Bournemouth should be sensible: Sack Parker now instead of midway through next season

Scott Parker cleared a low bar of promoting Bournemouth but he is not ready for the Premier League yet. Get Sean Dyche in now instead of later.

Bournemouth’s victorious promotion tussle against Nottingham Forest in midweek provided a springboard back to the Premier League for the Cherries, but manager Scott Parker shouldn’t be getting that second bite at the top flight just yet.

This is the former West Ham and Tottenham midfielder’s second promotion from the Championship in as many seasons with different clubs, yet Parker is not penning as bright a future for himself in management as such a stellar record on paper might suggest.

Bournemouth limped over the line from a position of power this season while promotion via the play-offs with Fulham two summers ago was the bare minimum expected for a squad littered with top-flight talent.

Parker’s two managerial jobs at this level have felt like a story of clubs succeeding despite him, rather than because of the former England international. Bournemouth acquired a raft of Championship superstars in both the summer and winter transfer windows. While Parker’s former club Fulham exceeded the lofty expectations placed upon them this season by gaining automatic promotion, his current employers have Chris Hughton to thank for a spot back in the top flight.

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Having pipped Forest to the second automatic promotion spot courtesy of Kieffer Moore’s late winner on Tuesday evening, everyone of a Bournemouth persuasion realises that the one point taken from Hughton’s seven games in charge at The City Ground has allowed Bournemouth to get their place back in the Premier League.

The how and whys are inconsequential now; Bournemouth’s seat