The Next Manager Thread - (Summer of 2017)

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His reputation has always been as a defensive coach. Valencia's fans turned on him, if I remember correctly, because they were ultra-defensive away from home, even in matches where they should have been going for the kill.

Would the club really appoint someone who , if as schad is correct , is also of a negative mindset ?
 
Would the club really appoint someone who , if as schad is correct , is also of a negative mindset ?

Honestly don't know. Maybe there's an attacking (or at least aggressively counterattacking?) manager in there waiting to come out, or maybe they don't feel that the lack of goals was the primary cause of unrest.
 
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In simple terms, it is difficult to see how Pellegrino would be an upgrade on Claude:

Claude finished 8th, reached the League Cup final and we scored 41 goals, playing some pretty negative football.

Pellegrino finished 9th, reached the Copa Del Rey final and scored 41 goals, playing some pretty defensive football.

Am I missing anything, but he has only had one season in Spain so difficult to judge.

Good name though.
 
In other manager news, Sunderland were granted permisson to speak to Aberdeen manager Derek McInnes. Derek thought about it, and has decided to remain at Aberdeen where he has `unfinished work`. I don`t know how by many times he could have increased his salary there. A rare moment of class, in an often shabby business where big bucks usually tells.

Well yeah, that plus Sunderland is a car crash of a club.
 
Maybe they don't feel that the lack of goals was the primary cause of unrest.

Not sure how they could have come away with that conclusion.

I'm all for playing as a solid defensive unit personally, I think it's a much underrated quality that went a long way towards securing Chelsea the title last season.

However, without goals for, the tactic falls down a little. A cautious 0-0 at home to Swansea in August and I can already hear our "fans" getting restless.

Maybe we're getting Costa and Hazard as well as a new manager?
 
Not sure how they could have come away with that conclusion.

I'm all for playing as a solid defensive unit personally, I think it's a much underrated quality that went a long way towards securing Chelsea the title last season.

However, without goals for, the tactic falls down a little. A cautious 0-0 at home to Swansea in August and I can already hear our "fans" getting restless.

Maybe we're getting Costa and Hazard as well as a new manager?

Be interesting to work out how many 1-0 results we had under Koeman. Gut feeling is that we had a lot. That and 0-1 results. Then there were a few 4, 5 & 8 goals fest to keep it exciting.
 
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Be interesting to work out how many 1-0 results we had under Koeman. Gut feeling is that we had a lot. That and 0-1 results. Then there were a few 4, 5 & 8 goals fest to keep it exciting.


Absolutely. I said many times when defending Claude, that a lot of the football under Koeman wasn't that great, but there were goals. Take Pelle and Mane out of that side, and we'd have really struggled at times.
 
Go and get Pellegrini.
They spoke to him before taking Puel,if they don't get this appointment right surely their fantastic black box will become nothing but a media joke.
I want Pellegrini!
 
Go and get Pellegrini.
They spoke to him before taking Puel,if they don't get this appointment right surely their fantastic black box will become nothing but a media joke.
I want Pellegrini!
I agree .

All managerial appointments are important , but this one, to me , seems more so . Perhaps the takeover is proving to be a major stumbling block in negotiations ? Who would want to come here, if he thought the new owners would want their own man ? Unless the new owners have already given assurances on that front.
 
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