Manager for next season

[brian green]

Sorry cdw we can't have him driving. He will scare off the African Car Reverser.

[gpbarr]

Ah....the old carrot/stick argument.


Think it's accepted that the best form of management is a constantly altering percentage of both. Always judging how much to apply to each individual.


I'm pretty sure though that the best way of motivating your staff is not to sulk on the sidelines, avoid contact with your employees at critical periods constantly muttering negative comments about the hierarchy,  despite how they've let you down.

And you know these things as fact, how exactly? Of course, Lambert did the opposite (constantly told us all how terrific they were etc) and yet the results were similar.

One day the penny will drop that its the players ability that is the problem, not the managers ability. 

[Ian.]

I like the notion of Pearson being Jesus.  Dead by Easter.

Another similarity between Pearson and MON Then. His teams were always dead by Easter.

[SamTheMouse]

If Bielsa comes we really must get him a seat.

If Bielsa comes he can have any make of car he f***ing wants...

It took me so long to get this, I am now shit scared I have early-onset dementia.

[LeeB]

I would ask him how much he wants and get Bielsa. Perfect to set the standard over the next 2-3 years, plays decent football and is that batshit mental would have the character to marmalise the malcontents in the dressing room.

We can but dream.

Would be my first choice by a long way. A genuine football innovator. His teams play some lovely lovely stuff.

Oh yes. We'd come come back with a fucking bang as well, no pissing about consolidating.

[tomd2103]

Very tenuous link, but here goes - Chap I play football with is a family friend of Garry Parker's wife.  Reckons Garry Parker is in some kind of caretaker role at Bolton for the time being but we have been in talks with Neil Lennon.  Told him I hoped he was lying.

[olaftab]

I see Other is clear favourite on this forum.

[sickbeggar]

We need a manager with clout. Not to the extreme of MON, but at least Houllier level of authority. The one thing constant  running through our dire run of managers is the amount of yes men eternally grateful for the job who "can't speak highly enough about Mr. Lerner"  and then mutter about things not being right after they get the sack. To me that excludes the likes of Pearson, Bruce and co.

[The Man With A Stick]

Very tenuous link, but here goes - Chap I play football with is a family friend of Garry Parker's wife.  Reckons Garry Parker is in some kind of caretaker role at Bolton for the time being but we have been in talks with Neil Lennon.  Told him I hoped he was lying.

Jesus wept.  Well, he got Bolton out of the Championship.

It's probably bollocks, but nothing would surprise me.  I'm putting a tenner on Lennie Lawrence.

[cdward]

When David Bernstein recruited Keegan for Man City, he said that there were 3 main reasons for hiring him. 1, his experience of getting promotions, 2, his man management and motivational qualities, and 3, style and flair of the football being played.

I'm going for Brendan Rodgers.

[tomd2103]

When David Bernstein recruited Keegan for Man City, he said that there were 3 main reasons for hiring him. 1, his experience of getting promotions, 2, his man management and motivational qualities, and 3, style and flair of the football being played.

I'm going for Brendan Rodgers.

He'd be foolish if he took another job in this country.  If I was him, I'd be looking to go abroad for my next move, as doing well on the continent should secure his reputation.   Moyes' time in Spain was bad, but apart from the top clubs, he'll still get a decent job in this country.  If Rodgers came to us and it went pear shaped, it could well be the career path Phil Brown took.

[SheffieldVillain]

http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/aston-villa-rumour-mill-new-11075829#rlabs=1%20p$1

Never heard of him. At least it's a suggestion that we're looking beyond a narrow criteria.

[Toronto Villa]

and then I read this from Bernstein and it makes me wonder a little about what they might be thinking.

New Aston Villa board member David Bernstein has admitted that manager Remi Garde is faced with a "very tough job".
Reports have surfaced suggesting that the Frenchman could leave the club during the international break having failed to lift the Villans off the bottom of the table since succeeding Tim Sherwood in November.
Bernstein revealed that he was impressed with Garde when he met him, but refused to give any assurances over his future.
"I had two and a half hours with him at my home last Wednesday. He came down and I had a very good meeting with him," Bernstein told reporters.
"He is a very civilised, dedicated, professional and passionate person. I have only met him once and I've got a lot of respect for him already but he's got a very tough job on."

And if Garde goes I don't think it will positioned as him being fired. But more mutual consent.

[DeKuip]

Sam Allardyce said in an interview recently. "Strength between the ears is the most important thing. Players play in the Premier League mostly because their football intelligence is greater than those who play in the leagues below. Skill sets are very similar but it is the brain power that lets players use their skills that helps at the top level. You can still be a player of superb ability in League One or Two on a one –off basis, but sustaining it is the problem if that player comes into the Premier League.”

The likes of Richards, Lescott, and Guzan walk out the dressing rooms for the second half giggling like teenagers coming out of a lesson at school, having not listened to a word the teacher has said.  Our captains have been Richards and Gabby and it strikes me that the rest of the squad don't have too many brain cells between them either, certainly the English ones anyway. Reading Ginola's comments earlier suggests this too - and Garde just can't get through to them.

If we're choosing a new manager to suit the group of players we'll be stuck with then we really should be looking at the local Sunday Leagues.

[brian green]

Agree with you and Fat Sam Dekuip but would go one step further.  I not only think top level players need good levels of intelligence, they need that intelligence to be channelled by having a stable character.  I always like players like Mellberg, Laurson, Friedel and Bouma who exude normality and professional commitment.  Those are the kind of players you can use as building blocks to build a team.

In the Lerner era we have had far too many players who are not only dim but lightweight as citizens.