Next manager?

[ozzjim]

Maybe so, but I can't see it. Signed a new deal in the summer too.

[lovejoy]

Appointing Terry would be monumentally stupid.

2011 - Appointing McLeish would be monumentally stupid
2015 - Appointing Sherwood would be monumentally stupid
2015 - Appointing Garde would be monumentally stupid

That’s unfair in Garde. He wasn’t backed by Lerner so gave up. The other two much worse managers than him.

[tomd2103]

There was a clip on Talksport this morning of Tom Ross saying that Fonseca was being considered.  Think he is the kind of progressive appointment we need at this point, but it seems there are doubts that he would come. 

[dicedlam]

Normally, I don't do dreams, especially ones that I remember, but last night I dreamt that it was a Ranieri and Terry double act.

I would much prefer Arteta.

[Steve67]

There was a clip on Talksport this morning of Tom Ross saying that Fonseca was being considered.  Think he is the kind of progressive appointment we need at this point, but it seems there are doubts that he would come. 

I guess it's a 'jam tomorrow' situation and hard sell. Get us up and they will be given huge financial backing to move the club forward. 

[Dave P]

Appointing Terry would be monumentally stupid.

2011 - Appointing McLeish would be monumentally stupid
2015 - Appointing Sherwood would be monumentally stupid
2015 - Appointing Garde would be monumentally stupid

That’s unfair in Garde. He wasn’t backed by Lerner so gave up. The other two much worse managers than him.

I did mean the decision rather than the individual. We could have got a ‘firefighter’ but plumped for a gamble.

[rob_bridge]

There was nothing monumentally stupid about employing Remi Garde.  A multi lingual French manager with an outstanding record with a huge club teetering on the edge of bankruptcy.  The monumental stupidity was giving him zero funds, a snakepit dressing room and one eighth of the time Bruce was given before being ignominiously sacked.

Yeah but he didn’t have lots of mates in the football media family. Clearly stopping a young brightl English manager from a deserved chance.

[Matt Collins]

Was Osorio the manager for Mexico during this year's world cup? Interesting option. I loved watching them but must be a massive risk

Sanchez Flores or Fonseca would be a great shout and a massive statement of intent, but I can't see it

I like Smith and id like the football. But he's never really won anything or even got a side into the play offs. Is the job too big?

Not an advocate of Henry

[Axl Rose]

Was Osorio the manager for Mexico during this year's world cup? Interesting option. I loved watching them but must be a massive risk

Sanchez Flores or Fonseca would be a great shout and a massive statement of intent, but I can't see it

I like Smith and id like the football. But he's never really won anything or even got a side into the play offs. Is the job too big?

Not an advocate of Henry

Yes, that was Osorio. It is a risk, I suppose, but we do need a good manager, and he is one.

Possibly not on our owners radar, but that's just me guessing. They may be utterly clued up to the eyeballs!

[john e]

Might mean nothing but at least the names being linked and the bookies odds list are not the usual gang of failed regurgitated old school British has beens

[The Edge]

Nuno looks like a good manager. I'm sure he could be tempted to come to a big club.

[tomd2103]

Nuno looks like a good manager. I'm sure he could be tempted to come to a big club.

Please, please phone up 'Franksy' on Radio WM and say that.  I think their switchboard would blow up. 

[olaftab]

Welcome Sam

I am afraid that head is not suitable for that body.

[hipkiss92]

I'm almost beginning to think the club isn't right for anyone. Since MOM left - the last time we had any semblence of success - everyone has been an unmitigated disaster. Shit, even MON was a disaster.

Christ I'd quite like the disaster of 3 consecutive top 6 PL finishes !

With hindsight, in my opinion, MON was the start of the decline. He binned a lot of promising youngsters (see how many of them went on to build careers elsewhere - Steven Davis and Gary Cahill stand out) and replaced them with old/high wage players. Plus the downturn in our home form started then; he turned us into a counter-attacking team that did well away but struggled when expected to drive the game at home. The league placing was good - as was were the cup runs - but when he left, he left us in the sh**t.

I've heard it said that a good manager is someone who leaves a club in a better state than when they found it. By that definition, MON failed - as so many others have.

MON took over in 2006 we had just finished 16th..left in 2010 we had just finished 6th.. i may be wrong but i think that qualifies as  better state..if it doesn't then i don't mind having a manager that ruins us   even more

The £500 million investment might have had something to do with that.

MON essentially blew our chance to get into the top 4, no matter how good the cup runs and european nights were.

[Monty]

If the rumours of Fonseca have any truth then that's at least a good sign of who the board are looking at. Might prove unrealistic to try and get this guy in particular, but that's definitely the profile I'd like to think they have in mind.