Makonni uku ba tare da wasan gasa ba lokaci ne mai tsawo a kwallon kafa — kuma ga manajannen da ke ƙarƙashin matsin lamba, hutu na ƙasashen duniya mai tsawo yana iya zama mai yanke hukunci. Ba a kori kowane koci na Premier League a wannan kakar har yanzu, amma matsin lamba na ƙaruwa a ɓoye a kulubbon da dama kafin wannan hutu.

United da Fulham a ƙarƙashin matsin lamba

Idanun kowa sun fi mayar da hankali ga manajan Manchester United Michael Carrick da Alvaro Arbeloa na Fulham, wanda ƙungiyoyinsu za yi wa juna wasa a Craven Cottage a wasannin ƙarshe kafin hutu.

Carrick ya zo wannan wasa bayan fita daga EFL Cup da shan kashi 3-2 a hannun Brighton — karo na farko da United ya sha kashi a gida bayan ya jagoranci da kwallaye biyu tun shan kashi 3-2 a hannun Tottenham Hotspur a 1976. Hakan ya biyo bayan shan kashi 1-0 a Premier League a hannun Manchester City da ke da 'yan wasa goma, kuma nasarorin United kawai a wannan kakar sune a kan Ipswich Town da Sabah.

Mai rahoto na BBC Sport Simon Stone ya ce Carrick ba a cikin haɗari nan take ba, yana mai nuni da kuɗin da ya karba a kakar da ta gabata ta hanyar shigar da United zuwa UEFA Champions League. Amma, shan kashi a Craven Cottage — wanda zai zama na farko na United a can tun 2009 — a hannun Fulham da ba shi da nasara kuma yana ƙarshen teburin, zai ƙara tsananta bincike yayin da kulub ɗin ke shirye don fuskantar Tottenham Hotspur a ranar 10 ga Oktoba.

Arbeloa, wanda aka nada a lokacin rani bayan wasa 28 kawai a kan Real Madrid, ya ɗauki maki ɗaya a wasannin Premier League huɗu na farko, yana shan kashi uku. Rahotannin rashin gamsuwa a cikin ƙungiyar, da ayyukan 'yan wasa a kafofin sada zumunta suka tayar, sun ƙara wa wahalarsa. Mai gidanka Shahid Khan ya nuna yanke shawara cikin hanzari a baya — Claudio Ranieri ya ɗauki kwanaki 106 kawai a Craven Cottage, yayin da Felix Magath aka kore shi a watan Satumba na 2014.

Tottenham, Crystal Palace, da Burnley suma a cikin hangen nesa

Tottenham Hotspur na Roberto de Zerbi ba su da nasara a wasannin farko shida na gasa duk da kashe kulub ɗin kimanin fam miliyan 300 a 'yan wasa a bazara. Duk da haka, ba a ji wani yanayin rikici a kusa da de Zerbi ba, tare da bayar da alamomi masu kyau game da salo mai tasowa na wasannen ƙungiyar.

A Crystal Palace, Pierre Sage ya samu nasara ɗaya kawai a gasa tun isowa daga Lens. Rauni na tsaron ya kasance abin damuwa, kodayake nasara ta 4-0 a Europa League a kan Lech Poznan ya kawo sauƙi kaɗan. Rashin samun 'yan wasa masu mahimmanci Ismaila Sarr da Jean-Philippe Mateta ya rage tsammanin mutane.

Burnley watakila yana cikin mafi gaggawa. Nicky Hayen, wanda ya bar Genk don jagorantar Clarets komawa Premier League, ba shi da nasara a wasan takwas na farko. ​Maimakon haka, wasa 1-1 da Derby — Rams suka daidaita a cikin lokaci kari — ya bar Burnley a ƙarshen teburin Championship. Hayen ya amince da matsin lamba a fili kafin wannan wasa, kuma hukumar Burnley na iya kimanta zaɓuɓɓukansu yanzu.

Shin canjin manajannen a lokacin hutu ya zama ruwan dare?

Bayanan tarihi suna ba manajannen da ke fama da wahala ɗan kwanciyar hankali. A cikin shekaru goma da suka gabata, manajannen Premier League biyu kawai suka rasa ayyukansu a wannan taga ta ƙasashen duniya musamman — Javi Gracia na Watford a 2019 da Nuno Espirito Santo na Nottingham Forest a bara. Wannan tsari ya faɗi guda ɗaya ga hutu na Oktoba, da canje-canje biyu kawai a cikin shekaru goma.

Tony Pulis, tsohon manajan Stoke City, West Brom, da Middlesbrough, ya yi imanin cewa hutun Oktoba da Nuwamba, tare da hutun bayan Kirsimeti da farkon Maris, sun wakilci maki na gaske na haɗari ga manajannen da ke fama da wahala. Yana ɗaukar wannan hutu na Satumba da wuri sosai don korar koci, amma ya yarda cewa hutu ba ya amfanin kowa — ƙungiyoyin da ke cin nasara suna rasa ƙarfinsu, kuma ƙungiyoyin da ke fama da wahala suna rasa damar gyara abubuwa a filin wasa.

Da kocinan tara suka bar mukamansu kafin hutu na biyu na ƙasashen duniya a cikin kowanne daga cikin kakarori goma da suka gabata, kuma ba a saukar da kowa har yanzu a wannan kakar, makonni uku masu zuwa na iya ganin wannan rikodin ya karye.