Would make sense
I've had to do the same
If you look at that list, everyone of them is a gamble. Initially RDM was my gut reaction choice, purely cos of his Italian background but if you look at what he's achieved, then i have my doubts. Yes he won the Champions League but not very convincingly and with an established team of all stars as well, he struggled in the EPL with WBA so i'm a bit unsure.
Zola didn't do much for WHU.
Poyet, unproven although i think he will become a good manager one day, could be the right guy but a gamble all the same.
Pulis????? i'd burn my season card mate. Did OK at Stoke but always tipped for relegation until his later years when they sort of did OK and were finishing mid table (ish) couldn't bring myself to watch his brand of football though. Would rather dig the garden.
Lennon, nah, big fish in a small pond so still unproven for me.
Butcher & McClaren, just don't go there.
The likes of Neville, Solksjar, et al, while one day they may become good managers, they're still unproven and would be a massive gamble. I reckon Ellis will know he wants already and it's just down to negotiations, money etc, he would have had a contingency plan when he appointed PDC and i reckon whoever it is, will have some sort of Italian/European connection.
