If we got rid of Harry which one would it be? You could argue either.
We are only 7 games into the season with a lot of new players so just looking at that a sacking so early on would be ludicrous. However many teams have large squad changes and seem to cope with it better.
If Tony did get shot of him and the next man failed he would be hailed as another clueless overseas owner sacking managers every five minutes and would be ridiculed and would lose all the credibility he has been trying to build since ditching Hughes. Sacking Harry is high risk and if credibility is lost that could hurt us longer term both in terms of being able to recruit playing and non-playing staff.
If the next man succeeds Tony will be viewed as a canny owner who took decisive action when needed.
What Tony will be seeing is a team he has invested heavily in simply not performing and worse than that not showing any urgency yet managed by a man he clearly has an enormous amount of respect for and who seems to be respected within the game.
Frustrating for us fans but hugely difficult for Tony. Whatever he does he will only be judged well after the event and when people have the benefit of hindsight to see if his gamble worked or not.
I personally think he will give it at least a dozen games.
We are only 7 games into the season with a lot of new players so just looking at that a sacking so early on would be ludicrous. However many teams have large squad changes and seem to cope with it better.
If Tony did get shot of him and the next man failed he would be hailed as another clueless overseas owner sacking managers every five minutes and would be ridiculed and would lose all the credibility he has been trying to build since ditching Hughes. Sacking Harry is high risk and if credibility is lost that could hurt us longer term both in terms of being able to recruit playing and non-playing staff.
If the next man succeeds Tony will be viewed as a canny owner who took decisive action when needed.
What Tony will be seeing is a team he has invested heavily in simply not performing and worse than that not showing any urgency yet managed by a man he clearly has an enormous amount of respect for and who seems to be respected within the game.
Frustrating for us fans but hugely difficult for Tony. Whatever he does he will only be judged well after the event and when people have the benefit of hindsight to see if his gamble worked or not.
I personally think he will give it at least a dozen games.
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