{"id":90637,"date":"2024-02-20T08:19:12","date_gmt":"2024-02-20T08:19:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jackarmy.net\/wp67\/?p=90637"},"modified":"2024-02-20T08:19:12","modified_gmt":"2024-02-20T08:19:12","slug":"sunderland-sack-beale-after-unhappy-tenure-at-stadium-of-light","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jackarmy.net\/wp67\/2024\/02\/20\/sunderland-sack-beale-after-unhappy-tenure-at-stadium-of-light\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunderland sack Beale after unhappy tenure at Stadium of Light"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>They say that some things in life are certain.\u00a0 \u00a0Death and taxes are always put hand in hand together as those things but there are also some things in football that, whilst not certain, seem to happen more often than you would normally expect.<\/p>\n<p>Former players scoring against the Swans and clubs moving on their managers just before a game against us seem to happen more than they probably statistically should and that is the case again this week after yesterday&#8217;s news that saw Michael Beale leave Sunderland after a relatively short period of time.<\/p>\n<p>The Black Cats confirmed that Michael Dodd &#8211; a member of the coaching staff &#8211; will lead them for the remainder of this campaign and their statement was relatively short when Sporting Director Kristjaan Speakman said: \u201cWe are disappointed that Michael is leaving Sunderland AFC. Our desire is to improve and unfortunately that hasn\u2019t been evident, as such we take full accountability and feel that acting decisively is in the best interests of the Club.<\/p>\n<div class=\"getty aligncenter\"><a id='Vk6EEGsKRoRrb20CodP8Fw' class='gie-single' href='http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/2003717794' target='_blank' style='color:#a7a7a7;text-decoration:none;font-weight:normal !important;border:none;display:inline-block;'>Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'Vk6EEGsKRoRrb20CodP8Fw',sig:'WDCDHldAP4H9nhGP7szP188R74oxDj89VFrU87XxpB4=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'2003717794',caption: false ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/div>\n<p>This has been a difficult few months for Michael, who leaves with our best wishes for the future. Our focus is now on the players and supporting Mike Dodds in the remaining games to ensure we achieve the highest possible league finish. We will be updating our supporters further as and when significant developments are made.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Beale&#8217;s fate looked sealed on the weekend when he snubbed Trai Hume on the touchline after subbing the player in the game at Birmingham.\u00a0 \u00a0A video showed the player reach out a hand to shake Beale&#8217;s hand but he was left hanging with the manager totally ignoring the gesture.<\/p>\n<p>It was the last straw it seemed for a side who only appointed Beale on December following the sacking of Tony Mowbray.\u00a0 \u00a0It has been said that he &#8220;lost&#8221; the dressing room with an example cited that he called the players in for extra training after one defeat but failed to show for the session himself, preferring to take the day off.<\/p>\n<p>Beale said himself at the end of January that he did not feel he was welcome at Sunderland.\u00a0 He said: &#8220;I replaced a popular manager but I didn\u2019t sack him, did I? And he won two in nine before he left, so are we making out it was all perfect?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople didn\u2019t want me here in the first place.\u00a0 You can say afterwards it\u2019s about style or this and that, but let\u2019s cut to the chase, people didn\u2019t want me.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe reality is that there wasn\u2019t a feel-good factor about me coming in.\u00a0 It\u2019s fine, I\u2019m not crying over it, I\u2019m a big boy, but when people are personal they\u2019ve lost straight away.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLook, I can\u2019t change my accent or where I\u2019m from. I\u2019m proud of where I\u2019m from.\u00a0 I haven\u2019t worked in London for ten years, but obviously I am from South London. Six years in Liverpool, four and a half in Glasgow, a year in Brazil. My accent hasn\u2019t changed!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Beale won just four of his twelve games in charge.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>They say that some things in life are certain.\u00a0 \u00a0Death and taxes are always put hand in hand together as those things but there are also some things in football that, whilst not certain, seem to happen more often than you would normally expect. 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