Ric Flair

Can see us going after Harry Amass from Man Utd in January.

Do not be surprised if this isn't announced until after the Brentford game.

Not sure but the media weren't expecting it today and think tomorrow more likely (not sure if that's changed)

Was told this morning it's unlikely this will be announced today. Knowing us it'll rumble on a few days.

Didn't someone on here mention Darren Fletcher?

Whilst I can see why some fans take this view, there surely has to be the possibility that vastly talented coaches/managers at the start of their career have something about them that convinces clubs to take the high risk high reward chance. It was as clear as day after just a year or so of Arne Slot at AZ Alkmaar how good he was going to be (I called it) and likewise Xabi Alonso (I called it) from the glowing praise he got by all and sundry when he started out at Sociedad's B team. Whilst for every Slot and Alonso there's a Gerrard and Lampard, there's also clubs like us giving perceived proven managers a go who've an armpit full of failures and seemingly so stubborn to utilise the exact same methods that got them the sack previously too. It's a risk but I prefer these types (Enzo) than going for someone like Moyes or dare I say it even Potter who I can't bare.

I'm on the Ruud Van Guinnesstelrooy's as we spaaaake

Let's hope for no last minute surprises but I'm very happy with this. It's a bit of a risk but I think he's got something about him as coach from what I've seen.

Anyone else find that statement odd? Why would the players be specifically told that unless it was in the round of informing them who the new manager was likely to be?

I get why fans want a more proven manager, but what you also get with a proven manager is a catalogue of failures (unless you're a very attractive proposition) and repeat pattern behaviour of sticking with the same principles that got them the sack before. But going for a manager with minimal 1st team managerial experience is a punt that you're relying on high reward from high risk. The rewards though can be massive and as fans it's unlikely we truly know whether such a manager is destined to do so, where as a robust recruitment process from an effective sporting director and board should be able to tap in to that. There's plenty of examples either way of such appointments that go astonishingly well and utterly wrong but I see precious little evidence of better success rate going for the types of proven manager we could attract.

By that metric when Alonso went to Leverkusen it was like them having Lampard an'all.

I looked at him last season as his numbers were insane. Think the consensus is he's got a few imitations such as a lack of pace that might prevent him playing at the very highest level. I'll look again.

He's the antidote to my drivel

In my top 5 best moments on BSLB. @GLC 😂😂😂😂😂😂

Also worth pointing out, he's been a coach for over 10 years. This is not a bloke who on the back of an extremely successful playing career has gone straight in to management at the highest level and is a complete unknown. He's been selected as assistant twice for the Dutch national team under Hiddink and Koeman and Ten Hag must have been ecstatic when he agreed to go to Utd last summer given his output as PSV manager is not to be sniffed at. He's a risk of course, we're looking at a scenario where we opt for a manager who progresses exponentially ala Alonso or at least Maresca to a lesser degree. But I like that idea over a perceived safe pair of hands which is comparable to the myth of Premier League experience as a player that often is no more of a guarantee of success and usually very costly in comparison.

Similar to Schmidt's the year before in winning their FA Cup and Charity Shield. Same league position but Schmidt did get 5 more points. RvN was fortunate to have Simons for a year but was mugged off with them selling Gakpo and Madueke and not appropriately replacing them. I think there's enough there to take a chance on him.

Recorded it tonight mate, will soon be up

I wanted RvN or Corberan in the summer and it seems we were briefly interested in both but for some reason didn't go for them. Now we want them? Infuriating that we've wasted nearly a third of the season and brought players in neither may have wanted. Very very odd.

Be interesting to see Teddy Sharman-Lowe's career. Came up through our academy before he went to Burton. Now on loan at Doncaster from Chelsea.

Matias Almeyda Urs Fischer I'd love Sergio Conceicao or Niko Kovac but highly doubt either would come. Also very intrigued by what Jimmy Thelin is doing with Aberdeen.

Caveated surely by my numerous exceptional suggestions. I championed Arne Slot since circa 2020 an'all.....

Give it Gemma Collins till the end of the season.

Based on his work at PSV in their academy/reserve side and then getting them in a position to win 2 trophies before he left and then they went on to win the league the following season. It's underrated and probably why we'd be in with a chance of getting him. The sort of high risk high reward scenario. He's in my top three.

There's actually a very good selection of managers out of work currently.

We spoke to him in the summer didn't we? What he did at PSV should not be underestimated. A club like us is trying to get an extremely talented manager at the start of their careers who can quickly get results and possibly over achieve. It's the logical route if you are willing to take risks.