The Next Manager?

[YorkshireBlue 3,123]

9 minutes ago, Laylabelle said:

I dont doubt he is a good manager but see him hitting through ground running and getting us competing..whole different ball game especially with way more pressure behind him. Be a shame for him to leave what he achieved and get sacked again so soon as will no doubt be the case with things these days..be nice to be wrong however just think it'll take time.. again and not what gets given.

Again agree, I am not for or against him coming at this this point I just let the dice roll, but normally 2 things happen with a manager, 

1 they absolutely hit the ground running (big Ange) then they slowly die off because it's down to new manager hype and they fade out, 

2 they start slow and build and build and build and you end up with something worth while (klopp pep sir Alex arteta) for example 

Problem we have is the fans, if we don't start firing immediately we kick out toys out the pram, and if we kick off straight away by the second season we want them gone and the same happens again! 

[robsblubot 3,529]

15 minutes ago, NikkiCFC said:

Exactly what I've been saying.

@robsblubot Pep<McKenna 

He should stay in Ipswich and try to win PL. Just loan him Mudryk and Disasi. 

😆

For the record, my point is that the jobs have completely different requirements.
e.g. I disagree that a smaller club manager's success can be easily applied to a top club... same the other way around.

[Superblue 6,372]

All this talk and reports of a mystery manager in the running, for me, has to suggest someone who's season hasn't finished yet.

Amorim seems the obvious one on this train of thought, with perhaps Terzic as a wildcard.

[bluesman2610 1,348]

These guys want to spend more money on a manager with our financial situation.. I still can’t believe this

[LAM09 6,778]

Just now, bluesman2610 said:

These guys want to spend more money on a manager with our financial situation.. I still can’t believe this

Don't worry, they have a list of Cobham graduates to make up for it.

[Pizy 18,418]

Thank god it appears like United will save us by taking McKenna. For the same reasons it would be an idiotic appointment for us it would be for them. I would say they’re in MUCH worse shape heading into the summer than we are and need almost a full rebuild. To bring in a guy from the Championship to oversee that would be madness. 

I’m desperately hoping we come to our senses and appoint someone with top level experience. 

[ZAPHOD2319 4,517]

 

[OneMoSalah 8,785]

2 hours ago, YorkshireBlue said:

Technically premier league manager now but I see your point, although one thing he has on his side is taken a team to back to back promotions, I'm not sure how many of you actually watch the championship but that league is absolutely brutal and any manager who manages to conquer that the season after promotion deserve huge credit, might not deserve the Chelsea job 🤣 but still I think that massive achievement is been underplayed alot. Infact I'd say back to back promotions from league 1 to the premier league is harder than than winning the double with a man city or the likes of arsenal. Which brings me onto my next point, will the players respect him? You don't get a team back to back promotions if can't rally a team behind you 110% which shows he has good man management and clearly some idea of tactics and style of play.

Paul Lambert did it with Norwich years and years ago when they came up.

That achievement literally buys the guy nothing at the elite level. Tough leagues to get out of maybe because the format/scheduling but the actual standard of League 1 & the Championship aren’t great.

Not sure why the likes of McKenna and Enzo Maresca are anywhere near our top candidates. Well I do have a theory but it reinforces what I already think about idiots running the club. That bloke at Leicester got sacked at Parma after 14 games or so after being an academy coach at City. Leicester had a PL level squad and were always going to bounce back irrespective of who was in charge (as long as they weren’t absolutely alien to football). McKenna would maybe be best taking the Brighton job or another season with Ipswich beforehand than jumping to us or United. But lets see.

[Strike 7,250]

 
I’m glad it’s not just the Kieran McKenna links that are getting stronger. Seems like they will meet both of them at least. 

[Blue Armour 4,312]

Almost impossible, but I hope the 4th mystery candidate is Fabregas.

Imagine him throwing a pizza at a journo in the post-match press conference.

[Reddish-Blue 2,354]

6 hours ago, Strike said:

 
I’m glad it’s not just the Kieran McKenna links that are getting stronger. Seems like they will meet both of them at least. 

I don't think either of them are an upgrade on Poch...

The names that were being thrown around like Thomas Frank and McKenna, like how about you let McKenna manage at least 1 season in the PL before you give him a squad that just finished in a decent position this season (considering how it started and the number of injuries we had). 

The only one that makes sense is De Zerbi but I don't see many solid rumors.  

[Reddish-Blue 2,354]

7 hours ago, ZAPHOD2319 said:

 

So Amorim flew to England on a jet all those weeks ago, apparently went to interview for West Ham (and the assumption is Liverpool as well) and then there's no interest in him for a PL role?    Wonder if he's the one to take over at United, just waiting for the club to fire ETH

[Fernando 6,484]

3 hours ago, Reddish-Blue said:

So Amorim flew to England on a jet all those weeks ago, apparently went to interview for West Ham (and the assumption is Liverpool as well) and then there's no interest in him for a PL role?    Wonder if he's the one to take over at United, just waiting for the club to fire ETH

I remember reading that it was Chelsea that paid for him to fly to England..

[Strike 7,250]

9 minutes ago, Fernando said:

I remember reading that it was Chelsea that paid for him to fly to England..

this was debunked. 

Amorim links have gone cold since those interviews. Perhaps something is off there. He's trying to repair relationship with Sporting now

[cosmicway 1,333]

Is there a book "how to manage a football team for dummies" ?
I 'd like to enter the short list.

[We Hate Scouse 10,286]

Mourinho's odds have dropped significantly. 

https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/football/Chelsea-fc-manager-search-mourinho-favourite-b1160030.html

bet365's Steve Freeth said: "From 10.15 until 10.50 this morning, every single bet we took on the next Chelsea manager was on Jose Mourinho, which goes against the grain of the reports of Chelsea wanting a young and dynamic manager.

"In that time his odds plummeted from 40/1 into 2/1 favourite

[Mhsc 906]

1 minute ago, Strike said:

this was debunked. 

Amorim links have gone cold since those interviews. Perhaps something is off there. He's trying to repair relationship with Sporting now

He / his agent clearly decided to kill all media noise until after Sporting's season is finished, which imo is the proper and respectful thing to do. But seems like he's going somewhere. I don't know much about him except he apparently always plays 3 ATB... Don't really think that suits our squad these days. We have lots of average CBs, doesn't make a lot of sense to me to play a system that gets 3 of them on the field.

[whats happening 1,533]

oh god pls no mourinho