Succession Planning - Managerial Wishlist

[little elfin]

Cesc Fabregas.

 

[Drico]

Glasner Mancini Ancelotti Pochettino Nagelsmann Mourinho. All could be available, all miles better than Moyes.

They’ll get shot down by loads on here who won’t believe we can attract anyone better than Moyes, even though we attracted Ancelotti when we were a basket case. Villa attracted Emery in a relegation battle. Bournemouth have brought in Iraola and now Rose.

We have a new stadium, good training facilities, owners who will give transfer backing, a patient fanbase with low expectations, a squad with some good players, and we can pay top managerial salaries. We absolutely would be a prime opportunity for any manager below the absolute elite of the game to build something here.

If we offered Glasner he could keep his best players and have transfer funds every window I’d wager he’d be here in an instant.

The other thing the comfy cardigan brigade need to remember is not all of the attractive managers on the market will be able to have their first pick. This opens us up as a possibility. Real Madrid will need a new manager. That could be Mourinho. I suppose it could also be Ancelotti, but let's say it's Jose. Where does Carlo go after Brazil lose a quarter-final? People can say he and Tuchel, for example, have long-term contracts, but if England lose to Mexico in the last 16, Tuchel will be run out of town. If they make the quarters, they'll likely face Brazil in the last 8. I don't see the loser surviving that. So that's another one on the market. If Nagelsmann fails like I expect Germany to this summer, he'll be out of a job and no longer as attractive to the superclubs as he once was and might be now... These things open possibilities for clubs like us that are not obvious right now. But you've got to be interested in taking such chances.

Real Madrid and Chelsea will need new managers for sure. United will be under pressure to stick with Carrick, Arsenal with Arteta. Is Slot going from Liverpool? There might only be two or three "superclub" vacancies this summer. What does a Glasner do then if this is the case? Wait another year? A Carlo might be able to do that, but a Glasner will soon fall out of the limelight.

There will be plenty of opportunities to start afresh come July. You'd need a strong ownership and good internal infrastructure to go about your transfer window and wait your moment to snare your coach. Obviously, I don't believe we have that - and that's why, as much as anything, I expect they'll stick with mediocrity for expedience.

 

[paultheblue]

It would be Glasner for me and there will never be a better time to bring him in than now.
There are no certainties in football
But sticking with Moyes whether we make Europe or not is not the way forward .Moyes is the 7th highest paid manager in the league so I would imagine Glasners wages shouldn't be a problem

 

[Saint Domingo]

I must say it's quite the turnaround from @Saint Domingo. From defending the likes 9f Benitez and Dyche to champing at the bit for winners who'll deliver silverware.

It’s almost like we’ve changed owners, wiped a load of debt, put behind us a load of PSR issues and moved stadium in between them isn’t it.

Surely opinions on something change when the context in which that subject is now operating had completely changed?

If the Friedkins boot Moyes and bring in Dyche this summer I’ll go to Texas myself to protest.

Every time we changed manager once Ancelotti left before the takeover we were just throwing money down the drain that could be the difference between signing a player or not that could keep us in the league. That’s the reason I was largely opposed to getting rid of Benitez Lampard or Dyche until it was absolutely necessary for our survival.

We no longer operate in that environment fortunately.

 

[Daveysgingerlovechild]

It’s almost like we’ve changed owners, wiped a load of debt, put behind us a load of PSR issues and moved stadium in between them isn’t it.

Surely opinions on something change when the context in which that subject is now operating had completely changed?

If the Friedkins boot Moyes and bring in Dyche this summer I’ll go to Texas myself to protest.

Every time we changed manager once Ancelotti left before the takeover we were just throwing money down the drain that could be the difference between signing a player or not that could keep us in the league. That’s the reason I was largely opposed to getting rid of Benitez Lampard or Dyche until it was absolutely necessary for our survival.

We no longer operate in that environment fortunately.

I look forward yo your next contrarin pivot

 

[Drico]

I think we all accept that the Premier League is the place most of the top managers want to be - after the four current European superclubs. I saw an interview with Karl-Heinz Rummenigge recently where he said the Premier League now is like Serie A in the 80s when he played there. It attracts most of the top talent.

Therefore, we need to stop talking down the attractiveness of an ambitious Everton. Real Madrid, Barcelona, Bayern Munich, and PSG are the contintental superclubs. At least two - if not three - will not be in the market for a new coach this summer. What's the pecking order then? Manchester City, Manchester United, Arsenal, Liverpool, and Chelsea. It may be that only Chelsea are in the market. It might be up to four of them are. But only Chelsea, right now, are for sure. Let's split the difference and say two of them are in the market come summer. That's three plum jobs available - Real Madrid, Chelsea, and, say, one of the others.

After that, will Newcastle be changing Howe? Even if they were, are they THAT much more attractive than an ambitious Everton? If Spurs stay up, as seems likely, they will hardly replace de Zerbi. If they go down, they'll not be attractive. Who else is more attractive than us? Bournemouth shorn of Iraola? Hardly...

None of the traditional continental giants who are currently not financial superclubs are any more attractive than us. Managers want to manage a superclub or in the Premier League. Ambitious Bundesliga or La Liga coaches would see us as a potential ticket to the bright lights.

Of course, you have to be genuinely ambitious and in the market to get that kind of upwardly mobile or top level coach. I don't think we are. But if we were, we are far more viable a destination for such coaches than the last 30 years of mismanagement would have us believe.

 

[Blue peter]

It would be Glasner for me and there will never be a better time to bring him in than now.
There are no certainties in football
But sticking with Moyes whether we make Europe or not is not the way forward .Moyes is the 7th highest paid manager in the league so I would imagine Glasners wages shouldn't be a problem

I think the advantage that Glasner has over the likes of Iraola is that Glasner how had measures of success in different leagues with different size clubs.

The one little bit if doubt I have about Iraola is that he has done through a club whose infrastructure (similar to Brentford ps and Brightons) allows a degree of success for any managerial appointee. It’s difficult to truly assess their performance at those clubs. The potential downside to Glasner however is his seeming penchant for falling out with owners.

 

[pedro789]

Glasner would do well here but his availability isn't going to line up with Moyes leaving.

Moyes is staying next season and he's done well but no extension.

14 years of Moyes is enough.

 

[blue61]

Glasner would do well here but his availability isn't going to line up with Moyes leaving.

Moyes is staying next season and he's done well but no extension.

14 years of Moyes is enough.

11 was enough.

 

[PhilRegan]

….i wouldn’t be so sure about that if the right job comes along. Keane was full of praise for him, said he’s not dependent on his father. You could see he’d won the respect of the players, they’re the one’s who were so impressed with him in his own right.

I agree but its all with his dad watching . Different kettle of fish without that comfy blanket

 

[PhilRegan]

A couple of years before we can try for Europe?

We would have made it this season if we’d have just been a tiny bit bolder at times.

If we move at the pace you’re suggesting we’ll be left behind and that’s how you end up in another relegation battle.

We simply aren't ready thats it , we need time things take time .

 

[PhilRegan]

Cesc Fabregas.

Does Keane speak highly of him ?

 

[Milkman]

Eddie Howe would be the one.

 

[Bluepablo]

I think we need to bed in Barry and rohl etc for a couple of years before we can try for Europe. Id aim for a semi final in one of the cups first within 3 years .

Moyes is ideal to keep us ticking over , why risk rushing ?

Not sure Ndiaye, Branthwaite, Garner, O’Brian & KDH will wait around another 3 years whilst we think about showing some ambition.

 

[Username.]

Not sure Ndiaye, Branthwaite, Garner, O’Brian & KDH will wait around another 3 years whilst we think about showing some ambition.

Unless they go abroad none of the top 4 are coming for them.