Now the first month of the 2019/20 season is done and dusted, the Championship table is starting to shape up and with that in mind, we’re starting to see managers getting the axe.
So far only Jan Siewert has lost his job at Huddersfield Town since the league started, though if you count changes in pre-season, the total would be 11.
Those without a permanent manager are the Terriers and Sheffield Wednesday but pressure is already mounting on plenty of other clubs, Stoke’s Nathan Jones being one and Wigan’s Paul Cook admitted he’s another.
The Sack Race also included Barnsley’s Daniel Stendel (10/1), Luton Town’s Graeme Jones (10/1), QPR’s Mark Warburton (11/1), Reading’s Jose Gomes (12/1), Millwall’s Neil Harris (14/1) and Birmingham City’s Pep Clotet (14/1).
So who are the 10 unemployed managers listed to be putting pressure on those Championship bosses or to potentially take over at those mentioned without a boss?
Take a look below and on the next few pages…
CHRIS HUGHTON
Last in charge of: BRIGHTON
He has said: “I do want to get back in at the highest level that I can but I’m using my time out well and very much making the most of it.
“I’m in the fortunate position, I’m not a first time manager or second time manager that is worried about where the next job is coming from and it’s a very precarious profession that we’re in.
“So, I’m all through all of that. I supposed I would be seen as a more experienced manager now, so I think that takes a little bit of pressure off.”
GARY ROWETT
Last in charge of: STOKE CITY
He said back in April: “It’s a difficult one in football because sometimes you can get back in pretty quick but it’s not necessarily the right kind of job.
“We’re not going to sit here and be really picky. I’ve worked in League Two and I’ve got no qualms about what level I work at but we’ve been in the Championship for a good few years and had some different types of success, depending on how you define success.
“You end up waiting for what you feel is the right opportunity. You could get that in a month, you could get it in a year.
“I found it difficult after leaving Birmingham and almost waiting for the right chance to come along. It’s a real weird feeling. In most lines of business you can be working the next day and earning money but in football you’re waiting for the right type of one when you can have success.
“We’ve also got a really good team that we’ve built up over a period of time and you want the right type of opportunity when you can take the vast majority of the team. It’s no good me getting a job tomorrow when I can’t take the guys with me.
“I know the guys understand the scenarios but you want us all to go to have the best chance of doing well. It’s so important to have the right alignment with your staff. If you don’t have that it makes it 20 times more difficult.
“It’s the coaching, the analysis, the recruitment, the physical side, the sports science side, the performance side… they have to all be aligned to how you want to play.”
SAM ALLARDYCE
Last in charge of: EVERTON
An experienced manager who has been linked with many jobs over the last few months, before turning up on Sky Sports or talkSPORT and announced he’s not a candidate to become the new manager of various clubs.
He’s recently managed Everton, Crystal Palace and England so will still feel he could do the job in the Premier League, though the longer he waits for the right club, he might just end up with a Championship side, though will no doubt be a costly one.
Find out the other unemployed managers to be putting pressure or linked with Championship jobs on the next page.
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