Watford, who have returned to the Premier League this season, have not had very good results since the beginning of the season, which has made the Italian boss Gino Pozzo, who has always been impatient, once again take the knife, and earlier dismissed Spain coach Sisco, who has only coached for more than 9 months and led the team to promotion, who is also the team's 14th manager to leave the team in nearly 10 years. Shortly after Sisco was dismissed, the team immediately found a suitable candidate to replace him, announcing that the Spanish coach Claudio Ranieri, who had led Leicester City to a big upset to win the Premier League, replaced the Spanish manager, leading the team to do its best to retain this season's Premier League seat.
Claudio Ranieri, who will celebrate his 70th birthday at the end of this month, was born and raised in Rome, the capital of Italy, and has become a loyal supporter of Rome since childhood. The player played as a defender and debuted in Rome, but failed to become the main force of the team, and after being promoted to the previous team, he left the team only one season to shoot until he hung up his boots in Palermo in 1986. Claudio Ranieri, who had coached Serie A teams such as Cagliari, Napoli, Fiorentina, Parma and Juventus in the early days of his coaching, as well as European teams such as Valencia, Atletico Madrid and Chelsea, was often able to clear the way and get back on track for the team when there were limited manpower or in chaos, but did not win any important championships for these teams, so his coaching years at that time were difficult to say successful.
It was not until the beginning of the 2009/10 season, when Roma started off poorly and was forced to sell out midfielder Alberto Aquilani due to financial pressures, and manager Luciano Spalletti fell out with management, so he hired Claudio Ranieri to take over the team; after the latter took charge, the team gradually returned to the right track, in addition to its tactical adjustments and the abandonment of some of the main players who were going downhill, personal charm and affinity successfully united the players, and the team's momentum was unstoppable. After creating an unbeaten record in 19 games in all competitions, he once led the group at the top of the league table; only lost some points in the final stage of the championship race, and finally finished second by two points, watching Mourinho's Inter successfully defend the league title, opening the team's "3 crowns" record in the season; and then losing to Inter in the Italian Cup final, only to finish second, but this was the best result achieved since Claudio Ranieri took charge at that time. However, Claudio Ranieri failed to extend this momentum to the following season, due to financial problems and failed to effectively increase the strength of the troops, and its tactics have long been understood, so that the opponent is not difficult to guard against; coupled with the attempt to reform the team and the team's soul "Prince" Totti, the morale that has been painstakingly built up before is greatly frustrated, and thus the record is repeated, can only float in the middle of the position, and finally was dismissed in the middle of the season.
After that, whether coaching inter or monaco, Claudio Ranieri was only regarded as a "firefighting manager", and left the team after the team was back on track, so it had the title of "pot maker". In the summer of 2015, premier League team Leicester City dismissed former coach Nigel Pearson during pre-season training, and with less than a month left before the start of the season, announced that claudio Ranieri, who had just lost to the Greek national team, would take over the team, at that time, many people were not optimistic about its prospects, and thought that its arrival was unimpeded Leicester City's fate of "relegation favorite"; as a result, Claudio Ranieri not only played his role as a "pot maker" again, but also led the team to become more courageous, and finally more powerful Arsenal. Rivals such as Tottenham won the first top-flight title in the team's history and the first top-flight title in their personal coaching careers, while Leicester City players such as Jamie Vardy, Mahrez, Kante, Caspar Schmeichel, etc. who played a high level under his command suddenly increased their prices by 10 times.
However, after a fantastic season, the team failed to create a miracle in the following season, fell to the brink of relegation in the league, and gradually clashed with many players, resulting in Claudio Ranieri being fired by the team in the middle of the season. After that, whether it was Nantes in Charge of Ligue 1, Fulham in the Premier League, or Serie A teams Roma and Sampdoria who were in charge again, they failed to succeed, and this summer they did not get Sampdoria to renew their contracts, and they left the team after two seasons in charge.
Coaching for many years and winning the Premier League title, Claudio Ranieri's experience is absolutely unquestionable, its advantages are affinity, personality and kindness, so that many players are willing to cooperate with him, using the manpower they have to do their best to achieve good results and help the team get back on track. However, due to its tactical conservatism, lack of aggressiveness, little change, and lack of Plan B, it will soon be seen through by opponents, which also explains why he often can only be a "pot maker" rather than a successful manager who has been coaching for a long time. With Watford's current manpower, which is no worse than what Leicester City had back then, it is not without a chance to fight for relegation, but it is doubtful that the owner of the team, Gino Pozzo, who has always been known for his lack of patience, will give Claudio Ranieri how much time to rebuild the team.