CosbehFox Posted 27 May 2023 Posted 27 May 2023 If it its Potter, you should take his time at Swansea as a good omen. He only had a season but it was a club completely in turmoil when he arrived. He steadied them up - 10th place finish with a huge turnover in players.
RowlattsFox Posted 27 May 2023 Posted 27 May 2023 If Potter was willing to manage in the championship he would surely have took it originally and at least see if he could keep us up. 1 1
ClaphamFox Posted 27 May 2023 Posted 27 May 2023 3 minutes ago, RowlattsFox said: If Potter was willing to manage in the championship he would surely have took it originally and at least see if he could keep us up. Not necessarily. He was clearly shellshocked by his experience with Chelsea. He looked a broken man. Maybe he genuinely needed a break? 2
whetstonefox Posted 27 May 2023 Posted 27 May 2023 The choice of manager if/when we go down will give an indication of how bad things might be financially. If we end up with say Potter or Rafa I’d feel more confident we are not heading for financial meltdown and actually are determined to rectify what has happened this season.
lcfc sheff Posted 27 May 2023 Posted 27 May 2023 28 minutes ago, RowlattsFox said: If Potter was willing to manage in the championship he would surely have took it originally and at least see if he could keep us up. No probably better he’s on the outside of this collapse and can come in with lots of players gone + can shape the team how he wants. It’ll either go tits up or work wonderfully 2
jayfox26 Posted 27 May 2023 Posted 27 May 2023 I think Potter would consider us so long as the fire within the club can be contained. He's not likely to get a decent Premier league club so his only options would be Palace down and none of them have much money or any real ambition to be anything better than avoiding relegation. With our training ground and if we could get someone like Potter to steady us and rebuild us, we could be back where we were fighting in the top half of the prem in 2 years. We also need to ensure the scouting and medical department is sorted as these areas seem to have been really poor recently in terms of recruitment and injuries respectively. 1
Tommy Fresh Posted 27 May 2023 Posted 27 May 2023 42 minutes ago, RowlattsFox said: If Potter was willing to manage in the championship he would surely have took it originally and at least see if he could keep us up. Imagine how much it would have tarnished his repuatation after the Chelsea debable had he taken us down though 1
jayfox26 Posted 27 May 2023 Posted 27 May 2023 17 minutes ago, Tommy Fresh said: Imagine how much it would have tarnished his repuatation after the Chelsea debable had he taken us down though Exactly this. He probably knew it would be near on impossible to keep us up. The fact we can still stay up going into the final game says more about the standard of the pl than it does about us 1
ClaphamFox Posted 27 May 2023 Posted 27 May 2023 (edited) 39 minutes ago, jayfox26 said: I think Potter would consider us so long as the fire within the club can be contained. He's not likely to get a decent Premier league club so his only options would be Palace down and none of them have much money or any real ambition to be anything better than avoiding relegation. With our training ground and if we could get someone like Potter to steady us and rebuild us, we could be back where we were fighting in the top half of the prem in 2 years. We also need to ensure the scouting and medical department is sorted as these areas seem to have been really poor recently in terms of recruitment and injuries respectively. I’m astonished by how many people seem absolutely convinced that Potter won’t come if we’re relegated. I’ve no doubt that his preference would be for a job this summer at a decent-sized PL club, but it doesn’t look like he’ll get offered one of those unless Spurs’ next four choices all reject them. I don’t think he’ll want to wait until somebody is sacked midway through next season as he’s not an emergency repair manager. After his experience at Chelsea, he’ll likely want to go back to doing what he does best: building a squad and creating a club culture. Yes, he’d probably prefer to do that in the PL, but if that isn’t available I think he might be tempted to do it in the Championship with a club he believes has the potential to be top half of the PL within a few years. Edited 27 May 2023 by ClaphamFox
moore_94 Posted 27 May 2023 Posted 27 May 2023 1 hour ago, RowlattsFox said: If Potter was willing to manage in the championship he would surely have took it originally and at least see if he could keep us up. Nah he said he needed a break after the crap he got put through at Chelsea
sacreblueits442 Posted 27 May 2023 Posted 27 May 2023 1 hour ago, RowlattsFox said: If Potter was willing to manage in the championship he would surely have took it originally and at least see if he could keep us up. ...it was never the right time to have committed himself to a club after what had transpired at Chelsea!!! He would have been emotionally wrung out with the way things had panned out and also the death threats against him, and his family. Anyone in their right mind would have declined the offer. I suspect there is an agreement that should we be looking at the end of the season he would give a serious consideration to the offer, but could not in all honesty take up the position with immediate effect, as it would neither be for the club or his best intrest to do so at the time. 1
Claudio Fannieri Posted 27 May 2023 Posted 27 May 2023 Even if Potter is happy to manage us in the championship, he will have needed a break but also from a reputational aspect the last thing he needed after the Chelsea debacle was a relegation as well. However after a decent break of a couple of months to recharge and regroup, he may feel taking the job at Leicester is the perfect opportunity to get back in to the game and rebuild his reputation, regardless of the division we find ourselves in. 1
SouthStandUpperTier Posted 27 May 2023 Posted 27 May 2023 The question should be - with just two months until the start of the Championship season, and with the player turnover needed just to assemble a squad - who is going to want the job?
Stevosevic Posted 27 May 2023 Posted 27 May 2023 4 hours ago, RowlattsFox said: If Potter was willing to manage in the championship he would surely have took it originally and at least see if he could keep us up. Disagree. He had literally just been sacked. I doubt he wanted to walk in to a job the next day. Whether he wants to manage in that league is a different question though 1
Brainy Posted 27 May 2023 Posted 27 May 2023 4 minutes ago, SouthStandUpperTier said: The question should be - with just two months until the start of the Championship season, and with the player turnover needed just to assemble a squad - who is going to want the job? Watford continue to hire managers. There will be plenty of interest.
The Doctor Posted 27 May 2023 Posted 27 May 2023 7 hours ago, Miquel The Work Geordie said: Alright calm down why do you think I really wanted us to replace Rodgers back in October with Sèrgio Conceição? the chance to be an annoying hipster of course
SouthStandUpperTier Posted 27 May 2023 Posted 27 May 2023 Just now, Stinky said: Watford continue to hire managers. There will be plenty of interest. There will be plenty of interest. But of the requisite quality?
Brainy Posted 27 May 2023 Posted 27 May 2023 1 minute ago, SouthStandUpperTier said: There will be plenty of interest. But of the requisite quality? Yeah sure. Certain types of managers would relish a situation like ours. I'm sure every manager looks at a job with a project but in some cases like Pearson (the return), you have to prepare somewhat for multiple years by clearing the squad of deadwood and bad eggs, and build from there. Here it's just a build from day one with the number of players out of contract and players that will probably want to move on 1
Sambiasso Posted 27 May 2023 Posted 27 May 2023 Thoughts on Matthias Jaissle? Could do with a new poll with Potter, Vieira, Hasenhuttle, Jaissle and Dean Smith as a shortlist
Brainy Posted 27 May 2023 Posted 27 May 2023 5 minutes ago, Sambiasso said: Thoughts on Matthias Jaissle? Could do with a new poll with Potter, Vieira, Hasenhuttle, Jaissle and Dean Smith as a shortlist Is that a hint
Tuna Posted 27 May 2023 Posted 27 May 2023 (edited) 7 minutes ago, Sambiasso said: Thoughts on Matthias Jaissle? Could do with a new poll with Potter, Vieira, Hasenhuttle, Jaissle and Dean Smith as a shortlist Interesting... Edited 27 May 2023 by Tuna
CrispinLA in Texas Posted 27 May 2023 Posted 27 May 2023 8 minutes ago, Sambiasso said: Thoughts on Matthias Jaissle? Could do with a new poll with Potter, Vieira, Hasenhuttle, Jaissle and Dean Smith as a shortlist
Sambiasso Posted 27 May 2023 Posted 27 May 2023 What I've been told it's a shortlist of managers we want, Potter being number 1. We've got it in our head with the Red Bull model, hence the Yankee Doodle Dandy link when Rodgers was sacked. 2
stu Posted 27 May 2023 Posted 27 May 2023 1 hour ago, Sambiasso said: Thoughts on Matthias Jaissle? Could do with a new poll with Potter, Vieira, Hasenhuttle, Jaissle and Dean Smith as a shortlist Other than Smith, I would be happy with any of them. 2
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