Happinesstan Posted October 18, 2021 Share Posted October 18, 2021 23 minutes ago, Disco said: The look on Amanda's face says it all. She knows she made the right decision. And this is while we're shite. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
toontownman Posted October 18, 2021 Share Posted October 18, 2021 (edited) No one has a clue. They only just reported we are only targeting managers out of contract. It's a big appointment. Of what is realistic and out of contract, Favre, AVB or Fonseca seem the best gattuso for the big gamble. Whether they gamble on no premiership experience is another question. AVB would he good in that regard. Favre seems like a great interim or placeholder. Fonseca could be shrewd or a flop. The horrible looming presence of Lampard is grim. Would be another year or more of press pals and pundits blaming the fans and their expectations rather than lampards short comings. If the new owners have identified someone for the longterm I don't think in or out of contract will make a huge difference. They will go for it if the feeling is mutual. Edited October 18, 2021 by toontownman Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amir_9 Posted October 18, 2021 Share Posted October 18, 2021 Would love if we manage to get Emery, otherwise wouldn't mind seeing AVB either. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
xLiaaamx Posted October 18, 2021 Share Posted October 18, 2021 Good Ebening Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happinesstan Posted October 18, 2021 Share Posted October 18, 2021 Let's get Viera in, for next week. Then sack him and get Tuchel for the week after. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raconteur Posted October 18, 2021 Share Posted October 18, 2021 1 hour ago, toontownman said: No one has a clue. They only just reported we are only targeting managers out of contract. It's a big appointment. Of what is realistic and out of contract, Favre, AVB or Fonseca seem the best gattuso for the big gamble. Whether they gamble on no premiership experience is another question. AVB would he good in that regard. Favre seems like a great interim or placeholder. Fonseca could be shrewd or a flop. The horrible looming presence of Lampard is grim. Would be another year or more of press pals and pundits blaming the fans and their expectations rather than lampards short comings. If the new owners have identified someone for the longterm I don't think in or out of contract will make a huge difference. They will go for it if the feeling is mutual. A big “no thanks” from me on Gattuso. Would genuinely prefer Gerrard. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
toontownman Posted October 18, 2021 Share Posted October 18, 2021 Just now, Raconteur said: A big “no thanks” from me on Gattuso. Would genuinely prefer Gerrard. Agree, he seems like a big bully manager that will fall out with players. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Away Toon Posted October 18, 2021 Share Posted October 18, 2021 I’m coming round to the idea that AVB might be the best option out there if he’s interested. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
xLiaaamx Posted October 18, 2021 Share Posted October 18, 2021 He's still only 44? Madness. He's got 10 years experience and is still one of the youngest managers out there. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superior Acuña Posted October 18, 2021 Share Posted October 18, 2021 (edited) Gerrard would make me nervous given he's largely unproven. But he seems promising and if it worked out I could really see him clicking with us. I'd be excited to give him a go. Is Martínez good? I always thought he was overrated at Wigan and then got found out at Everton - not terribly, but not particularly good. I believe Bruce finished higher with Wigan than Martínez ever did.... Edited October 18, 2021 by Inferior Acuña Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
xLiaaamx Posted October 18, 2021 Share Posted October 18, 2021 Jose's the one who always goes on about how he loved Bobby etc, but interestingly he refused to go to his funeral because he'd fell out with AVB - who did go. AVB's as much a Bobby man as Jose he just doesn't go on about it like Jose does. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Posted October 18, 2021 Share Posted October 18, 2021 Non of the names mentioned are making me sit up and take notice, Ten Hag from Ajax would be my choice, he has experience building clubs as a technical director and he could bring quality players to the club, he also doesn't mind breaking his contract mid season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
toontownman Posted October 18, 2021 Share Posted October 18, 2021 AVB or Favre seems a bit of a no brainer for now. Turning teams around are both managers bread and butter. Likewise Favre working with youth and a quick attacking style. The comments of some here that followed Dortmund would be concerning though considering how terrible our defence looks right now. AVB's temper maybe a problem too. What he did in a short time at Marseille was impressive and had he had better backing in the transfer market who knows where they would be. Not convinced with Fonseca at all. Reportedly interviewed poorly at Spurs and his sides are usually worse defensively than Favre's. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
FinnMag Posted October 18, 2021 Share Posted October 18, 2021 Im surprised if Gerrard is coming. Lampard is good example to him when rushing too early to bigger stages as a manager. And to us, it shouldnt be too hard to find better manager who keep us up with couple of new quality players from january transfer window. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raconteur Posted October 18, 2021 Share Posted October 18, 2021 44 minutes ago, FinnMag said: Im surprised if Gerrard is coming. Lampard is good example to him when rushing too early to bigger stages as a manager. And to us, it shouldnt be too hard to find better manager who keep us up with couple of new quality players from january transfer window. I’ve got Gerrard in my mind as the bar - I want someone better than him. He’s highly thought of and has a team, but has zero experience halting a relegation slide. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
timnufc22 Posted October 18, 2021 Share Posted October 18, 2021 I think Graham Potter ticks the most boxes at the moment - has current prem experience, seems to have done a very good job at Brighton, is well thought of in the game, plays good football... it’s a big jump pressure wise from Brighton, would be the only thing Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emotic Posted October 18, 2021 Share Posted October 18, 2021 AVB is out of work? Cool. He has horrendous spells, but he's young and has a modern, methodical approach to the game. We kind of have the players that would suit his preferred 4-3-3 style of play too, just that the fullbacks are pretty shite. But if there's going to be a DOF on top of all that, then they'd have to be aligned in footballing philosophy. A nice writeup on his Marseille style here. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Posted October 18, 2021 Share Posted October 18, 2021 It looks like Rafa has took our fitness coach so with a bit of luck he's been tipped the wink that a new coaching team is coming in. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaqen Posted October 18, 2021 Share Posted October 18, 2021 Really frustrating that the timing is so bad for this. Even if you throw a lot of money at someone like Potter I'm not convinced he'd ditch Brighton at this exact moment. Same with Emery and a few other names mentioned. The job (providing we don't go down) would be so much more appealing to a new manager come next summer with a full transfer window to work with. The mess Bruce has us in at the minute makes it vital we do take someone on now though but it's probably going to have to have to be someone neither the owners or fans would ideally want. Out of the names mentioned for out of work managers I'd probably just gamble on AVB, I reckon he'd put together a decent side with the funds available after a couple of windows. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 18, 2021 Share Posted October 18, 2021 I don’t think it’d take much to get us going. Howe, Martinez, etc have an identity, while they’re not my first choices anymore I still think they’d see us clear given 30 games. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raconteur Posted October 18, 2021 Share Posted October 18, 2021 My friends, we have a winner for the shittest take on who should be our next manager. This Daily Star headline popped up in my FB feed: ”Richard Keys calls on Newcastle to snub Antonio Conte and Steven Gerrard for Mark Hughes” Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sima Posted October 18, 2021 Share Posted October 18, 2021 Mark Hughes These fuckers are just utterly consumed with the idea of us continuing to be absolutely shite. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Icarus Posted October 18, 2021 Share Posted October 18, 2021 Of those that have been mentioned it would be Emery by a mile for me. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUPERTOON Posted October 18, 2021 Share Posted October 18, 2021 The most concerning thing in the article is where it says Bruce stays till a new manager is in place Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prophet Posted October 18, 2021 Share Posted October 18, 2021 Martinez hasn't won anything with a 'golden generation' at Belgium because he has no idea how to organise a defensive unit. Both Italy and Belgium came into the tournament with an ageing defence. The difference was that Mancini ensured the Italian back line was never really exposed, Jorginho sat in front, with Barella and Veratti providing plenty of energy and ability on the ball. I appreciate Witsel came into the tournament with an injury, but Martinez did absolutely nothing to reduce his defences exposure, with players frequently able to get a direct run on them. It was the same at Everton. He inherited a solid defence from Moyes, who had played together for years and due to a combination of poor recruitment and coaching, they became an absolute shambles at the back and dropped from the European spots to lower midtable as a consequence. Currently our defence is as unorganised as I've seen it and we don't really have the players that can keep the ball and offer the possession games Martinez likes. He wouldn't even have the initial structure he was afforded at Belgium and Everton. In short I think he would be an absolute disaster. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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