Human behaviour is often imitative and across league football there appears to be a tendency for managerial dismissals to take place in clusters where clubs seem to gain the courage to wield the axe after seeing it happen elsewhere.
In the 23 days from October 28 until November 19 no league managers left their job, yet in the subsequent 27 days a total of ten managers have been removed (and two others have resigned).
Of course, it may be coincidental as much as cause and effect and a statistical analysis could not, of itself, resolve that issue.
Human behaviour is often imitative and across league football there appears to be a tendency for managerial dismissals to take place in clusters where clubs seem to gain the courage to wield the axe after seeing it happen elsewhere.
In the 23 days from October 28 until November 19 no league managers left their job, yet in the subsequent 27 days a total of ten managers have been removed (and two others have resigned).
Of course, it may be coincidental as much as cause and effect and a statistical analysis could not, of itself, resolve that issue.
Further departures in the Premier League may occur at Cardiff City, where tensions at rising, at West Ham, where the move to the Olympic Stadium is an increasing pressure to stay in the top flight, and possibly at Norwich City.