ROLL the DYCHE
Forget shutting transfer market early, there should be a window where managers can’t be sacked!
SEAN DYCHE has urged the Premier League to introduce a fire-and-hire transfer window for managers.
The Burnley boss could end Frank De Boer’s brief reign at Crystal Palace today by sentencing the Dutchman to a fourth successive defeat.
And after a week which saw clubs vote to close next summer’s transfer window before the 2017-18 season kicks off, Dyche feels Prem chiefs should now try to stop the madness of the managerial merry-go-round.
The 46-year-old, who will next month celebrate his fifth anniversary at Turf Moor, said: “The idea of a so-called transfer window for managers is a very interesting one. I’m not sure clubs would vote for it – and I’m not sure fans would want it either.
“But from a manager’s point of view, it would give us a tolerance level that we don’t have at the moment.
“Rather than question someone too early, it would give a window where the fans could get their heads around a manager being there for a minimum amount of time.
“Sometimes the worst thing for the manager and the fans is that sense of not knowing. The manager is probably going in every day thinking ‘is today the day?’.
“We’ve all heard the stories about a manager knowing his fate before the game, or finding out after the game. But at least if you knew there was a cut-off point, you’d know that you had to get the job done before then.”
Dyche is widely regarded as one of the top flight’s few bulletproof bosses. But he endured a tough start to his Burnley tenure.
“I was getting booed off every week when I first came here,” he recalled. But his first full season in charge ended with Burnley promoted to the Premier League.
Although their top-flight stay lasted just one season, the Clarets were back in the big time 12 months later and are now in their third season there. “At Burnley, the board, the chief executive, myself, the coaching staff and the team are aligned and that has made us stronger,” added Dyche. “But how does a manager get the time he needs? Inevitably, it’s down to winning.
“In my case, I was allowed a bit more time than maybe others would be allowed because we were under the radar in the Championship, and there was a little bit of reality at the club.
“It looks to me like Palace have gone down the road of changing the brand of the club and have brought in a manager who also wants to do that.
“The problem that Frank is finding is that you still have to win football matches when you are making that journey. That is the challenge.”