The manager isn't as important as everyone makes out, but for morale purposes, the manager is pretty important. The manager is also the 'face' of a team and sentiments towards that team is affected by the public opinion of the manager.
Sterling plays less than 10 games for City and promptly moves to Stoke for £9m
Benteke has a decent season for Liverpool, issues come get me plea to Real or Barca
Rooney refuses to play until he's given a new £400,000 p/w contract
Wenger buys 5 French 14 year olds, Arsenal fail to compete, Board refuses to do anything
Big Andy stays crippled most of the season, appearing only for his traditional butchering of Swansea
Chelsea player racially abuses opposition, is not charged due to being an ENGLISH LIONHEART!!
Steve tries to convince us he's a spurs fan by predicting Tactics Tim takes Spurs back into the EDL.
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The manager isn't as important as everyone makes out, but for morale purposes, the manager is pretty important. The manager is also the 'face' of a team and sentiments towards that team is affected by the public opinion of the manager.