It's annoyed the fucking fuck out of me for 20 years,
It's very interesting if you watch the old "Football Years" on Sky Sports. As they progress through the seasons, managers resigned. They weren't sacked unless it was a Venables/Graham scenario where there was gross misconduct.
As the salaries have improved and compensation packages introduced, the idea of a manager, failing to do their job resigning, has vanished.
Who was the last manager to resign from a Premier League job?
Funny feeling it was Santani?
That was 17 years ago.