Manager for next season

[conman]

I can't understand why Pearson is not in place already.

The love for Moyes is perplexing, he is long out of the Championship , failed in Spain and at United and has no Midlands football contacts

I agree gaz , Mick mc Carthy  is better qualified than moyes for the job as he has got a club promoted to the prem in the past  , I dont care if moyes done alright in the prem with  Everton. We are not in the prem We need a manager to get us promoted ASAP , Cross the prem bridge if or when we come to it

It is short term thinking that is partly responsible for our plight. If we get promoted with a squad not up to the task of competing in the PL then we will come straight back down. Of course promotion has to be the main focus but it cannot be with a "cross that bridge when we come to it" approach to what happens next.

Agree Chris.  I think we should be thinking with at least the next three years in mind. Ideally that will be one year in the Championship and two in the Premier League.  We should not only be thinking about going up, but about staying up and progressing from there. 

Thats fair enough Tom , I am not knocking moyes , i am sure he would do a good job for us in the prem , just not sure if he is the man capable of getting us there

[Steve67]

Surely on a wind up. Moyes is the stand out choice. Pearson is average and is only being mentioned because of his connection to the current probable league champions, even though it wasn't HIM who put them there. Nice though that he cane dine off that for years to come.  McCarthy? Laughable suggestion as a more qualified manager.

[cheadlevilla]

I just think we need a good manager full stop. We all know that the problem is with the players and we need someone in who can shift the dead wood and attract a better class of player, hopefully with our esteemed leader providing a decent transfer budget
My choice of manager would be Michael Laudrup .... He did a good job at Swansea till he rowed with the chairman and was useful in the transfer market.     Why not?    Better than many names mentioned

[john2710]

We need to do what it takes to get the best / most experienced manager available - Moyes

Someone who will command the respect of the players - Moyes

Someone who will re-unite the fans and players - Moyes

Our current situation is identical to that in 1987.

[dave.woodhall]

We need to do what it takes to get the best / most experienced manager available - Moyes

Someone who will command the respect of the players - Moyes

Someone who will re-unite the fans and players - Moyes

Our current situation is identical to that in 1987.

Sorry to repeat myself, but we need unity on and off the pitch and the only realistic choice who will get that is Moyes.

[Steve67]

We need to do what it takes to get the best / most experienced manager available - Moyes

Someone who will command the respect of the players - Moyes

Someone who will re-unite the fans and players - Moyes

Our current situation is identical to that in 1987.

Sorry to repeat myself, but we need unity on and off the pitch and the only realistic choice who will get that is Moyes.

Let's hope that this happens. Soon.

[alftitimus]

Managed League 1 Champions Swansea
Won the FA Cup with Wigan
Got relegated and went to Everton

~ now fans are turning against him.

If,now that kenwood's influence is tempered at Goodsison, IF he did go at season'e end
- it could be Roberto Martinez.
Never a huge spender, which might appeal to some up top. 

On 10 June 2011, it was announced that Martínez had turned down an approach from Aston Villa regarding their vacant managerial position

~ stranger things have happened.

[peter w]

If the club genuinely don't know who the next manager is then it won't be Pearson as they would have approached him and his representatives by now and agreed a date to start. moyes would probably be holding out for a bigger job and unless he's 100% behind it for the long-term I'd worry about his motivation in the championship. there wouldn't be many managers that would drop a division from where they should normally be managing and if he were appointed then I think it would be a sure sign that he has been promised money and a degree of freedom, but without the total freedom O'Neill had.

For those reasons I doubt it would be Moyes. i also doubt he's the only name that could unite everyone. Winning unites more than anything.

[ozzjim]

The independent reckon Pearson is holding out too for a premier league job seeing himself as above coming to us and make Bruce favourite.

[Monty]

The independent reckon Pearson is holding out too for a premier league job seeing himself as above coming to us and make Bruce favourite.

I didn't interpret the article like that - certainly Pearson might be holding out for a Premier League offer just in case, but nowhere did the article say he thought he was 'above coming to us'.

[ozzjim]

The independent reckon Pearson is holding out too for a premier league job seeing himself as above coming to us and make Bruce favourite.

I didn't interpret the article like that - certainly Pearson might be holding out for a Premier League offer just in case, but nowhere did the article say he thought he was 'above coming to us'.

If he is holding out for a premier league job and making us wait, it implies that he thinks he is better than where we are heading at the moment though surely? Otherwise he would come. It is conjecture as to whether he is actually number 1 choice and offered it, but basically they are suggesting he is doing what Moyes is being thought to be doing and holding out.

I would quite like it if it is us that is holding out for someone like Dyche come May.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

Now that the benchmark of automatic promotion has been set, let's see who has the balls to step up to the mantle.

The list of potential managers is deeply depressing but hopefully we'll find somebody that believes in their own capability that combined with the support they'll get from our new board, will be willing to put their reputation on the line.

We need more than a name, a statement, somebody that will more than kick our wasters, what we need is somebody that will get us all believing again. We talk about us being a big club but we're only as big as those that support us. We may next season be playing in the Championship but if we find the right leader, we'll be more than fine.

[Ron Manager]

One thing I am quite sure of is that if the new manager whoever it may be buys a winger one who has speed skill and  can cross a ball with accuracy then Gestede and Ayew will provide the goals we need.If Moyes isn't prepared to come shortly we must get Pearson in and let him get on with it.

[Phil from the upper holte]

Bob Martin can fuck off.

After reading Hollis's comments about New manager search I'm feeling a bit more confident. I don't want Bruce

[nigel]

The fact that it's taking more time than some anticipated might point towards a manager in a job already (been mentioned before on this thread)
If that's the case I think it could be one of three: Bruce, Dyche or Hughton. An outside bet would be Big Fat Sam.

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