Leicesterpool Posted 16 March 2015 Posted 16 March 2015 Roy Keane was in the stands at Sunderland on saturday, maybe just nothing perhaps he was a guest of honour like O'Neill was on saturday, however you never know?
EnderbyFox Posted 16 March 2015 Posted 16 March 2015 I'm going to be thoroughly pissed off if they unveil Martin Jol, Jurgen Klinsman or De Boer as their new manager, Bigger club than us, but would have come to the premier league in january with Financial backing from the board... Just sods Law that Martin Jol the only decent manager out of work will end up anywhere but us and probably improve them Where the hell have you pulled Klinsmann/De Boer from? There's no chance of either of them ending up at Sunderland
GingerrrFox Posted 16 March 2015 Posted 16 March 2015 Where the hell have you pulled Klinsmann/De Boer from? There's no chance of either of them ending up at Sunderland The genius that is Lee strikes again. Like Klinsmann is gonna leave his cushy life in Los Angeles to take up the mess that is Sunderland, forget the job for a minute, who in their right mind would think he'd be happy living there? As for De Boer he said he'll see out the season at Ajax and then decide on his future. He will have a host of clubs after him.
AKCJ Posted 16 March 2015 Posted 16 March 2015 I'm going to be thoroughly pissed off if they unveil Martin Jol, Jurgen Klinsman or De Boer as their new manager, Bigger club than us, but would have come to the premier league in january with Financial backing from the board... Just sods Law that Martin Jol the only decent manager out of work will end up anywhere but us and probably improve them *implying that Martin Jol is anything more than a pile of wank*
StanSP Posted 16 March 2015 Posted 16 March 2015 Roy Keane was in the stands at Sunderland on saturday, maybe just nothing perhaps he was a guest of honour like O'Neill was on saturday, however you never know? I thought O'Neill was there watching ROI players in the Hull squad.
Matt Posted 16 March 2015 Posted 16 March 2015 they want Big Sam, the man I want us to get in This, we need to move fast. be interesting to see who they get in? we've still got nige cos there isnt anyone else ! See above. I've only just decided about Allardyce, but i've seen enough with Pearson. I was of the opinion that Pearson was the best man for us next season but i'm questioning that now, he's lost the plot.
Guest MattP Posted 16 March 2015 Posted 16 March 2015 If they want Big Sam there's nothing we are going to be able to do about it.
Dan Posted 16 March 2015 Posted 16 March 2015 If they want Big Sam there's nothing we are going to be able to do about it. Literally amazed at the amount of people touting him as a potential replacement. He's never coming here.
Soar Fox Posted 17 March 2015 Posted 17 March 2015 Literally amazed at the amount of people touting him as a potential replacement. He's never coming here. Depends how many offers (a couple I should imagine) but he's shown before he's willing to drop down to the championship.
Jimothy Posted 17 March 2015 Posted 17 March 2015 They've appointed Advocaat until the end of the season.
LutterworthLCFC Posted 18 March 2015 Posted 18 March 2015 Sick of how everyone thinks Sack the manager = Better results. As if everyone has forgotten Solskjaer, Di Canio, Muelensteen, Magath, Ramsey, Di Canio, Redknapp, Adkins, Connor, Hughes, Dalglish, Keane, Dowie, Coyle and Laws. That's 15 unsuccessful managerial changes since 2010. Adkins was sacked and replaced by potechino, wasn't he?
Harry - LCFC Posted 18 March 2015 Posted 18 March 2015 Depends how many offers (a couple I should imagine) but he's shown before he's willing to drop down to the championship. But that was for a club that weren't really a Championship club. West Ham have the potential to finish high in the PL and win trophies on a regular basis. It wasn't the sort of move you usually think of when someone talks about dropping down a division, which makes it a bit of an iffy comparison in my opinion. I agree with Dan and Matt, people are fantasising in thinking he might come here. He'll have more attractive options than us for sure.
Donut Posted 18 March 2015 Posted 18 March 2015 Sick of how everyone thinks Sack the manager = Better results. As if everyone has forgotten Solskjaer, Di Canio, Muelensteen, Magath, Ramsey, Di Canio, Redknapp, Adkins, Connor, Hughes, Dalglish, Keane, Dowie, Coyle and Laws. That's 15 unsuccessful managerial changes since 2010. To bring this to a Leicester level: Id say in relation to this post, you are quite right, changing the manager will not always result in better results. However, from the list of names that you have given, I think a few of them deserve comment. Di Canio: Not for a second suggesting he is anything other than a basket case, but he came into Sunderland in a position not too dissimilar to the one t.hey are in now, and achieved his primary objective of creating a big impact, a big rejuvenation in a short space of time, which ultimately kept the club up. Clearly, his man management is rubbish, but he did raise interesting points about the mentality and professionalism of the squad, which seems to be true considering the amount of managers immediately before and after him who have struggled to get them to perform. Redknapp: Entered Portsmouth at a time when they were almost certainly going down having been left in a mess by Alain Perrin. He galvanised players and fans alike, and staved off relegation, which was no mean feat. Dalglish: Definitely improved Liverpool in his spell. He took over from Roy Hodgson who had sucked the belief totally out of fans and players alike as they languished in the bottom half of the table, and proceeded to win a cup and guide them into the top half. He also brought Suarez into the club who was a key part of their seasons after and their title push, whilst also shipping out an out of form Torres. Hughes: Galvanised QPR in the short term post Warnock, with good form at Loftus Road towards the end of his first season. Post QPR sacking, he is now doing an excellent job at Stoke. I was writing this on the basis that a good few managers, using their "bounce" CAN achieve their immediate objective of maintaining safety, or a better position in the short term (which is what clubs at the bottom of the league want) but then struggle afterwards, usually when being given money to spend which has been used poorly, or not being able to transition from a "firefighting" style into one of long term growth. Guus Hiddink and Roberto Di Matteo at Chelsea would be good examples of this for me. For Di Matteo, when taking on Chelsea post Villas-Boas, he brought the squad together, without the burden of having to change the squad , he didnt reinvent the wheel, he just got players doing what they could do most effectively, instilled a bit of spirit, and even brought home a champions league. So, to me, rather than a "permanent" appointment at this time of season, someone with a clear brief to come in for a couple of months CAN work, if his brief is purely to inspire what he has for those couple of months, with the board having a long term plan in place for the successor after him, to build the club long term. As regards some of the names, our board are too astute to be letting people like Solskjaer, Meulensteen and Magath loose on the squad, who had questionnable credentials against their name in all cases (no "top level" management experience, unless you class Molde in that category, or Qatari clubs in the case of Meulensteen, and The need for Magath to adapt significantly different methods used in the Bundesliga in a short space of time, rather than keeping things basic). So i do also think it can highlight instances where a change in manager is beneficial, in the right circumstances.
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