Next Manager

[FoxinNotts]

21 minutes ago, Chelmofox said:

This doesn't make sense to me. Ruud hasn't managed us in the lower leagues , and has a relatively promising record in a short period in holland. He took over us when we were in the shite in a situation that was always going to have poor points and poor goal difference. He did this with no transfer funds (apparent from a bargain basement defender) and without being able to employ his own staff. McKenna spent big, and had his well oiled staff with him, and was terrible this calendar year. Proper terrible. Yet, somehow, he is just fine. 

 

For the record, i'd rather we get Rohl (although Rosenior was the one i really wanted). But i can see us getting Rohl anymore, and i think we are in danger of going down a really crap path if we aren't careful. Part of me thinks would rather stick with what we have and give him the right tools.

Here’s a question designed to look at things from a different angle….

If you were say a Middlesbrough fan, looking for your next manager, how happy would you be to be linked with Ruud?

[Dan]

On 14/06/2025 at 16:18, Guest said:

Seems like he ticks too many of the boxes not to be under serious consideration - recent domestic experience, plays the sort of football KP prefer, big enough reputation for him to be on their radar and, perhaps most importantly, out of work

Yep - literally all of this. He's ticks virtually every box for what I think they would go for. I'd have been quite open to Carrick a couple of years ago but too many red flags for me - hint of the Martin without being as irritating or as extreme.

[Guppys Love Child]

22 minutes ago, whoareyaaa said:

Think Dyche was still at Everton so who should we have got that would have kept us up ?

I stand corrected with regards to Dyche's availability when Cooper was sacked, but the reason behind my post was more to quantify my belief that a half decent manager with better tactical awareness, team selections etc. but most importantly more  experience would have done better then RvN and that it wasn't a foregone conclusion of our demise once Cooper was sacked. That was my real intention.

 

My post was more about the better  "attributes" needed and if we had actually found them in a manager, ( I suppose to back up my statment,) and how we could hypothetically have faired better,  then suggesting a name of one.   

 

I think you may have taken my use of Dyches name a little but to literally here my friend.  

 

 

 

 

 

[LCFCCKEANO]

4 hours ago, Old Fox said:

How does DR remind you of Pearson?

 

I am not one of Nigel’s love child’s like many on here but I really don’t get all attraction to DR - what has actually achieved ……personally I would rather get someone who knows how to get out this division the right way via promotion. or someone who has an affinity to the club and certainly not someone who may see us as a stepping stone to bigger things ….

Think he brought a club in disrepair together and gave them a goal that they pushed towards, like Nige

[ClaphamFox]

Just fifteen more sleeps until we might find out something about our managerial situation! Excitement really starting to build now…

Edited 16 June 2025 by ClaphamFox

[teblin]

33 minutes ago, ClaphamFox said:

Just fifteen more sleeps until we might find out something about our managerial situation! Excitement really starting to build now…

Need an manager advent calendar 

[bald reynard]

Carrick has come in, in the betting today - now 4/1 from 7/1. Rohl and Dyche gone slightly out. Probably not significant, but interesting.

[AjcW]

3 hours ago, ClaphamFox said:

Just fifteen more sleeps until we might find out something about our managerial situation! Excitement really starting to build now…

15 you say.... we could relive our 7 and 8 match losing streaks as a build up.... 

[DezFox]

9 minutes ago, bald reynard said:

Carrick has come in, in the betting today - now 4/1 from 7/1. Rohl and Dyche gone slightly out. Probably not significant, but interesting.

Probably just that through ball last night in soccer aid. Rudkin been on the buzzer. 

[daddylonglegs]

Leicester fans since the hiring of Steve Cooper: "I don't think this board could make me any more apathetic about this club if they tried"

Leicester board since relegation: "Hold my beer" 

[AKCJ]

If it's going to be Ruud then just say it. That's what's doing my head in.

 

Assuming the club hasn't actually all gone on holiday (knowing this set of clowns, they probably have), I'm assuming that Rudkin is working with the scouting department to look at potential new signings.

 

But what player is looking at us and thinking corrr yeah i'll have a bit of that? Probably only over the hill wingers that fancy getting £60k a week.

[lcfc sheff]

3 hours ago, teblin said:

Need an manager advent calendar 

here’s day 1

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[richardsfoxes]

Can't believe how quiet it is, not just on the manager front but usually we are being linked with 100s of players we're not even getting that, really weird. 

[suffolk fox]

Just now, richardsfoxes said:

Can't believe how quiet it is, not just on the manager front but usually we are being linked with 100s of players we're not even getting that, really weird. 

As alluded to earlier trying to shift the deadwood will be the problem.  Seriously, we need to get rid of Faes, Christensen, Vestergaard,  Soumare, Winks, De Cordo Reid, Ayew, who would want them?

Thats, the problem.  Nobody will come in  for any of them unless we pay up their contracts.  (which we won't do PSR).  Stuck with them.

[Merchant_Banker]

12 hours ago, FoxinNotts said:

Here’s a question designed to look at things from a different angle….

If you were say a Middlesbrough fan, looking for your next manager, how happy would you be to be linked with Ruud?

Before he joined us I would be over the moon, now I would be devastated.

[Finnegan]

31 minutes ago, AKCJ said:

If it's going to be Ruud then just say it. That's what's doing my head in.

 

Assuming the club hasn't actually all gone on holiday (knowing this set of clowns, they probably have), I'm assuming that Rudkin is working with the scouting department to look at potential new signings.

 

But what player is looking at us and thinking corrr yeah i'll have a bit of that? Probably only over the hill wingers that fancy getting £60k a week.

 

It won't be. If it was they'd have released a statement backing him and we'd be doing business. 

 

It's painfully obvious we're just fully paralysed until 1st July. 

 

Although it is interesting we've not sold anyone either and nor has there been any major movement or rumour around Mads, Bilal etc. 

 

We don't seem panicked about the 24/25 books but we do seem unwilling to spend any more. 

 

[AKCJ]

1 minute ago, Finnegan said:

 

It won't be. If it was they'd have released a statement backing him and we'd be doing business. 

 

It's painfully obvious we're just fully paralysed until 1st July. 

 

Although it is interesting we've not sold anyone either and nor has there been any major movement or rumour around Mads, Bilal etc. 

 

We don't seem panicked about the 24/25 books but we do seem unwilling to spend any more. 

 

If we were desperate then like you said, we'd have pushed Mads and Bilal out the door like we did with KDH.

 

Could we not put him on gardening leave if we wanted to sack him?

[AjcW]

9 minutes ago, Finnegan said:

 

It won't be. If it was they'd have released a statement backing him and we'd be doing business. 

 

It's painfully obvious we're just fully paralysed until 1st July. 

 

Although it is interesting we've not sold anyone either and nor has there been any major movement or rumour around Mads, Bilal etc. 

 

We don't seem panicked about the 24/25 books but we do seem unwilling to spend any more. 

 

I guess outside of the extra FIFA window, today is the first actual day of the transfer window, so might start to see some movement

 

I know people announce before but knowing our lot we might actually be back from holidays today!

[Finnegan]

18 minutes ago, AKCJ said:

Could we not put him on gardening leave if we wanted to sack him?

 

We could but I suspect it's not entirely necessary. There's currently nothing happening, I assume the playing and coaching staff are still on holiday. 

 

There's functionally nothing different between the current situation and him being on gardening leave except the second option involves a lot of attention and noise. 

 

[ClaphamFox]

16 minutes ago, Finnegan said:

 

It won't be. If it was they'd have released a statement backing him and we'd be doing business. 

 

It's painfully obvious we're just fully paralysed until 1st July. 

 

Although it is interesting we've not sold anyone either and nor has there been any major movement or rumour around Mads, Bilal etc. 

 

We don't seem panicked about the 24/25 books but we do seem unwilling to spend any more. 

 

I don't think they'd have released a statement (clubs don't usually release statements to say that a manager is remaining in post). However, I think they'd have leaked it to the media and we'd know about it. So I agree that we're basically paralysed until 1 July. I also agree that we don't appear too anxious about 24/25 accounts. I don't get the impression we'll be forced into a fire sale of key players, but will probably operate on a 'sell before we can buy' basis this summer, which seems sensible. So now there's just the small matter of finding buyers for Faes, Soumare, Kristiansen, etc...

[Finnegan]

12 minutes ago, AjcW said:

I guess outside of the extra FIFA window, today is the first actual day of the transfer window, so might start to see some movement

 

I know people announce before but knowing our lot we might actually be back from holidays today!

 

Yeah but if we had a panicked rush to sell we probably would have used that mini window. 

 

Edited 16 June 2025 by Finnegan

[Finnegan]

Just now, ClaphamFox said:

don't think they'd have released a statement (clubs don't usually release statements to say that a manager is remaining in post)

 

They do it all of the time? Multiple times every season clubs make a statement backing their managers when it's necessary to do so? 

 

If we were sticking with him after relegation there's a very high chance they'd have said so. 

 

[AjcW]

3 minutes ago, Finnegan said:

 

Yeah but if we had a panicked rush to sell we probably would have used that mini window. 

 

I think a big issue was Mads being injured and therefore not solving Chelsea's CWC problem. Very frustrating though as I assume a sale like that would have meant we could move quicker on Ruud.

[moore_94]

19 hours ago, Sankey93 said:

I hope the club are I really do there is some really exciting foreign managers that are available and also getable.

 

Roger Schmidt 

Henrik Rydstrom 

Bo Svensson

Urs Fischer

Brian Priske

Gerhard Struber

Kjetil Knutsen

García Pimienta

 

[LcFc_Smiv]

6 minutes ago, moore_94 said:

 

The bloke is so far off it he will be gone before the end of the season, massive backwards step for Bristol City after Manning.