Sven surprised at sackings
28 Nov 2007 - 14:33:10
Manchester City boss Sven-Goran Eriksson believes English football is beginning to mirror its European neighbours in terms of the number of managers losing their jobs.
Six Premier League clubs have already parted company with their managers this season and Eriksson believes English chairman are begin to adopt the more impatient attitude of some of their continental counterparts.
"I'm not surprised because I've been working in Italy and Portugal for many years and it's very normal there, but I am surprised because it's happening in England," he told the club's official website.
"What I always thought was that English fans and directors are more patient than the Latin part of the world, but we are becoming Latin here as well.
"Not talking about any specific team, but you know when things are going badly it's very difficult to sack the chairman, very difficult to sack the players, so who is the third part? That's the manager.
"I think football's always been like that and you have to accept it in one way because if results aren't coming, directors and fans want to see something changing for the better."
