Manchester City agreed a target of 70 points for the season and sacked Mark Hughes because they felt “the trajectory of results was below this requirement”. Roberto Mancini has fallen short of that level.
Gary Megson was sacked by Bolton after 18 points from 18 games.
His replacement, Owen Coyle, has 18 points from 19 games. Phil Brown was exiled to his garden for a points per game ratio of 0.83 – Iain Dowie’s is 0.63.
The only place where the numbers add up is Portsmouth, where Avram Grant has done a great job after the sacking of Paul Hart (four points from 13 games).
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