If we'd done what Manchester United did

[greenwichvilla]

I was having a conversation with a friend earlier about if we'd sacked Lambert earlier this season and got an ex player in to 'lift' the crowd in a similar way to Shearer at Newcastle a few years ago or Giggs now.

Who do you think we would  get? He suggested David Platt but it seems there's a fair bit of hostility toward him on here. I thought John Carew, but for all I know he might be rubbish.

Thoughts?

[ChicagoLion]

Melberg or Laursen. Both leaders.

Giggs is a wanker.

[SheffieldVillain]

I was having a conversation with a friend earlier about if we'd sacked Lambert earlier this season and got an ex player in to 'lift' the crowd in a similar way to Shearer at Newcastle a few years ago or Giggs now.

Who do you think we would  get? He suggested David Platt but it seems there's a fair bit of hostility toward him on here. I thought John Carew, but for all I know he might be rubbish.

Thoughts?

I don't think it would have been the way to go anyway, but if we were to pick a manager specifically to lift the fans, it would have to be Brian Little.

[Ger Regan]

My main thought is that I hope we never hire a manager solely on the basis that it would boost fans' morale.

[Somniloquism]

Especially as today and the Shearer season shows, it is a very very short term thing.

[Bully2345]

In answer to the thread title, I'd say we would have been a lot more likely to have gone through the trapdoor. Just think about Shearer the year Newcastle went down, or Norwich this year. Change for the sake of change doesn't work

[Nelly]

Laursen is the one that stands out, but maybe Dean Saunders? I would have and still would welcome Brian Little back in any way.

[mr underhill]

Ryan isn't a wanker; he's always too busy with the real thing

[cheltenhamlion]

Will do it on the post match thread shortly. Can I just say though, fucking yeah!

[dave.woodhall]

I was having a conversation with a friend earlier about if we'd sacked Lambert earlier this season and got an ex player in to 'lift' the crowd in a similar way to Shearer at Newcastle a few years ago or Giggs now.

Who do you think we would  get? He suggested David Platt but it seems there's a fair bit of hostility toward him on here. I thought John Carew, but for all I know he might be rubbish.

Thoughts?

I don't think it would have been the way to go anyway, but if we were to pick a manager specifically to lift the fans, it would have to be Brian Little.

Last seen getting bombed out of Gainsborough Trinity. In any case most of our fans now wouldn't know who he is.

[Grande Pablo]

My mates often discuss a similar conundrum.  What if we'd have won the league in 1992-3, & not Manure?  Would we have gone on to enjoy similar dominance?

[dave.woodhall]

My mates often discuss a similar conundrum.  What if we'd have won the league in 1992-3, & not Manure?  Would we have gone on to enjoy similar dominance?

Probably not. They would have won it sooner rather than later and the 1,000 Year Reich would have begun then.

[SheffieldVillain]

I was having a conversation with a friend earlier about if we'd sacked Lambert earlier this season and got an ex player in to 'lift' the crowd in a similar way to Shearer at Newcastle a few years ago or Giggs now.

Who do you think we would  get? He suggested David Platt but it seems there's a fair bit of hostility toward him on here. I thought John Carew, but for all I know he might be rubbish.

Thoughts?

I don't think it would have been the way to go anyway, but if we were to pick a manager specifically to lift the fans, it would have to be Brian Little.

Last seen getting bombed out of Gainsborough Trinity. In any case most of our fans now wouldn't know who he is.

Oh I'm not suggesting that he'd be a brilliant managerial choice as sadly his manager days seem to be behind him, just answering the question who would be a lift for the fans.

You may well be right with your second point - I guess I was looking at it through my own eyes rather than 'the younger generation' (that hurts to type!)

[Dave]

Southgate

[Pat McMahon]

My main thought is that I hope we never hire a manager solely on the basis that it would boost fans' morale.

Well said, Mr Regan.