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BURNLEY C PALACE Dyche: There should be a window for managers De Boer vows to go down fighting his way... if Palace swing the axe
SEAN DYCHE has urged the Premier League to investigate the possibility of introducing 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 2018-19 season kicks off, Dyche feels the Prem’s top brass should now try to stop the madness of the managerial merry-go-round.
The 46-year-old, who will next month celebrate the fifth anniversary of his arrival at Turf Moor, can see the wisdom in introducing legislation preventing clubs from sacking managers outside stipulated windows.
He said: “I think the idea of a socalled transfer window for managers is a very interesting one.
“I’m not sure clubs would want it – or vote for it – and I’m not sure fans would want it either.
Tolerance
“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.wing.
“The managera g er is probably going in every day thinking, ‘Iss today the day?’.
“We’ve all heardrd the stories about t a manager knowing before the game or finding out after the game.
“But at least t if you knew there was a cut- off point, you’d know that you had d to get the job done beforere then.
“You could at least put in s ome f orm rm of planning.
“Of course, owners would probably want the freedom to decide de their FRANK DE BOER insists he will be able to look himself in the mirror and say he did everything he could if his time at Crystal Palace ends sooner rather than later.
And the Dutchman reckons that, unlike compatriot Louis van Gaal, the former Manchester United manager, he would be leaving England with no regrets.
De Boer is under serious pressure at Selhurst Park after losing each of his first three Premier League games since coming in as Sam Allardyce’s replacement.
Eagles chairman Steve Parish (right) could even wield the axe if they lose against Burnley today.
But De Boer said: “I’m always fighting to get to where I want to go.
“I will do that to the last second I’m manager’sanager’s fate.fate But I think it’s an interesting idea. Some thought should go into it, that’s for sure.” Dyche is widely regarded as one of the top-flight’s few bulletproof bosses. But he endured a tough start to his tenure at Turf Moor. “I was get getting booed off every week when I first came here,” he recalled. But his first full season in charge ended with Burnley prom promoted to the Premier Le League. And although their stay lasted just one season, the Clarets w were back in the big timet again 12 months laterla and are now in theirthe third season in the top flight.
Aligned
DycheDy said: “At Burnley, I thinkthin the board, the chief executive,exec myself, the coachingcoach staff and the team are aligneda and that has mademad us stronger. “But how does a here and hopefully there will be a lot of years to come.
“But they never can say after, ‘Yeah, he didn’t do enough’.
“I’ll always be positive andnd I know I can always look in thehe mirror and say I did everything to get the best results for the club and team.”
De Boer sought out his old Barcelona coach Van manager get the time he needs? Inevitably, it’s down to winning. I was allowed a bit more time than maybe others because we were under the radar in the Championship and there was a bit of reality at the club.
Expectations
“But if it ever gets to a point where we are well below expectations then the people I work for will pat me on the head and say, ‘Thanks a lot, kid’.
“From the outside looking in, 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 Frank is finding is that you still have to win matches when you are making that journey.
“That’s the challenge. You have to win to buy yourself the time to change the club and if you don’t then you’re out.
“But that isn’t a fact of life unique to Crystal Palace. That’s just football.” Gaal for advice before taking the job. He added: “I spoke to him before I came to Crystal Palace – ‘How’s the Premier League? What about assistants? Did you bring your o own staff?’ – those kind of questions. ““The only thing he re regretted about his time h here was that he played 3-4-3 in pre-season, and then he lost the first game and changed it to 4-3-3. He regretted that and that’s why you have to stick to your own philosophy – that’s a very important lesson.”
De Boer’s philosophy isn’t doing him much good at Palace and he admits that the pressure of managing in the Premier League is another level altogether even for someone who has played in the spotlight of Ajax and Barcelona.
He added: “As a manager you always have more pressure. As a player I was nervous before games but you need tension to perform and when the referee whistled it was over for me, I was focused on the ball, on the game.
“As a manager, you don’t have that influence on the game itself.
“As a manager, you have an influence on training, but when the game starts you have to give that to the players and that’s why I’m more nervous than I was as a player.
“As a manager, a lot of the time it’s 24-7 intensity, but that makes it also nice, because the nice thing about managing is you’re working together on a process.
“I always say that after six months, you’ll see you’re getting more back in every game. It always takes time.”
Time for De Boer might be in short supply.