Manager for the Championship rebuild - who do you want?

[Muzzy_Larsson]

12 minutes ago, splinterdream said:

The joke has been said, we do like a poundshop version

 

Maguire - Souttar 

Mahrez - Ghezzal

Kante - Mendy

 

and now we have poundshop Pep, yes he'll look sexy in the dugout, we can pretend we're Napoli or Inter, all i can say is i hope we get a couple of dynamite loans because this guy has no experience, to go from dossing about with De Bruyne and Haarland to Cairney and Yates.

He may be attractive to some thinking of leaving though but I hope we have a decent way to get rid if we bomb

Well that's cheered me right up so it has

[HankMarvin]

16 minutes ago, Ric Flair said:

This will be very interesting. As somebody else has mentioned, Pearson surrounded himself with staff that turned out to be incredibly good in their field.

 

It can't be easy getting this right at the start of your managerial career and I suspect lessons are learned on the way but he's worked with some pretty influential managers and coaches in the past.

 

One who I think might be involved is: Nicola Caccia. Worked with him at Sevilla under Montella and is currently out of work, has a pretty good level of experience at some big clubs over the years.

Who was his assistant when he won the under 23 title?

edit

Danny walker 

Edited 15 June 2023 by HankMarvin

[Molson Canadian]

 

[RowlattsFox]

There is definitely a potential for sacked by Christmas with him. Would be interesting to know if we targeted him for an interview or he applied. 

[Jacnah]

1 minute ago, RowlattsFox said:

There is definitely a potential for sacked by Christmas with him. Would be interesting to know if we targeted him for an interview or he applied. 

or potential to be brilliant and just what we need

 

[Babylon]

He has to be given time and money, this isn’t going to be a miracle appointment. Pep took a while and an almost complete overhaul of players at Man City, and Arsenal took a while to get going under Arteta and spent spent good money on good players.

 

Perhaps a pointer to the fact we are going to go for it and spend a bit of cash. 

[Harpenden Fox]

3 minutes ago, RowlattsFox said:

There is definitely a potential for sacked by Christmas with him. Would be interesting to know if we targeted him for an interview or he applied. 

you could literally say this about anyone we appoint. None of us have a Scooby how the future will unfold

[Guest Mee-9]

Anyone else currently shaving their heads and dying their beards grey? 

[brookfox]

3 minutes ago, RowlattsFox said:

There is definitely a potential for sacked by Christmas with him. Would be interesting to know if we targeted him for an interview or he applied. 

I just assumed he'd seen the job ad in the classified section of the Leicester Mercury.

[Claudio Fannieri]

22 minutes ago, GingerrrFox said:

 

I’d fancy Jakub Stolarczyk to be in goal for us next season. His distribution is miles ahead of Iversen’s and unlike Ward he can actually keep the ball out of the net.

Good shout, I wouldn’t be at all shocked to see Ward and Iversen moved on with Stolarczyk promoted and another keeper being signed. 
 

Whilst Iversen is an excellent shot stopper, there are question marks over both his distribution and lack of commanding his area. 

[Solihullfox]

3 minutes ago, Mee-9 said:

Anyone else currently shaving their heads and dying their beards grey? 

I’m not but I’ve persuaded the wife to join in

[gw_leics772]

45 minutes ago, coolhandfox said:

I'd hate to finish second.

I'd rather be relega........ 

[Lineker's Left Foot]

So in a nutshell is this basically a done deal?

[Daggers]

8 hours ago, Ricey said:

That Athletic article might as well say “Graham, this is your last chance…”

 

7 hours ago, indierich06 said:

Haha - it does pretty much feel like they're waiting to see if they can convince him...

 

[sm1]

20 minutes ago, MPH said:

I’d take second in the prem.

Or even the championship. 

[jonthefox]

7 minutes ago, Mee-9 said:

Anyone else currently shaving their heads and dying their beards grey? 

You mean I’m in fashion at the moment 😎

[StriderHiryu]

11 minutes ago, Babylon said:

He has to be given time and money, this isn’t going to be a miracle appointment. Pep took a while and an almost complete overhaul of players at Man City, and Arsenal took a while to get going under Arteta and spent spent good money on good players.

 

Perhaps a pointer to the fact we are going to go for it and spend a bit of cash. 

This is important and it could become some kind of crossroads for us.

 

What happens if we make it to the playoffs but lose, missing out on both automatic and playoff promotion. But, we are playing great stuff and the progress in the team is clear to see? I'd like to think we would keep him, even if the season could be considered a failure. "Trust the process" and all that.

 

If we got Parker or Smith in, I think we might well have got promoted, but I don't think we'd be setup well for a return to the top flight. It's hard to find players the quality of Tielemans, Maddison and Barnes without getting a bit lucky in the market. You need to develop those players first. That's why Maresca or McKenna were the standout candidates to me, because I think they would play a style that would make us competitive IF we get back to the top flight, using this season as the ultimate testing ground and practice for it. Look at Fulham who took their style from the Championship into the Premier League and did really well with it.

 

This appointment definitely carries risk with it, let's not delude ourselves here. But the upside and potential is huge, and that's why personally I am very excited for this appointment.

 

 

Edited 15 June 2023 by StriderHiryu

[Libertine]

22 minutes ago, Mee-9 said:

Anyone else currently shaving their heads and dying their beards grey? 

All this coming right after I just paid a crisp £5er for ‘the Deano’ cut. Fml.

Edited 15 June 2023 by Libertine

[Lambert09]

2 hours ago, Patrick said:

Said that he behaved more like a member of the coaching staff than a teammate or something along those lines.

Not a bad thing to read before become a member of the coaching staff 

[Brainy]

13 minutes ago, Mee-9 said:

Anyone else currently shaving their heads and dying their beards grey? 

No but I'll be disappointed if I'm the only one to have a name change in anticipation of the arrival of baldilocks

[Super_horns]

You might get the 2 lads from Man City on loan Sheff United had last season and they were pretty decent. 

[lcfceed]

Enzo is 1.05 on the Exchange, thats 1/20, could well be announced by the end of the day.

[Lambert09]

1 hour ago, AjcW said:

Really intrigued to know whether the Man City influx at Southampton was done by Glover or by his replacement who came from City group. 

Very good point. You have to wonder if Glover has a strong personal relationship with Enzo, im sure he must have had discussions with him about the under 21 squad. Wouldnt be too surprising if he put in a good word for him. 

[gurru991]

7 hours ago, Mendi said:

Poor choice by club if its him.

Whoever they choose, someone on here will say it's a poor choice ! Of course there is no valid reason listed !!

[LinekersLugs]

MARESCA Is such a Rudkin move, no form, sacked at his one and only job as manager yet seems to be the man to save this club from drowning is a TOP toxic stench …. I want to be be positive but reality is this is just gambling and saving money