Who's next after Benitez - Poll reset 25th Jan

[Davidoff]

Wasn't Lampard playing Kante as a wingback

 

[blue1948]

I think they should bin the lot , board and backroom staff ,the lot .If they won't get someone in that will .
I read yesterday that Cahill is getting a job .
WTF is happening ,getting rid of the scapegoat Brands ,selling Digne and then sacking the guy who did it ? Scattergun is not enough to explain because you at least have to point that in the right direction . I think Moshiri is spinning out of control as much as the team ,he needs to grow a pair and get out of team/managerial selection.Tell him to put his toys away and go back on his boat .
This mentality the team has has been there for a long time and I believe it is encrusted in the walls ,too many "mates " giving jobs to " mates "and not caring for our team,just themselves .

 

[allen]

Apologies if already posted, but Squires has Everton nailed this week.

 

[ToffeeTim]

Give it to Lampard. He succeeded with young players in a season of proper football, after losing his best player during a transfer ban.

Yeah he made some mistakes but so do all young managers. I'd expect him to be better equipped now than he was, and he did well in both his first 2 jobs.

And we need to stop with the Tuchel comparison. Of course he's not as good as Tuchel. There's only about 3 or 4 people in the world who are better. And what happenned last year wasn't real football, it shouldn't be seen as that important. Like we won at Anfield, Tottenham and the Emirates

 

[Toffeepot]

17/18- 40 points
18/19- 36 points
19/20- 41 points
20/21- 41 points

Thats not what id call improvement to be honest... and this year, give it the full season, they have won 2 in 15 and have had the fans booing the side.

Wilder 13/14 saved Northampton from relegation. 14/15 midtable. 15/16 promotion. 16/17 (Sheffield United, sixth attempt at promotion) Champions league 1, 17/18 mid table championship, 18/19 champions, 19/20 top half in the premier league before the pandemic. Now he is taking Boro to the premier league.

That is consistant improvement of teams

he started managing them in 19/20 season
Improvement, sustained and now so far improvement again
Again...easy check

 

[Bristol Blue]

You'd have to assume Martinez is one and probably Ferguson so all in all not the most exciting shortlist in the world and seems to be just people with phone numbers they've got saved.

Doubt one is Martinez, they would just give him the job and not bother with the interviews. Plus it would suggest an agreement had been made with Belgium otherwise

 

[andy4efc]

He was doing alright at Chelsea until they chucked 200mil at him and he bought a load of big players, too much too soon for him I should think. He'd be fine here, with our average squad

Players he bought went on to win the CL so not like he can't identify talent.

Just a little bit too soon for me, did a good job when they couldn't invest, just then they invested and expectations naturally went higher and they didnt hit the ground running from the off.

 

[Wayno]

If we’re talking to Lampard I would rather be about signing him to play in midfield.

 

[Tommy Chong]

 

[Tree13]

I do not understand why the club sacked Benitez WITHOUT having a replacement lined up already.

I'm not saying he should have stayed, but more that IF losing to Norwich was the trigger then surely the distinct possibility of sacking the manager had been on the minds of the board members prior to the Norwich game. If THAT'S the case then surely informal communications must already have taken place with candidates not currently under contract elsewhere, as a minimum?

I find it ridiculously amateur of the club to dither and dawdle over the appointment of a new manager during a transfer window.

PS absolute "no" to Martinez. Shouldn't even be considered a candidate. And is Lampard even actually a manager? He achieved absolutely nothing at Chelsea, a wealthier club with a far stronger squad, and has since sat on his backside doing nothing remotely related to management or coaching.

 

[Noble Savage]

Apologies if already posted, but Squires has Everton nailed this week.

That's brilliant . He even managed to squeeze in a John Oster reference .

 

[Noisy noise annoys]

Thanks for explaining it , makes sense although I'm not really feeling it. I just don't think he would have the players he needed or clout at this particular club that Rooney or Dunc would have.

We need to get out of this trap of "he gets the club etc", its holding us back imo

 

[Bristol Blue]

Lampard and our defence would be as scary as Martinez and our defence. Not for me in the position we’re in at the moment.

 

[ToffeeTim]

Lampard and our defence would be as scary as Martinez and our defence. Not for me in the position we’re in at the moment.

Our defence is that bad even Martinez would probably improve it. Benitez oversaw the worst organisation I've ever seen - and I watched 3 seasons of Martinez.

 

[Noisy noise annoys]

Players he bought went on to win the CL so not like he can't identify talent.

Just a little bit too soon for me, did a good job when they couldn't invest, just then they invested and expectations naturally went higher and they didnt hit the ground running from the off.

Absolutely, his record is tarnished by this period, he had done well until then. Remember Kendal and SAF were both close to the sack before coming good.