Tony Adams Sacked and Luiz Felipe Scolari Sacked

A struggling Portsmouth have sacked their manager Tony Adam barely three months after he took over from Harry Redknapp. Adams was let go official today although it was not entirely unexpected, under Adams Pompey only won 10 points in 16 games. Avram Grant and Alan Curbishley have both been mentioned as potential replacements.

Adams was not the only former England player to fail to get satisfactory results as a manager. Paul Ince was sacked in December and Bobby Charlton would probably rather we focused on his days on the pitch. Ince was at least Ince was given 6 months, twice as long as Adams had to turn around Portsmouth’s fortunes. Perhaps it’s time for managers to only stay in charge until a match is lost with a ‘winner stays on’ style contract or they could take turns in managing for 5 minute intervals.

Gareth Southgate is odds on favourite to leave next after Middlesbrough lost 1-0 to Man City on Saturday. Thirteen games lost in a row does not reflect well on Southgate who is looking increasingly worried. Mark Hughes also has reason to be worried according to the odds on bet365s football betting page of their online gambling site.

Joe Kinnear was also on the list due to health problems but says he is making a swift recovery after being hospitalised on Saturday morning. His Wikipedia page currently records his death early this morning but this is not backed up by any news sources so I think shenanigans may be involved.

Update: Luiz Felipe Scolari has been dismissed by Chelsea as reported on their official site. This follows Chelsea’s 0-0 draw with Hull on Saturday. Scolari’s managerial duties will be relieved by former assistant, Ray Wilkins on a temporary basis.

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