# From postcards to texts, the different ways a manager gets the sack – Pulis

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/from-postcards-to-texts-the-different-ways-a-manager-gets-the-sack-pulis/
- Published: 2026-11-13T08:13:19+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-13T09:27:41+00:00
- Original publisher: BBC Sport (publisher lean: Centre)
- Original article: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/cve8716dg46xo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss
- Topics: Sport

## Key points

- Managers can learn they are leaving through calls, texts or rumours.
- Clubs may discuss replacements before a departure is confirmed.
- Pulis recalls being turned away from Stoke after a four-hour drive.

## Summary

Tony Pulis describes the many ways football managers can lose their jobs, from being told by phone or text to learning through rumours. He says clubs may sound out replacements or leak names to gauge supporters’ reactions while the current manager is still in post, adding to the strain and uncertainty.

Pulis recalls enduring months of speculation during his own career, while he and his staff remained under contract and continued working. He also recounts a manager sending a chairman a holiday postcard saying “wish you were here!” while on gardening leave, and his first Stoke departure in 2005: after driving four hours towards the ground, he was told by phone not to enter because his successor had arrived. The article also notes that Manchester United had opened talks with Mauricio Pochettino before Michael Carrick’s departure was confirmed.

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