Manager for next season

[conman]

How many times is the Board going to start working on its shortlist of candidates - this is the 5th time they are going to start doing it by my reckoning.

all we get is a half soaked  letter from hollis saying the search for the new manager has commenced , not that it has been ongoing since garde went

[Hookeysmith]

You think Brendan Rodgers would come?!

My concern with Rodgers, like Lambert, he is only as good as his backroom staff, and has since be found out.

You could say that about nearly all top level managers

Little - Gregory left - was not the same
MON - lost John Robertson - was not the same
Lambert - lost a pair of bullies - but the team started to get worse, especially when the nutter Keane turned up
Garde - could not get the team he wanted

Moyes - all tied up
Pearson - part of a league winning team

[Rudy Can't Fail]

Moyes wouldn't be my first choice but I would take him over Pearson, let alone over Mick McCarthy.

It would also resolve what has basically been our managerial Robbie Keane - he's been linked with the job for such a long time, we might as well.

So if Moyes isn't good enough who would realistically be your first choice?

It's more style than ability. I'd prefer someone like Rodgers or Gary Rowett.

I'd love to see Rowett with Mellberg as Assistant and Paul Clement as First Teach Coach.

[Monty]

Aye, that would have some purpose about it. Prepare for nothing like it ever to happen (although, wouldn't Clement fancy himself as a manager these days?).

[saunders_heroes]

Absolutely no more ex Small Heath managers.
I don't know what's so special about Rowett anyway. He's got that lot to the dizzy heights of mid-table in the Championship which is hardly earth shattering.

[Ron Manager]

How many times is the Board going to start working on its shortlist of candidates - this is the 5th time they are going to start doing it by my reckoning.

all we get is a half soaked  letter from hollis saying the search for the new manager has commenced , not that it has been ongoing since garde went

but Im sure it has and before he left.

[Ger Regan]

Absolutely no more ex Small Heath managers.
I don't know what's so special about Rowett anyway. He's got that lot to the dizzy heights of mid-table in the Championship which is hardly earth shattering.

As a general point I couldn't give a toss if our next manager was ex-blues or not, as long as they were the right manager for us.

I don't know enough about rowett to say whether he's been doing a good job or not, but my understanding is that he's been working under very restrictive conditions, so it could be argued that he's overachieving in what he's doing at the minute. As I say though, I don't give them any notice so my perception could be wrong.

[AVH87]

You think Brendan Rodgers would come?!

My concern with Rodgers, like Lambert, he is only as good as his backroom staff, and has since be found out.

You could say that about nearly all top level managers

Little - Gregory left - was not the same
MON - lost John Robertson - was not the same
Lambert - lost a pair of bullies - but the team started to get worse, especially when the nutter Keane turned up
Garde - could not get the team he wanted

Moyes - all tied up
Pearson - part of a league winning team

Moyes' long-standing assistant from Everton and Man Utd, Steve Round, is available. He's only working part-time at the moment (not at Asda or somewhere, like that might have sounded, as a coach, but I'm sure he'd be gettable).

[Monty]

Absolutely no more ex Small Heath managers.
I don't know what's so special about Rowett anyway. He's got that lot to the dizzy heights of mid-table in the Championship which is hardly earth shattering.

In the nicest possible way, how could anyone give even the smallest fuck where he's managed before? It's not like he's an ex-member of the Gestapo - it's only football for Christ's sake.

As for Rowett himself, he's got that absolute shower next door playing good stuff sometimes and within a sniff of the play-offs. They should have been fighting against relegation this year.

[Marlon From Bearwood]

The Moyes rumour has been on BBC news (which we have on here at work) and is also now on the BBC website homepage.

Would it be reasonable to assume Pat Murphy is in the know or has contacts that have heard this straight from Moyes himself?

[Diablo]

Best manager in the Championship?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/36074705

*Please note I am not saying that I want him

[Des Little]

Best manager in the Championship?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/36074705

*Please note I am not saying that I want him

He's right - there's no-one in the Championship with a better record than him.  Like him or hate him, his record is there for all to see.  And I wouldn't be upset to see him come here.

[AVH87]

Best manager in the Championship?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/36074705

*Please note I am not saying that I want him

Well he failed at his last job in the Championship at Leeds. He's doing very well so far at Rotherham, I think he's a good appointment if you are a smaller championship club.

[Steve67]

This is a no brainer. Go get Moyes.  I honestly cannot think of a more perfect fit at this stage.  His coaches seem to be available too. If this is true that is!  BBC are no more reliable than any other news outlet to be fair.

[mr underhill]

After today we will be lucky to get Mackey mouse