Last season, Bournemouth fired coach Scott Parker before August had even ended. By early November, 8 teams had bid farewell to their coaches, including 11 cases of the dismissal of the head coach. Coach Thomas Tuchel, who just won the Champions League not long ago, is also among them (fired by Chelsea). Finally, up to 7 coaches will be fired in the 5-14 season in the English Premier League. On the other hand, according to expert research, October and November are the most suitable times for firing a coach. That was the time when the success and failure of the leader was quite clear. With a timely substitution, the team will have enough time to recover in the remaining 2022/2023 of the season. The new coach has enough time to integrate, and there is still a "winter window" ahead to purchase players according to the new coach's professional requirements.
Coach Erik Ten Hag is still in position even though MU is disappointing
So, we can reverse the problem and draw the first conclusion about the past 1/3 of the football season in this season's Premier League. As the leadership force has not changed, it means that this year's tournament has not had any significant "incidents". No one has clearly disappointed, no team has truly fallen, and there has been no crisis or tragic failure. Of course, that is only a relative conclusion. Chelsea is struggling in the middle of the table, recently losing 1-4 at Newcastle Stadium, but right before that, Chelsea won 4-1 at Tottenham Stadium and drew 4-4 with Man.City. They lost to Brentford at home, but before that they drew 2-2 with Arsenal. This is certainly not a very bad series of achievements, causing people to discuss the possibility of Chelsea firing coach Mauricio Pochettino. Similarly, MU has not yet considered firing coach Erik Ten Hag, although - depending on the time - this is one of the teams that has disappointed this season. At the bottom of the table, newly promoted teams like Burnley, Sheffield United or Luton are actually the lowest rated, no one expects anything significant. "Thanks" to the fact that this year's newly promoted teams are too weak, other "relegation candidates" (such as Bournemouth, for example) are still in a safe position, not to mention the head coach's ability.
In short, this is a rare football season in which the Premier League has not yet introduced any significant surprises after 1/3 of the way. Man.City is still the number 1 championship candidate, although Tottenham or Arsenal have both occupied the top spot at times. Liverpool has always maintained a stable position in the top. The work of coaches Pep Guardiola, Mikel Arteta, and Juergen Klopp are all going well, while Mr. Ange Postecoglou (Tottenham) was really flying at times.
Looking at the betting market, Mr. Erik Ten Hag (MU) is currently the number 2 candidate for the "Upcoming coach will be fired" category, right behind Paul Heckingbottom (Sheffield United). The next threat is targeting Vincent Kompany (Burnley), Eddie Howe (Newcastle) and Andoni Iraola (Bournemouth). There will likely come a time when one of the people mentioned above will have to leave, but not yet. The best "opportunity" to change champions has actually passed with the series of matches of "FIFA Days". These are the times when if the coach is fired, the teams will have 2 weeks to stabilize everything. Now the end of the year is different: club football will "speed up", with dense competition in the national championship and cups. In particular, English football is more exciting during this period. Changing a coach in the middle of a dense competition is always a bad idea. It seems that the leaders of the Premier League can continue to "work with peace of mind" for a considerable time to come.
