the team has had a strong showing in its first few games.

Some of these clubs have not seen hide nor hair of any kind of championship in ages and they go and threaten to fire the gaffer after he looses the opening game of the season. Lets not forget that the manager just relocated his entire family to the club from some far off destination. Teams are going to loose, it's going to happen. Manchester United looses from time to time and they have perhaps the best coach in the modern game.

If success is your goal, then firing your manager two or three games into the season because of a loss or because they told the board that they are doing something a bit dodgy will not bring you success. Players want to transfer and sign to clubs that have some stability in them and if you go and sack a gaffer every few games, the big names will not come around. Managers need chances to feel out their teams and running around on the practice pitch will not simulate the game environment that the players need to truly test their selves.

At the end of the day, the boards of some lower level clubs need to step back and realize that they are not demi-gods. There are teams that have three or four loosing seasons before they up and fire their gaffers, simply because the team and the manager need to find a groove and that relationship will not come overnight. And the more you write about it, the worse the situation will be. I'm sure fans rather see a piece written about how the team tried to pull out the three points rather than more rumors that their team will have to deal with a new boss all over again.