
Premier League clubs have never been shy when it comes to changing their manager. What used to be a five-year plan is now a three-year plan, and it won’t be long before this decreases once again. Football has always been a results-based industry but, even then, when there’s been success, there’s no guarantee for managers that they’ll last the length of their contract. Becau...

It dropped at 21.23 the day after the transfer window closed. David Sullivan decided he was going to make his feelings known and threw Slaven Bilić under the bus with a statement on the West Ham United website and from then on he was a dead man walking. “Overall Slaven is happy with the business we have done during the summer transfer window,” he said. “We received the manager’s wish-l...

Throughout Slaven Bilić‘s two-and-a-half year reign at West Ham United, he has never been too far away from the back pages. During his first full season in charge the Croatian was magnificent in guiding the Hammers to a seventh-placed finish in the Premier League, as well as contending with the emotional farewell to Upton Park. Then things started to unravel. Player unrest accompanied probl...