Manager for next season

[PaulWinch again]

RDM just doesn't feel right at all. Just don't think he's got what it takes to turn us around and my instinct was that Pearson was the man for the job

Would be absolutely delighted to be proved wrong though obvs

Well RDM has actually done the exact thing of turning a team around before so hope he does it again with us.

[PeterWithesShin]

I'm not saying anymore about it.  Let's see who goes up in a years time.  I wish Robbie all the best I've nothing against him.  I just think it take a certain horse for this repellant league.  But as I say let's see where Derby and Newcastle are compared to us in a years time.

Which horse is better for that league, the one that got promoted at the first attempt or the one that took a few attempts?

[kippaxvilla2]

i can't answer that except to say one has very much more recent experience of the league than the other and it has evened up over the years no doubt.

[VillaAlways]

RDM just doesn't feel right at all. Just don't think he's got what it takes to turn us around and my instinct was that Pearson was the man for the job

Would be absolutely delighted to be proved wrong though obvs

Well RDM has actually done the exact thing of turning a team around before so hope he does it again with us.

Absolutely! Don't get me wrong, he will have my full support I thought Lambert, Sherwood and Garde were good appointments so what do I know

[kippaxvilla2]

I think people forget just what an absolute bunch of cnuts we have occupying the dressing room as well.  It needs a disciplinarian of gargantuan proportions to sort this lot out.  I hope it's Di Matteo.  Maybe appearances are deceptive.

[kippaxvilla2]

And just to qualify I don't mean a shouter I mean a disciplinarian.  Someone who can instill into the players that texting Tony Xia if they don't agree with something he implements isn't a good career move.

[Dave]

i can't answer that except to say one has very much more recent experience of the league than the other and it has evened up over the years no doubt.

Pearson's not managed in that league for two years.

If recent experience is your most important thing, then surely Mick McCarthy or Steve Bruce are who you should be behind, not Pearson?

[PeterWithesShin]

i can't answer that except to say one has very much more recent experience of the league than the other and it has evened up over the years no doubt.

So what counts against RDM is that while he was winning the FA Cup and CL with Chelsea and managing Schalke, Pearson was taking years to get promoted so is a better option? Surely by that criteria it would be better for Newcastle to have Steve Bruce as manager rather than Benitez?

[aj2k77]

If we are keeping all the ****** then we aren't getting promoted anyway.

[Dave]

And just to qualify I don't mean a shouter I mean a disciplinarian.  Someone who can instill into the players that texting Tony Xia if they don't agree with something he implements isn't a good career move.

Care to offer an example from their careers where Pearson has done this and Di Matteo has failed at this?

[cdbearsfan]

you got to hand it to matteo , he is a good dresser and wears smart suits ,

And got a relegated team promoted at the first time of asking.

And won the European Cup.

Yeah but apart from that what has he ever done?

Scored the second fastest FA Cup Final goal.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/29643208

Third fastest. Sadly Saha overtook Bob Chatt a few years ago.

[Nunkin1965]

A baggies friend of mine described Di Matteos football style as "entertaining" during his spell with them.

Thats an improvement already.

[kippaxvilla2]

And just to qualify I don't mean a shouter I mean a disciplinarian.  Someone who can instill into the players that texting Tony Xia if they don't agree with something he implements isn't a good career move.

Care to offer an example from their careers where Pearson has done this and Di Matteo has failed at this?

Dave do you think Di Matteo will have ever managed a bigger bunch of egotistical, I'll disciplined, poor quality team than this? And going back to Bruce I'd have him there over RDM just at this moment.  If we don't get up within two years then we are in the wilderness years.

[Dave]

And just to qualify I don't mean a shouter I mean a disciplinarian.  Someone who can instill into the players that texting Tony Xia if they don't agree with something he implements isn't a good career move.

Care to offer an example from their careers where Pearson has done this and Di Matteo has failed at this?

Dave do you think Di Matteo will have ever managed a bigger bunch of egotistical, I'll disciplined, poor quality team than this?

Since we're not actually answering anything and just responding with more questions, do you think Pearson will have either, if that's your main concern?

[PeterWithesShin]

I'd fancy there were some decent sized egos in the Chelsea side and he did what every other manager there has failed to do. And while not as bad as us, the bitters had finished bottom of the PL the previous season so he did something right with a shit team to take them straight up.