Devil's Advocate - Blackburn Rovers.

[SeaJayPea]

Blackburn Rovers. From the start of the season Played 7, Won 4, Drawn 2, Lost 1. Position in Championship - 3rd.

Then the owners bowed to fans' pressure and sacked Steve Kean.

Since then:

Played 14, Won 3, Drawn 6, Lost 5. Position in table 11th.

Anybody prepared to say they got it wrong yet?

I am NOT a supporter of a rival having a gloat. Nor am I trying to have a go at anybody. Just that I found some of the things that the 'fans' said publicly about Kean were based on such a lack of knowledge about football as to be risible. They won their argument, got him sacked and it's been downhill all the way ever since. The owners don't seem much better, of course. Know-nothings with an eye on profit.

Great club with a great history going down the tubes, seemingly.

Any comments?

[TWR]

I can not understand why it's the manager that gets sacked! it puzzles me when its the over paid players that kick the ball.

[VHG]

>>>>it puzzles me when its the over paid players that kick the ball.

That is one of the silliest things I have ever read on Answerbank.

So you dont think a "manager" (in any organization) is responsible for the performance of their staff.

A football manager will assess the opposition, look at their strengths and weakneses, and discuss that with his players to ensure they know what they are likely to face in the match.

The manager will work on tactics, set pieces (free kicks etc), attacking moves, defence moves, coping with opposition corners and free kicks etc.

The manager will work on player fitness, player skills, different team formations and so on.

The manager will pick the players, work out the team best formation, motivate the players, decide when to pick or drop a player, when to buy or sell a player, and when to make a substitution during the match.

All of these thing (and more) go into making a football manager.

A great football manager (like Ferguson and others) will get the "best" out their players year after year and win matches and trophies.

A bad manager will upset his players and demotivate the team, causing them to play poorly, or with a lack of enthusiasm, and hence lose matches.

I have seen average players play way above themselves for a good manager, and great players play way below themselves for a bad manager.

If players (or a team) are playing badly it is nearly always down to the manager, who in the end gets the sack if it continues.