Chris Coleman resigns as Wales manager to take over Sunderland

[MOZZER2]

i bet tony pulis will be a name that's banded about in the near future

[Tandy]

Don’t think it’s anything to do with lack of appreciation, just that most think he’s taken a poor job.

Sunderland are one of the biggest clubs in British football.
Who should he have gone to? Man U

[Toadstool]

Tony Pulis

[ccfc_is_my_life]

Unfortunately the FAW probably got him on speed dial.

Giggs has a 2 yr consultancy deal with Vietnam. Would be a conflict of interest.

[Rjk]

Sunderland are one of the biggest clubs in British football.
Who should he have gone to? Man U

Yes but their squad at the moment is a disaster zone

[jeepster]

Oh dear !

Chris good luck but this is not a good move , in my know nothing opinion.

Which ****wit will the FAW appoint now on twice Coleman's wages ?

Thank you very much Chris for all you did to raise Welsh football from the gutter.

[jeepster]

Sunderland are one of the biggest clubs in British football.
Who should he have gone to? Man U

40 years or more ago

[Llanedeyrnblue]

Relegation beckons for Sunderland

Please please don’t let Giggs get the Wales job

[ccfc_is_my_life]

Yes but their squad at the moment is a disaster zone

Sunderland clearly looked at the success of Wales and decided he must be a great man manager due to that.

Ignoring the hard work Speed put in before, ignoring Bale, Rambo, Allen and Williams et al.

Coleman went to Sunderland for two reasons only. Money and the fact it's a toxic club - go down, it's not his fault, which appears to be something throughout his managerial career.

Fulham? Players were sold. Real Sociedad? Different vision from new President. Coventry? Probably would have been the players refusing to play his free flowing style and reverting to hoofball. AEL? Club had financial troubles.

Wales? Had that big moment, then a disappointing comedown where valuable points were dropped due to not closing out games and a single game playoff vs Ireland where he simply got things utterly wrong. No doubt the reason for leaving will be "taken as far as I can" or some other pithy cliche.

It seems a constant is that when the going gets tough, he's either quit or been fired. In fairness, surprised he didn't quit after disastrous start he had.

[jeepster]

Relegation beckons for Sunderland

Please please don’t let Giggs get the Wales job

Hope not he will not be there for the friendlies.

[Tandy]

40 years or more ago

Sunderland had the 7th best average attendance in the Premiership last season and they finished bottom.
They are a massive club

[ccfc_is_my_life]

Sunderland had the 7th best average attendance in the Premiership last season and they finished bottom.
They are a massive club

Massive club, just a bit shit at playing football.

[Taunton Blue Genie]

Don’t think it’s anything to do with lack of appreciation, just that most think he’s taken a poor job.

I'm not referring to events in the last couple of weeks.

[Michael Morris]

Sunderland are one of the biggest clubs in British football.
Who should he have gone to? Man U

Maybe WBA, if they sack Pulis in the next couple of weeks.

[BLUETIT]

It's all a grand plan.

Coleman goes there on a nice little contract, they get relegated, pay him off millions when they sack him, then he comes back next August for the EURO qualifiers.

Simples.

[Dr Lecter]

Sunderland had the 7th best average attendance in the Premiership last season and they finished bottom.
They are a massive club

Potentially they’re a massive club.

At the moment they’re a badly run club on the slide.

Which is why every man and his dog has turned them down.

[jeepster]

Sunderland had the 7th best average attendance in the Premiership last season and they finished bottom.
They are a massive club

Massive compared to what

[Dr Lecter]

Maybe WBA, if they sack Pulis in the next couple of weeks.

Or any other club that will inevitably be looking for a new manager in the next few months.

[Llanedeyrnblue]

Massive compared to what

Hartlepool

[Dr Lecter]

Massive compared to what

Henry Hills legs.

[Badly Ironed Shirt]

Breaking news

He'll be looking for work again in the summer. He's on a hiding to nothing.

[J R Hartley]

Or any other club that will inevitably be looking for a new manager in the next few months.

Plenty of clubs have been looking for managers since the season started and he hasn’t had a sniff.

Maybe that’s why he’s had to take such a shit job

[Tandy]

Massive club, just a bit shit at playing football.

They've spent 87 seasons in the top flight compared to our?
Don't think we are in a position to judge who is shit.

[Bobby_The_Bhoy]

[Badly Ironed Shirt]

Thanks Chris.

You will be followed by a numpty.

I don't agree. The FAW made two good appointments in Speed and Coleman. There was a time when the Coleman appointment looked awful, I remember calling for his head after a thrashing in Serbia. Let's not over-react. Two and a half campaigns, and Wales are healthier than they have been.

I just hope it's not Giggs. And I hope they don't appoint a Welshman purely because it's a Welshman.