Manager suggestions - Now with added poll

[tomd2103]

I'd imagine the vast majority of us expect Allardyce to take another job.

It wouldn't surprise me either! But, for the purposes of this thread, it seems to me to make sense to assume that he's not a candidate, seeing as how we're pretty much agreed that we need someone the sooner the better and he's only been retired since May.

The Wyness and Round connection does worringly point in the direction of Moyes.

[john e]

He's retired. Not sure how many other times I need to explain this?

If he wanted to work in management, he would still be managing Palace. If he had had a change of heart since managing Palace, he would have gone back there when they sacked his replacement this week.

He has retired.

Banging. Head. Brick. Wall.

I'll have a £10 to the site bet with you he's back in management before the end of the season

I think it's entirely possible that he will miss management and come out of retirement by the end of the season.

However, I think that if he was planning to take a job anytime in the more immediate future, he'd have already taken the Palace job.

If we wait till April to sack Bruce, he might be a contender. Assuming we get rid of the Potato of Sadness in the coming weeks, he isn't.

unless he turned Palace down because he'd already been sounded out for us

[Clark W Griswold]

He's retired. Not sure how many other times I need to explain this?

If he wanted to work in management, he would still be managing Palace. If he had had a change of heart since managing Palace, he would have gone back there when they sacked his replacement this week.

He has retired.

Banging. Head. Brick. Wall.

I'll have a £10 to the site bet with you he's back in management before the end of the season

I think it's entirely possible that he will miss management and come out of retirement by the end of the season.

However, I think that if he was planning to take a job anytime in the more immediate future, he'd have already taken the Palace job.

If we wait till April to sack Bruce, he might be a contender. Assuming we get rid of the Potato of Sadness in the coming weeks, he isn't.

What's the matter, stakes too high? You sounded pretty sure earlier.

[john e]

Eddie Howe may be approachable

Probably if you just wanted his autograph

[tomd2103]

He's retired. Not sure how many other times I need to explain this?

If he wanted to work in management, he would still be managing Palace. If he had had a change of heart since managing Palace, he would have gone back there when they sacked his replacement this week.

He has retired.

Banging. Head. Brick. Wall.

I'll have a £10 to the site bet with you he's back in management before the end of the season

I think it's entirely possible that he will miss management and come out of retirement by the end of the season.

However, I think that if he was planning to take a job anytime in the more immediate future, he'd have already taken the Palace job.

If we wait till April to sack Bruce, he might be a contender. Assuming we get rid of the Potato of Sadness in the coming weeks, he isn't.

Only speculating, but there is of course the possibility that something happened behind the scenes at Palace that influenced his decision.  If that was the case then it wouldn't really be a surprise that he turned it down again.   

[PeterWithesShin]

Depends though on whether he liked it at Palace, or was unhappy enough there that it helped him decide to 'retire' as he was only there about 7 months before leaving.

[Walmley_Villa]

I'd imagine the vast majority of us expect Allardyce to take another job.

It wouldn't surprise me either! But, for the purposes of this thread, it seems to me to make sense to assume that he's not a candidate, seeing as how we're pretty much agreed that we need someone the sooner the better and he's only been retired since May.

The Wyness and Round connection does worringly point in the direction of Moyes.

Magic...

[PeterWithesShin]

It comes to something when i'd take Allardyce over Moyes. I just hope Wyness and co realise it isn't a straight choice between them.

[Chico Hamilton III]

It's bound to be Terry

[PeterWithesShin]

It's bound to be Terry

Nailed on for the Wolves job, Terry's Old Gold.

*i'llgetmecoat*

[Clark W Griswold]

I think Moyes is one of those that's a good fit for 1 club, i.e. Everton. Wouldn't be keen on that one, but it wouldn't surprise me if it happened.

[aj2k77]

I don't know who it should be but I know that even if we go on a good run now the majority will say it's inspite of Bruce and not because of him. I'd love to be part of a united club again where everyone is pushing in the same direction and the faith and link between team and support exists. It feels like it's been a long time since that.

[Dave]

Leeds seemed to have done some searching and found what appears to be a decent manager who was unknown to most.  Also Hull found Silva so tbey are out there.  We don't have to go down the Moyes, Pardew,Allardyce route.

Yep.  And we found Garde, Wolves found Zenga, Cardiff 'found' Solskjær, West Brom found Pepe Mel, Fulham found Felix Magath and Rene Meulensteen.

It's not as easy as you think.  I'd love the next Wagner, but we really are on the brink and the wrong appointment would see us relegated.  It's a massive gamble.

Whereas going for a well-known, safe pair of hands like Bruce or McLeish completely takes that risk away and it's nothing more than a gentle stroll to good times and prosperity.

Is there a manager available to us that wouldn't constitute a gamble?

[Clark W Griswold]

It's true. I think that despite the apparent certainty some on here have about who would be good and who wouldn't (and who's retired, well certain ish) we really are at the 'fuck knows' stage after the last 6 appointments.

[Monty]

Leeds seemed to have done some searching and found what appears to be a decent manager who was unknown to most.  Also Hull found Silva so tbey are out there.  We don't have to go down the Moyes, Pardew,Allardyce route.

Yep.  And we found Garde, Wolves found Zenga, Cardiff 'found' Solskjær, West Brom found Pepe Mel, Fulham found Felix Magath and Rene Meulensteen.

It's not as easy as you think.  I'd love the next Wagner, but we really are on the brink and the wrong appointment would see us relegated.  It's a massive gamble.

Whereas going for a well-known, safe pair of hands like Bruce or McLeish completely takes that risk away and it's nothing more than a gentle stroll to good times and prosperity.

Is there a manager available to us that wouldn't constitute a gamble?

It is annoying, isn't it, that every club who 'go foreign' and don't succeed are seen to have proven that managers from abroad constitute an enormous risk (probably because of their flighty, histrionic temperaments), while the legions of dull British managers can fail to inspire a thousand times, half-succeed once or twice and somehow earn a reputation for being 'reliable' or 'dependable' or (the absolute worst) 'the sensible choice'.