A ban on mid season manager sacking might actually be the right thing to do

Gary Neville said he would support the idea that managers should not be sacked during the season.

        In a week where Aitor Karanka lost his job at Middlesbrough,The former Manchester United defender was asked whether a transfer window for managers should be introduced.

         Aitor Karanka lost his job at Middlesbrough last week Swansea, Crystal Palace, Hull and Leicester have all sacked their managers and have seen an upturn in fortunes, while Arsene Wenger is under increasing pressure from Arsenal supporters after a number of poor results, but Neville wouldn't be against stopping teams chopping and changing during the season in the future.

          "I would support completely the idea that managers can't be sacked during the season," Neville said.

       "When you set off at the start of the season with a manager then he has to be your manager for the entire season. Football would support it, in terms of the professional side - I'm not sure whether the owners would."But it would mean the players would know you're going to be the manager until the end of the season,they'd have to get on with it."Hull City manager Marco Silva replaced Mike Phelan at HullNearly all of the sides that have changed managers this season have enjoyed a turn around in fortunes under their new administration, and according to Neville, those success stories give other owners the confidence to keep changing managers.

       "Teams are making changes at the bottom of the league and I'm almost sitting there thinking 'I wish this doesn't work' because when it does, it gives others the confidence to change their manager," he added.

     "There have been examples where it's worked when managers are sacked and where it hasn't. I'm not sure there is a distinction between either. It seems to be more the done thing where you do sack the manager at the earliest point as the players respond.

       "We've seen that at Leicester - what an incredible bounce they've had. It's happened at Swansea and Hull.

       "Should mid-season manager sackings be banned?"

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