Manager suggestions - Now with added poll

[cdbearsfan]

Oh, God no.

[Damo70]

To offer another credible (and unemployed) option how about Michel Preud'homme, good record at a number of club (over 50% win rate everywhere he's been, including a season at Twente which is a massive achievement with them.  I can't say I've seen much of his teams so I don't know how he plays but the profile is right.


Aside from that if De Boer is sacked I'd take him in a heartbeat.

I wouldn't. Just been a disaster at Palace (without being given much time admittedly) and flopped at Inter. So he won the league with Ajax. Steve McClaren won it with Twente but I wouldn't want him solely based on that.

Roy Hodgson the early favourite for the Palace job. Think it was his local team and he may even have had a spell their as a youth player. I also think he lives nearby. I saw his house on the news when he was appointed England manager. I thought he had been filmed coming out of Buckingham Palace. It was a tidy gaff.

[Monty]

From what I've read of the situation, Palace had assembled a squad to play direct, counterattacking football and hired a manager to play attacking, possession-based football. I have no idea if De Boer will make it outside of Ajax, but I think it's fair to say we don't have that problem - in fact, we have literally the reverse problem.

[paul_e]

From what I've read of the situation, Palace had assembled a squad to play direct, counterattacking football and hired a manager to play attacking, possession-based football. I have no idea if De Boer will make it outside of Ajax, but I think it's fair to say we don't have that problem - in fact, we have literally the reverse problem.

Yep, as I said a couple of days ago, I think if we did a manager swap with them both teams would improve very quickly.

[Gregorys Boy]

The dumb thing about Palace sacking FDB (as I'm sure he's always referred to ) and replacing him with Hodgson (if indeed that's what they do), is that they should have just got Roy in to start with if they were just going to scrap De Boer's plans after 4 games.  Think he deserved longer.

[Holte L2]

Brentford are massively overachieving being competitive in this division. If they get relegated no one really blinks an eyelid just like when Burton go down this season.

I'd say Smith has done a steady job there like he's done at Walsall. Not amazing like Warburton getting them into the top 6 but two mid table finishes well clear of relegation with their transfer model is solid enough.

One outsider no-one is mentioning is Chris Wilder at Sheffield United, his win ratio last few years is off the scale at Northampton and Sheffield United and they've adapted well to this division.

A good mate of mine is a Sheffield United supporter. He's really bigged Wilder up. I'd take him at our place.

[ozzjim]

He's a boyhood Sheffield United fan. Very unlikely he's going anywhere at the moment.

That Pep Clotet at Oxford looks interesting but very early days for him. Clement would have been a better pick than Bruce with hindsight. Someone who actually coaches the players and make them better would be nice.

[Clampy]

The dumb thing about Palace sacking FDB (as I'm sure he's always referred to ) and replacing him with Hodgson (if indeed that's what they do), is that they should have just got Roy in to start with if they were just going to scrap De Boer's plans after 4 games.  Think he deserved longer.

This is why I think there's a lack of patience generally in football nowadays. Getting rid of a manager after 4 games really is ridiculous.

[Lobsterboy]

Not really sure who I want but with every game that goes by all I know is that I don't want Bruce...

[gpbarr]

The dumb thing about Palace sacking FDB (as I'm sure he's always referred to ) and replacing him with Hodgson (if indeed that's what they do), is that they should have just got Roy in to start with if they were just going to scrap De Boer's plans after 4 games.  Think he deserved longer.

This is why I think there's a lack of patience generally in football nowadays. Getting rid of a manager after 4 games really is ridiculous.

Just another example of how money has ruined the game. 

[old man villa fan]

I do not follow enough of football overseas and therefore not sure what various managers have done, style, methods etc.

What I do want, however, is a manager/coach that can implement the direction that Wyness spoke about the club wanting to go in.  That means no stop gap solutions where the manager is only thinking of his own duration in the job.

[ChicagoLion]

The best arguement foe keeping him now, is that it is unlikely that we will find a replacement that is good enough to turn this around.
I think this is a fair point and I am resigned to us becoming a second tier club.

[olaftab]

The dumb thing about Palace sacking FDB (as I'm sure he's always referred to ) and replacing him with Hodgson (if indeed that's what they do), is that they should have just got Roy in to start with if they were just going to scrap De Boer's plans after 4 games.  Think he deserved longer.

This is why I think there's a lack of patience generally in football nowadays. Getting rid of a manager after 4 games really is ridiculous.

Yes it is however we on the other hand have given   too long to our Managers.

[ChicagoLion]

The dumb thing about Palace sacking FDB (as I'm sure he's always referred to ) and replacing him with Hodgson (if indeed that's what they do), is that they should have just got Roy in to start with if they were just going to scrap De Boer's plans after 4 games.  Think he deserved longer.

This is why I think there's a lack of patience generally in football nowadays. Getting rid of a manager after 4 games really is ridiculous.

Yes it is however we on the other hand have given   too long to our Managers.

The same would have been said about Bruce if we had let him go once he had failed last season, even though it is obvious now that would have been the right decision.

[Clampy]

The dumb thing about Palace sacking FDB (as I'm sure he's always referred to ) and replacing him with Hodgson (if indeed that's what they do), is that they should have just got Roy in to start with if they were just going to scrap De Boer's plans after 4 games.  Think he deserved longer.

This is why I think there's a lack of patience generally in football nowadays. Getting rid of a manager after 4 games really is ridiculous.

Yes it is however we on the other hand have given   too long to our Managers.

We gave Lambert far too long. I'm not too sure about the others.