Next manager?

[Des Little]

Has anyone suggested the Terry Henry combo yet ? Sorry !

No, but I have thought it may just happen!

[dave.woodhall]

Talksport. Now.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

I can't understand why so many want Henry. He was the Belgium forwards coach, that's it. A handful of training sessions to his name.

[cdbearsfan]

I think the main barrier to us getting managers currently employed would be compensation. For example, what would it take to prise smith, and presumably his staff, from Brentford, a club realistically in with a shout of getting into the money league next season? I’ve no idea, but it wouldn’t happen cheaply is my guess and aren’t we still bound by ffp, even hen it comes to non-playing staff? I don’t know.

Compensating clubs is exempted under the FFP rules. So there is no reason why we shouldn't go for a manager who is currently employed elsewhere.

[cdbearsfan]

I can't understand why so many want Henry. He was the Belgium forwards coach, that's it. A handful of training sessions to his name.

It's because he was a great player so he's bound to be a great manager.

Like Bruce, Sherwood, Lambert, McLeish and McNeill.

[Mister E]

Flores or Rodgers first choice.
Possibly Smith or Wilder if feeling really bold.

[Mister E]

Talksport. Now.

Who's that speaking???
We deserve to be told.

[darren woolley]

Terry, Henry combination would be an interesting option attacking football with a solid defence and there would be no slacking off with both those setting a very high standard which sounds a very nice option but I've said I would like Dean Smith but those two together wouldn't be a bad shout.

[Behind Bluenose Lines]

I think the main barrier to us getting managers currently employed would be compensation. For example, what would it take to prise smith, and presumably his staff, from Brentford, a club realistically in with a shout of getting into the money league next season? I’ve no idea, but it wouldn’t happen cheaply is my guess and aren’t we still bound by ffp, even hen it comes to non-playing staff? I don’t know.

Compensating clubs is exempted under the FFP rules. So there is no reason why we shouldn't go for a manager who is currently employed elsewhere.

The world could be our lobster then, Terence!

[boozey182]

I would love a proper student of the game. Someone who really studies tactics, the opposition, individual performance; you know, like managers are supposed to do. Someone who could innovate, mix things up, impact a game with a few instructions from the dugout, and someone that turns up to training.

I don't really know enough about most of the candidates to have a favourite. Obviously the Sam, Moyes lot are a definite no, and some will just be out of our reach. I can't make my mind up about Dean Smith; in some ways it could be brilliant. He plays attacking football (which would surely suit our squad), he's young and a Villa fan, which although it shouldn't even enter our thoughts when making such a huge decision, does inevitably make me like him a bit more (a bit like that bloke from the old BT adverts). However, it could all end up very Paul Lambert. There's no way of knowing whether the job would be too big for him.

Of the rookies, Arteta seems the most highly rated, and seems to be learning from the best - but obviously this would be a huge task for a first management job. Henry too, has gone out and got some experience, but would be a bigger risk. Terry has no experience, and I understand he hasn't even bothered to get his coaching badges yet, so I don't think anybody at the club would have seriously have considered him. I have major doubts as to whether he will make it as a manager anyway, because quite frankly, I think he's a moron. And football has moved on from people like him being a successful manager.

It certainly feels like there is much more choice this time around, which can only be a good thing. I also think that the board have had this in the back of their minds since the day they took over so I'm confident they're going to get this one right. The summer signings all seem to have been focused on a young, quick, attack driven team; they now just have to put the final (pretty massive) piece in place to make it all fit together.

[dicedlam]

Talksport. Now.

Missed it. What did you say?

[Chris Jameson]

Is Selco still the place where the trade go?

[dave.woodhall]

Talksport. Now.

Missed it. What did you say?

Right time to go, unbalanced signings, no idea of tactics, stopped us losing but couldn't get us winning, Rodgers my choice. 

[aldridgeboy]

Pretty fair assessment Dave.
Rogers would be a good shout for us, although I always thought he didn’t come over very well on that fly on the wall documentary at Liverpool.
His team talk seemed to be “ give 100 per cent”

[kippaxvilla2]

Has to be Warnock for me.