Is football management in a crisis?

No premier league season goes by without a serious change up in the football management sector, but this year has been like no other.

Is football management in a crisis?

With the retirement of Manchester United legend Sir Alex Ferguson last year all eyes inevitably turned to new kid on the block David Moyes.

Alas it wasn’t to be and the failure to defend the Red Devil’s premier league title saw the old Everton manager sacked after just ten months.

How is it that a top football club can place 7th in the premier league and also fail to qualify for the UEFA champions and Europa league in one season?

The answer seems to be in the management of the club, rumours have circulated heavily over player disobedience and lack of confidence in Moyes.

However, if experienced Everton manager Moyes isn’t up for the job who is? It seems clear now that Ferguson will not be an easy man to replace.

It wasn’t just Manchester United that suffered heavy blows this season though, Tottenham also fared badly resulting in the disposal of new manager Tim Sherwood.

Faring marginally better than the Red Devil’s, Spurs placed 6th but Sherwood claims that the club was simply asking for ‘too much’.

Sherwood was also only with the club for five months having started mid-season, which further suggests a worrying trend in the sector.

Both managers, Sherwood and Moyes alike were given permanent contracts with their respective clubs, but due to break clauses were publicly given the boot at the end of the season.

So what is the average life span of a football manager?

Not long it seems, with Brighton and Hove Albion boss Oscar Garcia also leaving his post after only 11 months following a play-off defeat.

Arsenal manager, Arsene Wenger, has even compared football management to ‘Russian Roulette’ saying that “every game is kill or be killed”.

Is there any hope for these discarded managers? Ironically yes, as most failed footie bosses are experts in making elusive deals despite their failures to negotiate and sign new players.

The waters seem set to see Sherwood replace Garcia at the Albion and Garcia in turn move to Celtic or closer to his home pitch in Malaga.

Whether or not new Manchester United manager Louis Van Gaal will fill the boots of Sir Alex Ferguson’s 27 year career at the club is yet to be decided however.

By Lu Wright.