Our Next Manager

[Jabfox]

If I was a betting man my money would be on Rafa. 

[ARTY_FOX]

Rafa is such a sad appointment. Also suggests to me the club aren't actually confident of survival at all. 

 

It's a 'bring us back up' appointment imo. 

Edited 3 April 2023 by ARTY_FOX

[Ricey]

It'll be Rafa because he's managed Real and Liverpool, in the same way it was Sousa because he played for Inter and Juve, or Sven because he'd managed Lazio and England, or Ranieri because he'd managed...well pretty much everyone.

 

That's as far as the thinking goes.

[TrickyTrevLeftPeg]

Just heard it's Sven 

Edited 3 April 2023 by TrickyTrevLeftPeg

[Lambert09]

2 minutes ago, 21st Century Fox said:

If there's one thing the club are actually good at, it seems to be smokescreens. They've managed it with transfers on numerous occasions to pull off a left-field signing. I get the feeling the Rafa noise is just that.

yes but there’s no reason to smokescreen for a manager. They don’t just do it to be rascals 😂

[Sharpe's Fox]

Staying at the Holiday Inn and just took this outside the ground

 

Edited 3 April 2023 by Sharpe's Fox

[Dan]

I think Benitez would keep us up but it would be very uninspiring / unimaginative.

[mozartfox]

21 hours ago, NewEnglandFox said:

Some relegation specialist on a 10 game contract.

We just fired one ffs

[BenTheFox]

9 minutes ago, Dan LCFC said:

Said it on here a million times while Rodgers claimed the opposite, managers will want to come here, it's a good job on paper. Everything Rodgers said was to frame it in the wrong way. A rebuild etc... might be viewed as an opportunity by a potential manager rather than a hindrance.

 

There will be decent managers who fancy this job. This league is where all the best coaches want to come to now.

The positive spin I have on it is if someone thinks that they can get us back on track, it could be a good job for them. Obviously the current predicament is scary. 

[21st Century Fox]

Just now, Lambert09 said:

yes but there’s no reason to smokescreen for a manager. They don’t just do it to be rascals 😂

They do if other clubs like Palace are also looking for a long-term manager at the same time.

[Guy]

If it's not going to be Rafa short term and then Potter to succeed him in the summer then I'll eat my hat! - but as others have said then Rafa may only want to come here if he's offered an 18 months-three years long contract! Not sure if anybody here wants that, I know i don't! - but he did well with little-no money at Newcastle. However that was then, this is now - and he was a disaster at Everton when in that same scenario of course. 

Edited 3 April 2023 by Guy

[TeaMen Tom]

16 minutes ago, Sambiasso said:

Long term, Club confident we will stay up.

If the board is confident they'll stay up, they are living in a dreamland. 

[Happy Fox]

I reckon it’s Pochettino

[mozartfox]

4 minutes ago, kingkisnorbo said:

Yeah it's Rafa ain't it. 

I hope not.  I would rather give Filbert the Job.  

[Fear Of The Fox]

3 minutes ago, TrickyTrevLeftPeg said:

Just heard it's Sven 

Sven the reindeer from the animated film? Not bad. Better than Eriksson and Benitez. 

[mod hero]

1 minute ago, Happy Fox said:

I reckon it’s Pochettino

I’m horny

[ARTY_FOX]

1 minute ago, Happy Fox said:

I reckon it’s Pochettino

I think you're mental, but would be sensational.

[FoxinNotts]

1 minute ago, Guy said:

If it's not going to be Rafa short term and then Potter to succeed him in the summer then I'll eat my hat! - but as others have said then Rafa may only want to come here if he's offered an 18 months-three years long contract! Not sure if anybody here wants that, I know i don't! - but he did well with little-no money at Newcastle. However that was then, this is now - and he was a disaster at Everton when in that same scenario of course. 

I think he actually started well at Everton (hoping someone could confirm the stats?) I think he was unbeaten in his first 4? I remember thinking he turned Demarai Gray into a world beater in his first few games, and inspired cheap transfer!

[Deeg67]

Just now, ARTY_FOX said:

I think you're mental, but would be sensational.

Both those are understatements.

[Blueman1967]

Get Potter the best choice, and don't leave it too long.

[Finnegan]

Unpopular opinion but I'd take Rafa Benitez on a short-term deal* over taking Potter now.

 

Neither Everton nor Newcastle had squads with the actual creativity and goal scoring potential that we have, in fact the squad he had at Newcastle might well have been one of the worst attacking teams put together in the Premier League. For context, Ayoze Perez was his best forward.

 

He's got an extremely good track record for smart tactics and, in particular, setting up teams for one-off games both tactically and in terms of inspiring/motivating. Given we've essentially got five or six cup finals to play in our remaining league games, I can see some value in that.

 

He's got a better track record in making a team hard to beat and stabilising them defensively than Potter and that's largely what we need now, not to mention Potter would be coming in fresh after 6 months from hell.

 

 

The * is that if we sign Benitez on anything more than a til-the-end-of-the-season deal then I'd probably throw myself off the Shard before the end of the day. I absolutely would not advocate for him to be our long term replacement to Rodgers and if we seriously think he's the answer then, yes, I am actually done with the current board. I don't understand how anyone could see his tenure at Everton and Newcastle and see that he's the way forward. Given I don't really think it would be that difficult to tempt someone in the Potter, Frank, Silva class to come here in the summer and none of them require much imagination it really isn't much of a stretch to think we could do a lot better than Rafa.

 

Edited 3 April 2023 by Finnegan

[Sharpe's Fox]

2 minutes ago, mozartfox said:

I hope not.  I would rather give Filbert the Job.  

Job swap with Filbert. Hire Rafa for the new mascot

 

[st albans fox]

The only time I can recall Benitez  taking an interim role was when he filled in at chelsea 

 

we aren’t chelsea 

 

he took over at Newcastle in 2016 at a similar time and failed to keep them up 

 

HE IS NOT COMING HERE TO BE A FIRE FIGHTER 

 

hopefully the players will respond to him given his stature and experience - he wants a project and we seriously are a project !! 

 

 

[BenTheFox]

1 minute ago, Guy said:

If it's not going to be Rafa short term and then Potter to succeed him in thesummer then I'll eat my hat! - but as others have said then Rafa may only want to come here if he's offered an 18 months-three years long contract! Not suere if anybody here wants that but he did well with little-no moeny at Newcastle. However that was then, this is now - and he was a disaster at Everton when in that same scenario of course. 

I don't completely dismiss what happened at Everton, but I do think there's a need to contextualise it. Everton fans were very vocal and pro-active about not appointing him. He got off to a decent start and lost DCL to injury, who was trying to build everything around. The biggest thing though is that he was only a couple of bad results away from things turning really toxic given his history. That background doesn't exist here. I'm not excited by the prospect, but maybe just maybe he might be enough? 

[Dahnsouff]

Sorry, why would Pochettino be good? Could use some helpful data to buy into this!