Crappy looking award isn't it? A big ugly lump of perspex that belongs in that drawer where you keep old keys for doors you no longer have, nozzles of vacuum cleaners you no longer own, and a bundle of dried up pens.
It is poor. Not as poor as the LTA 100 years of County Cup award from a few years ago but still poor. Oh crikey!
The old adage of “you’re never more vulnerable than when you’ve just scored” has been proved statistically to be nonsense. Isn’t it the same for the Manager of the Month ‘curse’?
From Opta: The previous six Championship MOTM's this season: W3 D1 L2. The two defeats both came against the current top two, though. Maybe the curse isn't real? (I hope).
Today the EFL announced the March winners of the managers and players of the month for each division. Xisco Muñoz is the Championship manager of the month for March. The heading on the EFL website is 'January Manager & Player of the Month winners' and the sub-heading is 'The winners of the Sky Bet EFL Manager and Player of the Month Awards for January are as follows:'. Underneath these headings are the names and details of the divisional winners for March!
Well Ivic got the sack within about 45 minutes of winning his, so I wouldn't be so sure. Imagine what compound interest could do to Xisco this time - it might be like the multiple yellows system where the punishment doubles in size a second time round.
This is the Pozzos ultimate aim in football, and the true meaning behind their revolving door managerial policy - to set the record for the most individual coaches to win 'Manager of the Month' in one season.
Although the curse is probably a load of rubbish, it more just highlights how hard it is to maintain a winning run. More often than not for any team it will be difficult to sustain for longer than a month.
Has the curse already struck with the draw away to Boro? Seriously, being the only team to win all our games in March, it was only ever going to be Xisco wasn't it?
Mick Mccarthy won it for Cardiff. Their next game? We win 2-1 at their place, not really hit form since, battered by Wednesday. Oh what good omens this brings.
Might as well sack him now. What's more important? Promotion or looking like a club run by vaguely sane people?
7 points out of 12 a curse or just continuing what we have done all season? Good at home and average on the road.
Tbf I'd have been very surprised if we'd stayed unbeaten until the end of the season, not so much a 'curse' as a good run finally coming to an end
