Del Woppio
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Every time I see this thread title I get embarrassed for the executives at our football club. We actually employ Gary O'Neil. We chose it.
And God knows who they will ultimately replace him with.Every time I see this thread title I get embarrassed for the executives at our football club. We actually employ Gary O'Neil. We chose it.
It can get worse, of course it can.Short of bringing Lage or Saunders back it’s hardly going to get any worse is it.
It can get worse, of course it can.
McCarthy - Connor
Solbakken - Saunders
Jackett - Zenga
Nuno - Lage
Lampard, Smith, Wilder, Heckingbottom, Edwards, Beale, Alex Neil, there are plenty of managers I can see Hobbs going for, he reportedly spoke to Lampard and Smith after Lop left, and we knows we were in for Beale.
It could get a lot worse.
Yeah, but what about our recent strategy makes you think a good appointment is likely?Those decisions don't exist in a vacuum though, plenty of internal and external factors can alter by the time we make a managerial change.
We also went Saunders to Jackett, Lambert to Nuno and Lage to Lopetegui, remember
You missed out Zenga who is/was possibly on a par with GON.Those decisions don't exist in a vacuum though, plenty of internal and external factors can alter by the time we make a managerial change.
We also went Saunders to Jackett, Lambert to Nuno and Lage to Lopetegui, remember
Yeah, but what about our recent strategy makes you think a good appointment is likely?
As we all know Sam Johnstone would have been the new keeper, who is equal at best.How has 'don't get rid of Sa and sign a new keeper because they might be worse' worked out for us?
You and I know that, but that's exactly what we did after Lop.If GON, Smith and lampard are all we think we can attract they aren’t looking hard enough.
As we all know Sam Johnstone would have been the new keeper, who is equal at best.
And Johnstone doesn't ever give us a performance like Sa did at Everton either.Johnstone probably doesn't spanner that kick like someone with a leg made of rubber.
He's nothing special but not the particular brand of moron that Sa is, a clown act I tired of years ago.
If you never roll the dice and stick with what you know is substandard then you will get rubbish results.
Beale was Sellars. I do share your overarching scepticism though re what a replacement would look like, equally you don't keep a manager who isn't good enough in place. I hope O'Neill works it out, it's hope over expectation thoughHa.
Well actually it's my opinion based on the direction of travel and evidence of the last few years, the difference with Nuno was that he came from Mendes when we had a much better relationship with him. With Lop, Shi/Fosun had that relationship from the initial contact years ago.
What is there now? Hobbs? Who tried to get Beale when Lop initially turned us down and then went down the road of unimaginative journeymen like Lampard and Smith and then we end up with GON.
What on earth makes you think we're suddenly going to be able to attract a decent manager, or have the ambition to go for someone who is likely to become one?
GON, Smith, Lampard, they're exactly the level we are at now, so this desire to get shot of GON as soon as possible, I understand it. But I don't expect the replacement to be any better, we're on a downward curve.