Next manager?

[passitsideways]

I wish we could pretend to have an average side while having Sterling, Suarez, Gerrard, Coutinho, Skrtel, Sturridge, Kolo and so on in the squad.

Gerrard and Toure were more hindrance than help at that point.  And that's before you even consider the handicap of having the likes of Mingolet, Johnson and Cissokho. Good attacking options, sure. But they weren't being tipped by many at the start of 13/14 as title contenders.

Yeah whoever decided Mignolet was worth 9 or 10 million is probably one to swerve.

Wouldn't mind the fella who picked out Coutinho for 8 million or so though.

[PeterWithesShin]

In reality I wouldn't mind Brenda, but for every Coutinho he spent a fortune on garbage.

[passitsideways]

I'm not even sure he deserves credit for Coutinho and Sturridge and scorn for various others, don't Liverpool do their transfer business through a separate team? Think that's where we're headed anyway.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

It's been reported that Henry wants full control of the transfer budget so that may be an issue.

[Hillbilly]

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Like, Clough, Fergie, Mourinho and Wenger
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Hate to split hairs, but Clough was an exceptional player constrained by the circumstances of the day (pre Jimmy Hill and George Eastham) and an untimely injured that ended his career.

And while, we’re at Guardiola and Pochettino were no slouches.

[geolex]

Have heard Moyes  has removed his name from the vacancy.

Say what you want about David Moyes but this is an indication of just how difficult the Villa job really is.

Win win all round then

or just rams home the reason he shouldnt have got it anyway, as he obviously lack the guts for a real challenge (if its true of course)

[TopDeck113]

Like, Clough, Fergie, Mourinho and Wenger
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Hate to split hairs, but Clough was an exceptional player constrained by the circumstances of the day (pre Jimmy Hill and George Eastham) and an untimely injured that ended his career.

And while, we’re at Guardiola and Pochettino were no slouches.
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I was going to post something similar re: Cough.  A prolific goalscorer (almost a goal-a-game average) and an England international.  However, he played in an era when a contract saw you enslaved to your club regardless of how good you were and the club's circumstances (think Tom Finney at Preston). If was also an era when a serious knee injury ended your career, which is what happen to Clough when he was still only 27.

[Dave P]

Rodgers....great in a one team league.
Strange how as soon as there is some decent competition in that league he is under massive pressure.

Not for me thanks.

At least he’s been winning that league though. We once had a manager (TSM) who came 3rd in that two horse race.

[Dave P]

I'd prefer someone that looks at us as a stepping stone, certainly over seeing us as the best they'll ever do, even when we're in division 2. That will make them desperate to succeed otherwise they know there's no chance of ending up were they want.

SGT used us as a stepping stone to the England job. A job he'd never have got if he'd kept us in division 2 for a few years or had us as perennial top flight strugglers.

It's being the big pay cheque and having player/managers not desperate to reach the highest level that is part of the reason we've been shit for so long imo.

This. We’ll only be a stepping stone if the manager is successful. We haven’t  had a manager leave us for a better job since SGT which shows what a graveyard this job has been.

[Phil from the upper holte]

Interesting about the budget. I heard yesterday Smith doesn't have control of the budget at Brentford but it did say he wasn't out of the running

[Phil from the upper holte]

I'd rather they not rush it

[frank black]

It’s going to be Henry isn’t it.

Oh isn’t it great being a rich Arsenal fans (Sawiris) plaything. We’re like the Stormy Daniels of the Championship.

[Rigadon]

I'd rather they not rush it

Yes, but to be fair, if they haven't been sounding people (manager, coaches, players to buy in Jan) out for a couple of months, then I'd be concerned they don't know what they doing.  My (virtual) money is on Henry and I'd really hope Wenger involved somehow. 

[Ads]

Really unsure about Henry.

All feels a bit meh and gives me worries that the season will just slip away.

[Ad@m]

Hate to split hairs, but Clough was an exceptional player constrained by the circumstances of the day (pre Jimmy Hill and George Eastham) and an untimely injured that ended his career.

And while, we’re at Guardiola and Pochettino were no slouches.

Not to mention Zidane.