It's no good, I've tried all day but I still cannot understand why Fulham sacked manager Chris Coleman last night.
Cookie deserves a medal for the job he has done at Craven Cottage over the past four years not a P45.
His boss may have been Harrods owner Mohamed Al Fayed, but he was never once given the kind of transfer kitty his predecessor Jean Tigana once enjoyed.
Added to that Coleman lost star players virtually every season such as Louis Saha, Luis Boa Morte and Steed Malbranque and had to replace them on a fraction of what they were sold for.
And yet he repeatedly kept Fulham in the Premiership against the odds.
The side are currently four points clear of the relegation zone with five games to go and too close for Al Fayed's liking to missing out on upwards of £50m through the new television rights deal next season.
So why has he opted to appoint a manager with no Premiership experience in Northern Ireland boss Lawrie Sanchez?
Sanchez may have worked miracles with Northern Ireland but then wasn't Cookie already doing that every day he turned up for work at The Cottage?
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Stuart wrote...
Absolutely right. Al Fayed has surely made one of his biggest mistakes yet but I wonder how much influence the crowd had on his decision. Shame on the Fulham fans for booing last weekend. Sure their position is worrying but, as Mr Rose points out, Al Fayed has offered little in the way of support, both finacial or professional, to Coleman. And it seems that footbal fans have a new hobby; booing every performance that 'isn't good enough' but often their perception of what IS good enough is laughably unrealistic. Over-reacting to a situation never improves it. Fulham are about to learn an important lesson; quality managers are a luxury these days and finding one will be more difficult than staying in the Prem. In sacking Coleman, Al Fayed has thrown away his best asset.
Posted by: Stuart | April 12, 2007 8:29 AM