Manager suggestions - Now with added poll

[The Moose]

I've voted for Mellberg. We've all had enough of the same old merry-go-round of faces and losers. Let's have a breath of fresh air at the club. His current Brommapojkarna side are top of the table with a few games to play.
He'd be cheaper to poach and more realistic than some of the names on the list and would command massive fan support.
Also gaining experience by managing a lower league club in England will stand him in good stead as our Premier League manager in the (hopefully) near future.

[XXVilla]

I've voted for Mellberg. We've all had enough of the same old merry-go-round of faces and losers. Let's have a breath of fresh air at the club. His current Brommapojkarna side are top of the table with a few games to play.
He'd be cheaper to poach and more realistic than some of the names on the list and would command massive fan support.
Also gaining experience by managing a lower league club in England will stand him in good stead as our Premier League manager in the (hopefully) near future.

There's no room for sentimentality at this stage. Mellberg needs to prove himself a bit more elsewhere.

[tomd2103]

Decent bit on Talksport earlier about a Simon Grayson.  Obviously not available now, but one who's name has come up at times in the past.  They were saying what a good fit they think he will be for Sunderland after doing a decent job at Preston.

They said the same about Bruce here though.

To be fair, many people thought Bruce was the right man at the time.  Will be interesting to see how Grayson gets on at Sunderland after doing a decent job at a few clubs at this level, but he has already got a couple of wins at the start of the season.     

[The Moose]

It's not sentimentality, many top managers have stepped up to a higher level and proved themselves capable. We are not a top-level club at the moment, whatever we do now will be seen by some as a gamble.

[cdbearsfan]

Karanka would have been a good option in the poll 😯

He has a reputation for being rather dull and pragmatic. Our defence was already okay last year, we need someone to add attacking menace. Wouldn't be my choice.

[UK Redsox]

So, going by the poll, a return for the legendary Ads has been ruled out

[john e]

when people say 'who' 'who can we get who would come to us' it makes it sound like there is no options
but just looking at our poll above there is only 6 names I would not want, any of the other dozen names or so would be fine for me

obviously not all are getable but then there are loads more we don't know about dotted all over Europe and the world

quite encouraging really,
of course Wyness probably only sees about 4 of those names which is worrying

[cdbearsfan]

He asked for too much money.

[manic-road]

I voted for Warnock, I know he can be an absolute nob but he gets results wherever he goes and with far less money to spend than he would at most clubs. With 7 promotions and more recently how he turned around a shit Rotherham side cast adrift at the bottom of the Champioship in a short space of time to safety was a minor miracle.

[boozey182]

when people say 'who' 'who can we get who would come to us' it makes it sound like there is no options
but just looking at our poll above there is only 6 names I would not want, any of the other dozen names or so would be fine for me

obviously not all are getable but then there are loads more we don't know about dotted all over Europe and the world

quite encouraging really,
of course Wyness probably only sees about 4 of those names which is worrying

Yeah I thought that. There are loads there that I think could improve us. Is it because more managers are available now? Our standards are lower? Or just that so many people could do a better job than Bruce is doing?!

Whichever way it is, you're right, it is very promising.

(We'll end up with Pearson now...)

[tomd2103]

I voted for Warnock, I know he can be an absolute nob but he gets results wherever he goes and with far less money to spend than he would at most clubs. With 7 promotions and more recently how he turned around a shit Rotherham side cast adrift at the bottom of the Champioship in a short space of time to safety was a minor miracle.

No thanks.  Bruce was seen as having those type of attributes and has failed badly so far.  We need a different, fresh approach.

[cdbearsfan]

I wouldn't go for Warnock but prefer him to Bruce as he seems a nastier piece of work. Which is a good attribute in a manager.

[Ads]

So, going by the poll, a return for the legendary Ads has been ruled out

I'm in the poll, I'm just going by my new Serbian name.

[AVH87]

I wouldn't go for Warnock but prefer him to Bruce as he seems a nastier piece of work. Which is a good attribute in a manager.

From memory, yourself and Chico Hamilton were advocates of Warnock around a year ago. I started to come round to the idea, and I'm now wondering how different things could have been if we got him when he went to Cardiff.

He has that mean streak to him which makes players not want to lose as they'd face his wrath. Bruce is a bit of a soft touch judging by his interviews at times, and although he's had success at this level he's always had money to achieve it. Warnock has done it at places like Rotherham and Cardiff now on tiny budgets, he also started to turn things around at QPR very quickly, and before money started being spent.

I do worry we've kind of missed that boat now though, and need Jokanovic or the next Jokanovic from abroad.

[cdbearsfan]

Yeah, I wanted him last time. Despite the fact that he's done well since, I've gone off him a bit as have got it into my head that we need a fancy foreign type to change the entire ethos of the club. I'd still fancy our chances of promotion with him ten times more than I do under the potatoey incumbent.