{"id":380554,"date":"2025-08-28T15:34:13","date_gmt":"2025-08-28T15:34:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/380554\/"},"modified":"2025-08-28T15:34:13","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T15:34:13","slug":"mark-robins-still-playing-second-fiddle-to-coventry-city-replacement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/380554\/","title":{"rendered":"Mark Robins still playing second fiddle to Coventry City replacement"},"content":{"rendered":"

Latest Stoke City news from StokeonTrentLive as Championship sack race odds throw up a few surprises<\/p>\n

14:46, 28 Aug 2025Updated 16:22, 28 Aug 2025<\/p>\n

\"MarkMark Robins is overseeing his first summer as Stoke City manager.(Image: Gary Oakley\/PA Wire)<\/p>\n

Gary Rowett leads the way for Stoke City managers<\/a> past and present in the Championship sack race.<\/p>\n

The man who led the Potters immediately after relegation<\/a> from the Premier League in 2018 has overseen an underwhelming start to the new season at Oxford United, leaving him 6-1 third favourite to be shown the door first.<\/p>\n

The Us are just -2 goals better off than Sheffield United at the bottom of the table after three defeats on the spin, and they capped that with a 6-0 rout at the hands of Premier League Brighton in the Carabao Cup on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Of course, current boss Mark Robins<\/a> is in a position no other holder of the big chair at Stoke has enjoyed for many a long day\u2026 sitting top of the Championship table.<\/p>\n

But even that does not make him the safest boss in the division, according to gaming site sportscasting.com.<\/p>\n

Robins has overseen three wins out of three and faces a lunchtime clash with West Brom<\/a> on Saturday to ensure the Potters retain their lofty perch going into the September international break.<\/p>\n

Yet he is still only ranked as the third safest boss from the sack in the latest odds, a 33-1 shot along with Rob Edwards of second-placed Middlesbrough and, somewhat bizarrely, John Mousinho, whose Portsmouth side are no better than 11th.<\/p>\n

The man officially safest from getting the chop is Birmingham City\u2019s Chris Davies, who is ranked at 50\/1 despite the fact his team are two points worse off than the Potters in the early table.<\/p>\n

Next in line is the man who replaced Robins at Coventry City last November, Frank Lampard, who has overseen a 12-goal feast from his Sky Blues in their last two games after an unlikely goalless draw against Hull on the opening day. He is listed at 40\/1.<\/p>\n

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The likes of Michael O\u2019Neill, Steven Schumacher and Narcis Pelach have also managed Stoke since relegation, but are no longer working in the Championship.<\/p>\n

Of those that are, Nathan Jones<\/a> is a 25\/1 shot for the sack from Charlton Athletic (W1, D1, L1) after getting the Londoners promoted via the play-offs last season.<\/p>\n

Alex Neil has guided Millwall to eighth<\/a> in the fledgling table with two wins and a defeat to be listed at 28\/1 for an early exit from the Den. His Lions also dumped high-flying Coventry out of the Carabao Cup too this week.<\/p>\n

Rub\u00e9n Sell\u00e9s of Sheffield United is the current favourite to be the first Championship manager to leave his post, priced at 5\/6.<\/p>\n

Championship Sack Race Odds 2025\/26<\/p>\n

Rub\u00e9n Sell\u00e9s (Sheffield United) 5\/6<\/p>\n

Julien St\u00e9phan (Queens Park Rangers) 4\/1<\/p>\n

Gary Rowett (Oxford United) 6\/1<\/strong><\/p>\n

Val\u00e9rien Isma\u00ebl (Blackburn Rovers) 8\/1<\/p>\n

Henrik Pedersen (Sheffield Wednesday) 10\/1<\/p>\n

Mart\u00ed Cifuentes (Leicester City) 12\/1<\/p>\n

Sergej Jakirovi\u0107 (Hull City) 12\/1<\/p>\n

Paulo Pezzolano (Watford) 14\/1<\/p>\n

Kieran McKenna (Ipswich Town) 16\/1<\/p>\n

Phil Parkinson (Wrexham) 16\/1<\/p>\n

Alan Sheehan (Swansea City) 20\/1<\/p>\n

John Eustace (Derby County) 20\/1<\/p>\n

Will Still (Southampton) 20\/1<\/p>\n

Liam Manning (Norwich City) 22\/1<\/p>\n

Gerhard Struber (Bristol City) 25\/1<\/p>\n

Nathan Jones (Charlton Athletic) 25\/1<\/strong><\/p>\n

Paul Heckingbottom (Preston North End) 25\/1<\/p>\n

Ryan Mason (West Bromwich Albion) 25\/1<\/p>\n

Alex Neil (Millwall) 28\/1<\/strong><\/p>\n

John Mousinho (Portsmouth) 33\/1<\/p>\n

Mark Robins (Stoke City) 33\/1<\/strong><\/p>\n

Rob Edwards (Middlesbrough) 33\/1<\/p>\n

Frank Lampard (Coventry City) 40\/1<\/p>\n

Chris Davies (Birmingham City) 50\/1<\/p>\n

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