Daglish might be at your club for a while though. I know he is quite old but this will probably be his last job so he will be in no rush to leave will he.
I don't know about you lot, but I'd rather Carragher become our next manager - everyone who's ever commented about him has said he'd make a brilliant manager because of his indepth knowledge of the game. I reckon he'll be a top manager, just as he's a top leader on the pitch.
He'll have to serve a lengthy apprenticeship.10 years minimum.Playing and managing are two entirely different things.Roy Keane and Mark Hughes found that out.Decent players but neither can manage to save their life.There is a list a mile long of players that failed as managers,because they thought it was the same thing.A wise man said ''you are born with two ears and one mouth,use them the right way''.I do reckon Carra will make a fantastic manager,but he will have to serve an apprenticeship,and I reckon he will,because he's willing to listen and learn.
One day he may make a very good liverpool manager. The difference between Carra and Hughes or Keane is that he is already aware that not only will he have to do his badges (training and managerial) but also serve his time before he even considers taking on a managerial role. One of the things that could assist him is the financial climate. As it becomes harder and harder for clubs in the lower leagues to make ends meet I can see the FA having to change its rules about top teams owning junior/feeder clubs. If that does come about then I could see Carra progressing right to the top.
the politics at the club would destroy any new manager coming in - players bought by the owner forced in to the team and managers right hand men sacked - i can only see disaster as ra gets more and more impatient - only hope of survival for a new manager (especially one so young) is to win the champions league at his first attempt - anything less is seen as failure by ra
I'm amused that Villas Boas wins the Portugese league and gets the Chelsea job, while McLaren wins the Eredivisie but can't even get the Villa job. I don't know if it's Chelsea or Villa who are sillier.
When you see what Abramovich considers failure, it's hard to imagine what he would deem as success. He's got so much previous now that surely nobody would believe they could go there and be treated as anything other than a lackey. The only reason for a young manager to go there is to raise his international profile. Oh, and maybe the money.
Abrahmovic clearly feels the need to meddle, so i don't know why he makes everyone keep up the pretence that the manager makes all the decisions. Plenty of foreign clubs leave transfers with the chairman/owner and the coach is left to deal with the players he is given. Obviously he has input but final decision lays with the chairman. Plenty of managers would still go to Chelsea with that kind of 'European' set-up, and it would save a lot of confusion and ill-feeling in my opinion. Although some may claim they asked roman for a table and they gave him a lamp...
It's not really surprising that Chelsea follow a more continental model. Very few European 'managers' have the power to "make all the decisions".
I agree that this is what happens but I think it's a recipe for disaster. It's like in business if you have an MD who's decisions are constantly overidden by an owner who is not an expert in the field. Responsibility without authority is a poisoned chalice. You get the blame if things go wrong but don't have the powers required to make them go right.
Don't know why you're saying Mark Hughes went in to management too early, he's a very good manager and proved it at Fulham last year.
Hughes is an irrelevance. The thread is about Villas-Boas and slipped sideways into mentioning Carra. If you want to discuss Hughes take it to the United board or the Fulham board (perhaps on 2nd thought you'd better not take it to Fulham's)
Lets see how he does, no disrespect to the Porteguese league but it isn't as intense as the premiership, or high profile.
I have this feeling if he does come in he'll make some major changes straight away, but it might take a while for the team to gel properly. I'm not overly convinced he'll get success straight away - which could spell disaster for his time there, but if RA wants his club to succeed he's got to give a manager more than 1 season to prove he can do something.
