Manager for next season

[Dave]

He managed to get a piss pot club like the Rags into the play-offs but they were so hard up the gave Norwich permission to speak to him. He took them up to 11th in their first season in the PL.

I don't think that was Hughton. We might be able to tempt the bloke who did get Norwich to 11th that season though if we asked nicely...

[ciggiesnbeer]

He managed to get a piss pot club like the Rags into the play-offs but they were so hard up the gave Norwich permission to speak to him. He took them up to 11th in their first season in the PL.

I don't think that was Hughton. We might be able to tempt the bloke who did get Norwich to 11th that season though if we asked nicely...

The return of the king?

[CT]

I wonder if a few of our managerial targets went out after that today and bought a new phone with a new number.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

He managed to get a piss pot club like the Rags into the play-offs but they were so hard up the gave Norwich permission to speak to him. He took them up to 11th in their first season in the PL.

I don't think that was Hughton. We might be able to tempt the bloke who did get Norwich to 11th that season though if we asked nicely...

Sorry, Dave, meant to say HIS first season at Norwich.

[Dave]

He managed to get a piss pot club like the Rags into the play-offs but they were so hard up the gave Norwich permission to speak to him. He took them up to 11th in their first season in the PL.

I don't think that was Hughton. We might be able to tempt the bloke who did get Norwich to 11th that season though if we asked nicely...

The return of the king?

Well, apparently we need somebody with experience of getting teams promoted from the Championship.

He was rubbish, but even he'd be better than Pearson.

[Dave]

He managed to get a piss pot club like the Rags into the play-offs but they were so hard up the gave Norwich permission to speak to him. He took them up to 11th in their first season in the PL.

I don't think that was Hughton. We might be able to tempt the bloke who did get Norwich to 11th that season though if we asked nicely...

Sorry, Dave, meant to say HIS first season at Norwich.

I figured, just saw the excuse to be silly - and for what it's worth I'd not be particularly against Hughton. He's certainly better than a lot of the names on the list at the top of the thread.

My main objection is that people calling him Chris Houghton would immediately  jump a dozen or so places in my list of "football inaccuracies that annoy the shit out of me" table.

[Tayls_7]

A decent bunch of players with discipline and pride, coaching and managing themselves would be much more effective than this shower being managed by Guardiola. Less concerned by our future managerial appointment than I am about our owners intent to sanction what is desperately required.

[Villatillidie1982]

We should have appointed Moyes years ago but he wouldn't come now and he has no recent Championship experience. Pearson will shake these lazy useless b**t**ds up because they aren't being sacked any time soon.

[ciggiesnbeer]

He managed to get a piss pot club like the Rags into the play-offs but they were so hard up the gave Norwich permission to speak to him. He took them up to 11th in their first season in the PL.

I don't think that was Hughton. We might be able to tempt the bloke who did get Norwich to 11th that season though if we asked nicely...

The return of the king?

Well, apparently we need somebody with experience of getting teams promoted from the Championship.

He was rubbish, but even he'd be better than Pearson.

good point

Knows the club, very familiar with the players, british, track record of promotion in the championship.

Ticking the boxes here.... 

[gpbarr]

The challenge as I see it is that any of the so-called experienced big name managers (Moyes, Rodgers) will look at what has gone on here and look at this squad & their attitude, and demand as part of their appointment the funds to sort it out - that isn't going to happen, so that rules them out.

Then we have the "chancers" such as Neville, Pulis, and Southgate - who just are not big enough or talented enough to do the job - lets hope the board avoid going down that road.

Leaves the inevitable names who would come here because they need to kick start their career again and are belligerent enough to believe they can work with this squad - I shudder but those names are Pearson, McLaren, McCarthy.

We need one of the former, but I just don't see where the funding is going to come from - the new board are improved but don't see them doling out the requisite money, and Lerner certainly wont. 

We will get one of the latter and next season could be horrific. 



 

[Villatillidie1982]

He managed to get a piss pot club like the Rags into the play-offs but they were so hard up the gave Norwich permission to speak to him. He took them up to 11th in their first season in the PL.

I don't think that was Hughton. We might be able to tempt the bloke who did get Norwich to 11th that season though if we asked nicely...

Look what happened the last time we appointed a successful Norwich manager. However, if he was still here I suspect that we wouldn't be in quite this mess.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

Pearson will shake these lazy useless b**t**ds up because they aren't being sacked any time soon.

That's fine for his first day at work, it's what happens thereafter that worries me.

[john e]

It's not going to make any new managers job any easier if we go down with Newcastle and Sunderland which seems likely
as bad as they are we are a lot worse

and we won't be the 'Manchester Utd of the championship' as I've heard at least 3 times this week from different pundits

[sickbeggar]

I would still wait for the summer and the dust to settle. What's the point of a new man coming in and improving things this season when all its likely to do is make sure anyone half decent gets sold? Once we know what the manager has to work with, and what ,if any money he have to improve it, then we can appoint someone.

[gpbarr]

He managed to get a piss pot club like the Rags into the play-offs but they were so hard up the gave Norwich permission to speak to him. He took them up to 11th in their first season in the PL.

I don't think that was Hughton. We might be able to tempt the bloke who did get Norwich to 11th that season though if we asked nicely...

Look what happened the last time we appointed a successful Norwich manager. However, if he was still here I suspect that we wouldn't be in quite this mess.

I fully expect to get slated for saying this, but I railed against Lambert being sacked precisely because I had a strong hunch this would be the result. Have posted several times about the folly of constantly changing mnagers, and better qualified people than me have too - Fergie and Wenger spring to mind most recently. Yes things were bad when he left but that change precipitated worse days to come IMO.

Until we learn that managers need time (especially given our horrendous situation) we will worryingly continue to decline and drop.