Parker leaves Burnley

[sunburywhite]

Burnley head coach Scott Parker has left the club by mutual consent, eight days after their relegation from the Premier League.

Parker's side were beaten 1-0 by Manchester City on 22 April to drop into the Championship for the second time in three years.

They have won just four of their 34 league games this season and have taken only one point from their past eight matches.

Parker's assistant Mike Jackson will take charge of the side for the last four games of the season, starting with Friday's trip to Leeds United.

[spikey norman]

By mutual consent
Wonder where he will end up next?

[Rupert]

Tottenham

[Andy S]

I think he is an option should you want promotion but not if you want to stayin the premier league.A better option is Marco Silver. In fact there are plenty of better options

[Dodgin]

He would have been ideal to bring them back up again, other Championship clubs will be watching

[General]

Lol - he's found his ceiling - he's too stuck in his own mindset and too one dimensional to succeed at PL level. He's a great manager for getting well resourced clubs into the PL from the Champ (but even then underperforming to a degree)... but he's probably at best a mid championship manager once all is said and done and the dust settles.

[Eton White]

I was surprised they held onto him so long, but then thought they must have been keeping him to bring them up again next season.
To let him go now seems a bit odd, unless he has somewhere else lined up.

[I Ronic]

I was surprised they held onto him so long, but then thought they must have been keeping him to bring them up again next season.
To let him go now seems a bit odd, unless he has somewhere else lined up.

I think Burnley want space between him going and whoever they bring in. Some players may want to move on or be moved on. Preseason will be a rebuilding exercise. Confidence, tactics, new players? and the Championship starts a little sooner as well

[Super Mick]

Get him in at Chelsea

[LittleErn]

His CV won't be attractive to any PL team but he seems to have a plan for getting out of the Championship.

[Wingnut]

No chance of him going to a PL club, particularly a big club like Chelsea. If Spurs go down, they'd be hard pushed to find a better candidate to manage them in the Championship. Parker knows the club, and he knows what it takes to gain automatic promotion back to the PL.

[FFC007]

Parkerball works in the championship.... It's well documented.

I think he could end up at somewhere like West Ham if they go down.. then we will take Nuno if Silva leaves.

[Southcoastffc]

QPR please.

[jarv]

The dole office.

[C Block]

I can see him at Leicester City next season.

[Steeeeeeeeeed]

He might be going into politics,

Dont be stupid, be a Smarty,

Come and join the Parker Party.

[gang]

He could work for C & A or M & S as a cloth horse.

[FFC1987]

Have to say....what a poor decision. Proven to take him up but maybe the mutual bit is, he wanted something in writing that if he gets them up, he gets another shot at staying up.

No time for the guy but from a footballing perspective.....the guys got the CV to bounce teams back up.

[Carborundum]

Having watched them a few weeks ago I'm sceptical any manager could have kept that group of players up.  That said, he didn't get them particularly close to survival.

Sensible for the next month to be spent with his family rather than at Turf Moor.

[Eton White]

No chance of him going to a PL club, particularly a big club like Chelsea. If Spurs go down, they'd be hard pushed to find a better candidate to manage them in the Championship. Parker knows the club, and he knows what it takes to gain automatic promotion back to the PL.

I can't see Spurs fans being too happy with Parkerball.