Eddie Howe remarkably moves up to 12th place in Premier League managers list
Eight weeks into the season and already four Premier League managers have gone.
Scott Parker sacked by Bournemouth, then the same for Thomas Tuchel at Chelsea, with then Brighton losing Graham Potter to the Stamford Bridge club.
Then on Sunday (yesterday) it was Wolves announcing (see below) that Bruno Lage had been sacked, less than 16 months after taking the job.
This is now the current position for longstanding Premier League managers and their start dates:
Jurgen Klopp (Liverpool) 8 October 2015
Pep Guardiola (Man City) 1 July 2016
Thomas Frank (Brentford) 16 October 2018
Ralph Hasenhuttl (Southampton) 6 December 2018
Brendan Rodgers (Leicester) 26 February 2019
Mikel Arteta (Arsenal) 22 December 2019
David Moyes (West Ham) 30 December 2019
Marco Silva (Fulham) 1 July 2021
Patrick Vieira (Crystal Palace) 4 July 2021
Steve Cooper (Nottingham Forest) 21 September 2021
Antonio Conte (Spurs) 2 November 2021
Eddie Howe (Newcastle United) 8 November 2021
Steven Gerrard (Aston Villa) 11 November 2021
Frank Lampard (Everton) 30 January 2022
Jesse Marsch (Leeds) 28 February 2022
Erik Ten Hag (Man Utd) 23 May 2022
Gary O’Neil (Bournemouth) 30 August 2022 – Caretaker manager
Graham Potter (Chelsea) 8 September 2022
Roberto De Zerbi (Brighton) 18 September 2022
(Wolves yet to replace Bruno Lage)
Quite remarkable that Eddie Howe now moves up to 12th place in longstanding Premier League managers list, even though he hasn’t even reached 11 months in the job. After tonight’s match Eddie could even find himself moving up to eleventh, as surely if Leicester fail to beat Forest and remain rock bottom, Brendan Rodgers will very likely get the sack.
It is interesting though when you look at that list of Premier League managers above, seven of them have been in their job since 30 December 2019 (David Moyes), then it jumps to 1 July 2021 (Marco Silva). The seven have been in their jobs two years and nine months, or longer, then the rest are 15 months or less.
When you look across all four divisions, all 92 clubs, the Premier League actually looks a lot less manic when it comes to hiring and firing.
In the top 15 longstanding managers of the 92 clubs, there re seven Premier League managers, occupying places of 4th, 5th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 14th and 15th.
Of the 92 clubs, Newcastle United actually have the 38th longest standing manager, Eddie Howe moving up a place on Monday morning, as Middlesbrough have sacked Chris Wilder.
Of the 92 clubs, only 33 of them have the same manager that they had a year ago…
Wolves official statement – 2 October 2022:
‘Wolves have parted company with head coach Bruno Lage.
Lage had been in charge at Molineux since June 2021, guiding Wolves to a 10th place finish in his first Premier League season.
During that campaign, Lage was awarded the Premier League Manager of the Month for January and guided the club to memorable victories at Aston Villa and Manchester United.
While improving Wolves’ points tally from the 2020/21 season, Lage developed young players such as Maximilian Kilman and Rayan Ait-Nouri and oversaw the squad’s transition, which brought the likes of Jose Sa and Matheus Nunes to the club.
Wolves chairman Jeff Shi said: “Bruno is an excellent coach, a hardworking and dedicated manager, and a warm, wise and honest man.
“He and his staff have been a pleasure to work with throughout their time at Wolves, so it is with much sadness that we have had to make what has been a difficult decision.
“I honestly have no doubts about Bruno’s ability, and I’m sure he will succeed elsewhere, however the team’s form and performances over the last few months mean that we have no choice but to act.
“On behalf of everyone at Wolves, I would like to place on record our gratitude to Bruno and his coaching team for all their efforts during their time with the club, and wish them the very best for the future.”
Wolves can confirm that experienced coaches Steve Davis and James Collins will prepare the team this week for the trip to Chelsea.’
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