100%, the real deal, got us promoted and has totally revamped the recruitment and data side of the club. We are progressing as a club thanks to him. If neil doesnt want to stay thats on neil and not on KLD
It is what it is. The most important thing now is for the lads to get something from the game tomorrow, a win would be amazing. Results go for us, we're 2nd/3rd and taking our pick of the realistically achievable managers. All could be rosy this time next week. Glass half full.
I might be overly optimistic here - but I dont think the new loan signings are linked much to Alex Neil at all. they're probably MORE likely now he's gone
I see where you're coming from but the likes of Brighton may look at us and think, yeah they've got a coach there that will help develop our player. That thinking can't apply when they don't know who our coach will be.
Really worried about the replacement. The only managers that succeed at Sunderland are no nonsense straight laced blokes. These fancy new coaches will not work. We will not spend the wages to get another Alex Neil type manager. I like the way we’ve gone about business but if you do everything within a shoestring budget it will eventually catch up to you. We can not go for a risk. We need to pay a top end manager to replace the one we’ve just lost.
you're right and its a puzzler because the approach we seem to be taking to recruitment requires one of these "fancy new coaches"
no indication we have lost van Hecke other than a local paper who more or less say they're guessing that its probably off now. and the common sense that Brighton will want to know who's coaching / managing him
I think Manning will be on our list. If he's ambitious and wants to challenge himself higher up the pyramid, then we have a chance of getting him, or any other manager currently in employment. If security is important, like some are suggesting as the reason for Neil quitting, would Manning be willing to swap a comfy position with MK Dons for a 1 year rolling contract with us? Coaxing a manager already in employment elsewhere to join us on a rolling 1 year contract might be a hard sell.
i honestly think this has been coming since he got the job, the impression i got was that he was not happy to have become 'second choice' after the keane fiasco, recent interviews have shown a wee bit of an unhappy side (knocking on the door comment for one). i do not think he was ever fully settled here despite being happy with the club and area (again, me presuming) but if this had been liverpool or man utd it would make sense for any manager to at least give them a call, unfortunately we will most likely never know the full truth behind this rolling contract bollox apart from the understanding that he was offered different terms but was happy to keep the rolling one, that in itself should have set a few alarm bells ringing if true. not often a manager is 'poached' from another club but this 'contractually obliged' line is quite telling i feel as it suggests he had it written in from the start, if he is not happy about something(s) then best if he leaves i just hope the club have names in place and are already looking because as far as i am concerned at this moment in time AN has burned his bridges and if by some chance he stays then he is going to have to work damn hard to win fans back. we need players in, hopefully they are happy to play under anyone and are not too choosy about the manager as well as the ones already here/lined up, at the very least both clubs could/should have waited till the window closed if nothing more than a courtesy to each other as in all honesty it is far too late for stoke to try to plan recruitment and it could ruin our closing deals. also...ffs why always us eh?.... many unemployed managers, some with better records than AN and 90 odd other teams with managers why was ours the one they needed?
