TJT Posted 29 April 2025 Posted 29 April 2025 1 hour ago, tickler28 said: Ritchie Wellens Would love this also, doing wonders at Orient and the fans would be fully behind him! 1
Foxdiamond Posted 29 April 2025 Posted 29 April 2025 1 hour ago, Parker Pen said: Both Wellens and Challinor are in with a chance of promotion with their respective sides so could find themselves in the Championship due to their efforts this season. Challinor has an impressive 53% win rate. As mentioned in the thread above both Brian Little and Martin O’Neill saw success at Darlington and Wycombe (via Norwich) before joining us so it would be worth considering them both. Michael Appleton and Kevin Nolan are others worth considering from the cheaper options . Appleton has 100% win rate at Leicester from his two matches in charge let’s not forget, and Nolan has been assistant to Moyes and experience of coaching the England under 20’s. Dave Challinor has done very well and certainly served his managerial apprenticeship. Seems hard to think it is 25 years ago since he was the Tranmere man to watch in the 2000 League Cup Final against us 1
atomicfox Posted 29 April 2025 Posted 29 April 2025 Another vote for wellens here . Talks sense , has managed to a budget and his sides play a bit, if we're looking for someone to build the club like Pearson did years back I think he'd be the man. 2
Turtle27 Posted 29 April 2025 Posted 29 April 2025 (edited) Robbie Keane- Not a chance. He was front runner for OH Leuven flew to Belgium as was offered the job only for Top etc to step in last minute and offer it to Chris Coleman. Top didn’t approve and doubt he would for them after that. Edited 29 April 2025 by Turtle27
Guppys Love Child Posted 29 April 2025 Posted 29 April 2025 14 minutes ago, Foxdiamond said: Dave Challinor has done very well and certainly served his managerial apprenticeship. Seems hard to think it is 25 years ago since he was the Tranmere man to watch in the 2000 League Cup Final against us I was at that final too. He was the bloke with the monster throw in all the media and pundits were getting all reved up about. Elliot header from a corner kick, supplied by my "love child father" if memory serves me right.. 1
Popular Post winteriscoming Posted 29 April 2025 Popular Post Posted 29 April 2025 Nothing against Wellens and Challinor but I just think we could do better. They are the sort you go for if you’re in league 1 challenging for promotion or a mid table championship side going nowhere. I do realise that could be us in a few years if we don’t make the right appointment. 5
Popular Post Tielemans63 Posted 29 April 2025 Popular Post Posted 29 April 2025 Been thinking about this a lot and I've come up with this shortlist: - not Russell Martin 7
Happy Fox Posted 29 April 2025 Posted 29 April 2025 Southampton have spoken with Will Still we should be making moves for him but we won’t.. https://footballleagueworld.co.uk/southampton-hold-talks-with-eric-ramsay-and-will-still-over-managerial-vacancy/
Sooper Steve's shin Posted 29 April 2025 Posted 29 April 2025 3 hours ago, inckley fox said: If what you build in the FLC is going to have to be dismantled upon promotion, I wouldn't bother building it in the first place. The idea of having to endure what we've just endured every other season is both awful and unnecessary, but when Maresca built his team around Faes / Vestergard / Ndidi / KDH / Vardy (i.e. what was left of the backbone to the side that had just got us relegated) it wasn't too hard to see that that was where we were headed. One of the great unknowns is what Enzo would have done with us. We can moan about the Board for the last two managerial appointments since Maresca, but we should give them some credit for appointing him - by no means a nailed on success when we brought him in. Rather than “building his team around” those players you mention, he dealt the hand that was played and made a pretty good job of it. You can’t deny his system worked well for the first half or two-thirds of the season before our wobble. We had a team still getting used to it and players still adapting all through last season really, but they all enjoyed it. With a full pre-season and a few signings aligned to his vision, I don’t seriously think we’d have gone into this season with Ndidi as a PL central midfielder in the same role we were forced to play him. We certainly wouldn’t have been forking out for Ayew or Decordova-Reid. I imagine he’d have made much better use of his contacts to get good youngsters and loans than Ruud (who made a big thing of that). And we were miles better at playing our system than Southampton. 2
STUHILL Posted 29 April 2025 Posted 29 April 2025 I think we need someone that has already managed in the Championship. Someone who has a backroom staff ready to go from day 1, and also has a good knowledge of decent players that he has worked with or has had scouted at previous clubs, so we can get our business done early with a lot of outgoings needed. We need a complete rebuild, but a streamlined one, so we don't languish in the Championship for more than a season or two. I think style of play and entertainment factor has to come second for the time being. I suspect it will be Russel Martin as can't see Top going for Dyche, even though he would likely get us promoted. Personally, I think it is too much of a risk going with a Richie Wellens or someone from abroad who hasn't managed in England before. We really have to get promoted at the first or second time of asking, otherwise I can see us being stuck down here for years.
sdb Posted 29 April 2025 Posted 29 April 2025 Southampton are a better run club than us, and are already going through the process. We'll all have to accept that they'll appoint a better manager than us. If we even get rid of the fraud we currently have.
Foxdiamond Posted 29 April 2025 Posted 29 April 2025 11 minutes ago, Sooper Steve's shin said: One of the great unknowns is what Enzo would have done with us. We can moan about the Board for the last two managerial appointments since Maresca, but we should give them some credit for appointing him - by no means a nailed on success when we brought him in. Rather than “building his team around” those players you mention, he dealt the hand that was played and made a pretty good job of it. You can’t deny his system worked well for the first half or two-thirds of the season before our wobble. We had a team still getting used to it and players still adapting all through last season really, but they all enjoyed it. With a full pre-season and a few signings aligned to his vision, I don’t seriously think we’d have gone into this season with Ndidi as a PL central midfielder in the same role we were forced to play him. We certainly wouldn’t have been forking out for Ayew or Decordova-Reid. I imagine he’d have made much better use of his contacts to get good youngsters and loans than Ruud (who made a big thing of that). And we were miles better at playing our system than Southampton. Still annoying that Chelsea went for him and kiboshed us 1
Guppys Love Child Posted 29 April 2025 Posted 29 April 2025 25 minutes ago, Tielemans63 said: Been thinking about this a lot and I've come up with this shortlist: - not Russell Martin I'll second that.... 2
FrankieADZ Posted 29 April 2025 Posted 29 April 2025 19 minutes ago, FrankieADZ said: he aint coming here now on gardening leave, why cant we do that with RVN till july 1st 1 1
Popular Post Silva Fox Posted 29 April 2025 Popular Post Posted 29 April 2025 1 minute ago, FrankieADZ said: now on gardening leave, why cant we do that with RVN till july 1st Maybe RVN hasn't got a garden? 10
winteriscoming Posted 29 April 2025 Posted 29 April 2025 20 minutes ago, sdb said: Southampton are a better run club than us, and are already going through the process. We'll all have to accept that they'll appoint a better manager than us. If we even get rid of the fraud we currently have. Not sure I agree with this when they’ve hired recently Martin, Jones and Juric - who amazingly has a lower win rate than Ruud. We are a complete mess of a club but I don’t think Southampton are miles better run club. Just look on their fans forums what they think of them. 2
Dr The Singh Posted 29 April 2025 Posted 29 April 2025 33 minutes ago, Tielemans63 said: Been thinking about this a lot and I've come up with this shortlist: - not Russell Martin Avram Grant, do?
winteriscoming Posted 29 April 2025 Posted 29 April 2025 12 minutes ago, FrankieADZ said: now on gardening leave, why cant we do that with RVN till july 1st You can just imagine Top asking Rudkin - so gardening leave is an option for us? Rudkin - I don’t know it’s been a while since I watched gardeners world.
Winstonthedog Posted 29 April 2025 Posted 29 April 2025 Here's what will happen ... Top and Rudkin will sit on their hands until anyone decent has been snapped up .... and will end up with someone who nobody else wants and has no idea .... and a squad of useless tw#ts ....
sdb Posted 29 April 2025 Posted 29 April 2025 22 minutes ago, winteriscoming said: Not sure I agree with this when they’ve hired recently Martin, Jones and Juric - who amazingly has a lower win rate than Ruud. We are a complete mess of a club but I don’t think Southampton are miles better run club. Just look on their fans forums what they think of them. Yeah that's a bad run of managers for sure but none of them are worse than RVN
Popular Post kingpowerout Posted 29 April 2025 Popular Post Posted 29 April 2025 (edited) Get it done Rudders you coward! Edited 29 April 2025 by kingpower 8
Tielemans63 Posted 29 April 2025 Posted 29 April 2025 32 minutes ago, Dr The Singh said: Avram Grant, do? 1
winteriscoming Posted 29 April 2025 Posted 29 April 2025 14 minutes ago, sdb said: Yeah that's a bad run of managers for sure but none of them are worse than RVN I don’t think there’s much between the 3 of them Ruud, Martin and Juric must be statistically the worst pl managers.
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