The Peterborough United of 2009-10 were one of our three most heavily covered clubs. A tempestuous
period saw Darren Ferguson's exciting young team, enriched by a luxurious three pronged attack
consisting of George Boyd, Craig Mackail-Smith and Aaron McLean, learn some harsh lessons when it
came to defence – by the time Mark Cooper, Jim Gannon and Gary Johnson had each taken a turn at
London Road
Already this season there have been two sackings, two resignations and two departures by mutual
consent in the Football League alone, including two ex-England managers; Steve McClaren and most
recently Sven Goran-Eriksson.
Following numerous reports of the costs of sacking a manager in the press recently you would
have thought club owners would think twice about sending their current choice on their way.