Glenn Roeder knows that the season has really got in full swing
after the first Premiership sacking of the season - and admits: You
stand or fall by your results.
In the case of Peter Taylor at Leicester, of course, those results which led to his being asked to leave Filbert Street go way back to a large part of last season.
But Glenn is fully aware that football at the top flight is more impatient than ever - especially when new or improved stadia mean there are more seats to fill.
He says candidly:
"It goes with the territory; we know the rules when we come in, and we know what can happen if we don't get the results required.
"At the end of the day you can get everything right within the club, you can make the whole club seem better with a good environment to work in, and all sorts of things.
"Everything can seem to be good from the inside and the outside, but at the end of the day it is the results that count."
Speaking of Taylor's departure from Leicester - which could see Harry Redknapp returning to football management if early indications are anything to go by - he says:
"I know Peter very well, having worked with him on the England coaching staff under Glenn Hoddle - he is a very decent man and a very good coach.
"Things haven't gone very well for him over the last four or five months, and I think obviously the results over the back end of last season have been taken into account.
"He is a good man and you are always disappointed when decent people lose their jobs.
"But I'm sure after a short rest he will bounce back somewhere else in football, and I'm sure the FA are keeping an eye on the situation, because he did a brilliant job for the U21s."
But, as he reiterates:
"You have got to get results, and if you are winning people don't look too much deeper than that."
West Ham face Leicester away on December 22nd.
In the case of Peter Taylor at Leicester, of course, those results which led to his being asked to leave Filbert Street go way back to a large part of last season.
But Glenn is fully aware that football at the top flight is more impatient than ever - especially when new or improved stadia mean there are more seats to fill.
He says candidly:
"It goes with the territory; we know the rules when we come in, and we know what can happen if we don't get the results required.
"At the end of the day you can get everything right within the club, you can make the whole club seem better with a good environment to work in, and all sorts of things.
"Everything can seem to be good from the inside and the outside, but at the end of the day it is the results that count."
Speaking of Taylor's departure from Leicester - which could see Harry Redknapp returning to football management if early indications are anything to go by - he says:
"I know Peter very well, having worked with him on the England coaching staff under Glenn Hoddle - he is a very decent man and a very good coach.
"Things haven't gone very well for him over the last four or five months, and I think obviously the results over the back end of last season have been taken into account.
"He is a good man and you are always disappointed when decent people lose their jobs.
"But I'm sure after a short rest he will bounce back somewhere else in football, and I'm sure the FA are keeping an eye on the situation, because he did a brilliant job for the U21s."
But, as he reiterates:
"You have got to get results, and if you are winning people don't look too much deeper than that."
West Ham face Leicester away on December 22nd.