Results, fans, fall-outs – factors that lead to managerial pressure

Pressure on a football manager’s position is never always that great of a possibility.

Thomas Frank, the manager of Tottenham, and Oliver Glasner, the manager of Crystal Palace, both starting to feel the heat for various reasons, made this clear in the Premier League this weekend.

After a run of subpar performances, Frank’s position is in danger, and Glasner, who is retiring, has a 10-game winless streak. He also made the extraordinary claim that he feels “abandoned” by the club following the defeat by Sunderland.

Arne Slot led Liverpool to the title in May, but his side were booed off following Saturday’s 1-1 draw with struggling Burnley, underscoring how quickly things can change.

Two top-flight managers have already found themselves under too much pressure, with Chelsea firing Enzo Maresca on January 1 and Manchester United leaving Ruben Amorim five days later.

Unsurprisingly, a manager’s poor run of results is frequently the main factor in getting the sack because winning is the name of the game in football.

Owners sometimes don’t feel like they can take the risk of falling into disrepute or missing out on Europe because of the ever-increasing finances of top-level football.

When Sean Dyche was fired at Everton in January of last year, that was a contributing factor.

The Friedkin Group’s new owners, who were getting ready to relocate to their new Hill Dickinson Stadium, felt they couldn’t afford to risk losing money to the Premier League as a result of their promotion to the Championship.

After only 10 weeks in charge, Leeds sacked Javi Gracia and appointed Sam Allardyce to prevent the drop with four games left in 2022-23.

Andrea Radrizzani, the chairman of Leeds, would have ultimately lost £230 million due to relegation.

The fans’ support is frequently lost on the wall for managers when they lose them, especially those who are in the ground.

When his own supporters began to sing “sacked in the morning” to him, Ange Postecoglou had only been in charge of Nottingham Forest for three weeks and six games.

Before being fired 17 minutes after Chelsea’s defeat, the Australian won two more games.

Frank was under more pressure this weekend, with Spurs fans suggesting he would also be “sacked in the morning” following his 2-1 defeat to West Ham.

Wayne Rooney, a former Manchester United striker, said to BBC Match of the Day: “I felt for him. I’ve been in that position.” It’s lonely to be there.

Tottenham fans have spoken, and when that happens, he appears to lose his job.

However, former Newcastle striker Alan Shearer said: “He knows the rules, you’re going to get fired if you don’t win games.” By the end, he appeared to be very worn out.

In a BBC article, Tony Pulis, former Stoke City manager, wrote that “many of these]match-going] supporters have the right to criticize their teams and players.

“Any club decision-makers have much more influence on their reaction.”

owners falling out with them or other people in a club’s hierarchy is always a problem too.

After the Portuguese board had a 1-1 draw with Leeds, Amorim decided to leave.

He argued with club officials that he should not interfere with his duties and that previous comments about the Red Devils’ transfer strategy had suggested potential conflicts could exist behind the scenes.

Amorim was fired the day after the Leeds game.

Chelsea’s top-four hopes were in the balance after Maresca’s poor run of results, but he also had to pay the price for his disagreement with the hierarchy.

Meanwhile, Nuno led Forest to Europe last year before being fired due to disagreements with owner Evangelos Marinakis over transfer deals.

Following a disastrous breakdown in his relationship with the board, Brendan Rodgers formally resigned as Celtic manager earlier this year.

And Glasner called the owners of Palace this weekend, saying he felt he and his players had been completely abandoned in protest of the Eagles’ transfer strategy.

Glasner said on Friday that he would leave Palace when his contract expires at the end of the season, but it’s still to be seen whether or not his outburst will cause his departure.

According to Rooney, “I don’t believe there is a chance that he can attend next weekend.”

Although fans’ online criticism is frequently vehement, it is not frequently believed that social media pressure is to blame for a managerial sacking.

According to Pulis, “Fans who criticize a team, manager, or club on social media sites only have a small impact when they express their disapproval of the same criticism from supporters who purchase season tickets and spend their hard-earned money on traveling home and away in all weathers.”

However, social media frequently helps to gain more followers for pundits’ comments, making an under-fire manager feel like they need to speak up for themselves.

Amorim made the suggestion that Manchester United had grown too sensitive to outside criticism just before he left, stating, “We need to change the club if people can’t handle the criticism of Gary Nevilles and the criticism of everything.”

There are many instances where a manager can apologize for social media abuse, but the attendance at games will support them.

Arsenal fans online were extremely pressured to sack Mikel Arteta in 2021, and they now hope he will win the team’s first league title in a generation.

A manager may not be hired on social media.

Does the number of time managers given also depend on the combination of the factors listed above?

Postecoglou’s 39-day tenure at Forest makes him the longest-serving permanent manager in Premier League history, but Les Reed’s Charlton tenure from 2006 was just one day shorter.