Claudio Ranieri spent as long as Xisco Munoz did on the Watford bench in the Premier League. After winning seven of the possible 39 points – the experienced Italian was relieved of his duties at Vicarage Road.”The Hornets’ Board recognises Claudio as a man of great integrity and honour, who will always be respected here at Vicarage Road for his efforts in leading the team with dignity.””However the Board feels that, with nearly half of the Premier League campaign remaining, a change in the Head Coach position now will give a new appointment sufficient time to work with a talented squad to achieve the immediate goal of retaining Premier League status.”, the club said in their statement.Adebayor on Auba: Like-it-or-not, he is our African brother; Arsenal never knew how to forgiveGino Pozzo, the owner of the Hornets, continues with his trend as he has now changed over 14 experts on the bench in less than 10 years. For example, Serbian Vladimir Ivić started at the helm last season, but after the conflict with club legend Troy Deeney (he left the club this summer), he was replaced, and his successor Xisco brought back the team to the Premier League. After 13 games in the elite rank, the Spaniard lost his job (Watford were 14th on the table at the time), and after the exact same number of games, Ranieri’s term ended prematurely.Wed, 19.00: (2.30) IVORY COAST (3.05) EGYPT (3.80)At one point it looked like Ranieri managed to put out the fire, he revived the team with few great results (empathic wins over Everton and Man United), but lately, the results have been, to put it mildly, disappointing. The Hornets have been without a win since November 20th (4-1 against the Red Devils), meanwhile, they have won only one point in the Premier League, and are penultimate on the table with a total of 14 points (two less than Norwich who overtook them in the last round.Ranieri’s fourth episode in England ended, as he previously worked at Chelsea, Leicester and Fulham. He achieved his greatest success with the Foxes, when he made one of the biggest surprises in the recent history of European football and won the title in England in the 2015/16 season.
