New manager speculation / rumours thread

[NinianKnight]

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Leave it 5 months and we could get NJ for nothing. Football is fickle a bad start and he could get the chop

[Michael Morris]

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Elsewhere Liam Manning is the new Norwich manager.

And Ryan Mason is the new West Brom manager.

not that I'm bothered with football at a higher level :hide:

[the other bob wilson]

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Leave it 5 months and we could get NJ for nothing. Football is fickle a bad start and he could get the chop

We could have had him for nothing two years ago when. we appointed Bulut.

[the other bob wilson]

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Well, they've managed it. Incredibly, Cardiff City have now taken longer to sort out the manager situation in the summer of 2025 than they did in 2023 and 2024 when we appointed Bulut on 3 /6/23 and it was confirmed he'd signed his new contract on the same day last year.

[A Quiet Monkfish]

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Well, they've managed it. Incredibly, Cardiff City have now taken longer to sort out the manager situation in the summer of 2025 than they did in 2023 and 2024 when we appointed Bulut on 3 /6/23 and it was confirmed he'd signed his new contract on the same day last year.

Can you imagine if Amazon Prime had commissioned a 'Welcome to Cardiff' series a couple of years ago. It would have been comedy gold with Tan, Dalman, Choo, Bulut, Riza ringing up fans, an insight to the workings of our recruitment team, the interviews, the chasing of unwilling managers, the list is endless. If only..

[the other bob wilson]

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Can you imagine if Amazon Prime had commissioned a 'Welcome to Cardiff' series a couple of years ago. It would have been comedy gold with Tan, Dalman, Choo, Bulut, Riza ringing up fans, an insight to the workings of our recruitment team, the interviews, the chasing of unwilling managers, the list is endless. If only..

It's cruel, but my favourite one out of those fly on the wall documentaries about football clubs is still the Sunderland one because it's about failure. I don't think I'm alone in thinking that way, so one about City would be very appealing to a certain type of fan I'm sure.

Funny you mention unwilling managers, here's the latest odds with a very close race going on for first place;-

https://www.bettingodds.com/thesackrace/teams/cardiff-city

When I first saw the page I linked, the thought did cross my mind "how many of those really want the job"? I'm sure Buckingham did, but I've seen it said that the pursuit of Nathan Jones made it clear to him that he was a second choice for the job and so who could blame him if he opted for one of the other jobs he's been linked with (e.g. Plymouth or Notts County)? Ramsey wants to keep on playing we're told and, a;though Jones has spoken in the past about his desire to manage City one day, his only public comment I'm aware of since Charlton were promoted is one saying he will be staying with them.

I've maintained for years that there are plenty of good managers who would not work for Tan and it seems to me that the number is probably growing given how we acted after sacking Bulut and now after sacking Riza.

[olderblue]

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It's cruel, but my favourite one out of those fly on the wall documentaries about football clubs is still the Sunderland one because it's about failure. I don't think I'm alone in thinking that way, so one about City would be very appealing to a certain type of fan I'm sure.

Funny you mention unwilling managers, here's the latest odds with a very close race going on for first place;-

https://www.bettingodds.com/thesackrace/teams/cardiff-city

When I first saw the page I linked, the thought did cross my mind "how many of those really want the job"? I'm sure Buckingham did, but I've seen it said that the pursuit of Nathan Jones made it clear to him that he was a second choice for the job and so who could blame him if he opted for one of the other jobs he's been linked with (e.g. Plymouth or Notts County)? Ramsey wants to keep on playing we're told and, a;though Jones has spoken in the past about his desire to manage City one day, his only public comment I'm aware of since Charlton were promoted is one saying he will be staying with them.

I've maintained for years that there are plenty of good managers who would not work for Tan and it seems to me that the number is probably growing given how we acted after sacking Bulut and now after sacking Riza.

On the flip side, there are only 92 positions available, and some ex managers will be in a strong financial position where they can afford to wait and pick and choose their next position.

Lots of others won’t, and will see it as an opportunity where they can get back into day to day football and raise their profile

[North Cardiff Blue]

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It's cruel, but my favourite one out of those fly on the wall documentaries about football clubs is still the Sunderland one because it's about failure. I don't think I'm alone in thinking that way, so one about City would be very appealing to a certain type of fan I'm sure.

Funny you mention unwilling managers, here's the latest odds with a very close race going on for first place;-

https://www.bettingodds.com/thesackrace/teams/cardiff-city

When I first saw the page I linked, the thought did cross my mind "how many of those really want the job"? I'm sure Buckingham did, but I've seen it said that the pursuit of Nathan Jones made it clear to him that he was a second choice for the job and so who could blame him if he opted for one of the other jobs he's been linked with (e.g. Plymouth or Notts County)? Ramsey wants to keep on playing we're told and, a;though Jones has spoken in the past about his desire to manage City one day, his only public comment I'm aware of since Charlton were promoted is one saying he will be staying with them.

I've maintained for years that there are plenty of good managers who would not work for Tan and it seems to me that the number is probably growing given how we acted after sacking Bulut and now after sacking Riza.

He's an outsider for Plymouth, it looks like they much more higher targets than we did.

[Rjk]

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He's an outsider for Plymouth, it looks like they much more higher targets than we did.

https://www.oddschecker.com/football/football-specials/plymouth/next-permanent-manager

I wouldn't have said that really

[Trigger]

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Was funny typical city, then just became boring, now it's beyond ridiculous.

It wouldn't surprise me if Plymouth, having been actually caught out by their manager leaving a month after ours still manage to do a proper recruitment process and hire someone before us.

We will eventually hire someone, probably being allowed to bring one or two staff with him and that will be our structure change complete.

[Undercoverinwurzelland]

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It wouldn't surprise me if Plymouth, having been actually caught out by their manager leaving a month after ours still manage to do a proper recruitment process and hire someone before us.

I wouldn't be surprised if Bristol City, who lost their manager yesterday, hire someone before us.

[North Cardiff Blue]

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https://www.oddschecker.com/football...manent-manager

I wouldn't have said that really

He's moved up a bit, but there have been four or more bove him all the time and Wilshire has been favourite all of the time, here it looks like he's 2nd choice here.

People panic here, I really don't think he will be Plymouths Manager.

[Der Kaiser]

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This is turning into quite the race between the manager announcement, new kit announcement and fixture release announcement.

[Trigger]

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This is turning into quite the race between the manager announcement, new kit announcement and fixture release announcement.

Maybe we aren't giving the club enough credit, maybe the new manager is in place but they are going to have him modelling the new kit.

[A Quiet Monkfish]

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This is turning into quite the race between the manager announcement, new kit announcement and fixture release announcement.

You forgot the retained list.

It's laughable really. The supposed scrutiny and attention to detail, not to mention hours of meticulous analysis and consultation time to identify a person who is in all probability going to be in place for 2 years at most..