In the early morning of Beijing time today (25th), Watford officially announced that Ranieri would no longer serve as the team manager. After only 112 days in office, the premier league page has been completely turned over for the 70-year-old Ranieri.
Halfway through the Premier League season, there have been eight managers who have been laid off, and the recent misfortunes have been all famous characters: from Solskjaer to Benitez, now it is Ranieri's turn.
On Monday night, Watford dismissed the tinkerer, who had been in office for only 112 days. "The Board of Directors recognizes Claudio as a man of integrity and dignity. He led the team with integrity, gave a lot, and we will always respect him. "There is still a hint of friendliness in the official announcement, but the record of 2 wins, 1 draw and 10 losses in the 13 Premier League games and 16-30 goals and losses in the 13 Premier League games is beyond the patience of the Hornets. With only 14 points in 20 league rounds, two points behind the safe zone, the relegation situation is grim enough. In the end, the so-called copy of leicester city fairy tales is completely contrary to the way.
Losing 3-0 at home to relegation rival Norwich on Friday, Watford fell into the relegation zone for the first time this season, which became Ranieri's final battle, although he himself insisted that "I am a fighter and never give up". When Sisko was fired in early October, Watford was still in 14th place, and the potmakers made them even further away from life. Ironically, the only two wins in the Italian boss's tenure were wild enough, and the defeats were just the two previous coaches who had left the class, 5-2 Everton gave Benitez the worst defeat in his tenure, and Manchester United directly beat Ole Gunnar Solskjaer at home 4-1.
Sweeping through the Red Devils, Watford's high-level pressing was amazing. But many of the teams' examples this season have proved that bullying Manchester United is not too high a reference value. Since then, Watford have suffered seven consecutive defeats on all fronts. In the trough of scoring only one point in the last 8 rounds, Ranieri has been proud to lose to Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur by one goal, but for a relegation team, the players are full of performance desire to play a strong team, but they are lifeless in front of opponents in the same grade, often the most deadly.
Until the beginning of this month, the Pozzo family, who run Watford, was still openly supporting Ranieri, and the winter window has signed five players, mainly defenders, to renovate the defensive line that has not been kept clean sheets in 30 consecutive Premier League games (the second worst in Premier League history). Ten days ago, they drew away to relegation rivals Newcastle United, and Watford deserved a better result. Unfortunately, they always fall again after letting people see hope.
In the 10 years since the Pozzo family bought Watford, the team has been promoted to the Premier League twice. After a five-year stay from 2015 to 2020, Watford fell into the Championship and immediately returned last summer. Such a process is difficult to define as failure. The Pozzo family is confident in their management level, considering themselves smarter than their competitors, and decisive coaching changes are an important part.
Over the years, Watford has tried both Spanish, Italian and Serbian coaches, including many famous actors such as Mazzari and Flores, but none of them lasted long. In recent years, the team's manager has become more short-lived, and the club is about to start looking for the seventh official manager since the 2019-20 season, "We have a talented squad and now the change of coach will give the new coach enough time to complete the short-term goal of Premier League relegation." ”
Abu's continued success at Chelsea has been accomplished by constantly changing managers. But everything is too late. The density of coaching changes has made Watford players treat each coach as a temporary coach, and the authority of the manager is difficult to establish. Even the distrust of the manager has become a club culture at Watford. A former executive once said: "We are not the kind of club that lets coaches let go of their own work. ”
Flores, who has worked at Watford for 2 terms, has revealed that when he is training, there will be club people next to him writing and drawing on small books, "Sorry, I don't buy this. When you sign a coach, you have to trust him. I've coached over 500 games, what qualifications does that note-taking guy have to analyze me? ”
Coaches have been hyped and hyped, Watford's signing effect has also been discounted, although there are more successful cases such as Ismaila Sal, Emmanuel Dennis, João Pedro, etc., but the non-stop change of manager is not conducive to the development of new signings. Sal showed his talent visible to the naked eye when he landed in the Premier League 2 years ago, but so far he has played for 7 coaches with very different ideas, and it is inevitable that he will become confused.
For Ranieri, leading Leicester City to the Premier League in 2016 is forever in history. He has been at Chelsea for 4 years, less than 2 years at the Blue Foxes and 3 1/2 months at Fulham and Watford. The 4th time I came to this league, I served for my compatriots, and I fell the hardest. At the age of 70, the page of the Premier League may have been turned over forever.
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