The explanations aren’t all the time instantly apparent, however they’re constant.
There are extra matches, together with European competitors, and fewer time to arrange.
Within the 2025-26 season, the standard ‘big-six’ golf equipment performed a mean of 55 matches throughout all competitions – eight greater than different Premier League groups.
Success at different top-flight golf equipment can come from intelligent switch enterprise and overperformance relative to sources.
In lots of instances, merely sustaining their Premier League standing is a membership’s major goal, with something past that thought of a bonus – a distinction to an expectation of delivering trophies.
Expectations shift from exceeding targets to assembly them persistently. Successful is not an incentive – it’s a minimal requirement.
A run of poor type that could be tolerated elsewhere can shortly grow to be decisive. The stress is bigger, the scrutiny extra intense, and the margin for error smaller.
Even managers with sturdy reputations and clearly outlined types have discovered that adjustment tough.
That doesn’t imply the transfer is destined to fail. Redknapp, Rodgers and Pochettino variously present it will possibly work – and Maresca’s trophies present success is feasible.
Iraola left Bournemouth after main them to Europe for the primary time, an increase that makes his subsequent step much more vital.
Would a season in Europe at Bournemouth have been helpful to Iraola? Or can the Spaniard buck the development and finish the trophyless streak of managers making a ‘big-six’ transfer?
