^^This ^^ He will know that he has to get this right or it's curtains. TBH, I think he's made things worse for himself by taking so long to appoint a new head coach. Fans will rightly call KS out if they are less than impressed with his preferred candidate after his protracted recruitment process.
We would also have to give that manager a chance tho Some fans will have a go at speakman, and the club, no matter who we appoint
What concerns me is that a lot of fans will be less than impressed with a new manager based on nothing more than perception. They won't be interested in the things that really matter. Lee Johnson, for example, was unpopular but won a greater proportion of his games than any other manager for the last 20 years. Like I posted earlier, Beale's PPG was very similar to Mowbray's this season but people had made their minds up about him before he even started. I think that's something to be really concerned about. Especially if it has an impact on how the club view their manager.
Hypothetical question. If Still was and is the man but they negated coz they would've owed 5mill. Would you or anyone else be OK about it or still be upset they left a third of the season on the table?
I don't think speakman would state the new coach could bring in assistant(s) and then say they had to have dodds
Hypothetically speaking. If Speakman nailed this window and we got promoted, would he be on thin ice if we were bottom of yhe league the year after?
I dont understand how he can write so much of so little substance. He's like one of the monkeys at the typewriter, I think they'd get to the complete works of Shakespeare before he writes a compelling story of substance.
In your scenario I think that would depend more on who has been added to the squad next summer tbh. In the first instance though, nailing this window is going to be some ask; I don't envy the position Speakman is in at all! For starters, we've got some really talented players but the squad is already lacking in a couple of key positions. In addition to that, it looks certain a couple of the crown jewels will be sold creating even more work to be done if we are to be competitive next season. To top it all off he's got the small matter of bringing in a new Head Coach with the added pressure of sacking the last one after a handful of games. Nailing this window is going to a monumental challenge. If he pulls it off he'll deserve massive credit.
Does a bear **** in the woods All the negative fans just want success no matter what. I've seen people online who've slated the club for only buying kids advocating for Defoe to be given the managers role lol
If he'd been able to keep his trap shut and get on with the job there would have been no campaign in the first place. He'd have been rumbled as a bullshitter eventually but the speed at which he revealed himself as one was the most impressive thing about him. He hadn't learned anything from his time at Rangers.
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