RoboFox Posted 22 February 2017 Posted 22 February 2017 19 hours ago, The_77 said: Wayne Shaw Never mind saving us from relegation, he'd have the balti pies back on the concourses. SHAW IN.
Arriba Los Zorros Posted 22 February 2017 Posted 22 February 2017 Only names we should be looking at are Monk, Rowett, Dyche, and Pearson IMO
JamesWelshFox Posted 22 February 2017 Posted 22 February 2017 Ryan Giggs for me. His reputation as a player demands respect, he has learnt from the best, he has a hard as nails personality (historically always the sort of character that gets the best out of City), he really wants his first manager job and has plenty to prove. Give him a long term contract and tell him to get on with building a dynasty.
Devonfox1884 Posted 22 February 2017 Posted 22 February 2017 52 minutes ago, Arriba Los Zorros said: Only names we should be looking at are Monk, Rowett, Dyche, and Pearson IMO Agreed, aside from Dyche. Don't get me wrong, he's a good manager, but I can't stand the man.
bald reynard Posted 22 February 2017 Posted 22 February 2017 56 minutes ago, Arriba Los Zorros said: Only names we should be looking at are Monk, Rowett, Dyche, and Pearson IMO From those, only Rowett has any merit. Pearson (again !) would be a disaster waiting to happen (again !). People forget that Monk was sacked just a few months ago, 'cos he couldn't hack it in the Premier League - and has hardly done wonders for Leeds. Dyche is just a gravel-voiced 'bit player' - who will be constantly shuffling teams backwards and forwards between the Championship and the Premier League. For me, Rowett - if we're in the Championship next year - ie the owners decide to stick with Claudio until the end of the season. Mancini - if they decide to shift CR now / soon, or if they stick with him and we stay up.
surrifox Posted 22 February 2017 Posted 22 February 2017 54 minutes ago, Arriba Los Zorros said: Only names we should be looking at are Monk, Rowett, Dyche, and Pearson IMO Seriously ? Almost makes me hark back to the good old days when we had to select from a list which included Dowie Curbishley Warnock Holloway or Reid
Arriba Los Zorros Posted 22 February 2017 Posted 22 February 2017 23 minutes ago, surrifox said: Seriously ? Almost makes me hark back to the good old days when we had to select from a list which included Dowie Curbishley Warnock Holloway or Reid Come on you can't be serious! All 5 of those names fill me with utter dread! 27 minutes ago, bald reynard said: From those, only Rowett has any merit. Pearson (again !) would be a disaster waiting to happen (again !). People forget that Monk was sacked just a few months ago, 'cos he couldn't hack it in the Premier League - and has hardly done wonders for Leeds. Dyche is just a gravel-voiced 'bit player' - who will be constantly shuffling teams backwards and forwards between the Championship and the Premier League. For me, Rowett - if we're in the Championship next year - ie the owners decide to stick with Claudio until the end of the season. Mancini - if they decide to shift CR now / soon, or if they stick with him and we stay up. Bit harsh on Monk IMO, Swansea have gone hugely backwards since he was unfairly sacked and he has done well at Leeds - they've gone from hovering in lower-mid table to the playoffs under him
turtmcfly Posted 22 February 2017 Posted 22 February 2017 1 hour ago, JamesWelshFox said: Ryan Giggs for me. His reputation as a player demands respect, he has learnt from the best, he has a hard as nails personality (historically always the sort of character that gets the best out of City), he really wants his first manager job and has plenty to prove. Give him a long term contract and tell him to get on with building a dynasty. I can't think of a single good manager who is dense/slow-witted. I can think of a player who certainly seems to be.
seenitall Posted 22 February 2017 Posted 22 February 2017 On 19/02/2017 at 18:25, Raw Dykes said: Go on. Tell us. What is it that makes you hate Pearson so much? Albrighton wasn't in the team for a long time after he first joined, so do you know that was the reason, or is it guess work? Vardy and Drinkwater were in terrible form at that time, much like they are now. I thought it was common knowledge how much he and his staff did behind the scenes. Never heard or read anyone question that before. That's new to me. Pearson is one of the greatest managers we've ever had. He improved us every single season he was here, if I'm not mistaken, and he was here a long time, as far as manager stints go. From our lowest ebb in the third tier to Championship play-offs in shortest time possible in first stint. Then from Championship mid-table to 14th in PL in second stint. How can you possibly hate him? I'll never understand it, especially after seeing how much you admired Sven for doing the square root of fvck all here, and how you're sticking up for Ranieri as he tanks us now. Can't you see that we were an extremely well-run club, and that now we're an absolute shambles? Doesn't that tell you anything at all? Where to start - Albrighton was playing but after his Mrs commented he was dropped for weeks - this is childish behaviour. With all his wonder powers he was unable to get players like DD and Vardy into any kind of form - yet a short while after this they were top of the league. He may be one of the greatest managers we have ever had but only really at the second tier of the game - he pales next to Claudio, O' Neill or Bloomfield but is top of the pops (possibly) in the Megson/Little/Adams/Holloway/Pleat category - whoopie doo. He is dislikable as a person which shouldn't matter but somehow does because he made us a laughing stock....not for me No point bringing Sven in - he did an amazing job of keeping us up after the Sousa disaster and got sacked for a lot less than either Pearson or Claudio have done as per a bad run ...I am sure the club is still being run well and what we are seeing is something similar to that which happened at Chelsea last year - to quote Pearson - its fine margins so I don't want the baby out with the bathwater - ambition wise, if we do part with Claudio we should be getting someone capable of pushing for at least top 6 and not some bloke who couldn't win a game with Derby in Div 2 (who notably improved under Steve McLaren FFS!!!!)
sly1 Posted 22 February 2017 Posted 22 February 2017 There's no one out there What about the Huddersfield manger doing quite alright there in the championship.
Wymsey Posted 22 February 2017 Posted 22 February 2017 Just hope this thread is one that won't appear much for the rest of the season. Genuinely believe things will get better, but it's already tough with Sevilla and Liverpool as the next two components. Sure the owners have understood Ranieri's thoughts and team intentions from now on.
Ric Flair Posted 22 February 2017 Posted 22 February 2017 Heavy defeat tonight and surely he is gone. Massive game all round. A big defeat and a lot of our players will never ever play on such a stage again.
sylofox Posted 22 February 2017 Posted 22 February 2017 2 hours ago, JamesWelshFox said: Ryan Giggs for me. His reputation as a player demands respect, he has learnt from the best, he has a hard as nails personality (historically always the sort of character that gets the best out of City), he really wants his first manager job and has plenty to prove. Give him a long term contract and tell him to get on with building a dynasty. Yeah he deserves all the respect he gets. I would listen to him everyday. After all anyone that can fvck his own brothers wife should be respected.
Raw Dykes Posted 22 February 2017 Posted 22 February 2017 16 minutes ago, seenitall said: Where to start - Albrighton was playing but after his Mrs commented he was dropped for weeks - this is childish behaviour. With all his wonder powers he was unable to get players like DD and Vardy into any kind of form - yet a short while after this they were top of the league. He may be one of the greatest managers we have ever had but only really at the second tier of the game - he pales next to Claudio, O' Neill or Bloomfield but is top of the pops (possibly) in the Megson/Little/Adams/Holloway/Pleat category - whoopie doo. He is dislikable as a person which shouldn't matter but somehow does because he made us a laughing stock....not for me No point bringing Sven in - he did an amazing job of keeping us up after the Sousa disaster and got sacked for a lot less than either Pearson or Claudio have done as per a bad run ...I am sure the club is still being run well and what we are seeing is something similar to that which happened at Chelsea last year - to quote Pearson - its fine margins so I don't want the baby out with the bathwater - ambition wise, if we do part with Claudio we should be getting someone capable of pushing for at least top 6 and not some bloke who couldn't win a game with Derby in Div 2 (who notably improved under Steve McLaren FFS!!!!) I can't really comment on Albrighton. All I remember is that it took a long time for him to be a regular in the side. DD and Vardy were in good form the season we were promoted, so how do you explain that? Well, Pearson didn't get much of a chance to manage us in the top flight, so it's not a useful barometer. Pearson rescued us from the 3rd tier in style, and left us in a respectable 14th place in the PL, which is very good for a newly-promoted side. The side he built then won the title. I don't want to take any credit away from CR. I'm of the opinion that no other person in the world could have won us the title last season. He may be the best manager there is for keeping a good team ticking over. However, he did say he changed nothing when he arrived. He didn't need to. He's said this season he wouldn't change the formation when the players didn't want it, as well, incidentally, so how much control over the team does he actually even have? Now that CR has had some time to put his stamp on the team, we're dropping like a stone. The champs are about to be relegated without even putting up a fight. If we're judging by who made us the bigger laughing stock, then Claudio takes the biscuit. No trouble. I couldn't care less how good a manager is at press conferences, interviews, etc., or what they are like as a person. If it doesn't affect results, I don't care. Besides, I think a lot of people are sick of hearing the same old thing from Ranieri after each weekly sorry defeat. Re: Sven - "amazing" is very flattering. He did okay in his first season. That was a Championship play-off side that Sousa had tried to do too much, too soon with. Then we were loaded with PL loanees, and were within touching distance of the play-offs with plenty of time to spare, so an argument could be made that Sven messed up. The second season was rubbish considering how much was spent. He was sacked because we were underperforming. We'd spent a lot on a team that was already good enough for a promotion push, and we were nowhere near challenging. What makes you sure that we are run well? I'm not sure at all. The evidence to the contrary is on the pitch and league table. That's a fair point about Pearson at Derby, but it happens. Clough at Leeds, Ranieri at Greece. etc.
TrentFox Posted 22 February 2017 Posted 22 February 2017 1 hour ago, Ric Flair said: Heavy defeat tonight and surely he is gone. Massive game all round. A big defeat and a lot of our players will never ever play on such a stage again. Apart from the second leg?
ROB-THE-BLUE Posted 22 February 2017 Posted 22 February 2017 52 minutes ago, TrentFox said: Apart from the second leg? To be fair, if we get hammered tonight and the second leg is a dead rubber, might he be tempted to drop some of them to rest for the following league game?
TrentFox Posted 22 February 2017 Posted 22 February 2017 3 minutes ago, ROB-THE-BLUE said: To be fair, if we get hammered tonight and the second leg is a dead rubber, might he be tempted to drop some of them to rest for the following league game? To be equally fair, if that is so then hopefully he won't be making that decision.
dpjfox Posted 22 February 2017 Posted 22 February 2017 Cambiasso for me, after failed attempts for Sevilla and Monaco managers
Shaggy Posted 22 February 2017 Posted 22 February 2017 2 hours ago, sly1 said: There's no one out there What about the Huddersfield manger doing quite alright there in the championship. Better than the others mentioned
Bunyip Posted 22 February 2017 Posted 22 February 2017 On 18/02/2017 at 22:23, Tuna said: To be fair we were all laughing at the idea of Claudio back in 2015! To be fair we're not laughing at the idea of him being manager at the present either are we ?
Ric Flair Posted 22 February 2017 Posted 22 February 2017 1 hour ago, TrentFox said: Apart from the second leg? I suspect the fringe players would get a run out if it's 6 or 7-0 like I think it will be.
Jazzy_Jeff Posted 22 February 2017 Posted 22 February 2017 Brendan Rodgers for me. Might be tempted once he's won the SPL by a landslide and knows he'll never better it. Rowett if we go down.
surrifox Posted 22 February 2017 Posted 22 February 2017 2 hours ago, sylofox said: Yeah he deserves all the respect he gets. I would listen to him everyday. After all anyone that can fvck his own brothers wife should be respected. And conspiring with his old playing mates to undermine the club manager to enhance his chances of getting the main job ( which is why mourino fecked him out of it sharpish) just what the club needs as a rallying point
Outfox the Fox Posted 22 February 2017 Posted 22 February 2017 Just now, Jazzy_Jeff said: Brendan Rodgers for me. Might be tempted once he's won the SPL by a landslide and knows he'll never better it. Rowett if we go down. Mancini, if we get rid of Ranieri now, or in the Summer, if we manage to stay up. I agree, Rowett if we go down.
Stadt Posted 22 February 2017 Posted 22 February 2017 Ryan Giggs ! There's been a lot of awful shouts but that's up there with the worst. I'd be surprised if Wagner or Monk would leave their cubs to join us, they've both been fantastic this season and they're loved by the fans. There's no way we could tempt Nagelsmann, he's probably the best young manager in the world and his next job will be at one of Europe's biggest clubs. Again I'm not sure the likes of Dardai or Kovac would come here either - the only way we could tempt a manager is by throwing a shitload of money at them and they're not the sort of manager we need.
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