Rubén Sellés named manager until end of the season

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Deserana said:
It doesn’t feel like that to me. If this happens tonight or tomorrow then Marsch was 1st choice for them which just opens up so many damn questions about SR.

Has there ever been a manager who was sacked and then rehired by that league within a week? Let alone did a good job in that scenario.

I’m going to go with no because it’s just so innately stupid.
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Dean Smith Aston Villa -> Norwich. In fact we got his sacked (final straw) then we were also the first team he played as Norwich
 
Osvaldorama said:
Have you watched us this calendar year?
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There is clearly a good team in there somewhere, the only issue we blatantly have is in defence. So in our eternal wisdom we are going for a guy who plays open expansive football, which will no doubt cause us to leak goal after goal again.
 
Deserana said:
I’ve said I don’t know much about him and my issue is not with his talents, whatever they might and might not be, my issue is with the hiring of a manager that was sacked 7 days ago to save a team that is well within the possibility of being saved.

My other issue is that it’s happened so fast that it doesn’t sound at all like they’ve tried other options and just gone straight for him. There will be no grace period with Marsch. He doesn’t get 3 points in his first two games then everyone is gonna wonder why they got him in the first place and the toxic levels will be right where they are now.

Also from the players perspective I don’t see why they’d put the effort in for him. I can’t point out better options but this just feels dumb because if it backfires then SR have nowhere to hide.
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We know who you don't want.

Who do you want?
 
Onionman said:
We know who you don't want.

Who do you want?
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Bielsa, Gallardo, I’d even take a punt on Juric.

I’ve said before that if Marsch was a last choice then I’d make my peace with it. But it seems like all signs point towards him being first choice which is mad to me. Go back through the thread and the first reaction on here when Marsch’s name was put around was the same as mine but somehow over the last two days everyone has jumped on board.

I don’t believe the season is unsalvagable, 48 points up for grabs and 4 points from safety, I genuinely believe that’s a challenge some managers would try with a team with some decent talent in there. But it feels like we’ve gone for the guy whose free and yet to leave the country.
 
Deserana said:
I’ve said I don’t know much about him and my issue is not with his talents, whatever they might and might not be, my issue is with the hiring of a manager that was sacked 7 days ago to save a team that is well within the possibility of being saved.

My other issue is that it’s happened so fast that it doesn’t sound at all like they’ve tried other options and just gone straight for him. There will be no grace period with Marsch. He doesn’t get 3 points in his first two games then everyone is gonna wonder why they got him in the first place and the toxic levels will be right where they are now.

Also from the players perspective I don’t see why they’d put the effort in for him. I can’t point out better options but this just feels dumb because if it backfires then SR have nowhere to hide.
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Ok, I get that you are just going on your gut. You would have Bielsa who was sacked last season by Leeds and took years to get Leeds up to speed but wouldnt take Marsch who was sacked last week by Leeds. Would you take David Moyes right now? He's led West Ham to only one point more than Leeds. Managers aren't always sacked because they are rubbish and Marsch isn't rubbish. His Leeds side were good in many aspects of their games and very close to a lot more points, certainly closer than we were and I consider our squad now to be better than Leeds on balance.

Every day that goes by our chances of staying up get slimmer. The players are rooted to the bottom and without a manager and utterly demoralised after listening to Pep of the Valleys for the last 3 months. Get an experienced leader in now and we have the best chance we are going to get. Wait 2 weeks and its all over.
 
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Marsch's philosophy when at RedBull
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He did a lot of these seminars at the time, very open about his managerial approach which I appreciated a lot as a grassroots coach.
 
If Marsch hadn’t just had a year at Leeds but instead was coming in direct from Leipzig, I suspect this board would be a lot happier with the idea.


He’s done fine at Leeds. Nothing brilliant, nothing awful. Lost players last summer, lost others to injury this season, brought young players in, played reasonable football. He fits in fine with what we are looking for.


Those who are unhappy need to have a rapid reality check, there’s likely no one out there you’d be happy with that would come to us.




If he’s the new man I’m happy to back him and give him a chance. On paper he’s far more promising than Jones*




*by my metrics, not by SR’s
 
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Deserana said:
There is clearly a good team in there somewhere, the only issue we blatantly have is in defence. So in our eternal wisdom we are going for a guy who plays open expansive football, which will no doubt cause us to leak goal after goal again.
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That's not as irrational as you believe. If your biggest problem is that your defense is prone to errors when under pressure, one option available is play with a style that minimizes the amount of time they spend stuck in their own end, either by monopolizing possession or by breaking play up through pressing. Or perhaps you make teams think twice about throwing additional players forward, by upping your tempo and offering a credible threat to generate quick scoring chances (something we have lacked for eons). Yes, a collision between Sulemana and AMN resulted in Wolves gaining possession and scoring their second, but what created that situation was Wolves feeling comfortable enough to have four men pressing high despite being down to ten men:

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That image is nuts. Wolves had so little respect for our ability to generate attacks quickly that they had enough men forward to outnumber our back line when they created a turnover. And they were absolutely right to have that little respect! Playing with a more expansive style, rather than hoofing it forward, increases the potential risk of having that many players hunting the ball in such a narrow zone.
 
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