Manager for next season

[Ormy Droid]

I guess that now we've been taken over the remit has changed. If Lerner had stayed we would have undoubtedly continued to be run with the same laissez faire approach. Pearson would have been the ideal candidate to rebuild the squad.

I'm hoping that the arrival of The Doc and 'his team' means we will begin to resemble a fully functioning football club in the near future. Only then would the RDM appointment make better sense, as he doesn't seem to me as they type who knows much about the kind of heavy lifting involved in running a football club, but does know his way around an English dressing room.

[Archbishop Herbert Cockthrottle]

Latest odds:

RDM                   1/6
Nigel Pearson      6/1
Ryan Giggs        33/1
Louis Van Gaal   56/1
John Barnes     949/1

[aev]

Latest odds:

RDM                   1/6
Nigel Pearson      6/1
Ryan Giggs        33/1
Louis Van Gaal   56/1
John Barnes     949/1

John Barnes....hmmm

[Archbishop Herbert Cockthrottle]

Latest odds:

RDM                   1/6
Nigel Pearson      6/1
Ryan Giggs        33/1
Louis Van Gaal   56/1
John Barnes     949/1

John Barnes....hmmm

I reckon if I put a tenner on him those odds will drop to about 20/1 and send the sports journalists into a frenzy.

[brian green]

No quote for Dwight Yorke?   hmmmmm x 2.

[aev]

No quote for Dwight Yorke?   hmmmmm x 2.

Yorke's odds are wider than his lapels, which is saying something.

[Boz]

I agree avfcpg.  Above and beyond the mountain of trouble and calamities that brought us to where we are the single factor that has stared us in the face for the last six years is that overall quality of our players is too low.  Our way out of this mess begins with getting better players in.  Plus all the other stuff of course but recovery must begin with better players.

Absolutely, but it also means Dr X has to find the cash to pay some of the feckless buggers to go as well as fund new players.

[passport1]

If he is as talented as some are saying it strikes me as odd that he has not been snapped up before now.

[SheffieldVillain]

If he is as talented as some are saying it strikes me as odd that he has not been snapped up before now.

You could equally level that at Nigel Pearson. Or any other out of work manager.

[mattjpa]

Its surfacing all over the internet as a done deal, I think we may hear officially before the end of the day even if we dont see him on the pitch till next week. Ill be very glad to see this thread closed and a Di Matteo one started, its been a painful saga matched only by the sale of the club.

Will be interesting to see who comes with him. Ive heard great things about Eddie Newton, Id hope he comes over from Chelsea. I think Paul Clement is working for the England U21s but could be tempted to join (based purely on a cross over at chelsea) as well.

Exciting times....

[Bottom Right 89]

Its surfacing all over the internet as a done deal, I think we may hear officially before the end of the day even if we dont see him on the pitch till next week. Ill be very glad to see this thread closed and a Di Matteo one started, its been a painful saga matched only by the sale of the club.

Will be interesting to see who comes with him. Ive heard great things about Eddie Newton, Id hope he comes over from Chelsea. I think Paul Clement is working for the England U21s but could be tempted to join (based purely on a cross over at chelsea) as well.

Exciting times....

I can't see it being like the party atmosphere down Villa Park when Martin O'Neill landed but will be good to get things moving I think it will be today the internet chatter is getting louder.

I'm not sure what I think about Bob DM did a decent job at WBA, think he just got lucky at Chelsea and didn't even know he was at Shalke till yesterday. I guess in our position and given the alternative candidates think we've done well. Good luck to him.

[DaveD]

Didn't we have a manager who had never rebuilt a squad this time last year ?

How did that go ? Why would we do it again ?

[ozzjim]

That one had 6 months in management. This one has been promoted from the division we are going into, win the FA cup and the champions league.  They are light years apart!!!

[SheffieldVillain]

Didn't we have a manager who had never rebuilt a squad this time last year ?

How did that go ? Why would we do it again ?

It went badly. Because the manager in question had half a season's experience as stand-in manager at Tottenham.

Whereas the manager in question this time has managed in two countries, won the Champions League, managed in Europe and got a side promoted.

So no difference at all there.

[PaulWinch again]

That one had 6 months in management. This one has been promoted from the division we are going into, win the FA cup and the champions league.  They are light years apart!!!

I was going to say I think judgement of RDM is very harsh. You can pretty much look at all his jobs and see success.