Somebody's Using the Axe A Wee Bit Too Often...

Sacked. Sacked. Sacked.

In football, the word "sacked" is being used way too often for my liking or that of millions of football enthusiasts around the world, especially in Britain.

Please don't even get me started on the statement "departed by mutual consent." Sure, it's a polite way to say he was pathetic and he was sacked or forced to leave. Kevin Keegan and Alan Curbishley didn't leave Newcastle and West Ham after a mutual agreement. Yes, they have done their fair share of cursing the owners from across the table.

Paul Ince was recently fired by Blackburn Rovers after a string of poor results. Seriously, I fail to understand the logic being used by bigwigs at Ewood Park!

When you sign a manager who's done well in League Two—getting his side, MK Dons, promoted to League One—and tell him to manage a Premier League side, you know that you are taking one hell of a risk.

After taking such an extraordinary gamble, give the lad some time to get results, allow him to settle in at the club, allow him to win over the players, the supporters, and the owners.

However, unfortunately it's not fair to blame it all on the money men at Blackburn Rovers because such is the trend around the world of football!

Football is no longer merely just a kick of the ball, it's a commercial world that has taken over the game.

Seriously, with tons and tons of money involved in the game, the stakes have been raised. But it's not just the financial chunks. Hell, even the expectations from the supporters, let alone the owners, are sky-high and I'm not blaming them just yet.

If you pay so much money to watch your team play, week-in and week-out, you are bound to want results!

Getting frustrated easily is a part of human nature and that of the millionaires and the billionaires and the trillionaires.

A defeat means a great chance to grab three points goes down the pipeline. Most chairmen have absolutely no clue about the ABCs of football—all they know is that too many defeats lead to relegation, which can cause a destructive amount of losses and I'm talking millions!

All this leads up to the simple fact that the margin of error has been significantly trimmed to the extent where it is almost non-existent.

In this world, not even the special people are safe—they have to be escorted from London to Milan due to some insane black-suits—let alone the normal people.

At a time like this, I find it necessary to salute men like Sir Alex Ferguson and Arsene Wenger who have managed to hold on to their hot-seats for over two decades and a decade respectively.

Beware : Nobody is safe, the axe can hit you before you know it

Latest casualty : Paul Ince, Blackburn Rovers (June-December 2008)—RIP  Paul, you will always be loved and admired as the fighter you were.