New Manager??

[hopelesslyoptimistic]

Hey Hopey, I hear Allan Clarke has still got his 70s adidas tracksuit, would you take him back as player manager again ?. 🤭
Seriously though, surely it won't be either Lampard or Gerard will it.

Hey Acido - hope not and seems unlikely.

[costa_blanca_white]

Andoni Iraola

[hopelesslyoptimistic]

Andoni Iraola

Heard that link - didn’t he play for Bielsa at Bilbao?

Seems to play high intensity too - so you rate him CBW?

[costa_blanca_white]

Heard that link - didn’t he play for Bielsa at Bilbao?

Seems to play high intensity too - so you rate him CBW?

Absolutely

[Billyni]

He also spent a year in America too, so box ticked.

[Rev72]

Also got jack sh1t experience of the premiership and is admired by the people who hired Marsch....box ticked

[Rev72]

Postecoglou anyone???

[hopelesslyoptimistic]

Postecoglou anyone???

Would be happy with him Rev or Iraola. Iraola seems to have done very well and appears he takes no prisoners

[WTF11]

Would be happy with him Rev or Iraola. Iraola seems to have done very well and appears he takes no prisoners

"Done very well"???? Sacked from his first managerial position at Larnaca, that giant of European football, didn't get a contract extension at Mirandes (who they??), and finally got some kind of success getting promotion with Vallecano. And this is the height of our ambition in;

A. Acquiring a coach/manager who can help avoid relegation, and;

B. Having said coach/manager act with the (new?) board to ensure that we don't resume relegation battles in seasons to come

Really?

For reasons that might become clear in the dim distant future, we took a punt on Jesse James, we have no time for doing so again. Proven, successful experience in the PL, almost without caring what style of football is the incomers favourite, is the single most important criteria. Without it, we will probably be spending a LONG time wishing why we ignored (recent) past history.

[spaldy]

It's not fair... life is rarely that but whoever gets hired has a 6 point "must win game" against Everton as their first game in mid February.

I know a lot of games left in the season but the loser of that game is likely to be one of the relegation teams.

For that reason I think you have to pick someone that that knows the prem, and frankly, knows the teams already. Unfortunately, that person will be coaching against us on the critical mid February game at Everton.