New Head Coach

[Southern A]

One other thing. It's pretty exciting to think it still could be absolutely anybody. There has been hardly any link from any reputable source about this at all. Only in the last few days with Still and L'Equipe. Hellberg was essentially made up by a Sunderland fan on twitter and that rumour seemed to snowball.

For all any of us know, there is somebody else in the running, who hasn't leaked at all. And is at the AoL right now getting a tour.

 

[Brainy Dose]

Senior players have been consulted? You don’t let the tail wag the dog. The problem with this is that senior players won’t know anything directly about the ability of the other head coaches.

Also,under our current model,come next June, we won't have any senior players!
However,that doesn't mean they can't give an experienced and valuable opinion,I know.

 

[Grimes]

Sounds like the club are making a pigs ear of this.

 

[Southern A]

Sounds like the club are making a pigs ear of this.

it really doesn’t.

 

[Smug in Boots]

Sounds like the club are making a pigs ear of this.

 

[Culinary]

One other thing. It's pretty exciting to think it still could be absolutely anybody. There has been hardly any link from any reputable source about this at all. Only in the last few days with Still and L'Equipe. Hellberg was essentially made up by a Sunderland fan on twitter and that rumour seemed to snowball.

For all any of us know, there is somebody else in the running, who hasn't leaked at all. And is at the AoL right now getting a tour.

Are you thinking of the Sable link being born from a Sunderland fan on Twitter? Hellberg was confirmed as being in talks by a reputable Swedish journalist and has since confirmed it himself although also saying he was out of the running.

 

[Grimes]

it really doesn’t.

It does really if we’re now asking the players on what their opinions are on our head coach search

 

[Pure River Slut]

Sounds like the club are making a pigs ear of this.

Aye those two home wins against top 4 bang in form sides is evidence they’ve blown it

 

[Southern A]

Are you thinking of the Sable link being born from a Sunderland fan on Twitter? Hellberg was confirmed as being in talks by a reputable Swedish journalist and has since confirmed it himself although also saying he was out of the running.

The Swedish journalist himself was saying it was “according to reports in England”. So either the reports were a coincidence. I didn’t know Hellberg had confirmed it himself

 

[Sour Patch]

Not sure how appointing Dodds would be a failure of process. Surely it would be a sign of employing good coaches, allowing them to develop and then giving them more senior positions?

Sometimes things fall into your lap in football, yes people want the shiny new coach but if the hierarchy have seen a potentially great head coach in Dodds then I am more than ok with that.

For comparison, Dodds now has 4 games in charge of a first team under his belt. McKenna had zero before Ipswich appointed him, Maresca had 14 games with Parma before he was sacked and went to City before Leicester appointed him, Rosenior had 12 as Derby interim before they replaced him and he went to Hull, Carrick had 3 games as Man Utd interim before Boro appointed him.

What's the difference between Dodds getting our job and employing an assistant coach from another club?

 

[Grimes]

Aye those two home wins against top 4 bang in form sides is evidence they’ve blown it

I’m talking about the head coach search

it also 100% should not be decided on two results either so no clue why you’ve brought them into the argument

 

[Southern A]

It does really if we’re now asking the players on what their opinions are on our head coach search

firstly we don’t know they are. Secondly it’s bonkers to think that asking a stakeholder what their opinion is ,’is making a pigs ear of things

 

[Magnus]

One other thing. It's pretty exciting to think it still could be absolutely anybody. There has been hardly any link from any reputable source about this at all. Only in the last few days with Still and L'Equipe. Hellberg was essentially made up by a Sunderland fan on twitter and that rumour seemed to snowball.

For all any of us know, there is somebody else in the running, who hasn't leaked at all. And is at the AoL right now getting a tour.

hellbery has done an interview i believe, saying he's been interviewed, but we decided to go for a different candidate

 

[Grimes]

firstly we don’t know they are. Secondly it’s bonkers to think that asking a stakeholder what their opinion is ,’is making a pigs ear of things

Just what the ITKs on this board are saying so I’ve replied really

 

[Sour Patch]

I’m talking about the head coach search

it also 100% should not be decided on two results either so no clue why you’ve brought them into the argument

Two more results than what Ipswich had to go on before appointing McKenna

 

[Magnus]

It does really if we’re now asking the players on what their opinions are on our head coach search

to be fair lots of clubs do that, if you have a core team, and you bring a man in who the all hate, it's ruined from the start,

 

[Pure River Slut]

I’m talking about the head coach search

it also 100% should not be decided on two results either so no clue why you’ve brought them into the argument

We’re hardly in a crisis

 

[TopCat.]

Sounds like the club are making a pigs ear of this.

Based on a few internet rumours when actually no-one has a clue what the club's plan is?

**** me.

 

[TopCat.]

I’m talking about the head coach search

it also 100% should not be decided on two results either so no clue why you’ve brought them into the argument

Who says it IS being decided on two results?

 

[Grimes]

to be fair lots of clubs do that, if you have a core team, and you bring a man in who the all hate, it's ruined from the start,

But when the model is mainly backed by data? I doubt many of the players could give opinions on Hellberg and Sable if asked.