Next Manager Speculation and wishful thinking thread

[AlexAlexCropley]

Another impressive win for Erik ten Hag. Trying to put himself in the shop window. Hopefully not the same one that we had the FA Cup nicked from.

That's very funny👏👏

[Steve67]

I know this should go in other football but couldn't resist.  Imagine being a Newcastle fan and sacking Steve Bruce, only to appoint Eddie Howe.  Blimey, the absolute height of ambition eh?

[Risso]

I know this should go in other football but couldn't resist.  Imagine being a Newcastle fan and sacking Steve Bruce, only to appoint Eddie Howe.  Blimey, the absolute height of ambition eh?

Replacing a terrible manager with a good one?

[Steve67]

Would you want him at Villa?  No, thought not.  Spent a fortune at Bournemouth, fucked it up and couldn't wait to get out.  The barcodes talking big and getting Howe.  Wow.  Good luck to them, they are going to need it.

[cdbearsfan]

I wouldn't be mega excited by Howe if Villa appointed him, but I always thought he was a decent manager. Will be interesting to see how he gets on. Hopefully not too well given our precarious position.

[curiousorange]

Howe is the Mark Hughes of that story.

[Brazilian Villain]

I know this should go in other football but couldn't resist.  Imagine being a Newcastle fan and sacking Steve Bruce, only to appoint Eddie Howe.  Blimey, the absolute height of ambition eh?

I'd agree that it'd be a bit underwhelming if you have the richest owners in football, even Blose fans might have some reservations about him.

[Ozzjim]

Howe is a fantastic coach, whether his time out has given him the perspective to mix his want to play on the front foot with coaching a defence remains to be seen, but with the right staff around him, and the right players bought for him, he is a top 6 coach.

[Villan82]

Howe wouldn't be the man I would fetch if I was in a relegation scrap and had ambitions of becoming a super club.

[SoccerHQ]

Howe is a fantastic coach, whether his time out has given him the perspective to mix his want to play on the front foot with coaching a defence remains to be seen, but with the right staff around him, and the right players bought for him, he is a top 6 coach.

I think he'll relegate them personally. Think this is totally the wrong job for him to return to (Southampton would be better fit if he waited a few more months).

His defensive record wasn't great at all at Bournemouth and really can't see Newcastle hitting 2-3 goals on consistant basis to win enough matches before January.

Emery would've been much better for what they want to achieve in next 18 months, probably Roy Hodgson on short term basis aswell.

[cdbearsfan]

Well, the first step is beating the drop, they can worry about becoming a super club later. He kept Bournemouth up four seasons out of five so no reason to assume he won't have a chance. If he can just keep them up once they'll be able to attract a far higher calibre of player next summer. Though I wouldn't be surprised if he keeps them up and they sack him for a "big name" anyway.

[Ozzjim]

Maybe not. But then nor would Emry. I think I'd be looking for someone that could scramble the club to 40 points then appoint a manager next summer, but Howe kept Bournemouth up a number of times before they eventually went, and in all fairness, when they finally did you could argue they were quite unfortunate that someone forgot to switch the goal line tech on at Villa Park. Is he capable of playing excellent football and with a good director of football getting them into the top 8 in the next 2-3 seasons should they survive this... Yes in my opinion. Then he will have done his job. Plus he knows Jones well who's a good number 2, had a good relationship with Richie and Wilson and will no doubt find a willing participant to break Fraser in 2 in training. It's not a glamour appointment, but it might not be the awful one people think.

[Sexual Ealing]

It's a big risk for both, but who else would want to walk into a relegation scrap with that squad? Hodgson, maybe. Allardyce, certainly but...that wouldn't work.

[villa for life]

I wonder why Newcastle are leaning towards Howe over Fonseca.

[algy]

It's a big risk for both, but who else would want to walk into a relegation scrap with that squad? Hodgson, maybe. Allardyce, certainly but...that wouldn't work.

Yeah, that's my line of thought too. They're not going to attract really top quality managers in the position they're in. Eddie Howe seems a reasonable appointment to me, from their point of view.