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Ange Postecoglou’s sackings may say more about the Premier League’s attention span than him
The Conversation, Vol.22 October 2025
2025
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Abstract
Ange Postecoglou has been sacked by two Premier League clubs in four months: Tottenham Hotspur in June (two weeks after winning the Europa League), then Nottingham Forest in October after just 40 days and eight games (with six losses and two draws).
His time at Forest was the shortest non-interim reign in Premier League history.
The Premier League’s average tenure for managers is short and trending shorter, currently around two years.
Remove the combined 15 years of Pep Guardiola (nine years at Manchester City), and Mikel Arteta (six years at Arsenal), and that two-year average plummets for the remaining 18 managers, highlighting a league-level state of constant reset.
So, what does Postecoglou’s latest sacking say about his coaching style, and the team owners and boards who make these decisions?
Details
- Title
- Ange Postecoglou’s sackings may say more about the Premier League’s attention span than him
- Authors
- Scott McLean - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Centre for Human Factors and Systems Science
- Publication details
- The Conversation, Vol.22 October 2025
- Publisher
- Conversation Media Group
- Date published
- 2025
- DOI
- 10.64628/AA.xchgvy3fg
- ISSN
- 2201-5639
- Copyright note
- © The Conversation Media Group. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
- Organisation Unit
- Centre for Human Factors and Systems Science
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 991183645702621
- Output Type
- Magazine article
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