Wouldn't be the worst appointment in the world, I actually think Zidane's more tactically astute than people give him credit for, and it's just uninspiring.

I hope we stick with Sarri but if we did change I want us to forget the idea of bringing in a manager with any other pretense than to win at all costs, because sacking Sarri will conclusively prove that all that matters to us, and Zidane just isn't enough of a guarantee. Allegri or Simeone would be the two IMO.

*but it's just uninspiring

Not good is it that we're talking about potential managers when the current one has only been here for half a season.

Zidane one of my favourite players, inherited a brilliant squad of players at R Madrid with big egos and handled them excellently. Not sure how he'd get on here with us with a worse group of players and a tougher league. I'd prefer Howe or Rodgers personally and go down the British if we were to sack Sarri at the end of the season.

I'm more looking forward to seeing most of these deadwood players leave the club and see some new faces come in and being brought through the academy.

Howe is such a big risk for any big club to take on, he can't coach defending for s***. He feels like one I'd be happy to test as an England manager (team I sort of half care about about lol)

He's hardly blessed with great defenders at his disposal, feel he deserves a chance at a bigger club. He's done very well Bournemouth with such little resources.

He's definitely a gamble but so are all these foreign managers we keep bringing in and then sacking after a couple of seasons. Some after half a season.

Zidane had an amazing squad to work with at Madrid. He's as unproven as the next man as far as taking charge of a team in need of rebuilding is concerned. In fact, it was a similar sort of situation that he walked away from at Madrid.

The real question is...

Does he deserve a knighthood?

Or

Which issue of "Hello" magazine do you feel he should have been the front cover of?

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comment by MTC 2.0 (U21799)
posted 8 minutes ago
The real question is...

Does he deserve a knighthood?

Or

Which issue of "Hello" magazine do you feel he should have been the front cover of?
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Again. It's not rocket science if an article does not appeal to you.....I.E. 100% of the ones i do, don't comment on them.

I don't understand the logic in wasting your own time reading an article that the title gives away the content of; and then actually commenting on it.

I suspect when somebody filters you, you think to yourself "what have i done?"

I dont agree with the notion that for us, some managerial appointments are bigger risks than others. Look at us. We sack low risk and high risk appointments, so where's the risk in trying Howe?

Zidane to Chelsea?

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You mean to replace Hazard ?

He'd certainly put more effort in on the pitch...

comment by The Noble Lord Flash (U8334)
posted 1 hour, 34 minutes ago
comment by MTC 2.0 (U21799)
posted 8 minutes ago
The real question is...

Does he deserve a knighthood?

Or

Which issue of "Hello" magazine do you feel he should have been the front cover of?
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Again. It's not rocket science if an article does not appeal to you.....I.E. 100% of the ones i do, don't comment on them.

I don't understand the logic in wasting your own time reading an article that the title gives away the content of; and then actually commenting on it.

I suspect when somebody filters you, you think to yourself "what have i done?"
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but if I dont comment how will publicly critic / take the mickey

nothing wrong with this article

I wouldn't be all that surprise if Zidane decided to never manage again, and if he does, I'd sooner expect him to manage in France, Italy or Spain.

comment by Mr Chelsea. (U3579)
posted 2 hours, 10 minutes ago
I dont agree with the notion that for us, some managerial appointments are bigger risks than others. Look at us. We sack low risk and high risk appointments, so where's the risk in trying Howe?
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Agree. There is no bigger risk in bringing in Eddie Howe than anyone else including Zidane.

Di Matteo managed us after having been sacked by West Brom the season before and under him we won both the CL and FA Cup.

World Cup winner Scolari came in and was sacked seven months after appointing him having won nothing.

Bringing in a bigger name or someone who's won trophies guarantees nothing. And even if it did we need to be looking at the bigger picture at the club instead of just trophies.

We're a mess and we need to address that, not just hope that a new big name successful manager can magic away all the underlying problems and issues we clearly have at the club.

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Zidane seems like a very similar type of manager to Ancelotti. Which is no surprise given they worked together for I think two seasons. He's not the type of manager we need when we will have to restructure the squad in the summer. Probably the reason he decided to leave Madrid in the first place.
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Obviously need to see him work other clubs but that's the same comparison I draw, and it would make sense going back to their Juventus days. The way Real's league form took a dive last year with no explicit reason why really reminded me of an Ancelotti managed team.

He seems like one of those managers whose all about player psychology but while not the tactical fool people assume he is can be schooled by superior opponents. Be very interesting to see him in another big job.

I like the idea of Zidane, rotates, integrates youth and can handle egos.

and he'd have a track suit with his initials on it


A ZZ Top

Superb

Howe's not necessarily a risk because of his reputation, it's his history. The one constant from all his teams is they can't defend worth a damn (except against us annoyingly). True he's not had fantastic personnel in that department as another poster pointed out, but it's not as if he's had world beaters at the other end either. The evidence suggests he's just a very good attacking coach who neglects defending and managing a big club that can be problematic.

If we went down the low key British manager route in the future I'd go with Rodgers personally. Far from my first choice but does have redeeming qualities.

comment by Devil D.A. (U6522)
posted 3 minutes ago
Superb

Howe's not necessarily a risk because of his reputation, it's his history. The one constant from all his teams is they can't defend worth a damn (except against us annoyingly). True he's not had fantastic personnel in that department as another poster pointed out, but it's not as if he's had world beaters at the other end either. The evidence suggests he's just a very good attacking coach who neglects defending and managing a big club that can be problematic.

If we went down the low key British manager route in the future I'd go with Rodgers personally. Far from my first choice but does have redeeming qualities.
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Rodgers teams have the same defensive problems .

True, that's not one of the redeeming qualities

D.A yup I'm fine with bringing Brendan back to the club as well. He ticks a lot of boxes and I think he'd actually do well here. I wasn't necessarily championing Howe either. More that he's no less a risk than anyone else. Any manager we bring in might not work for a host of reasons.

comment by Sheriff JW Pepper (U1007)
posted 4 hours, 4 minutes ago
and he'd have a track suit with his initials on it


A ZZ Top
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This is certainly the greatest thing you have ever contributed to ja606 and probably the greatest thing you ever will.

You should close your account now...