Anybody doubting the sacking of Souness (and I haven't seen any yet) should take a look at the table below. nufc.com published some stats on the performance of the last few managers. Discounting caretakers who only had one or two games I took it a little further, transforming the wins, draws and loses into percentage of the games in charge. The final column shows the number of points this would translate to in a 38 game season.
| Manager | Won | Drew | Lost | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keegan | 54.5 | 21,0 | 24.5 | 70 |
| Robson | 44.1 | 27.1 | 28.7 | 60 |
| Dalglish | 33.9 | 33.9 | 32.1 | 51 |
| Souness | 28.6 | 30.4 | 41.1 | 44 |
| Gullit | 27.5 | 30.0 | 42.5 | 42 |
Yes that's right, only the truely pathetic Gullit was worse and not by much.
(@18:02)
Breaking News coming out of Germany suggests that Newcastle United have made contact with Ottmar Hitzfeld regarding the managerial vacancy. The newspaper based at the birth place of Hitzfeld is reporting that the football club have approached Ottmar who has not given them an answer. It is well known that Ottmar Hitzfeld does not delay turning a job offer down when he is not interested so this news can only been seen as positive news.
The full article which is now online can be seen at http://loerrach-zeitung.de/artikelhitz.html
Posted by Steve