Manager for next season

[walsall villain]

I was starting to warm to the idea of Pearson, but then I just watched his 'ostrich' press conference again, and I don't want that arsehole anywhere near our club.

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He might be more suitable for the Austria job.

I've just watched it now and I was tittering at the line " you are either very very silly or you are extremely stupid" What's the difference??

Silly is Sasa Curcic, stupid is flabby Onegoalayear

[clash city rocker]

Well it seems that anyone could turn up as our next manager. .there doesn't seem to be any well informed 'leaks'..The press conjecture is purely conjecture.  We could be pleasantly suprised or totally underwhelmed.  We just have to sit and wait while we continue to be a bloody laughing stock.

[Mossie Hennebry]

Pearson strikes me as being an obnoxious prick, we have enough of them around the place right now.

[Nunkin1965]

Pearson strikes me as being an obnoxious prick, we have enough of them around the place right now.

He going to fit in then.

And he might just be, looking at it in black and white, the best attainable choice.

Oh dear...

[themossman]

Pearson strikes me as being an obnoxious prick, we have enough of them around the place right now.

Sums it up well for me. The argument that we have a lot of gobshites in the squad and therefore we need a gobshite manager to keep them in line is a fatally flawed one.

[conman]

Pearson strikes me as being an obnoxious prick, we have enough of them around the place right now.

yes but forget the forum for now , the nice methods of the 4 or 5 previous managers has not worked , the players have taken the piss out the club and out of us , this is what we need on the touchline  during matches , and in the dressing room , and at bodymoor heath

[Steve67]

Ok, so when the naughty players have been spanked and kicked out of the club, who else is there for Pearson to spank? We need a Manager for the short, medium and long term. Not just someone to tell people off, but someone capable of getting us back in the top 8 of the Premiership. That ain't Pearson.

[conman]

Ok, so when the naughty players have been spanked and kicked out of the club, who else is there for Pearson to spank? We need a Manager for the short, medium and long term. Not just someone to tell people off, but someone capable of getting us back in the top 8 of the Premiership. That ain't Pearson.

we cant kick all the players out the club , or sell all of them , yes we need a good clear out , but sadly a large part of this seasons squad will  still be with us next season , I believe Nigel is the best  man to sort them out and get the best out of them and the one capable of getting us back in the prem at the first attempt

[peter w]

The mandate is to get us promoted back to the Premier League and quick, for that reason the more I think about it the more I think he's the best man for the job.
His Leicester were unstoppable in their promotion season, they walked it.

Let's hope he does it a bit quicker then than the four years it took him with Leicester. Three of which were when they were the richest club in the league.

It was 2 and a half-seasons. The first of which (2011-12) he joined roughly half way through the season. The second season (2012-13) Leicester lost in the play-offs and missed a last-minute penalty which would have took them through to the final. And the third season (2013-14) they won the Championship. Not quite 3 out of 4 barren years.

And you're not counting 2009/10 because...?

And adding "roughly" still doesn't make November anything like halfway through the season.

because that was in his first spell and not his second spell.

Okay, a third of the season. I was 6 weeks out. That's roughly enough.

[Nunkin1965]

And clearly there ain't going to be a perfect match because of our condition/ Position. Looking at the realistic candidates is he the front runner now?

[devilla]

We need the new manager in asap. Hopefully once our fate is mathematically sealed tomorrow they will name him then. Whoever gets it needs to get in amongst our shower of shit sooner to decide who if any of them he should keep. Personally I think Moyes would be the best choice.

[Sexual Ealing]

Ok, so when the naughty players have been spanked and kicked out of the club, who else is there for Pearson to spank? We need a Manager for the short, medium and long term. Not just someone to tell people off, but someone capable of getting us back in the top 8 of the Premiership. That ain't Pearson.

Top eight of the Premier League?! We're going down with three wins!

[conman]

Ok, so when the naughty players have been spanked and kicked out of the club, who else is there for Pearson to spank? We need a Manager for the short, medium and long term. Not just someone to tell people off, but someone capable of getting us back in the top 8 of the Premiership. That ain't Pearson.

Top eight of the Premier League?! We're going down with three wins!

exactly mate , FFS ,  some people need a reality check , top 8 of the prem is history , we can only dream about bottom 6 of the prem now
one step at a time ,,,,,,,,,jesus christ , lets see if we can find a manager to get us promotion first

[ozzjim]

I still want Moyes, but I think that is unlikely without offering him the keys to a vault that is empty.

Beyond Moyes, looking at Brighton and his past record Hughton would be my next choice, but I think he is happy at Brighton and knows he has a good thing going there, so is very unlikely.

Burnley if they don't come up I reckon Dyche would take it like a shot and be 3rd choice, the problem with all 3 of these is that it will be after the play off results until one shows their hand. Moyes will sit it out till mid summer I reckon, maybe even start of next season for a premiership job. We need someone in ideally as soon as that R goes up tomorrow.

Black is talking about anarchy in the changing room and not being motivated. A new man has to hit the ground sprinting this summer to sort out what is going on. If the board have decided Pearson is the man, then lets get him in on Monday and give him a month to look at it, to get his backroom team sorted while it doesn't matter and to kick some of them up the arse going into the summer, but also to identify targets to help us back up.

I worry the longer we leave it, unless we know behind the scenes the new man will definitely come, it could drag on through into a time when planning and prep needs to be done. There is no certainty a manager with a decent reputation in a  job will look at us and think - yeah I want that mess on my CV. We might well be in a boat where Pearson is the option with the best track record.

 We need to get up within 2 seasons. Pearson I think will probably achieve that judging on his record. Certainly get us into the top 6 and give us a shot. Would prefer others, but if the board have sounded agents etc out and not had encouragement, he is the best of poor box to chose from. Eric Black looks like a man completely lost. I want to see any sort of signs of life before the season closes. Preferably with a win over Newcastle to  relegate them!

[Matt C]

Get the inevitable out the way this weekend and then it's a good time for a manager to come in - he's got a bonus mini pre-season to evaluate and then we can get a fast start in the summer. We can't afford to be dicking about until July.