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Have I ever mentioned that the transfer window shuts about 10 minutes after the World Cup Final? This is not the summer to be pondering your back room structures. Hopefully the Promes deal is signed in blood (it's not, is it).
 
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I've got no problem with Hughes coming to try and rescue us. I'm surprised people think someone better would take on our present predicament. We need someone experienced, we haven't got time to mess about with someone who doesn't know the league. He will definitely kick the players up the arse which is badly needed. If it's him, I wish him luck and hope he saves the day. It's time for the manager bounce! <badger>
 
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Qwerty said:
Have I ever mentioned that the transfer window shuts about 10 minutes after the World Cup Final? This is not the summer to be pondering your back room structures. Hopefully the Promes deal is signed in blood (it's not, is it).
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Dunno what you’re worried about mate. We have an extensive list put together over a number of years for players in every position so we can act quickly
 
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nick_obee said:
So sounds like Hughes is the guy.
Had actually heard this pretty much as soon as he got the sack at Stoke.

Not happy with that as an appointment long-term, but ultimately we need someone to steer us away from danger; which I think is going to be very tricky now.
I been hearing all day that the club wants someone with Premier League experience, which rules out a lot.

My choice would still be Marco Silva right now, but by the sounds of it he may well have agreed to Sams replacement at Everton.

IF we stay up and that is now a MASSIVE IF. My favoured targets at the moment would be:
  • Peter Bosz - Probably not my number one target, as he messed up at Dortmund. Apart from that he has a pretty good record in Dutch and Israeli football.
  • AVB - I never really liked him that much but actually on reflection his record is very impressive even at Chelsea and Spurs, where he was deemed to have failed. The more I think about it. He's actually my first choice I think. Not even in the odds, so seems unlikely.
  • Nigel Pearson - Unlikely I think given what happened at Leicester. Currently managing in Belgium, since fairly recently; but sure he would jump at the chance to be back in the Prem. Good experience of getting out of this situation and if we did go down, getting out of the Championship.
  • Manual Pellegrini - again got the Prem experience, albeit not in a relegation battle. Decent record everywhere. Think he failed really and Man City given the resources, but realistically we aren't going to be winning leagues. Someone who averages a win in every two would do for me.
  • Roberto Mancini - again decent record. All of these
  • Harry Redknapp - would be a terrible appointment if he took us down. Can you imagine the laughs from down the road. However, we need someone to get us out of the .... He picks the best players and puts them in the position. Would put an arm around players and get their heads up. If I am honest, in the short term he would be ideal, but as I say; if he took us down It'd be horrendous.
  • Glenn Hoddle - Similar to Harry, I think he could get spirits up and would be a very good appointment until the end of the season.

Ultimately none of us know. Sounds like Hughes. If it is then I hope it's only short-term as I am not a fan at all.

If it were Hughes, they could do a lot worse than having someone like Dave Merrington around the place. Probably a bit too long in the tooth to be active on the training field, but that guy knows football and is a good positive character, which is something we are missing since Koeman.

As I say for me, if we can get out of this AVB would be a good, young, ambitious choice.
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Harry? Surely you’re taking the piss? You do remember what happened last time we were in this predicament I trust?
 
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nick_obee said:
IF we stay up and that is now a MASSIVE IF. My favoured targets at the moment would be:
  • Peter Bosz - Probably not my number one target, as he messed up at Dortmund. Apart from that he has a pretty good record in Dutch and Israeli football.
  • AVB - I never really liked him that much but actually on reflection his record is very impressive even at Chelsea and Spurs, where he was deemed to have failed. The more I think about it. He's actually my first choice I think. Not even in the odds, so seems unlikely.
  • Nigel Pearson - Unlikely I think given what happened at Leicester. Currently managing in Belgium, since fairly recently; but sure he would jump at the chance to be back in the Prem. Good experience of getting out of this situation and if we did go down, getting out of the Championship.
  • Manual Pellegrini - again got the Prem experience, albeit not in a relegation battle. Decent record everywhere. Think he failed really and Man City given the resources, but realistically we aren't going to be winning leagues. Someone who averages a win in every two would do for me.
  • Roberto Mancini - again decent record. All of these
  • Harry Redknapp - would be a terrible appointment if he took us down. Can you imagine the laughs from down the road. However, we need someone to get us out of the .... He picks the best players and puts them in the position. Would put an arm around players and get their heads up. If I am honest, in the short term he would be ideal, but as I say; if he took us down It'd be horrendous.
  • Glenn Hoddle - Similar to Harry, I think he could get spirits up and would be a very good appointment until the end of the season.
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That's got to be the worst shortlist I've ever seen in my life. Suddenly Hughes don't look so bad.
 
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nick_obee said:
So sounds like Hughes is the guy.
Had actually heard this pretty much as soon as he got the sack at Stoke.

Not happy with that as an appointment long-term, but ultimately we need someone to steer us away from danger; which I think is going to be very tricky now.
I been hearing all day that the club wants someone with Premier League experience, which rules out a lot.

My choice would still be Marco Silva right now, but by the sounds of it he may well have agreed to Sams replacement at Everton.

IF we stay up and that is now a MASSIVE IF. My favoured targets at the moment would be:
  • Peter Bosz - Probably not my number one target, as he messed up at Dortmund. Apart from that he has a pretty good record in Dutch and Israeli football.
  • AVB - I never really liked him that much but actually on reflection his record is very impressive even at Chelsea and Spurs, where he was deemed to have failed. The more I think about it. He's actually my first choice I think. Not even in the odds, so seems unlikely.
  • Nigel Pearson - Unlikely I think given what happened at Leicester. Currently managing in Belgium, since fairly recently; but sure he would jump at the chance to be back in the Prem. Good experience of getting out of this situation and if we did go down, getting out of the Championship.
  • Manual Pellegrini - again got the Prem experience, albeit not in a relegation battle. Decent record everywhere. Think he failed really and Man City given the resources, but realistically we aren't going to be winning leagues. Someone who averages a win in every two would do for me.
  • Roberto Mancini - again decent record. All of these
  • Harry Redknapp - would be a terrible appointment if he took us down. Can you imagine the laughs from down the road. However, we need someone to get us out of the .... He picks the best players and puts them in the position. Would put an arm around players and get their heads up. If I am honest, in the short term he would be ideal, but as I say; if he took us down It'd be horrendous.
  • Glenn Hoddle - Similar to Harry, I think he could get spirits up and would be a very good appointment until the end of the season.

Ultimately none of us know. Sounds like Hughes. If it is then I hope it's only short-term as I am not a fan at all.

If it were Hughes, they could do a lot worse than having someone like Dave Merrington around the place. Probably a bit too long in the tooth to be active on the training field, but that guy knows football and is a good positive character, which is something we are missing since Koeman.

As I say for me, if we can get out of this AVB would be a good, young, ambitious choice.
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Seriously, how old were you in 2005?!
 
mowgli said:
That's got to be the worst shortlist I've ever seen in my life. Suddenly Hughes don't look so bad.
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I think we're all aware that the shortlist that we could have now is a lot worse than it would have been in the summer or summer before.

Realistcally we are staring relegation in the face and have declined hugely, so not really sure what you're expecting...?
Be interested to hear some alternatives though?
And don't say Ancelotti or Eddie Howe, as I've heard a couple of dreamers say that.

I think the likelihood is that we actually need two appointments here. One to get us out of trouble and then a longer-term appointment. The problem is the getting us out of trouble one.

AVB, Pellegrini and Mancini all have good records pretty much everywhere they've been - win ratio I'm talking about.
 
Rule No.5 said:
Harry? Surely you’re taking the piss? You do remember what happened last time we were in this predicament I trust?
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Yeah I do and I'd be very worried about "Agent Arry" doing the same again.
That said if you look at credentials of available personnel at this point he's probably best qualified to do the job. That's all I'm saying.

For me I think if Pompey isn't still his "Spiritual Home" that he could have more of an impact than Hughes...
That's all.

We are in the ****. This is the only reason I'd even contemplate it.
 
nick_obee said:
I think we're all aware that the shortlist that we could have now is a lot worse than it would have been in the summer or summer before.

Realistcally we are staring relegation in the face and have declined hugely, so not really sure what you're expecting...?
Be interested to hear some alternatives though?
And don't say Ancelotti or Eddie Howe, as I've heard a couple of dreamers say that.

I think the likelihood is that we actually need two appointments here. One to get us out of trouble and then a longer-term appointment. The problem is the getting us out of trouble one.

AVB, Pellegrini and Mancini all have good records pretty much everywhere they've been - win ratio I'm talking about.
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Eddie Howe would be a very realistic target, but couldn't see him moving to us. We still have much better resources then Bournemouth do.
 
San Pellegrino said:
Eddie Howe would be a very realistic target, but couldn't see him moving to us. We still have much better resources then Bournemouth do.
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He might have been a realistic target but not right now. Bournemouth staying up and have a good attacking team.

We are staring relegation in the face and if we go down then the resources argument isn't true at all as parachute is nothing like Prem TV money. Getting back out of the Championship is not easy.
 
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He might have been a realistic target but not right now. Bournemouth staying up and have a good attacking team.

We are staring relegation in the face and if we go down then the resources argument isn't true at all as parachute is nothing like Prem TV money. Getting back out of the Championship is not easy.
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I’m not sure if your list was for now or the summer. They are, and should be, very different things.

On either though, even mentioning Redknapp’s name is the first sign of madness!
 
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Mark Hughes?! Have you ****ing lost your minds or do the owners want to rebuild from the championship?
 
Le Tissier's Laces said:
I’m not sure if your list was for now or the summer. They are, and should be, very different things.

On either though, even mentioning Redknapp’s name is the first sign of madness!
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Here’s the thing.

Hughes will want the job long-term and for me that is not a good appointment as I think EVEN if he did save us, I think we’d be back in a battle next year.
I’d rather Hoddle took it for 8 games and then get someone appropriate when we know where we are.

For me Hughes is unlikely to have he impact to keep us up, won’t progress us, and if we went down he isn’t the man to bring us back up either therefore for me he’s the wrong appointment.

Therefore I’m open to anyone who could be the right appointment. Don’t think there’s many with the credentials to keep us up and then progress us who are realistic.

All these rumours about Rodgers etc are ridiculous. No way does he leave a side about to win a title to quite possibly get relegated. He’ll wait for a mid-table job.
 
nick_obee said:
Here’s the thing.

Hughes will want the job long-term and for me that is not a good appointment as I think EVEN if he did save us, I think we’d be back in a battle next year.
I’d rather Hoddle took it for 8 games and then get someone appropriate when we know where we are.

For me Hughes is unlikely to have he impact to keep us up, won’t progress us, and if we went down he isn’t the man to bring us back up either therefore for me he’s the wrong appointment.

Therefore I’m open to anyone who could be the right appointment. Don’t think there’s many with the credentials to keep us up and then progress us who are realistic.

All these rumours about Rodgers etc are ridiculous. No way does he leave a side about to win a title to quite possibly get relegated. He’ll wait for a mid-table job.
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Well, it’s going to be Hughes, so it’s all kinda moot.
 
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Ummm! Not happy with Hughes on a long term basis but accept there probably arent a great list prepared to come here. Cant fail to think that he was sacked by a team lying a few laces below us because they thought he was doing a bad job....you know what he was
 
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