Post by QPR Report on Jan 12, 2010 7:41:02 GMT
As if Briatore has the time to be intervewed every few months!
The Guardian/Andy Hunte
David Moyes says managers should interview chairmen over jobs• Moyes says knowing expectations of chairman is crucial
• Everton manager grateful for relationship with Bill Kenwright
David Moyes believes managerial instability has become an established part of life in the Premier League and that his peers should now interview chairmen before they accept a job among the English elite.
The Everton manager, the third-longest-serving manager in the Premier League behind Sir Alex Ferguson and Arsène Wenger, welcomes Roberto Mancini and Manchester City to Goodison Park on Saturday amid increasing dismay at owners' willingness to dismiss coaches in response to outside criticism. Though no love was lost between Moyes and Mark Hughes over the Joleon Lescott transfer saga in the summer, the Scot fears the Welshman's departure from City last month, plus Gary Megson's sacking by Bolton Wanderers, is evidence that clubs are wavering at the first sign of pressure.
"Managers get interviewed for jobs but I think it should be the managers who are interviewing the chairman," Moyes said. "If you have a good, stable chairman who understands things that's better so the manager should be able to find out what the chairman is about, what his expectations are, when does he crack, is he on the phone moaning after every defeat, how interfering is he?
"Obviously there is a pressure to stay in the Premier League. Whoever is near the bottom and is not doing well, and I can put myself in that category at times this season, you come under pressure. Some managers are doing really well who are at the bottom of the league. With the resources they have got, they are doing the best they can so there has to be an appreciation of that. Finances have played a part, but then to sack a manager costs money and to get a new one costs money. They say they're skint until they have to get rid of one and then they're happy to find the money to get things moving."
The Everton manager admits he has benefited immensely from a healthy working relationship with his own chairman, Bill Kenwright, but believes others fold too easily under criticism from supporters. He added: "I've been very fortunate with Bill and my chairman before Bill, Brian Gray, [at Preston] where they both allowed me to do the job with no interference. When the team's not doing well it's tough on the chairman because sometimes the supporters shout at the chairman and that's unfair on them. You need chairmen who don't buckle. Managers get it every week but some chairmen don't know how to handle that criticism and the only way they know how to is to get rid of the manager."
Everton officials, meanwhile, held exploratory talks with members of Liverpool city council yesterday over the prospect of building a new stadium within the city. The meeting, however, was merely to set out a framework for further talks on the issue over the coming months.
www.guardian.co.uk/football/2010/jan/12/david-moyes-premier-league-managers
The Guardian/Andy Hunte
David Moyes says managers should interview chairmen over jobs• Moyes says knowing expectations of chairman is crucial
• Everton manager grateful for relationship with Bill Kenwright
David Moyes believes managerial instability has become an established part of life in the Premier League and that his peers should now interview chairmen before they accept a job among the English elite.
The Everton manager, the third-longest-serving manager in the Premier League behind Sir Alex Ferguson and Arsène Wenger, welcomes Roberto Mancini and Manchester City to Goodison Park on Saturday amid increasing dismay at owners' willingness to dismiss coaches in response to outside criticism. Though no love was lost between Moyes and Mark Hughes over the Joleon Lescott transfer saga in the summer, the Scot fears the Welshman's departure from City last month, plus Gary Megson's sacking by Bolton Wanderers, is evidence that clubs are wavering at the first sign of pressure.
"Managers get interviewed for jobs but I think it should be the managers who are interviewing the chairman," Moyes said. "If you have a good, stable chairman who understands things that's better so the manager should be able to find out what the chairman is about, what his expectations are, when does he crack, is he on the phone moaning after every defeat, how interfering is he?
"Obviously there is a pressure to stay in the Premier League. Whoever is near the bottom and is not doing well, and I can put myself in that category at times this season, you come under pressure. Some managers are doing really well who are at the bottom of the league. With the resources they have got, they are doing the best they can so there has to be an appreciation of that. Finances have played a part, but then to sack a manager costs money and to get a new one costs money. They say they're skint until they have to get rid of one and then they're happy to find the money to get things moving."
The Everton manager admits he has benefited immensely from a healthy working relationship with his own chairman, Bill Kenwright, but believes others fold too easily under criticism from supporters. He added: "I've been very fortunate with Bill and my chairman before Bill, Brian Gray, [at Preston] where they both allowed me to do the job with no interference. When the team's not doing well it's tough on the chairman because sometimes the supporters shout at the chairman and that's unfair on them. You need chairmen who don't buckle. Managers get it every week but some chairmen don't know how to handle that criticism and the only way they know how to is to get rid of the manager."
Everton officials, meanwhile, held exploratory talks with members of Liverpool city council yesterday over the prospect of building a new stadium within the city. The meeting, however, was merely to set out a framework for further talks on the issue over the coming months.
www.guardian.co.uk/football/2010/jan/12/david-moyes-premier-league-managers