If You Could Pick Our New Manager

[Niall Quinns Discopants]

I'd bet my bottom dollar that Jose's "people" have been sounding the owners out over the last couple of months

Clear that he doesn't like it in Milan

I'd have him for comedy value alone....agree re Van Gaal and Rijkaard...both wouldn't be on my list

I'd scratch off Mancini aswell.

Mourinho
Hiddink
O'Neill.

They are the only ones i'd go for,but really the list is two as O'Neill is the rag manager in waiting.

That's why it would be all the more sweeter if we could snap him. O'Neill, I feel, is kind of manager who has it all we need. He has experience of winning things, has worked in a big club and is tactically very astute. He always gets the best out of players he has got as well, so imagine what he'd do with our players.

I think he is waiting for Bacon to retire pal,plus i dont think he would leave Villa.

But i do agree with you. 100%

Throw big money at him and he will come. I'm certain of that. I mean the man has degree in law and have you ever met lawyer who isn't greedy? Besides, when he was in Celtic supposedly in his "dream job", he had already an agreement in place to join Leeds (when Ridsdale was still there).

I reckon he'd take sheiks millions.

[Fidel Castro]

Hiddink was brilliant with South Korea and Australia.
Fact remains he failed at Fenerbahce, Valencia, Real Madrid and Betis.
I'm not convinced.

Mourinho has always played shite boring football, but has won things. My first choice would be van Gaal, even if he's a horrible person and unavailable.

Co Adriaanse talks a lot of sense and has a great track record. I especially like his training methods...

Tactical approach
Adriaanse gained a lot of fame in the Netherlands after qualifying for the Champions League with the average Dutch club Willem II. It was even more impressive, because Willem II often played attacking football. Throughout his whole manager career he always stuck to play attacking football. His game approach is in many ways similar to that of Louis van Gaal, who eventually succeeded him at AZ.
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Training

Adriaanse is famous for his controversial training approach. At Willem II, he once ordered his whole squad to follow him by car, while they drove 13 km away from their training ground. At a remote spot, all players had to give their car keys to Adriaanse. Then he drove back to town, while the squad had to run in front of his car. Back at the training ground, the players got their car keys back. However, since their cars where still parked far from the training ground, they all had to walk back another 13 km.[2] At AZ Alkmaar he once ordered the whole squad to search for Easter eggs during a training session. They looked for an hour until Co Adriaanse finally revealed there were no eggs hidden.[3] Adriaanse already had these strange training methods at the start of his career, because when he was a youth trainer at Ajax, he sometimes ordered his players to lay on the ground. Then a teammate (with football boots on) would run over the bodies.[4] Because of all these infamous incidents, Adriaanse is sometimes nicknamed "Psycho Co".

[Nick]

Bloke sounds like a legend, but imagine that with prima donnas like ade and robinho. Hughes seems to hardcore for them as it is.


Why the fuck would O'neil leave? He just took us for a mug by piecing together our second choice defence with Dunne and Warnock and making it 10 times better than ours.

[Chinners]

O'Neil?, he's well overrated imo over a 38 game season. Now if it were only 20-25 games he'd be perfect

[Original Dub]

Since Leslie doesnt have the abilty, and this isnt a thread to slag off Hughes or a debate when the inevitable will happen, when it does, who would you like?

I want Hiddink.

Brilliant.

[Beeks]

Gary Megson

[sandman]

Since Leslie doesnt have the abilty, and this isnt a thread to slag off Hughes or a debate when the inevitable will happen, when it does, who would you like?

I want Hiddink.

Brilliant.

Was I not subtle enough...... :o)

[Green & Blue]

Steve Staunton would do at this rate

[Socrates]

Someone who has won trophies, preferably with multiple clubs and who is proven to be able to work with big name players.

That leaves us with a short list of;
Mourinho - proven at the level and in England but suspect on legacy issues, leaves a mess behind. Also a problem with style of play.
Hiddink - proven but getting on, would be short term sticking plaster job
Mancini - won trophies with all 3 clubs he has managed, built a new dynasty at Inter and playing good football too - defenitely should be considered whatever the (un)original dick says
Rijkaard - proven at the level, good style of football
Ranieri - proven in England, took Chelsea into 2nd place, good builder for this sort of project

[Blueboylewis]

Mourinho or Hiddink.

Either i would be happy with

[bobadji]

Hiddink
Mourinho
Ranieri

In that order. Looking at that list, may as well shove Scolari and Grant on there. Chelsea have wasted a few top managers.

[lets all have a disco]

Hiddink
Mourinho
Ranieri

In that order. Looking at that list, may as well shove Scolari and Grant on there. Chelsea have wasted a few top managers.

Dont forget

Steve McLaren has won a trophy in England.

[Kyle]

Mark Hughes.

[CityFanFromRome]

That leaves us with a short list of;
Mourinho - proven at the level and in England but suspect on legacy issues, leaves a mess behind. Also a problem with style of play.
Mancini - won trophies with all 3 clubs he has managed, built a new dynasty at Inter and playing good football too - defenitely should be considered whatever the (un)original dick says
Ranieri - proven in England, took Chelsea into 2nd place, good builder for this sort of project

Definitely agree on Jose, not a big fan of Mancini but you can't argue with trophies (although, at Inter he had a far supeiror team to the other contenders so it wasn't that much of an achievement imho)

Ranieri, I find his football boring tbh, it surely is compared to Spalletti's one, but you can't argue with points and since he came Roma have made a lot of points, he took the team after two defeats in a row in the first two league games and in the last place in the table and has now brought it to fifth place with a six-pointer this weekend against the fourth, not to mention going through the group stages of Europa League as first. Would probably be a good bet for a building project like ours, if we could endure the boring footy and be satisfied with results, but I doubt he's going to leave Roma as he's finally at the helm of the club he is a fan of.

[King Kev]

Mike Newell.

[edge275]

Mourinho definitely.

[Rag_hater]

Jose first choice.Dunga is leaving Brazil after the WC I would like him or Guardiola if this is hypothetical.

[simon12]

Hiddink. JM wooouuulllld taaaakkkkeee ttttoooo lloonnngg gggeeetttiiiinnngg tthhheeeerrrreee.

[10.Goater_Legend]

Steve Coppell

[Fidel Castro]

Has anyone actually looked at Hiddink's club record?
It's not that impressive, people are judging him on his achievements with Australia and South Korea - why?