cityfanlee23

I think where we are atm Jose would actually suit our players. We have slow defenders like Souttar and Vestergaard who would need to be replaced under most managers, Jose or Moyes could probably give Jan a 1 year extension and work with them, I don't care how we play next season. I cared this season because fundamentally I'm concerned Enzo's style will absolutely destroy us in the premier league, we need a manager to come in and get the best out of what we have, as unfortunately if the finances are as bad as we think, there are multiple players that we want to offload that we realistically might end up keeping, players like Soumare, Faes or even an extended Vestergaard. Honestly if you gave Moyes or Mourinho a back 4 of Kristiansen, Faes, Coady or Vesty and Ricardo, I think they would get the most out of them, and we then maybe wouldn't need to offload 3-4 defenders and sign 3-4 more.

Yeah I get your point though, I do have a few reasons I'd back Mourinho to fit in here, but they are flimsy and based solely on faith

Moyes job at West Ham has been phenomenal to be honest, they were all over the place when he took over. Completely agree. He has the experience we need to buy in cheap players who will roll their sleeves up, and he has the authority to drive the club forward whilst the clown show upstairs is in full circus mode.

Yeah I'll admit me wanting Mourinho is more of a gut feeling rather than a well planned strategy

If we could afford to buyout another manager using the Enzo money, I truly believe Andoni Iraola will be one of the best "young" managers in Europe in the coming years and is guaranteed a big club in the next few seasons. Rocky start at Bournemouth but they improved massively.

Mourinho would be amazing, I think he would relish a chance to build a club but I think he will end up in international management next, I actually fancy him to take over England.

I put a bigger list at the start but I think right now my priorities would be (In no particular order): Urs Fischer Moyes Corberan Franck Haise Laurent Blanc (unlikely) Lucien Favre

Some interesting ones there. Haise would be my priority of these names, Corberan and Sarri would also be instant yes (would Sarri come?)

This pisses me off to this day. 240m+ in transfers, the highest wage budget in history (one of the top 10 in Europe at one point was it not?) and a £100m training complex with the end result being turning some of the better "young" players in Europe like Ndidi into Championship fodder in the space of 2 years.

If he does go I wish him well, something about his personality I like and I wanted to believe in his project. But we do not have the money he needs to make it work, and he's way too stubborn to adapt his system to the players we are likely to bring in. People seem to forget that it's Rudkin we are relying on to make the transfers work. Atleast at Chelsea he will have 762 players to choose from, and I think with a big budget if they move lots of players on Enzo could do okay there. Cannot blame him for leaving if it is indeed true that the club lied to him, thanks for promotion, his name will be in the history books as helping us in one of the most important seasons in our recent history and for that we must be thankful that it worked out.

Agree with the premise of this in that keeping Enzo would be potentially more stable than rolling the dice, but I think it's a stretch to consider what we have as stable anyway. A manager who seemingly most fans think it's time to part ways with given the many polls we've had (polling is not everything I know), we have a bit of stability in the sense that the players know his play style, which automatically falls apart considering most of the players who know that playstyle are not good enough to play it in the premier league, we have a big clearout incoming and we lack the funds to bring the players in, and the manager needs very specific players to make the system work unless of course we suddenly expect that Rudkin is going to have the transfer window of the century and bring in 7-10 top class, technically gifted players for £5m a piece, and we have a manager who pretty much refused all season to adapt his system to fit the players at his disposal. I honestly believe if we try to play this way in the premier league he will be gone by Christmas. Personally I think if we brought in someone like David Moyes, he would bring us far more stability in the next 18 months than Enzo Maresca will.

I don’t see it as bizarre logic really, I don’t trust Balague, just as I don’t trust other media outlets. If all of them are saying the same thing it will have more merit, when I said media pet I was talking specifically about Balague who is very clearly a mouthpiece for Enzo who has been pushing a narrative for weeks. It could easily be true but if he’s the only source I’d question it which was my point. If reputable sources have shared it then that’s fair enough and it’s bang out of order from the club, I hadn’t really kept up with that.

Genuinely asking as i'm not sure if I've missed something, but has there actually been evidence that the club lied/misled Enzo? or is this all just Enzo's pet in the media telling us that?

I’ve seen multiple people talk about the Leicester project. The Leicester project is keeping us in the division on a shoestring and maybe getting us back into the top half in a couple of seasons then unlikely but maybe fighting to get us back into the top 6. The Chelsea project is having hundreds of millions to spend and fighting for the premier league and then champions league. Timing is everything in football and these opportunities rarely offer themselves (maybe not so rare in the case of Chelsea) but you only have to have 1 bad season at Leicester and suddenly you’re not as hot a prospect to these top clubs as you were the year before, or maybe a manager from another league pulls off an incredible season like Alonso at Leverkusen and suddenly he’s the one Chelsea want. To be headhunted directly from the championship to one of the biggest and richest clubs in the country, you’d be mad to turn that down. IMO If Chelsea offer Enzo a contract he will be off down the road before we can even wave goodbye to him.

Wouldnt mind getting Richard Hughes in if Top ever sees the light and sacks Rudkin. Did a great job at FGR with Rob Edwards as manager, left FGR and they've collapsed, whilst he took over at Portsmouth and is again doing a great job there, seems to understand the game well.

I don't think it would work in the premier league, but a manager to watch for sure.

Tbh I feel like Moyes would keep us up even with a 6 point deduction, he has a knack for signing cheap reliable players. Got a few wrong but everyone does, did a fantastic job at West Ham. Football might not be the most exciting but I've no doubt he could keep us up.

How much damage has been dealt to the reputation of ETH do people think? Seems inevitable he's gone unless he can win the FA Cup, if he loses and is sacked, what sort of club do you think would take him? Spent a LOT of money at United and half of the signings have been quite hit and miss. Martinez missing plenty of games, Casemiro is hot and cold every week, Amrabat was an awful signing, Antony is one of the biggest flops we've seen as of now, worst league finish in the premier league era, and the same old mistakes every week. Does he walk straight back into a top club?

Yeah I'd love Blanc, but as you say it's a risk, he has not managed here but also will his reputation be damaged by coming to a Leicester City who are likely going to get deductions and don't have a big budget. Is it worth the risk for him? I'd imagine he could probably join a top 8 club in Italy/Spain/France/Germany. Would be a hell of a coup if we could convince him though, the premier league is still a huge draw.

Stability with a points deduction is key here, I'd take drab football for a couple of seasons to keep us up, sign some cheapish players and get the team running through brick walls. Moyes has done a phenomenal job, even if the football has been boring.

In no particular order and for a multitude of reasons Urs Fischer Graham Potter (Doubt he would come, seems to be linked with far bigger jobs recently) David Moyes Steve Cooper Danny Rohl Ruud Van Nistelrooy Lucien Favre Giovanni Van Bronckhorst Kieran Mckenna Mark Robins Steve Cooper Will Still Laurent Blanc (seriously doubt he would come)

We need a testimonial. Get the statue ready. Name a stand after him. Have a fantastic retirement Claudio, and thanks for the greatest moment of our lives.

You're probably right, and 17 appearances is nothing to sniff at, it would make sense to give him another 15+ next season, but who knows, possibly Slot comes in and wants to bring some experience in. We can only hope those sorts of players become available for loan as it would suit us perfectly, would also suit the loan clubs as they know we will give them game time as we won't be signing many players you wouldn't have thought.