PB Week: What can we learn from Scolari’s sacking, if anything?

Roman Abramovich's decision to sack Chelsea's manager Phil Scolari after the transfer window reflects the growing impatience for success in football writes Andrew Tjaardstra, editor of Professional Broking , the management magazine for insurance brokers.

Seven years

It took Sir Alex Ferguson seven years to win his first title with Manchester United, and yet Phil Scolari is given seven months with limited resources to try and replicate this success. So far this season we have already seen the departures of Alan Curbishley from West Ham, Roy Keane from Sunderland, Juande Ramos from Spurs, Kevin Keegan from Newcastle United, Harry Redknapp and Tony Adams from Portsmouth, and Paul Ince from Blackburn; and no doubt there will be more to come. This

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