at the end of the day, there are more martins waiting in the shadows.
all we need right now, is a experienced manager/good explayer who can stand on that touch line and motivate the eleven players on the pitch.
a manager who knows how to change things around when its not working.
a manager who can give half time talk without tea and biscuits(maybe with a base ball bat)
a manager who isnt picking his favorites every game.
for me one out of work manager fits this bill and that is billy(takes no prisoners) davis.
excellent at preston,derby and forest.
plays excellent football, and has never really been given alot of cash to spend.
we could do alot worst than give him the job.........o'neill for me would just be waiting for that phone call from one of the big prem clubs, and be off in a flash.
the manager for me
posted on 28/10/11
Sorry MGLCFC, we don't need a playoff manager, we need a promotion manager. Neither of them have the CV to do it.
They may well be the best of the names touted about, but they both are unsuccessful in achieving promotion. Derby can't be counted simply based on their following season going down as the most embarrassing in Premiership history.
posted on 28/10/11
But he got them there - and has had two successive goes in the play offs. Better record than most recent Leicester mangers.
posted on 28/10/11
posted on 28/10/11
Who would you go for spherical - please don't say RDM as he won't leave Chelsea. Sven was supposed to be our ticket to the big time - before he left play offs were our best hope (and could still be)
posted on 28/10/11
Dunge has it spot on for me.
Doubt we'll get RDM away from Chelsea though but he would be right up there if we could. Probably go for Davies over Jones and it seems we do have the ability to make that choice as both are interested so the worst we could do would be to get one of them which is good - unless Top inexplicably employs someone like Strachan of course!
posted on 28/10/11
The whole thing is so frustrating isn't it? It's not the getting rid of Sven so much as the obvious lack of credible candidates waiting in the wings.
I'm sure there are many managers waiting to be the next MON, but it's such a risk appointing them. For every Paul Lambert or Nigel Adkins there is a Peter Taylor. If it was long term stability we were looking for then I'd probably advocate a punt on one of the up and coming breed.
The signs are, however, that the owners want certainty. A quick win from a person of experience who can spend the money and motivate a team. That's why I'm thinking short term and wondering who could motivate the squad in the remaining 7 or 8 months.
MON is the only name that I would be totally convinced could lift us so quickly. Of the others I think the horrible little man Billy Davies could probably give them a rocket up the jacksie and propel us up the table.
I've said on other threads that, with MON unlikely to come back and BD so unpleasant, I'd plump for Alan Curbishley. People forget that, in the day, he was doing similar things to what MON did for us, at Charlton.
It used to frustrate me that MON was always linked with every job whereas AC was left alone and he didn't have Martin's charisma. I'm pretty sure that he'd be a fairly safe bet if we didn't fancy a gamble.
posted on 29/10/11
Ok here goes with my chioce.Obviously people have differing views.
I'd like to see Lee Clark given the job with perhaps Kevin Keegan helping in some sort of capacity.But i think he would be the sort of person the owners would like to promote the club back in Thailand.
Yes i know he(Keegan) has been out of work for sometime as have some of the other names mentioned (Dowie,Strachan etc).
I think Keegan would also be someone Clark could turn too & learn from.Also both have worked together when Keegan was manager at Newcastle & Clark a player, so know eachother.
Both seem to like playing attacking football with Keegan at Newcastle & Clark at Huddersfield scoring plenty of goals.
When we attack teams like we did against Derby & Southampton in the 1st half we absolutely played them off the park.But when we seemed to try & hold on to what lead we had we seem to panic & conceed silly goals.
I also think with an attack minded team this would bring the best out of Beckford & Nugent & even Schlupp.
I know people will think this crazy but like i've said everyone has their own views as to who would be the best man or men for the job.
posted on 29/10/11
For me, crazy only for the inclusion of Keegan. One for the history books, and sometimes seems one sandwich short of the full picnic.
posted on 29/10/11
"And, I'll tell you I will honestly love it if Kev is appointed. Love it."
posted on 29/10/11
Seriously though, we'd better get some stability and 'motivation' in soon. There are three big games coming up in the weeks ahead starting today.