Next Manager Speculation and wishful thinking thread

[Richard E]

The owners should try to secure the best manager out there.  Money should be put on the table.  Aim high.  Take Conte from under Spurs noses.  Pay the money.

Imagine if that happened!!!!!

You’ll certainly need to imagine it, because you won’t be seeing it.

[gpbarr]

its so easy to name managers in hindsight. some of the names mentioned smack of desperation.

if we are going to make a change, let it be a big name, big game, senior European forward thinking coach. and give him the budget - the longer we stall, the harder it will ever to be to break that ceiling. Spurs showing how to do it with Conte.

if we are just going to shop for the bust and flush rank and file, lets stick with what we got. i'd take Smith over Moyes every single day of the week thanks.   

[Sexual Ealing]

The issue with Moyes is that his main quality is that he has an eye for a player. That wouldn't be his job here.

[Steve67]

Roberto Martinez is an interesting suggestion though.  Poor at Everton after they were Moyesed into terrible football and he tried to un-Moyes them to get them to play more attractive football.  A bit like putting lipstick on a pig.  I wonder what he would do with the likes of Bailey, Watkins, Traore in terms of creativity. 

There was a time I’d love to have him as our manager. To be perfectly honest I have no idea where he manages at the moment or is even still managing.

As regards Moyes, I would have worried he would have been proper dull appointments but he’s actually got West Ham playing entertaining football. He’s managed to retain that very solid defensive approach but has some very good attacking talent in his team and they are a good team to watch.

Martinez is Head Coach of Belgium Ian.

[Dante Lavelli]

I think literally the only name I’ve read that makes me think might be worth changing is Christophe Galtier - read a piece about him in the summer that made him seem a decent option - though I would be a little concerned that one of the bigger French clubs never seems to have taken plunge with him.

Nice are now funded by INEOS so backed by significant sums for that league (ignoring PSG).

I too think he looks an exceptional candidate.

[KevinGage]

Martinez might bring Thierry Henry too, which would please Sawiris.

Fonseca, Lucien Favre, and Gattuso would all be interesting options for different reasons.

Big shout out too for Villa fan and former Italy boss Cesare Prandelli, who might finally be able to get the job he craves.

Jesse Marsch at RB Leipzig is someone I felt for a while who might up in English football. But he only rejoined them this summer, so a move this soon would be unlikely.

The issue with any of the above is that they'll be coming in from a foreign league and will be firefighting from day one. It could work - Watford have a mixed record, in this regard.  But the danger is a Remi Garde scenario.  All would benefit from going in in the summer instead, where it's easier to get their ideas across and get shot of anyone they see as trouble.

Brendan Rodgers has flitted his eyelashes when the Villa job has come up before, and might just fancy managing the biggest club in the region if the conditions are right. 

[brontebilly]

Roberto Martinez is an interesting suggestion though.  Poor at Everton after they were Moyesed into terrible football and he tried to un-Moyes them to get them to play more attractive football.  A bit like putting lipstick on a pig.  I wonder what he would do with the likes of Bailey, Watkins, Traore in terms of creativity.

Martinez, Thierry Henry and former Villa...legend Shaun Moloney...dream team

[Ian.]

Roberto Martinez is an interesting suggestion though.  Poor at Everton after they were Moyesed into terrible football and he tried to un-Moyes them to get them to play more attractive football.  A bit like putting lipstick on a pig.  I wonder what he would do with the likes of Bailey, Watkins, Traore in terms of creativity. 

There was a time I’d love to have him as our manager. To be perfectly honest I have no idea where he manages at the moment or is even still managing.

As regards Moyes, I would have worried he would have been proper dull appointments but he’s actually got West Ham playing entertaining football. He’s managed to retain that very solid defensive approach but has some very good attacking talent in his team and they are a good team to watch.

Martinez is Head Coach of Belgium Ian.

Of course he is. International football really does pass me by sometimes.

[ozzjim]

Daily Mail linking Fonseca.

[olaftab]

Fonseca is also in line to take over the vacant manager's position at my local Tesco Metro.

[olaftab]

Spurs showing how to do it with Conte.

Is that the team that’s had 3 managers in the last 12 months and declined with every appointment?

[cdbearsfan]

Daily Mail linking Fonseca.

Not amazed with his CV but he doesn't seem to like five at the back and he isn't Frank Terrard. Get him in.

[Demitri_C]

Fonseca would be a superb appointment.  That would be a massive coup.

Get him in!!

[Dante Lavelli]

Fonseca would be a superb appointment.  That would be a massive coup.

Get him in!!

What makes you think he’ll be a success Demitri? His record looks pretty average to me.

[ChicagoLion]

Fonseca would be a superb appointment.  That would be a massive coup.

Get him in!!

What makes you think he’ll be a success Demitri? His record looks pretty average to me.

does not hang around for long either