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Grizzled Wanderer said:
If it's directly affecting the quality of candidates we can attract, then surely the model has to adapt. Hamstringing the coach to the point where we can't get anyone who might achieve our stated ambition to take it on is crackers.

Otherwise we might as well have chucked it at Robinson or Challinor in February.
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The thing is, we don't know that's the case. It's well documented that the club runs a certain way so people in the game will know that. We've, allegedly, interviewed plenty of candidates.

I know non-league managers who wouldn't want to work that way, because it's not familiar to them. Carlton could well be of the same school of thought. But there are plenty of coaches out there who are familiar with working that way.

As I posted yesterday, there are two ways of looking at it. The I hate Speakman view, in which the club's structure is viewed as some kind of sinister restriction on the coach. Or the ambivalent to Speakman view in which the club's structure is simply a continental style structure.
 
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Flashman_Karl said:
Wonder if the club have considered Ruben Selles at all. Bit of a footy nerd, great job at Reading this season keeping them up while dealing with transfer embargoes, points deductions and players not being paid. Forced to use a lot of young players and played positive football. Wouldn't turn my nose up at him.
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I'll be honest, I've lost track of what happened at Reading last season but I really liked what I heard from Selles during his time at Southampton (despite what his record might say).

His style fits what we'd like to see as well I think. I'd be quite open to him.
 
Wackyjacky said:
This is from otr and what Carlton Palmer has allegedly said (no idea where, is he on Talksport?).

Strong words from Carlton Palmer

“From what is coming out of the football club, is that you’re not allowed to bring into your coaching staff, you’re allowed to bring in one person and then you’ve got to work within the realms of how they want to run the football club.

“This is their choice, their policy, of bringing in young players in, not really signing senior players and the control that’s taken away from the manager.

“As I’ve said, it’s going to be a very, very difficult appointment because any manager that is worth his salt, unless you’re really desperate to get back into work, you’re only set up to fail under the regime that Sunderland have set up.

“This is disappointing for the supporters, disappointing so close to the season. You’d obviously want to have a manager in place to start getting to work in the transfer market for the upcoming season.
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An alternative view would be that when the head coach is relieved of his duties he can state "Not my fault guv, I wasn't given the players i wanted to do the job"
All coaches will eventually leave their job, if they are successful and move on to better things it's all down to my genius. If the fail, see above.
 
Wackyjacky said:
This is from otr and what Carlton Palmer has allegedly said (no idea where, is he on Talksport?).

Strong words from Carlton Palmer

“From what is coming out of the football club, is that you’re not allowed to bring into your coaching staff, you’re allowed to bring in one person and then you’ve got to work within the realms of how they want to run the football club.

“This is their choice, their policy, of bringing in young players in, not really signing senior players and the control that’s taken away from the manager.

“As I’ve said, it’s going to be a very, very difficult appointment because any manager that is worth his salt, unless you’re really desperate to get back into work, you’re only set up to fail under the regime that Sunderland have set up.

“This is disappointing for the supporters, disappointing so close to the season. You’d obviously want to have a manager in place to start getting to work in the transfer market for the upcoming season.
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Carlton Palmer knows as much as we do, just guessing based on all the rumours flying about
 
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Carlton Palmer is always giving opinions to outlets. About anything and everything. I just think he regurgitates rumours. I wouldnt believe he has any inside info at all tbh. Of course the rumours he heres may be reasonably accurate, or not, but he is not a sensible verification of them in my opinion.
 
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LD19SAFC said:
A few of my mates really want Lampard. I’m not so sure myself…
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Yeah feel pretty much the same. Did what was expected at Derby, nothing special. Good first year at Chelsea when under embargo and then poor at Everton but the club was an absolute mess behind the scenes. I'd take him over the likes of Heckingbottom but he wouldn't really excite me either.
 
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