I just don't think this would be a thing if it were a 45 year old manager, and for all we know Hodgson may well be in the loop on this. I wouldn't be at all surprised if when he left, he left on a mutual agreement with no hard feelings whatsoever.
They probably have had him lined up for a few days and this is just bad timing. They tried for McKenna from Ipswich as well.
As others have said he should have gone last summer. They brought him back as an emergency measure to steady the ship and keep them up, basically. He achieved that and both him and the club should have had the sense to leave it at that.
I think it’s a lesson to any club that if you decide to sack someone, you need to do it. Not let it fester and get out into the press. You never know what’s around the corner, but sacking a pensioner on the day he collapsed at your training ground isn’t a good look.
I actually coached with Mckenna, astonished at how well he’s gone on to do as a Manager, fair play to him.
Yea there comes a point where it’s just not a good fit anymore. Anything over 70 for a football manager seems too much really but like you say fair play to those managers of that age wanting to carry on, clearly so passionate about the game and can’t live without it.
It’s pretty shocking isn’t it, you could quite easily leave his management team in charge for the next game and then release a statement that he’s knocked it on the head for health reasons and 48 hrs later announce the new guy.
Plus what will he do with all the millions he has earn't from football ? He doesn't seem to be able to live outside of competitive world of football.
