Dick Out
Predictably, Dick Advocaat leaves Sunderland. He does so largely with the sympathies of most of the club's fans. The blame for the mess at the club right now cannot be placed at his door. It's the running of the club behind the scenes from boardroom level down where there have been failings for a long time. The three main candidates for the job appear to be Sean Dyche, Nigel Pearson and Sam Alladyce.
Dyche is a promising, still relatively young manager who may well fulfil his potential in the future. The one adjective I would use to describe his Burnley side last season is "plucky". He's a strong motivator, but pluckiness along won't keep you in the Premier League as the previous campaign demonstrated. Nigel Pearson was arguably hard done by in being sacked by Leicester after pulling off a remarkable escapology act last season. I would be reluctant to see him come in purely on the basis of a good four month period and he carries a lot of baggage with him. It's difficult to overlook the fact he throttled an opposition player on the touchline during a match last season. Having garnered much negative publicity during the brief tenure of Italian lunatic Paolo Di Canio, I suspect the club wouldn't go down that route.
Which leaves us with Alladyce. The footballing purists may baulk at his outmoded style of football but factually speaking, he gets results and has never been relegated as a manager. It is easy to see why he might appeal to the Sunderland heirarchy at this point in time. The football won't be pretty (as if it is at the moment) but he would be my preferred choice at the current point in time, although with certain reservations.
Watch as Sunderland employ none of the above at some point between now and the next round of Premier League fixtures on 17th October.
Dyche is a promising, still relatively young manager who may well fulfil his potential in the future. The one adjective I would use to describe his Burnley side last season is "plucky". He's a strong motivator, but pluckiness along won't keep you in the Premier League as the previous campaign demonstrated. Nigel Pearson was arguably hard done by in being sacked by Leicester after pulling off a remarkable escapology act last season. I would be reluctant to see him come in purely on the basis of a good four month period and he carries a lot of baggage with him. It's difficult to overlook the fact he throttled an opposition player on the touchline during a match last season. Having garnered much negative publicity during the brief tenure of Italian lunatic Paolo Di Canio, I suspect the club wouldn't go down that route.
Which leaves us with Alladyce. The footballing purists may baulk at his outmoded style of football but factually speaking, he gets results and has never been relegated as a manager. It is easy to see why he might appeal to the Sunderland heirarchy at this point in time. The football won't be pretty (as if it is at the moment) but he would be my preferred choice at the current point in time, although with certain reservations.
Watch as Sunderland employ none of the above at some point between now and the next round of Premier League fixtures on 17th October.
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