Oxford United boss on Barnsley decision sacking Neill Collins As They Prepare Bid For Man City Assistant Boss
DES Buckingham feels for Neill Collins, who was surprisingly sacked as Barnsley head coach earlier this week.
The Tykes, fifth in Sky Bet League One, haven’t won in five games, and lost 3-2 away against fellow play-off contenders Blackpool at the weekend.
Barnsley host Northampton Town on the final day of the campaign tomorrow.
Reports suggest that Austrian manager Dominik Thalhammer is in line to take over at the Tykes, with the 53-year-old most recently in charge of Belgian outfit KV Oostende. He previously had a long stint as boss of the Austria women’s national team.
At the time of publication, Tykes assistant head coach Martin Devaney has so far stepped up in the interim period.
Oxford United head coach Buckingham said: “It’s never nice to see any manager lose their job, but there have been I think 35 managerial changes in the English Football League since I was appointed in November, which shows the career path that we go into.
“You do it because of the excitement you get with doing it, but the insecurities are part of it unfortunately.
“They’ve made the decision they have, and I feel for the coach, but it’s not something we need to look at. We need to make sure we do what we need to do.”
On this week’s show, The YP’s football writers, Stuart Rayner and Leon Wobschall, join host Mark Singleton to discuss the latest news from around the Yorkshire football scene.
They discuss the shock sacking of Neill Collins by Barnsley, the Reds in a poor run of form, but still in the play-off places with just one game to go.
Huddersfield Town’s 4-0 defeat by Swansea City dealt their survival hopes a bitter blow and the prospects of them beating the drop with two games to go now look bleak, while Rotherham United looked to the future after appointing former boss Steve Evans as the man to bring them back up to the Championship.
Sheffield Wednesday were able to climb out of the bottom three for the first time since the opening weekend of the season and could clinch safety this weekend if they beat West Brom at home on Saturday and results elsewhere go their way.
They assess Leeds United’s automatic promotion chances after victory in a seven-goal thriller against Middlesbrough, who will be hoping to bounce back as a serious contender for promotion in 2024-25.
Sheffield United’s 4-1 defeat to Burnley also comes under scrutiny as the panel look at what Chris Wilder needs to concentrate on this summer.
