toontownman

Cacapa is right up there with them imo...harsh not to get a nomination.

Hitzfeld is obviously still the best choice from those three, although we wouldnt be able to get him until the summer, he said bayern would be his last club to manage and is reputedly all but signed up to manage the swiss national side. If he was up for it, there would be few better, but I think that one came and went. Van Gaal would be great, (was appointed manager here last friday according to Wiki!) someone that could really get under the skins of the top guys in the league and I dare say out wit them too. Would bring great things here but again he is very happy where he is and like Hitzfeld has done all he wants to do with clubs and fancies a national side next. He actually released quotes to that effect last week, so id assume thats what the independant are talking about, although you can never say never, im sure he would fancy the premiership if not us. He would also fit in perfectly at this time... http://www.goal.com/en/Articolo.aspx?ContenutoId=546079 Houllier is a cracking manager, but not an attacking one, I dont see him being a popular choice here, there is no charisma. Given time and support he would build us a formidible team imo. Starting at the back, we would be slick and very technical, not too dissimilar to Svens Man City. I would be suprised if he was Ashleys choice though.

dont really want hughes, would be just as unhappy as if we had appointed rednapp. Is younger and has more potential than Rednapp, but really hasnt done anything to really impress me. Coppell, jewell, moyes, Coleman, mclaren, curbishley the list goes on, even roeder have put decent runs and decent attacking looking sides together. Average manager and not what or who I want to see try to take us forward. We could get worse, mclaren is still lurking but I refuse to believe we cant get a hell of a lot better.

didnt want to split into a new thread, but a decent read from the telegraph. Whilst Ashley probably wont read it, im sure Mort will http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/main.jhtml;jsessionid=O0PU213JLEGQXQFIQMFCFF4AVCBQYIV0?view=DETAILS&grid=A1YourView&xml=/sport/2008/01/13/sfnpad113.xml 2nd page is a better read than the first.

Did they nail Ashley for this interview when he was smashed in Hong Kong? A very heart on the sleeve rant.. Means well thats for sure, but I just hope who ever the hell he is turning to to advise him has a decent knowledge of football. Its a pipe dream, but he has come to the right place.

Amen. your preaching to the converted though. its ashley that needs the epithany.

Completely depends on who the board appoints. then if we can get any players in before feb.

We will forget all about this when mclaren is appointed

Weve been shit for months. people are well within their rights to be venting. we are all hurting. its the fact that people seem so suprised and ott. the first half was mean giving us a glimmer of hope. still there cant be anyone suprised at the result or capitulation.

God i dont know whats worse watching us lose or reading the over reactions on here. its like everyone thought we were going to win. get a grip.

Damage limitation now. our heads will down, manures tails up and we will get battered from here on.

Get viduka or emre on

All this time big sam wanted to play free flowing attacking football and it was pearson not letting him. any decent chants going?

Thats what you think carr is upfront and owen is in nets

4.3.3 n,zog in the middle with smith and butt.

I want big phil. scholari that is. at least we could save sacking all the sports science lot.

Mourinho and ronaldo! what a day!

This morning is the happiest i have felt in months. its like a weight has been lifted from my mind. so we look stupid again,big suprise when arent we the Laughing stock? we should be used to it. today gives the morons upstairs a second chance. i can see ashley wanting to back an englishman to win things with us. hes very patriotic apparently, also his close mates whispering glowingly about rednapp didnt help. now i have hope again..until this evening when weve lost 6-0 and appointed Mclaren.

Much like Harry, has no reason to leave his cosy surroundings, especially as his quotes say he has won enough in his club career.

No I will be gutted, thats why its a scary time, still they have given another window of hope that they might actually get it right, or at least a few footsteps closer than Rednapp. If they push McLaren much more I would probably be relieved to see one of hughes and jol in, until its taken time to sink in

How olds that article, I thought he was interested in coming to the premier league not so long ago? I would be more than happy with Van Gaal. We need someone that will actually inspire the fans and players, someone that commands respect and actually has the ability to take on the top managers in the league and europe.

Foreign but not Jol or Venglos.

Great news... couldnt care less how stupid we look IF we get someone decent in now. Scary time, surely he cant go for McLaren, Ashley only ripped into him a month ago. I still have infinately more hope this morning than last night now Harry has turned it down, great.

Good god. Theres more chance of Rednapp coming and actually winning something than Hitzfeld coming to us.

He's pretty much confirmed to be taking the Swiss job. Said Bayern would be his last club job.