temporaryeggs Posted June 26, 2020 Share Posted June 26, 2020 Has anyone kept their job despite being relegated? Asking for a friend ; ) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrazT Posted June 26, 2020 Share Posted June 26, 2020 This will depend on what the board expectation was at the start of the season and whether you had a good run in the cups- to my knowledge it is not automatic unless you are relegated into an inactive league. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HUNT3R Posted June 26, 2020 Share Posted June 26, 2020 Yeah. It's quite possible to keep your job. It depends on the expectations and your job security overall. If your team is expected to be relegated and you do, it's not like you under-performed. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
temporaryeggs Posted June 26, 2020 Author Share Posted June 26, 2020 Expectations were "fight bravely against relegation". We're in the Bundesliga, so this season should be ...character building... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrazT Posted June 26, 2020 Share Posted June 26, 2020 4 hours ago, temporaryeggs said: Expectations were "fight bravely against relegation". We're in the Bundesliga, so this season should be ...character building... That would probably be interpreted as relegation was expected, so sacking will not be automatic. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HUNT3R Posted June 26, 2020 Share Posted June 26, 2020 6 hours ago, temporaryeggs said: Expectations were "fight bravely against relegation". We're in the Bundesliga, so this season should be ...character building... I had that with a team 1001 - 1 to win the league. We didn't finish last, but still relegated. I had no issues staying on. No meetings etc either. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prokopije Posted June 30, 2020 Share Posted June 30, 2020 Yes. Was few years in club, promoted them to higher rank and than got sent back to lower division next season. Also had that "fight bravely against relegation" expectation and board status was something like "if it happens that team gets relegated we will be able to keep you as our manager". Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobby_McDonald Posted July 6, 2020 Share Posted July 6, 2020 I got relegated three times with Newcastle Town in my 30+ seasons save on FM2011 and never lost my job. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
IbrahimAliMaher Posted July 12, 2020 Share Posted July 12, 2020 (edited) Won the Championship twelve months earlier with 'top half finish' expectation, 'untouchable' status. Given £35m to spend with minimum expectation to avoid relegation from PL and media prediction of 18th. Relegated on final day of the season by two points. Sacked! Edited July 12, 2020 by IbrahimAliMaher Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrazT Posted July 12, 2020 Share Posted July 12, 2020 56 minutes ago, IbrahimAliMaher said: Won the Championship twelve months earlier with 'top half finish' expectation, 'untouchable' status. Given £35m to spend with minimum expectation to avoid relegation from PL and media prediction of 18th. Relegated on final day of the season by two points. Sacked! There is no doubt that the game will react badly if you do not match the board's league expectation, despite some success in previous seasons and even in the cup competitions. The financial implications of relegation form the EPL are massive so whilst it may be hard, it is not unexpected. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
IbrahimAliMaher Posted July 13, 2020 Share Posted July 13, 2020 (edited) 12 hours ago, FrazT said: There is no doubt that the game will react badly if you do not match the board's league expectation, despite some success in previous seasons and even in the cup competitions. The financial implications of relegation form the EPL are massive so whilst it may be hard, it is not unexpected. I think I'm a victim of my own success (again!), having vastly exceeded expectations the previous season they then expected miracles from working with pocket change. It's the timing of it that annoys me; if PL survival was so critical to them, then why not sack me earlier given we were in the relegation zone virtually all season? I even turned down other job offers from team slightly higher in the league (West Ham, Bournemouth, Palace...) to stay for the relegation fight, which they said they were happy about. If they were confident I was the right man to keep them up, then surely I'd be the best person to get them back up again, given the squad we've gone back down with is stronger than the squad I won the title with 12 months earlier?! It will be interesting to see what happens IRL: > Me - net spend £35m, finished 19th, sacked > Farke @ Norwich - net spend £8m, finished bottom, keeps his job? > Smith @ Villa - net spend £140m, finish TBD > Wilder @ Sheff Utd - net spend £60m, finish top half, keeps his job Edited July 13, 2020 by IbrahimAliMaher Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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