The Managerial Merry-Go-Round: TAW Unwrapped
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And it is tour and wraps. Josh Sexton here today with Ian Salmon and Jimmy Carr to look a bit of the managerial merry-go-round because it felt like maybe there was a point, gents, where Liverpool may be caught up in that. It seems like that's not going to be the case now. Liverpool seem to have, you know, all but nailed their colours to the mast in sticking with Arnaud Slot. How are we sort of feeling about that first and foremost? Because... I've been having a sort of head and heart battle all season, really, where it maybe has shown up every time I've done a show where I kind of come into the Anfield wrap or when I'm thinking about the manager and his position in Liverpool, my heart is kind of saying, like, well, I don't necessarily want him to be sacked because we had the league again last season and we had all those, you know, great times with him.
But equally, as the season went on and as things kind of got worse, the head was kind of telling me, well, maybe he's not necessarily the right one to take Liverpool forward. It seems now he's going to be. So, yeah, how are we feeling about that?
I've been in exactly the same position all season. I don't like the idea of... I don't want to be a club that sacks a league winner manager.
What are the potential managerial changes in the Premier League?
I don't want to be that club. I don't want to be the ones who go, well, you were great last season, but now you're shit, so we're getting rid of you. I don't want to be Leicester, basically, because you spiral down as soon as you start doing that. I don't want to be a club that sacks managers at the slightest whim because you end up being Man United post-Ferguson. where David Moyes took on one of the hardest jobs in football. And David Moyes with Everson now has proven how good a manager he is, and he proved it with West Ham, what he can actually do. But he wasn't the right manager for United at the time, but he was the anointed one by Ferguson himself. So, as soon as you sack him, then the next person gets less time and the next person gets less time and the next person gets less time.
And so you're going in little slices until you become Chelsea, where you give a guy a six-year contract and sack him after three months because the dressing room don't like him because he has no authority. They want somebody with more respect. Well, try respecting that lad there.
Why is Liverpool sticking with Arne Slot?
He'll have more respect. So I don't want to be that club. At the same time, there have been so many times this season where I'm like, he can't do this anymore. He's gone full on Brendan Rodgers. He's saying bizarre things in press conferences. He's not getting what we want. He's not getting the football we want. Football we're playing.
What are the emotional conflicts surrounding Slot's position?
Football we're playing last year was not as enjoyable as Jürgen's, but he was getting results. football we're playing this year has not been as enjoyable as last year and isn't getting the results and whereas his substitutions last year were fantastic this year they've been appalling and at the same time you know the thing that People don't necessarily like a saying about the season. In the summer, he had to manage the loss of one of his footballers. And there are very few managers that have ever had to do that. It's not something that happens very often. And he managed it with dignity and he seems to manage the people really well. So with that, I think with winning the league, you get another shot.
I think you get another chance of showing where you are. And this season, hopefully this season has been a blip. You know, if we'd have sacked him three weeks ago and Xabi Alonso came in, I'd have been, yes, sound, fine, that'll do for me. But all the briefing is, all the briefing seems to be, that he's staying, that the club will decide that he's the man to take him forward. So it's not down to me to say he has to prove anything to me. Because he doesn't know who the hell I am and probably doesn't give a toss about me. So, you know, there's loads of people who don't give a toss about me.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:05–1:13
2
What are the potential managerial changes in the Premier League?
1:13–2:06
3
Why is Liverpool sticking with Arne Slot?
2:06–2:21
4
What are the emotional conflicts surrounding Slot's position?
2:21–6:09
5
How does the past success of a manager influence current decisions?
6:09–20:29
6
What role do sporting directors play in managerial decisions?
20:29–27:36
7
How do managerial changes affect club performance?
27:36–37:54
8
What are the implications of a poor managerial appointment?
37:54–38:53
Speakers
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