[Football] O'Neill sacked by Bournemouth - and appoint Andoni Iraola

[axscott]

Strange one

 

[Albion Robster]

Jeez, that's incredibly harsh on O'Niel.
Bournemouth are the new Watford.

 

[Husty]

Really wanted Bournemouth to go down, he's a big part of the reason they didn't - fingers crossed for next year.

 

[deletebeepbeepbeep]

Can't be for footballing reasons surely!?

 

[Me and my Monkey]

Curious.

Careful what you wish for, Bournemouth.


Deja vu, anyone? Of course, on this occasion I do hope they’ve made a DREADFUL mistake.

 

[Farehamseagull]

Kin hell that's harsh!

Maybe Potter fancies coming back to the South Coast!

 

[blockhseagull]

Strange one after he kept them up.

Although a lot of people said that from the outside when we sacked CH.

Assume a change of direction in style or something has happened behind the scenes as don’t think results wise he has under performed.

 

[Nobby Cybergoat]

Surely something else has happened here.

 

[Blackadder]

Very good news for the promoted clubs..... And Everton.

 

[Hugo Rune]

I heard a few pundits mention that he should have been considered for manager of the season given where Muff were when he took over. I’d be livid if I supported that plucky little team down the coast. Talk about self destructing! Idiots.

 

[papachris]

It looks like someone is already lined up. Graham Potter perhaps?

 

[Guinness Boy]

Mental. In the Premier League top 5 coaches last season with Pep, RDZ, Smeddie and Arteta. They should never have stayed up with that squad.

 

[Nitram]

Crazy, let’s hope that go down next year.

 

[afcb]

He kept us up but he probably wasn't the future and its better now than half way through next season. He served up some right dross at times so we have mixed opinions on him. We also had the core of a PL squad when we got back up, then invested heavily in January so the little old muff platitudes are probably wide of the mark, we certainly aren't a Norwich. Are we a little shocked of course but the owners are pretty minted and have a plan. Whether it plays out who knows.

 

[Nottseagull]

It looks like someone is already lined up. Graham Potter perhaps?

It's got to be something like that!
A quick return to the PL for Potter and a the sort of project on which he thrives.

What are 'muff platitudes'?

 

[sparkie]

Kin hell that's harsh!

Maybe Potter fancies coming back to the South Coast!

You never know.

 

[Paulie Gualtieri]

Could be totally unrelated but there’s a few “premier league boss arrested” stories circling today

 

[Muzzman]

It's got to be something like that!
A quick return to the PL for Potter and a real shoestring project on which he thrives.

Right from Tony's playbook too.

 

[Icy Gull]

American owner may be about to throw mega money at them?

Smacks of Saints binning Atkins (who’d done well) to replace him with Poch. That did turn out well for a while.

I will laugh if GP gets the job though, back to the easy life he was so sarcastic about when he went to Chelsea

 

[Nobby Cybergoat]

He kept us up but he probably wasn't the future and its better now than half way through next season. He served up some right dross at times so we have mixed opinions on him. We also had the core of a PL squad when we got back up, then invested heavily in January so the little old muff platitudes are probably wide of the mark, we certainly aren't a Norwich. Are we a little shocked of course but the owners are pretty minted and have a plan. Whether it plays out who knows.

OK. I was initially surprised. But I agree with the point you make that it's better to do it now. I can actually see some parallels with the Hughton situation here. If your owners have a particular plan, I think they've done enough to be believed that they can carry it out.

Harsh on O'Neill, but hey that's the life of a football manager