Losing The Dressing Room

“Losing the Dressing Room” is a football term often used to indicate a broken relationship between the coach and players of a football team. It implies a lot – but doesn’t really address the why. Why exactly have they have lost it? 

This season, we have seen some controversial sacking decisions from notable and famous clubs such as Tottenham Hotspur, Chelsea, Wolverhampton Wanderers, Manchester United, Chelsea and Nottingham Forest in England, and Real Madrid, Atalanta, as well as Bayer Leverkusen from Europe. 

Today, we’ll be analysing some of the influential decisions that forced these decisions, as well as the managers that are on the verge of getting sacked because they have ‘lost the dressing room’.

First of all, I’ll be analysing some of the reasons that clubs have found to justify the sacking. 

REAL MADRID: Xabi Alonso

Having Arrived at Real Madrid this summer to succeed the great Carlo Ancelotti, and as a former Madrid player himself, Xabi coached Real Madrid at the Club World Cup in the USA, and helped the team reach the semifinals, before being embarrassed by Paris Saint Germain 4-0 in the semifinal, which equaled their worst loss of the season, but helped spark the breakthroughs of young talent. However, the LaLiga performances were a bit below standard. They are currently 2^nd in LaLiga behind their biggest rivals Barcelona, and out in all other competitions. Ultimately, I think this is the correct decision, because this season Real Madrid have really underperformed this season and let’s see if Arbeloa, their new manager, can live up to the standard!

CHELSEA - ENZO MARESCA AND LIAM ROSENIOR

The first manager to be sacked on New Years Day, Enzo Maresca mutually agreed to leave the club due to some upsetting performance, but seriously, the manager that won the club World Champions was let go? This should be rethought and reflected on – hopefully to avoid rash decisions like this happening again. This leads us to the sacking of Liam Rosenior. Chelsea’s worst run since 1912, five straight losses in the Premier League, out of the places for European Football, and a disappointing recent run. As you can see, this is clearly the correct decision, because who knows where Chelsea would have been next season with Rosenior? The Championchip?

As you can see, I have a strong opinion on these matters, but what’s yours?