Liam Rosenior is now the favourite for the head coach role at Sunderland (my club).
The fanbase are quite split on the prospect. A lot think he underachieved with the squad you had, particularly in the second half of the season, by not at least getting into the playoffs.
A lot are also concerned by the style of football, thinking it’s ponderous, slow and lacking in intensity or attacking intent (as a bit of a stats nerd I fall into this camp as your chance creation was relatively poor and you progressed the ball at the slowest rate in the division etc). Your owner’s comments about the reasons for the sacking have only exacerbated this and certainly have done nothing to dispel those concerns.
On the other hand it’s acknowledged that in the main your fans really liked and seemingly rated him and that most were not pleased he was sacked. Also that his players seem to like, rate and respect him. Plus that other clubs seem to trust him with developing their better prospects hence why you were able to loan the likes of Morton and Carvalho.
With apologies for the long introduction I was just interested to get your views on his strengths and weaknesses and pros and cons directly. Is there anything you could say to reassure those that don’t want him or any words of warning for those that perhaps have too high an expectation of him?
