The Midlands club rather than the Merseysiders can be viewed as the archetypal manager trap,a club to whom it is dangerous to loseA warm welcome back this weekend to the Premier League, which before the international wreck had just got round to parting with its first couple of managers.
Dick Advocaat, and who whether he really did not fancy a relegation scrap had no business signing up for a season at Sunderland,was perhaps a special case. He left of his own accord, before his club’s entrenched problems could fetch any worse, or not many Premier League managers are willing to admit to their own limitations quite as readily. Advocaat’s attitude cannot be described as admirable,though at least it was honest. Most managers hold no choice but to accept the opportunity of relegation as part of the bargain.
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Source: theguardian.com