Manager for next season

[ozzjim]

All moot with Pearson.  How many times are we going to make the mistake of appointing a manager that can't get their preferred back room team? Pearson has worked for 8 yards with his.  On his own there is little point. 

And he thinks he is funny and clever fun his media interviews. The reality is he isn't.  And his lack of control of his own son last summer makes me think our knob heads will walk all over him

[RussellC]

I can only assume that anyone describing Nigel Pearson as "no nonsense" didn't listen to any of his press-conferences last season. The guy's a pretentious clown, steer clear please.

Don't insult my intelligence mate

Fixed 

And I'm not insulting your intelligence, I'm just disagreeing that Pearson is this 'no nonsense' manager that some people seem to think he is. To me he comes across as being full of nonsense. Like his story about fighting off wild dogs in the Carpathian Mountains, or that utterly bizarre touchline scuffle with James Mcarthur last season. Let alone the Ostrich incident, or the odd apology that followed via Pat Murphy.

I just simply cannot believe that the board will even be considering him for the job, given the need fuck-ups that have been made in this regard over the past few years.

[Quiet Lion]

Pearson is a clown and I fear would be a car crash without his backroom staff.

I would prefer him to Warnock or McCarthy but that is about it.

[mr underhill]

what's the Any Other guy like? Currently second favourite in the poll

[Des Little]

Warnock or McCarthy?  That's like being asked to choose between drowning or being burned alive.

[ozzjim]

Mccarthy likes one in the hole though

[PeterWithesShin]

Mccarthy likes one in the hole though

You called?

[ozzjim]

Lol...good.. and fast work pws...I will never tire of watching that gif

[aj2k77]

Pearson was struggling with the pressure of a newly promoted mickey mouse club getting beaten, I can only imagine what would happen if he got the gig and started badly, the pressure he'd be under here from everyone would be 10 times that amount. He'd probably try to fight some fans.

[LeeB]

I would go for someone proven to get teams out if the championship. Moyes is not that man.

The slightly nutty Pearson or Bruce for me.

(I know I've changed my view in 24 hours, call me Cameron)

Why is it that we scoffed at "Premier League experience needed" in the past but Championship experience is now vital? As with players it seems the Championship is some sort of unique entity, the only level of football that requires a different skill set to everywhere else when in reality it's exactly the same - the best wins.

I agree, but in Bruce's case he has a working knowledge of the division as it stands, how teams set up and play etc.

I think in the vacuum of football knowledge that our club appears to be operating in that could be an essential factor. It may not be that important to other clubs or to us at other times, but right now it's crucial.

[john e]

There's no 'appears' about it as it's not rumours or anything, you can watch the videos online of him being an odious twunt. He's going to go postal at some stage, and if he was cracking at a shitty little club like Leicester, then the pressure here if things aren't going well could be what sends him over the edge. Even if he is a great manager, which I highly doubt, I want him to be someone else's problem, not ours.

Yeah, I'm not a Pearson fan either

But there's been a lot of top managers over the years who have been a bit bonkers to be fair
Even the greatest of them all fought with his own fans on the pitch

[Dave Cooper please]

Why not give Neville the last few games of the season and give him a contract if we see improvement?

Because we did that with Sherwood, and we did improve, and look what happened afterwards.

[Bad English]

Why not give Neville the last few games of the season and give him a contract if we see improvement?

Because we did that with Sherwood, and we did improve, and look what happened afterwards.

Neville can go back to talking a good game on the telly.

[Toronto Villa]

I want us to hire the best manager possible but one who doesn't have a clear and very defined ceiling to their ability in the PL. Steve Bruce, I have no doubt would get us promoted. However he has proved, despite having lots of money to spend at Sunderland and Hull that he just cannot manage at the top level. I really don't want to get back up with a sense of inevitability of what comes next.

[ozzjim]

I want us to hire the best manager possible but one who doesn't have a clear and very defined ceiling to their ability in the PL. Steve Bruce, I have no doubt would get us promoted. However he has proved, despite having lots of money to spend at Sunderland and Hull that he just cannot manage at the top level. I really don't want to get back up with a sense of inevitability of what comes next.

Agreed TV. Which is why if Moyes wants it, he stands out over Pearson, Bruce et al. Likewise if Rodgers wanted it, there would be sense in it because he has a long term ability to play in a way that doesn't have that ceiling. I think Warburton could too actually but is much more of a gamble. The idea of being saddled with Pearson is depressing.