Don't think Coyle is of suitable calibre tbh, no European experience either. MON did well with Celtic, got Villa going, then blew it badly. No, Ancellotti would be my only choice of those named here. Depends where we are in the table when it happens, if we're in a strong CL place, who knows, if we're well adrift, we'll be lucky to get Hughes!
How about Roberto Martinez? He gets some good players in at Wigan, with abit of money I reckon he could do a good job for us. I have heard that Mark Hughes left Fulham for us, when Harry goes but I dont believe it.
Martinez has done a decent job at Wigan and he's got them playing some decent football, but it's a little early for him, I feel. Why would Hughes effectively quit a year early? Wouldn't he have just agreed to a one year extension?
Thats what I thought. But when he left I was told that apparently there was a piece in his contract, that meant Fulham could put him on gardening leave for a year if he resigns.
Redknapp had over-performed with a number of clubs, Lidls. He had a lot of Premier League experience. Hughton doesn't. If you're going to replace Ferguson with someone with a similar CV, then you might be looking for some time. Mourinho would come close, but who else?
Isn't this the route germany went down when they hired Klinsmann? He was the motivator and figure head and he had a load of advisors (one of which was Loew?) to help him with tactics. Shows it can work.
No he's not. He's had barely half a season managing a top flight team. He achieved no less than he should have at Newcastle and at Tottenham he was a part of several failed regimes at Spurs. We don't want a cheap manager to take a punt on, we want a proven succesful manager.
Benitez would be a disaster but a possibility. He is waiting for a top 6 team managers position to come available. Left Liverpool in a total mess with some absolutely ridiculous signings, tinkerings and shambolically managed football. I dont think Pulis understands how football should be played, especially at the lane. As for Moyes, I would be concerned by anyone who thinks Beckford is a premier league player. They both may be as mad as a balloons but Hoddle or O'Neill for me.
I don't think that Moyes had a lot of choice, to be fair. He was signed for nothing and sold for £2.5m, too. That's nearly as much as Everton's yearly deal with Chang.
If we "have" to bring in a manager with Premier League experience, Ancelotti is the best choice - but also quite unlikely, because we don't have the capacity to give him the sort of backing he expects, given his CV has Parma (back when Parmalat were pumping money into the club), Juve, Milan and Chelsea. Hiddink is a pipe dream. The main drawback with MO'N is that his teams tend to play rather drab football, which goes against what Spurs fans expect, and then there was the way Villa always switched off in mid-March under his stewardship when it became obvious they weren't going to win anything that season. Benitez would be an utter disaster, simply because he's a manager that prioritises a system over the players, but rather than use players that fit the system he tries to pound square pegs into round holes to make it work - which it doesn't. The volume of distinctly average players he brought into Liverpool on above average wages is also damning. Allardyce? No! I'm not sure about Coyle - whilst Bolton play better than the sum of their parts, they aren't as consistant as they should be. If we put in a performance like their supine performance against MUPLC last weekend, the manager wouldn't last the walk down the tunnel at the end of the game. On the subject of Moyes, he's good at rousing a backs to the wall performance out of Everton and they can play good stuff when they want to, but on the other hand what you have to say about Everton is their defence is solid, their midfield can win games (even if Bilyaletdinov has decided to emulate Arshavin's habit of being a passenger in their midfield), but he's never got a striker to play above themselves, and he seems to give up on players rather than kick them up the backside - notably Joseph Yobo. In other words, that sounds a lot like our squad last season, albeit a more solid defence and even less reliable attack.
Moyes has had virtually no money to work with though, Croydon. I know I've said it before, but with a negative transfer budget and a wage bill that's less than half of Arsenal's, he's done well to avoid battling relegation. That his last 7 finishes have been 4th, 11th, 6th, 5th, 5th, 8th and 7th is extremely impressive. The main questions that I have about Moyes are whether he can get a side playing good football on a regular basis, whether he'd be able to manage a large squad and whether he'd spend wisely, if given a proper budget. If Redknapp were to leave and the stadium plans were completed, then the last two might not be a problem, if he were brought in. As his kids are schooled in Preston and he's still pretty close to Scotland, he may not fancy a move to the capital, either.
He got Vaughn, Anichebe and Beckford all looking like decent PL players when they're clearly terrible! Yakubu did very well too, aswell as rescuing up Saha's career which wasn't easy as he's always injured.
Saha's goalscoring record is the same as it was at Fulham before his injury problems or MUPLC when he was blighted with them, and the same can be said of Yakubu compared to his time at Portsmouth or Middlesbrough (Moyes gave up on him, too), whilst Beckford was a League One player that didn't step up (and was shipped off remarkably quickly) whilst Vaughan and Anichebe always looked like youth teamers destined for a career in the Championship. I'd also argue he doesn't have an eye for a striker, given the ones he's brought in over the years all fail to live up to expectations, and that can't be blamed on finances.
I think to be fair to Moyes, he's bought the best that Everton's finances would allow. I'm sure he was absolutely gutted to lose Arteta; but, as the club seems to be up financial **** creek, he had no choice.
Does anyone else think Coyle is vastly overrated as a manager? Bolton do not play good football or overachieve in terms of their league position, yes his signings usually work out well but does that really make him a good manager? No better than Allardyce in my opinion.
