Manager suggestions - Now with added poll

[sirlordbaltimore]

Not for me. He always deserved a chance to see how the season starts. The only question is what's a reasonable run of games to make that judgement

I always used the old 10 games is enough to make a decision in the PL. With the extra games in the Championship i'd say 15 games is the 'is it working or not' cut off point for me

[Matt Collins]

It doesn't really matter anyway now - we can't change the past

He's obviously got a handful of games to show improvement or he's out

The harder question is what we do if our form is just 'meh'. A few draws and couple of wins against say Bolton and burton over the rest of the month for example

[Sexual Ealing]

I guess that's why today is so important. Wins against those sides won't necessarily tell us much.

[andyh]

I hope he hasn't still got a 'handful of games' before he is hoiked out.

It won't be too long before we are so far off the pace we can write the season off.

[paul_e]

Not for me. He always deserved a chance to see how the season starts. The only question is what's a reasonable run of games to make that judgement

I always used the old 10 games is enough to make a decision in the PL. With the extra games in the Championship i'd say 15 games is the 'is it working or not' cut off point for me

12 points from his last 13 ...

[SoccerHQ]

Not for me. He always deserved a chance to see how the season starts. The only question is what's a reasonable run of games to make that judgement

I always used the old 10 games is enough to make a decision in the PL. With the extra games in the Championship i'd say 15 games is the 'is it working or not' cut off point for me

Disagree. We saw last season 10 games takes you to start of October. We were way off the pace under RDM and we could never quite catch up. This season is going the same way.

[ozzjim]

We need to win 4 of the next 5 just to get back into the mix for the promotion spots, and even then that will be playoff territory. That would be 19 from 12, nowhere near automatic form.

Don't win today and he can't go on. 1 win from 8 this season would be awful.

[Dante Lavelli]

It's almost as if, when you're in division two and part way trough a season, there's such a limited pool of managers to pick from that it's hard to pick your philosophy and then a manager to suit

I don't see why, pick the philosophy and then find the manager best suited to deliver it.  Previously, we've seemingly had no philosophy and mistakenly, imo, placed too much emphasis on 'knowing the league' and possibly 'low risk'.

[PaulWinch again]

We need to win 4 of the next 5 just to get back into the mix for the promotion spots, and even then that will be playoff territory. That would be 19 from 12, nowhere near automatic form.

Don't win today and he can't go on. 1 win from 8 this season would be awful.

Agreed this is the definition of must win for him.

[Toronto Villa]

It's been must win most of the season though. We simply couldn't afford another slow start.

He knows it's all over and I think the team does. I fully expect us to be flat and mundane protecting a 0-0 and get caught as we often do and lose 2-0 or something without really posing a threat. The recent comments are the hallmarks of a man who is begging for the bullet. The who would be better comment is a classic challenge to the board.

[ROBBO]

Even by some miracle we win today it's just delaying the inevitable. He isn't up to the job, it's beyond him.

[ChicagoLion]

I am comming round to the idea we might as well stick with him until we can get somebody to come and really change the philosophy. You just know these idiots will appoint Moyes which will take us further into the dark ages.
Once we gave Bruce the summer our fate was sealed.

[ozzjim]

Even by some miracle we win today it's just delaying the inevitable. He isn't up to the job, it's beyond him.

It needs someone who is either tactically so bloody good that we just find a way through, or that has got the charisma to pick the club up. A bit like Wagner and Klopp, half their success is on pure personality.

[john e]

if the rumours are true and we have already started sounding out other managers then it's just a matter of time

[passitsideways]

Bumpity bump on this one, now that just about everyone's ready for Bruce to piss off again?

Been some upheaval re the managers listed on the poll. Seems like the current favourite on this board is Dean Smith, but I'd personally still go with Karanka.