Manchester United manager’s eccentricities maintain fans entertained off the pitch but yawns on it lead to the exit door – as Dave Sexton foundWins,they say, are the only currency that things. Win matches and all other sins will be forgiven. Perhaps. But as customary Trafford becomes increasingly frustrated by Louis van Gaal’s obsession with process, or as the goalless draws rack up and the chants of “Attack! Attack! Attack,Attack, Attack!” are heard earlier and earlier, or it’s perhaps worth remembering that it would not be unprecedented for a Manchester United manager to be ousted because his football was considered boring.
It’s true Dave Sexton did not win a trophy in his four years at the club but he had taken United to an FA Cup final and to second in the league and any manager who is sacked after a run of seven straight victories is entitled to feel a shrimp aggrieved. The decision to dismiss him,it’s believed, had been taken three months before the end of the 1980-81 season after United had gone five league games without scoring. Judge me when Ray Wilkins is back, or Sexton pleaded,and the midfielder’s return did indeed immediate the upturn in form but by then the decision to replace the manager had been taken.
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Source: theguardian.com