Next Watford Manager Odds
At Watford, the term 'the managers door is always open' means something a little bit different than the comforting quote to a player, it's almost literal. The next Watford manager betting market is one that we seem to be seeing more and more since Watford and Aidy Boothroyd parted ways in 2008. However, in the last 10 years, it has gotten ridiculous. Boothroyd was the last manager to last 100 games in charge of Watford.
With 10 managers since 2000, Watford manager betting odds are a constant. Perhaps the most baffling sacking came in the form of Xisco Munoz who led Watford to promotion in 2020 but was sacked with the club 13th in the Premier League the following season. Watford would go onto appoint Claudio Ranieri and Roy Hodgson that season and end up relegated. Xisco was sacked with Watford's highest ever win percentage from a manager.
So what hope does the next Watford manager have?
With a weaker squad and a chairman with loft ambitions, whoever is the next Watford manager, is going to have their work cut out for them.
Last 10 Watford Managers
| Name | Tenure | Record (W-D-L) |
|---|---|---|
| Valerien Ismael | May 2023 - March 2024 | 13-16-19 |
| Chris Wilder | March 2023 - May 2023 | 3-3-5 |
| Slaven Bilic | September 2022 - March 2023 | 10-7-8 |
| Rob Edwards | May 2022 - September 2022 | 3-5-3 |
| Rod Hodgson | January 2022 - May 2022 | 2-3-13 |
| Claudio Ranieri | October 2021 - January 2022 | 2-1-11 |
| Xisco Munoz | December 2020 - October 2021 | 21-4-11 |
| Vladimir Ivic | August 2020 - December 2020 | 9-8-5 |
| Nigel Pearson | December 2019 - July 2020 | 7-5-10 |
| Quique Sanchez-Flores | September 2019 - December 2019 | 2-4-6 |
Since the sacking of Roy Hodgson, the statistics from Watford managers have all been from the Championship, it has to be questioned whether the club made mistakes with their sackings, their appointments or both. In theory, Rob Edwards and Slaven Bilic appeared to be good hires from the club. However, it could be argued that both were sacked too soon with Edwards lasting just ten Championship games and the club had spent most of the season prior in the play-offs. Then Slaven Bilic took over lost three of his first five games but recovered to take the club back into the play-offs before a defeat to Sheffield United and draw against Preston saw Bilic sacked with the club within touching distance of playing in the play-offs.
2021/22 was Watford's last season in the top flight and they'll hope their next manager can push them closer to winning the league than dropping down to the third tier of football.