Lambert's replacement

[onje_villa]

The more I think of it the more I think it will be an underwhelming manager, someone who can come in and hopefully keep us up. I just can't see a highly-thought-of foreign coach dropping everything and moving to a club in the bottom 3 with no transfer window to use to bring in players.

Nor for that matter can I imagine Allardyce or anyone else at a stable club, or a promotion-chasing club coming to us right now. I think they'll either go for an inside man or a Sherwood-type out of work manager.

[Dante Lavelli]

In all seriousness, does anyone seriously think that Klinsmann would touch the job? He is established in the US, he is married there and his kids go to school there. Why would he give up a very cushy job managing the US team to enter a relegation battle?
Realistically I think that the only option in the current circumstances is to gamble on Sherwood. Offer him a short term contract with the carrot of a permanent deal, should he drag us out of this mess.

It's a guess, but I think that you have stumbled across the plan.  I could see Klinnsman and Sherwood as a double act.  Klinnsmann doing the DoF role - which would suit his lifestyle (see above) and also his managerial skills (see his re-organisation of German football around 2004).  Sherwood, is well sherwood (awful in my opinion but...) a keen coach looking for an opportunity.

[Malandro]

dire situation, near end of season - lets get Pulis. Oh.

[itbrvilla]

The problem I see is that the manager we need for the remainder of the games is different to what we need long term.

[Holte L2]

In all seriousness, does anyone seriously think that Klinsmann would touch the job? He is established in the US, he is married there and his kids go to school there. Why would he give up a very cushy job managing the US team to enter a relegation battle?
Realistically I think that the only option in the current circumstances is to gamble on Sherwood. Offer him a short term contract with the carrot of a permanent deal, should he drag us out of this mess.

It's a guess, but I think that you have stumbled across the plan.  I could see Klinnsman and Sherwood as a double act.  Klinnsmann doing the DoF role - which would suit his lifestyle (see above) and also his managerial skills (see his re-organisation of German football around 2004).  Sherwood, is well sherwood (awful in my opinion but...) a keen coach looking for an opportunity.

It's an interesting theory.  But I just can't see it happening.

[Phil from the upper holte]

Lambert twice asked to be sacked? What a load of old Bollocks. Sherwood has managed spurs for what? Half a season, that is his only experience. Seriously doubt were that stupid...

[andyh]

I cant help thinking that appointing Sherwood is a pretty 'lazy' option.

[mr underhill]

I can just see Paul taunting Uncle Randy - daring him to pull the trigger whilst blowing the ink dry on that wonderfully lucrative four year deal.

[Exeter 77]

That Lambert supposedly asked to be sacked suggests he wanted to walk but was thinking of his bank balance - or more likely the product of tabloid journalistic imagination.

[Chris Smith]

I can just see Paul taunting Uncle Randy - daring him to pull the trigger whilst blowing the ink dry on that wonderfully lucrative four year deal.

With all that we know about the two of them and their relationship I think that is about as far from the truth as it possible to be.

[john e]

if Sherwood was the man that we want, and he is available with no compo, rumours he has already been interviewd etc
then why hasn't he been appointed, the longer it goes on the less likely it will be Sherwood in my view

I know its only been a couple of days but you know what I mean

 

[ozzjim]

Or they are rightfully concerned about Sherwood without Ramsey to do the coaching part.

[Jimbo]

Lambert asks Randy twice for sack:

Lambert: "Ah wouldnae say noo tae the push, Randy."
Randy: "Your wooden sea newt's in the bush?"
Lambert: "Ah said sack meh noo!"
Randy: "Acid sock menu...?"
Lambert: "Never mind, everythin's excellent, bye."

[stubbsyandy]

The problem I see is that the manager we need for the remainder of the games is different to what we need long term.

I agree

[Mister E]

The point is that now we need a coaching expert; in 6 months time we'll need someone to be a little more visionary and set out a deliverable plan for the next few years.
If we can get both in one guy, fine; if we can get a team in now, fine.

A Klinnsman / Sherwood ticket would be intersting, but unlikely to be deliveredin the next 6 days.