Positives: Seems like a nice guy. Speaks French. No particular philosophy Good defensively Good on small budget Punnable name Ginger hair
I am not sure Diana Ross would be interested. Mind you, she is about as qualified to manage as as some of the dross SR has served up!
Shame about Rohl, but Will Still is fairly experienced for his age and getting a manager who finished 8th in a European top division isn’t to be sniffed at. Only case against is that he hasn’t managed in England yet, but that isn’t usually a barrier for most. I’m a bit 50/50 about it, but knowing Saints we could have gone for far worse.
Big risk for me and could backfire. Can see the argument that now is the time to take a risk as we should have a far stronger squad than most of the Championship like we did last time, so having a manager who is learning/not actually any good he can be carried by the strength of the team like Martin was last season.
I’m just glad that I don’t have a strong opinion on who we get as manager. We will get who we get and I will support his decisions and give him time to settle. But if he’s a **** up then I will reserve the right to slag him off.
Rohl is just as much of a risk for me. Bringing in a manager who's managed in a top 5 league to a Championship club is quite an achievement (if it happens).
Like yourself, l am ambivalent as to who we get. I have negligible confidence in SR, but can only hope that by inspiration, or more likely blind luck we get someone to give us some positive direction. Also like you, l reserve the right to slag off the new manager if after time he underperforms, but most of my vitriol will be reserved for SR.
Agree Rohl is a risk but at least he has 18 months experience in the league. We’ll see but we definitely could’ve gone down a “safer” route than either Rohl or Still if we wanted to
From the names linked it’s obvious we want to go “young and upcoming” for next manager. Can’t say I know anything about Cleverley as a manager
https://x.com/fabrizioromano/status/1924075741789983223?s=46 Don’t see why people wouldn’t want Still as our next manager
