Because of our hefty wage bill, players we'll struggle to move on and end up taking a loss on and the wage cap, we are going to have to be very, very smart in transfers this summer.
Realistically, we are going to be hunting for the best League One players, league two players with great potential and, possibly, Championship players who are overlooked for some reason but could boss League One and improve as and if we go up.
Mclaren and Coyle I would expect to have some good contacts higher up the English leagues, Mclaren probably has some terrific knowledge of players in foreign leagues. BUT, we are unlikely to be looking here because nobody from these places will want to come to League One and we won't pay their wages.
There is little doubt, for me anyway, that Jackett and Davis would be our best bet for recruitment in League One. Both have been in two leagues we'll be looking in over the last few years and will have seen loads and loads of players, they'll surely have people in mind who they believe could make the step up.
So, overall, I still probably want Coyle, I'd be happy with Mclaren because he has enjoyed a lot of success and obviously has something as a coach (sure he's failed too but we'd never appoint a manager with any experience worth talking about if we ruled out those with no failure at all) BUT there is a strong argument for Jackett and Davis which means I would be fairly happy with either of these two as well.
The argument for Jackett and Davis
posted on 24/5/13
you remind me of a Scouser who claimed Liverpools treble of FA,League and Uefa cups being of the same "worth" as Uniteds Prem,FA,Champo league '99 season
it all depends I guess on what you expect yourself. My Dad for instance would see us winning the league and both cups but losing home and away to Albion as failiure
posted on 24/5/13
Definitely not the same!
Yeah, it is an interesting argument I think. When people were talking about whether we should go all out for the cups in our third prem season (how naive that looks in hindsight lol), I never really got the cup excitement, I would happily have taken any finish above fifteenth over a cup win at the beginning of the season because it would have represented progress in the longer term.
But loads of people would disagree with that and I do understand their arguments on this.
But back to our manager hunt - I genuinely have no idea which should be given the most weighting. I think that I think it doesn't really matter and that we are considerably closer to Crewe or Millwall's position than FC Twente's or Boro's at the moment and, for this reason, we should probably go for the candidates who are best suited for us and where we want to be in five years time, not where we want to be deciding we want to be in five years time in five years time
posted on 24/5/13
probably go for the candidates who are best suited for us and where we want to be in five years time,
Mick it is then!
posted on 24/5/13
I get what your saying they all have pro's and con's
McClaren would see this is a good project to get his reputation re-built...but would he show us loyalty? would he feck off when a "bigger club" comes a long
Coyle - see above as per Burnley to Bolton
Davis - gives the youth a chance as per his starting 11 vs Walsall, Wolves fan apparently so would love to take us up through the leagues - deffo could be a long term manager
so in short I still don't know what or who I feckin want either
posted on 24/5/13
From memory didn't McClaren get paticularly good financial backing from his Chairman at Boro ?
Not a bad thing if he did I know, you still have to spend the money wisely.
posted on 24/5/13
Very true Wolfgang.
SS was particularly well-backed and look how he spent it!!!!
Whoever comes in won't have too much money to spend though.
posted on 24/5/13
Cant really see that the next manager would need a lot of money for transfers.
If the squad is going to be stripped down, I think what we have left of Doherty, Batth, Pizza Boy and Big George will be fine for a back four in the First Division. With a couple of additions in midfield and a big striker up front how much money does he need?
posted on 24/5/13
Hmmmm the choices who too choose.
posted on 24/5/13
Those comments about McLaren are true Tino but he came across as a bit of a twerp when England manager so perhaps I think of him in Hoddle mode.
But also in his recent jobs he didn't last long at Wolfsburg, made a complete balls of the Forest job and was hounded out by the fans in his second spell at Twente. He might prove to be a good choice for us but there are others I would prefer - like Davis or Coyle
posted on 24/5/13
On a different note, Nicky Shorey released by Reading - would surely do a job in League 1.