New manager speculation / rumours thread

[FormerlyJohnnyBreadhead]

Re: New Manager recruitment process in place

weren't people on here clamouring for him a coupe of years ago?

I can't speak for that, but outside that initial few months with QPR, he's done absolutely nothing of note as a manager.

Seems like a weird bloke too, arguing with Sunderland fans on Twitter through a burner account, and slagging them off in press conferences.

Actually he'd be perfect for us.

[the other bob wilson]

Re: New Manager recruitment process in place

I can't speak for that, but outside that initial few months with QPR, he's done absolutely nothing of note as a manager.

Seems like a weird bloke too, arguing with Sunderland fans on Twitter through a burner account, and slagging them off in press conferences.

Actually he'd be perfect for us.

I was advocating Beale as our manager a few years back before he got the QPR job, because there was only his record in football to go by then and it was very impressive at the time. However, what you talk about in your second paragraph, together with his record since leaving QPR has me wondering why on earth we'd be interested in. him? - Suppose he'd be cheap, something which is very important to Vincent Tan based on mosr of our previous appointments with him in charge..

[mrbluejay]

Re: New Manager recruitment process in place

Gerrard in to 5/1 from 12/1, yes I know it doesn’t take a lot to move that price in the Manager markets, but could be something. Might speak of this Mark Allen as DOF, think I read they worked together at Rangers.

[Coyote]

Re: New Manager recruitment process in place

If Beale, Gerrard or Rooney get the job, I'm just going to stop watching because my blood pressure will spike to cardiac arrest levels.

[mrbluejay]

Re: New Manager recruitment process in place

If Beale, Gerrard or Rooney get the job, I'm just going to stop watching because my blood pressure will spike to cardiac arrest levels.

Well I won’t stop watching, but I don’t want either of them here.

[The Lone Gunman]

Re: New Manager recruitment process in place

If Beale, Gerrard or Rooney get the job, I'm just going to stop watching because my blood pressure will spike to cardiac arrest levels.

I thought you were boycotting anyway?

[ninian opinian]

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I thought you were boycotting anyway?

Bloody hell, irony is not dead.

[A Quiet Monkfish]

Re: New Manager recruitment process in place

I think we need to be realistic. The club is in hell of a mess. Would any quality manager risk his reputation on a lower league club, in the mess we find ourselves? We need someone who knows this division well, because recruitment will require players who know this division well.

I don't know. New[ish] stadium, great city to live in, excellent potential - I reckon the club will have no problem attracting a decent manager. Whether they appoint one is another thing.

[Rjk]

Re: New Manager recruitment process in place

I think we need to be realistic. The club is in hell of a mess. Would any quality manager risk his reputation on a lower league club, in the mess we find ourselves? We need someone who knows this division well, because recruitment will require players who know this division well.

I don't agree with that last statement at all.

"knowing the division" is one of the biggest fallacies in British football.

[Pedro de la Rosa]

Re: New Manager recruitment process in place

I think we need to be realistic. The club is in hell of a mess. Would any quality manager risk his reputation on a lower league club, in the mess we find ourselves? We need someone who knows this division well, because recruitment will require players who know this division well.

We'll be the biggest club in the division by a country mile.

[Rjk]

Re: New Manager recruitment process in place

We'll be the biggest club in the division by a country mile.

Bolton averaged 21k last season which is more than we did in the league above.
I certainly wouldn't say we were a country mile above them in any sensible metric of "largeness".
Yes Cardiff is a bigger city than Bolton, but that's about it.
they have a more impressive history, more fans turning up, and greater revenues due to money they receive from commercial rents etc.

Charlton and Huddersfield also have decent crowds, and it remains to be seen what ours will do.

We're one of the bigger sides for sure, but no way are we a country mile bigger than anyone else - and bigger clubs than us have gone down previously and not had it their own way

[Cleve van Leef]

Re: New Manager recruitment process in place

We'll be the biggest club in the division by a country mile.

Think you maybe in for a rude awakening.

[Pedro de la Rosa]

Re: New Manager recruitment process in place

Think you maybe in for a rude awakening.

I didn't say we'd be any good :hehe:

[Pedro de la Rosa]

Re: New Manager recruitment process in place

Bolton averaged 21k last season which is more than we did in the league above.
I certainly wouldn't say we were a country mile above them in any sensible metric of "largeness".
Yes Cardiff is a bigger city than Bolton, but that's about it.
they have a more impressive history, more fans turning up, and greater revenues due to money they receive from commercial rents etc.

Charlton and Huddersfield also have decent crowds, and it remains to be seen what ours will do.

We're one of the bigger sides for sure, but no way are we a country mile bigger than anyone else - and bigger clubs than us have gone down previously and not had it their own way

We'll get a good manager wanting to come here, that's my point.

I'd stand by my point about our size.

[Rjk]

Re: New Manager recruitment process in place

We'll get a good manager wanting to come here, that's my point.

I'd stand by my point about our size.

Yeah we're not a terrible prospect to an ambitious manager at this level.
the owner typically backs the manager pretty well.

We will need a full coaching staff as well though.

Presumably Luton will start the season as bookies favourites with the parachute money they'll still be getting, but after them we've got to be in the next bunch of teams along with Plymouth, Bolton, Reading and the teams from the playoffs.