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Rene Meulensteen sacked

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  Outlaw87 > 15/02/2014, 00:09

  Fulham hire Felix Magath after sacking Rene Meulensteen
  Fulham have named former Bayern Munich coach Felix Magath as manager after sacking Rene Meulensteen.
  
  A club statement made no mention of Meulensteen, who replaced Martin Jol in December and won three league games.
  
  "They have hit the panic button on emotion and fear - but hey ho, that's football," Meulensteen told BBC Sport.
  
  Fulham chairman Shahid Khan said: "With 12 matches remaining, we certainly can no longer post empty results. Action was required."
  
  Magath, 60, has signed an 18-month contract at Fulham, who are bottom of the Premier League. He has won the Bundesliga three times as a manager, most recently with Wolfsburg in 2009, and is the first German to manage in the Premier League.

• RE: Rene Meulensteen sacked

  RussyRover > 15/02/2014, 00:21

  Frakkin hell, 2 in as many months virtually! So what happens now when they only win 1 from their next 5 or so games, sack him too?
  Panic, more like stupidity, but then again we are talking footie, and there seems to be little or no sense left these days...

• RE: Rene Meulensteen sacked

  StrumSolo > 15/02/2014, 11:53

  They haven't actually played that badly the last couple of games so the timing's odd in that respect. He never really looked or sounded the part for me though.
  
  Magath is definitely an upgrade, but there's only 12 games left to turn things around. Should have made the change a month ago so he had a few more games to play with and the opportunity to bring in his own players.
  
  Top marks for the use of 'hey ho' though.

• RE: Rene Meulensteen sacked

  thisscotsman > 16/02/2014, 01:44

  It seems a pretty strange time to change manager.
  12 games to turn it round and if he does then he's a football genius. If he doesn't then they will shift the blame on the previous managers.
  Normally you'd say a new manager should give them a boost but they've had that already. Seems desperate.

• RE: Rene Meulensteen sacked

  fouraprilclose > 16/02/2014, 14:51

  meulensteen is a terrible manager, great coach
  
  theres a huge difference
  
  sacked an anzi, and theyre shit as well! people only love him because he was successful at united, well ferguson was over him and hes the manager. rene should not be given another managers job, he cant cope and doesnt know what to do. hes a coach, not a manager, theres a difference!

• RE: Rene Meulensteen sacked

  Potato > 18/02/2014, 00:42

  There's also the time he left United a few years back to manage Brondby where he also did shite and resigned after six months. He's just not cut out for management. What I really don't understand though is why Fulham let him buy all those players in January only to sack him 2 weeks into February...
  
  It's Cole & Tunnicliffe I feel sorry for, the main reason they went to Fulham was to be with Rene again, now they'll probably just drop back into the U21 league

• RE: Rene Meulensteen sacked

  fouraprilclose > 19/02/2014, 11:18

  This is just a bananas situation... no time to make an impact at all anymore. Fulham, Cardiff & Swansea have all been very dubious decisions! Funny thing is that the same fans who say 'how is he meant to make his own mark in less than one season' are the same ones calling for Moyes' head. Would love to see Rene back at Carrington. Unfortunately, I have a feeling he'll be thinking he still has something to prove in Management after 2 raw deals since leaving OT.

• RE: Rene Meulensteen sacked

  Potato > 19/02/2014, 17:50

  As I said, he's come back after failing at management once before, I wouldn't be surprised if he gives up now after three unsuccessful attempts. I'd like him back but I don't think it'll happen, it would require one of Rene or Moyes to back down which I can't see either of them doing

• RE: Rene Meulensteen sacked

  pussyfilla > 20/02/2014, 11:44

  jeez that harsh meulensteen was just starting to get fulham to look like a premier league side especially with their performance against man united
  the league needs to give managers a chance!

• RE: Rene Meulensteen sacked

  fouraprilclose > 20/02/2014, 13:30

  The fact that Muelensteen was sacked so quickly is beyond pathetic, he inherited the problems and was hardly given a fair crack at sorting things out. And this new guy Mcgath hasn't even begun doing the job and already he's mouthing off; I feel sorry for the Fulham fans, because what happens when he takes you down a division, is it still going to be someone elses fault than his? I don't like him already!
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