Who do you want as the next manager? New poll option.

[Rip Van We Go Again]

Victor fucking Meldrew couldn't do any worse.

'Conceded from a corner, again??? I don't fucking believe it.'

[KevinGage]

Bloody hell I hadn't even considered Benitez. Gimme gimme gimme.

Benitez sounds unlikely as we rejected him last summer. Admittedly he could have been a cheaper option than McLeish as he was out of a job, but it's well worth paying a little extra to get a man with two recent relegations on his CV rather than a man with two recent CL finals.

When you count the payouts to the French Football Association, the wages and subsequent payout to Houllier and the payout to B-lose + Big Ecks wages, it can't be far off Ancelotti/ Hiddink territory.   

Not that the financial package alone would be enough for them to take the job, but it illustrates the waste that has occured since 2010. 

[john e]

Southgate please what he achieved??? no thanks

Rather have yorke and bosnich, at least the night clubs and lapdancing trade would get a boost

thought Yorke looked very handsome yesterday with his lovely tailored suit and tie and pocket kerchief,
 most impresive dresswear sir

[Monty]

With regards to Holloway - any fun details? Always like a good "gobby twat is incompetent" story.

No specifics.  The Plymouth Albion rugby team also used the gym and he said that the rugby players would be following specific tailored programmes whereas Holloway just told the player to sit on the bikes for a bit (presumably so he could slide a whoopee cushion onto the seat).

My mate played a bit of rugby and also studied sports science so he’d have an idea of what the players should have been doing.  He said the Rugby players could not believe how amateur the football players were.

Re-reading the Kuper/Szymanski book "Why England Lose", none of that surprises me. Rugby, cricket, increasingly baseball etc - these sports are all far less tradition-prone and data-informed than football, at all levels.

[Dante Lavelli]

Southgate please what he achieved??? no thanks

Wasn’t he the first manager to field an entirely homegrown side in the premiership?

Besides since Boro he has been working for the FA attending umpteen international training courses.  Visiting the top clubs and international sides around the world trying to identify what makes them better than the rest.  He has intimated in interviews that he does not want to get back into management and sees his role in the development side of football.

I think he would be a good fit for the club as a director of football (maybe still doing his role with the FA) but not as a manager.

[john e]

With regards to Holloway - any fun details? Always like a good "gobby twat is incompetent" story.

No specifics.  The Plymouth Albion rugby team also used the gym and he said that the rugby players would be following specific tailored programmes whereas Holloway just told the player to sit on the bikes for a bit (presumably so he could slide a whoopee cushion onto the seat).

My mate played a bit of rugby and also studied sports science so he’d have an idea of what the players should have been doing.  He said the Rugby players could not believe how amateur the football players were.

Re-reading the Kuper/Szymanski book "Why England Lose", none of that surprises me. Rugby, cricket, increasingly baseball etc - these sports are all far less tradition-prone and data-informed than football, at all levels.

yeah, but in Cricket (which i love) and Rugby we only have to beat other comonwealth nations, not the whole of the world like in football,
 its just not fair

[Handsworth Wood Villa]

Why all the hate for Curbishley?

I think he's a decent-good manager tbh.

[James]

With regards to Di Canio.  There is no way I want a racist associated with the club.

I've obviously missed something there then! What's that all about?

[john e]

Why all the hate for Curbishley?

I think he's a decent-good manager tbh.

Fashion

[Legion]

[TonyD]

Why all the hate for Curbishley?

I think he's a decent-good manager tbh.

Prime example of how our expectations have fallen.   

But - yes practially anybody but the awful gobshite we have at the mo.

[Monty]

With regards to Holloway - any fun details? Always like a good "gobby twat is incompetent" story.

No specifics.  The Plymouth Albion rugby team also used the gym and he said that the rugby players would be following specific tailored programmes whereas Holloway just told the player to sit on the bikes for a bit (presumably so he could slide a whoopee cushion onto the seat).

My mate played a bit of rugby and also studied sports science so he’d have an idea of what the players should have been doing.  He said the Rugby players could not believe how amateur the football players were.

Re-reading the Kuper/Szymanski book "Why England Lose", none of that surprises me. Rugby, cricket, increasingly baseball etc - these sports are all far less tradition-prone and data-informed than football, at all levels.

yeah, but in Cricket (which i love) and Rugby we only have to beat other comonwealth nations, not the whole of the world like in football,
 its just not fair

Exactly. The book actually shows that England slightly over-perform given all the data available.

[Dante Lavelli]

With regards to Di Canio.  There is no way I want a racist associated with the club.

I've obviously missed something there then! What's that all about?

As others have said previously he admits to being a fan of mussolini and the photo above does not help his case.
When he was made manager at Swindon the - or a - sponsor withdrew their money in protest at his appointment.

[James]

If he's that way inclined then fair enough, but that pic looks pretty badly photoshopped to me!

Edit: Sorry, should have the thread fully before posting!

[john e]

If he's that way inclined then fair enough, but that pic looks pretty badly photoshopped to me!

Edit: Sorry, should have the thread fully before posting!

there is a lot of that photoshoping going about
only the other day there were some photo's of me that made me look very fat, clearly been tampered with