The Next Manager?

[Strike 7,504]

McKenna would be a wild appointment but I wouldn’t put it past these owners. 

Thomas Frank hasn’t shown the kind of possession based control football that the owners are supposedly looking for. I’m wondering why his name is even on the short list. 
 

Enzo Maresca has worked with Joe Shields before. Could be that they go to him. 

[Vytis33 1,276]

This sounds about right.  Maresca it is 

 

 

[Vesper 30,234]

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[Clockwork 1,794]

Maresca and McKenna are very different, seriously how can you be considering both of them? I mean it is not like the manager is going to have a lot of power. You are building a squad and spent 1Billion, and yet you have no idea how you want your team to play?

[Pizy 18,960]

5 minutes ago, Clockwork said:

Maresca and McKenna are very different, seriously how can you be considering both of them? I mean it is not like the manager is going to have a lot of power. You are building a squad and spent 1Billion, and yet you have no idea how you want your team to play?

Watched an in depth video last night about McKenna and his tactics. It was hugely discouraging knowing that he could very well be our next manager. Doesn’t seem like he has a defined and clear cut style. Ipswhich play good footy apparently but from a data and statistics POV (which our owners are apparently obsessed with) his side are basically middle of the pack in the Championship in everything.

I get big time Potter vibes from him and his tactics. 

Maresca on the other hand has a very defined possession based style like Pep or De Zerbi but I just don’t have any faith that he’s ready to jump up to a club of our level.

[Vesper 30,234]

1 hour ago, ZAPHOD2319 said:

 

grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

[Laylabelle 9,536]

Vincent Kompany 🤣 nothing against him...but just the names they are finding worry me

[bluesman2610 1,422]

33 minutes ago, Vesper said:

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Funny how Maresca is lower than Mckenna and he actually won the Championship

[Seymop 90]

We can talk about who we want as manager until the cows come home. The reality is more like “ who can we think of that might just take the job “ !!. Would you want to come and work for this bunch of amateurs ? I definitely sure I wouldn’t.

With Poch we had a chance of Top4 next season — we can now wave that goodbye. Listen to the players who are gutted and so am I !!! 
 

[LAM09 7,064]

18 minutes ago, Laylabelle said:

Vincent Kompany 🤣 nothing against him...but just the names they are finding worry me

Bayern have been linked to him as well. It just seems like the same managers are being mentioned regardless of where the vacancy is. 

[NikkiCFC 8,342]

1 hour ago, bluesman2610 said:

Funny how Maresca is lower than Mckenna and he actually won the Championship

Not really. Maresca came to best team in Championship and pretty much everyone knew they would win it and come back to PL instantly. McKenna on the other hand won League 1 with Ipswich season before so expectations were probably just to stay in Championship. Way more impressive. 

[Fernando 6,585]

I wonder if they want to get someone like Arteta or Alonso. 

No one really thought they would do what they are doing now. So it seems like the club think they can get that type of manager.....

[DH1988 1,350]

Id be gutted if it was anyone other than De Zerbi at this point considering what I feel the players need. What gets me is that you literally need personality, a bit about you to manage at that level, secure championships, and I don't see that in candidates mentioned.

 

[Duppy Conqueror 1,543]

If we make a good hire then it'll be a fluke,have no confidence in the powers that be selecting the right candidate.coaches we are linked with do appear to be the types that would accept being head coach instead of manager. de Zerbi and Maresca have experience coaching multiple members of our current squad. McKenna kinda done the most impressive job of the candidates but as boom or bust as they come.can't help but think the job is out of his depth but he's been defying the odds. I wouldnt say we linked with anyone thats a safe pick.

[Vesper 30,234]

2 hours ago, Fernando said:

I wonder if they want to get someone like Arteta or Alonso. 

No one really thought they would do what they are doing now. So it seems like the club think they can get that type of manager.....

IF Arse grab Osimhen or Lautaro Martínez or Isak or Viktor Gyökeres

plus a LB like Davies or Nuno Mendes or Federico Dimarco or Theo Hernández
 

they will go in as favourites (or co-favourites) to win the League and spoil Pep's last EPL season (I would say 75 to 85 % chance 2024/25 is Pep's last season at Citeh)

no way Arteta bails out on that

not even for Barca (IF Arse get 1 of those 4 options for each of those 2 positions)

remember, Barca are still absolutely fucked financially

maybe I am wrong, but I certainly (IF those 2 players were tossed into a squad like Arse already have), would NOT jump into the Barca shitshow at this point, especially if Ronald Araújo, a top 3 or 4 CB on the planet, leaves Barca

Edited May 22, 2024 by Vesper

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[MoroccanBlue 5,385]

I’m going to be on McKenna like a bad rash. He does poorly there needs to be protests on Clearlake and these directors. 
 

24 months of management! 

Edited May 22, 2024 by MoroccanBlue

[Thor 2,730]

FFS. 

Garbage if true. Board is clueless with the managerial side. 

[Blue Armour 4,448]

1 hour ago, ZAPHOD2319 said:

 

 

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