I would renewed my STs im sure he would be given a decent budget-Plenty of contacts in the game-Woy probably nudged him.
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I have always had a lot of respect for Gerrard as a loyal player but are his managerial skills up to the task? SG will have lots of contacts in the game and perhaps a couple of classy older players could fill the void with experience and mentoring to add to their worth. A balanced squad made up of a couple of senior players and youthful exuberance is possibly what we need but do we have the moxie to navigate that minefield and get the right combination?
Steven Gerrard was a fantastic footballer and captain
But being a big name ex star and international is no guarantee of success in domestic management
Many famous ex stars have failed in management from Gazza, Wayne Rooney, Peter Shilton to Bobby Charlton
There are a few successes of course but it’s a big gamble for me even though it would be great publicity for the club
But being a big name ex star and international is no guarantee of success in domestic management
Many famous ex stars have failed in management from Gazza, Wayne Rooney, Peter Shilton to Bobby Charlton
There are a few successes of course but it’s a big gamble for me even though it would be great publicity for the club
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SG is also linked to Burnley and I think he will end up at Turf Moor sooner rather than later. How about Thomas Frank who has proven that he can manage a lower club and succeed with low attendances and they did it with a firm target in mind and also produced some players who moved on to so called bigger clubs for good money. He may want more in salary than we have been prepared to offer in the past but for the right person you have to up the ante. We need the new top brass to be on board by mid- May or we could miss the host of opportunities available and lose our way in the forest. Get it done asap and count the cost later if you intend to try and succeed.
It would but if it all ends in tears within a few months, which wouldn’t be a first, what then ?
If he has an offer from Burnley with their Prem parachute payments and a squad that’s already good enough to make a rapid return to the top flight he will surely choose them as a better bet and an easier job than the backwater of Bristol City and its micro managing owner with a tiny budget ?
I would assume he would be guaranteed a substantial amount of money to push for a top two slot. I would not imagine him coming on the shop in pound shop mentality.
I like Thomas Frank and what he did at Brentford
Is Gerrard actually proven as a manager?
He managed Rangers in a 2 team league with infinite funds at his disposal.
Not sure that counts as pedigree.
How would he do at a club on a shoestring budget, having little or no say on the players he has to work with - and having the best ones sold from under him half way through the season?
About the same as LJ, Deano, Nige, LM and Struber probably….
He managed Rangers in a 2 team league with infinite funds at his disposal.
Not sure that counts as pedigree.
How would he do at a club on a shoestring budget, having little or no say on the players he has to work with - and having the best ones sold from under him half way through the season?
About the same as LJ, Deano, Nige, LM and Struber probably….
The more I think of SG as our new manager I am starting to go off the idea altogether as his previous jobs have too many questions as to how he would accept working for Lansdown. We need someone who has the ability to work with low crowds and revenues while his own thoughts on players should be sacrosanct, and generally being left to find his way with the undying support of the top brass. I know Frank has been in that environment and succeeded despite all factors that could have hindered him in his personal progress, and the ultimate appointment at Spurs fell flat on it's face so it's time for him to return to a challenge that won't be damaged by over-priced superstars. We must up the ante in both manager and players if we really mean business but having heard the same old rhetoric for over a decade I fear for our summer and our expectations in the immediate term.
I don’t think Gerrard will come to us in a million years anyway, unless there is regime change, and suspect that the football grapevine would put him wise to the fact we have an owner at present who only likes to see us in mid table and who shows no true ambition to do much else with a culture of selling our best players, often to clubs in the same division
When you get the Arsenal guy in he ain't going to be wanting to shop in poundland i would assume a budget has been given for their new manager.
I would love Thomas Frank that would be a excellent choice or could we poach Mark Robbins from Stoke who has a soft spot for us.
I would love Thomas Frank that would be a excellent choice or could we poach Mark Robbins from Stoke who has a soft spot for us.
Imo Thomas Frank would be much more suitable than SG...more proven for a start
Thomas Frank would be ideal.......unfortunately I can't see us making an appointment like that.
We have all wondered why we are so awful at selecting new managers and the answer is searching outside of your normal comfort box. Thomas Frank would be so far out of range for Lansdown but that's the sort of appointment to make now before all of the others come sniffing as he is certainly up for grabs and the task. Should Lansdown pay the piper or wait for the cheapest option in early August? To make a good impression about his intent to be successful he needs to sew up a quality manager before they all make commitments elsewhere. Believing that all of the changes we have and will make will determine our future for many years to come is spot on, and we await to see if SL is reading the same verse and chapter.
Thomas Frank would be still being paid by Spurs so could afford to wait round to a better job. Plus we say about him, but forget that Brentford are 10-12 years ahead of us. They appointed managers to work with what their sporting / technical director wanted. Look at all their past managers, it’s like a conveyor belt of improving as well as selling. Then they seem to drift off after the club pinched them sack them.
Mark Robins was good with Ade Vivash (now at Middlesbrough) but when they fell out Cov struggled hence they then got Lampard. Stoke not exactly setting the world alight.
Should have pushed to get Miran Muslic when we looked last summer from Plymouth. Now doing well at Shalk so no chance there.
I think it will be John Mousinho from Portsmouth.
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