Next Manager Speculation/Hopes

[Bent Neilsens Screamer]

Gallardo is leaving River Plate…

I touted him before Steeevie got the gig and I hear he’s out of contract soon.
Has done brilliantly there and stopped far longer than a manager normally does in Argentina. I think it’d be too much of a punt for us and him though.

[john e]

Whatever manager we bring in if and when will be a risk
Even Poch doesn’t guarantee anything, Although obviously I’ll be delighted with him

All these bucket list stuff I’m reading about who we need ie prem experience, in winning stuff beforehand or whatever is all well and good but sometimes it’s just potluck
Look at Arteta at arsenal no previous Premier League experience as a manager and he’s sitting on top of it

There’s countless big names even elite names gone to clubs and done rubbish
Yes you have to do all the due diligence make a considered appointment but at the end of the day it’s still a throw of the dice

[Villan82]

I want an established manager on the up. No more punts. In hindsight, Potter was the man but we missed the boat.

[AlexAlexCropley]

I'd be happy with Thomas Frank at this moment.

[eamonn]

I'd feel better about him if he acted his age and got rid of the curtains hairstyle. Maybe he still hankers after his youth and Copenhagen 1988.

[andyh]

I'd be happy with Thomas Frank at this moment.

Getting rid of one arrogant tosser for another doesn’t really appeal to me,

[SoccerHQ]

I read up a little on him yesterday. The conclusion for me was that it has to be him next. In answer to your question though, the season after he took them to the CL final they were sitting 14th in the November so they pulled the plug. Prematurely I would say, since he’d been there 5 years and pretty much been a huge success.

We need another one like Big Ron / MON, an experienced no fucking about big profile manager that you just know will improve us, and I think he’s the one.

Reading up on Poch? He managed in this country for 7 years so not like he's a Gallardo type?

We're more Southampton than Spurs but he did a fantastic job there aswell, made international players out of Lallana and Rickie Lambert and Jay Rodriquez would've got an England call up but did his ACL a week before squad was announced.

That's exactly what we need.

[AlexAlexCropley]

I'd be happy with Thomas Frank at this moment.

Getting rid of one arrogant tosser for another doesn’t really appeal to me,

By that yardstick we'd never have got Ron Saunders. And said no to Alex Ferguson for that matter.What if Poch is a tosser.Should we bail on him?

[SoccerHQ]

Frank is very good. I like managers with personality and he certainly has it.

Whether it's just he looks good in Brentford's management system I don't know but Watkins and Konsa will certainly be happy if he turns up.

Could do worse.

[Rigadon]

Frank would be exactly the type of manager that’d brick up the glass ceiling we have now. 

[KevinGage]

Brentford were a good, attractive team when he took over.

Kudos to him for finally getting them up. But any time I've seen them recently they look closer to Wimbledon circa 88 now. Not for me.

[curiousorange]

I've said this a couple of times to people who've asked me about who Villa might replace Gerrard with, but I'm tired of the selection in the corner shop, I want to go shopping in the hypermarket.

[Goldenballs]

It's a no to Frank from me as well, I reckon he'd be a bit of a Paul Lambert for us.

[ChicagoLion]

Whatever manager we bring in if and when will be a risk
Even Poch doesn’t guarantee anything, Although obviously I’ll be delighted with him

All these bucket list stuff I’m reading about who we need ie prem experience, in winning stuff beforehand or whatever is all well and good but sometimes it’s just potluck
Look at Arteta at arsenal no previous Premier League experience as a manager and he’s sitting on top of it

There’s countless big names even elite names gone to clubs and done rubbish
Yes you have to do all the due diligence make a considered appointment but at the end of the day it’s still a throw of the dice

I agree, but like all recruitment decisions you try to do everything you can to narrow the odds.
The Dilligence process on Gerrard seems to have been pretty limited.

[RamboandBruno]

Didnt Vinnie say earlier in the thread, rumour has it Poch has already turned us down?