New Manager? Who do you Want?

[winteriscoming]

I like Fischer but not sure we’ll get anyone whose in a job.

Marco Rose or Jorge Sampaoli both readily available. No chance we’ll get Poch. 

 

[filthyfox]

Dyche

[FoxesWalk]

Dyche.

 

Potter should have come in a year ago, but it’s too late now, they look well ahead of us this season, and he will leave for a bigger job than ours at this point. 

[Wink]

11 hours ago, Vindaloo FOX said:

 

 

 

Marcelino or Bordalás for me.

Tbf their videos make Rodgers sound good too

 

 

[Tuna]

57 minutes ago, MrsJohnMurphy said:

Some interesting choices here

 

However if Rodgers goes now it'll be Dyche or Benitez

2 managers who had both their clubs in the relegation zone for most of last season?

 

How many wins did both managers get in the league last season?

Edited 28 August 2022 by Tuna

[Claudio Fannieri]

The current Celtic manager has them playing some great high intensity football, he would be a decent option 

[Danny280995]

Urs Fischer- Union Berlin manager

[SafewayFox]

I know that I’ll get dogs abuse for this comment but making it anyway…..a manager on the sidelines who actually pumps up the players and makes us defensively sound please.

[Ric Flair]

Arne Slot is still the standout choice for me if we have any serious intention of utilising our academy more and more which we have to if we want to try and adhere to these hideous UEFA FFP rules.

 

His track record at developing young players, many from the respective clubs academies is very impressive. 

[kingfox]

2 hours ago, studentofthegame said:

Been having a quick look through past few seasons to see any managers that seem to be having success, found a few interesting ones although I don't know enough about their playstyles to know how well they would fit

Obviously Pochettino would be a dream hire but I feel he is probably out of reach.

Gasperini has worked wonder at Atalanta but had a bit of a down year last season so could maybe be persuaded to come, they have no European football this year so that wouldn't be an obstacle

Potter is an obvious choice and has really got Brighton moving in the right direction, similar story with Thomas Frank, although not quite as impressive as Potter in my opinion.

Unai Emery is another obvious name, reputation in England is a bit tainted by his poor spell at Arsenal but he has won 4 Europa leagues and has a runner up too, also made the Champions League semi finals last season. Another that might be tough to tempt but might fancy another shot at the Prem after his disappointment last time.

Arne Slot looks impressive at Feyenoord, has taken them back into Europe and had a great run in the conference league last season

Urs Fischer was mentioned above but has improved year on year with Union Berlin, turned them from a 2nd division side to a team competing for Europe and pushing for Champions League spots, done this with a negative net spend in that time and whilst losing key players most seasons, started strong again this season despite losing their top scorer from last season, 10 points from 4 games, already beaten Leipzig and smashed Schalke 6-1 yesterday.

Kjetil Knutsen has had incredible success with Bodo Glimt, both domestically and in Europe, similar story with adapting to losing key players regularly, their title win a couple of season ago was as dominant as it gets. Untested at a higher level though so would be a bit of a risk, although he hasn't exactly struggled in Europe.

Franck Haise is another name already mentioned but has done a great job with Lens, back to back 7th place finishes after promotion from the 2nd divison. Only a couple of points off of European qualification and improved points, goals scored and goals conceded from season 1 to 2. Has a 1-2-1 record vs PSG over those 2 seasons and has put together lengthy unbeaten runs at the business end of both seasons.

Julien Stephan took over Strasbourg last summer and took them from 15th the previous season to 6th last season, only 3 points off of a European place. Before that he was at Rennes, took over mid season in 18/19 when they were sat in 14th, steadied the ship to finish 10th and won the Coupe de France beating Lille and Lyon along the way and PSG in the final. Improved to 3rd the following season and qualified for Europe before having a poor 9th place finish in his final season with them.

Oliver Glasner is the Frankfurt manager, only finished 11th in the league last season but was distracted by a successful Europa League winning run, including knocking out Barcelona over 2 legs. Had a top 4 finish with Wolfsburg before joining Frankfurt and had a good success back in Austria to start his managerial career, got LASK promoted before finishing 4th and then 2nd in their first 2 seasons. 

Imanol Alguacil has done a decent job at Sociedad, 6th, 5th, 7th and 9th place finishes over the past 4 seasons. Won the Copa del Rey in 19/20 to bring Sociedad their first major trophy in 33 years.

Steffen Baumgart took over a Koln side that had just finished 16th and only stayed up via the relegation play-off and took them to a 7th place finish and a conference league spot. Before that he took over a Paderborn side that were 18th in the German 3rd division. First season took them to a 2nd place finish and promotion to the 2nd division, followed that up with another 2nd place finish in their first season in the league and gained promotion to the Bundesliga for only the 2nd time in club history. They struggled badly and went straight back down and followed it up with a disappointing midtable finish back in the 2nd division though.

Steffen Baumgart 

[Vindaloo FOX]

28 minutes ago, Danny280995 said:

Urs Fischer- Union Berlin manager

Been a big fan of his for sometime but don't think he would come here.

[Danny280995]

1 minute ago, Vindaloo FOX said:

Been a big fan of his for sometime but don't think he would come here.

Won't cost to much and be on much lower wages. His style of football is similar to Klopp..sounds good to me

[Phenom]

GTFO with that Dyche nonsense.

[indierich06]

25 minutes ago, Ric Flair said:

Arne Slot is still the standout choice for me if we have any serious intention of utilising our academy more and more which we have to if we want to try and adhere to these hideous UEFA FFP rules.

 

His track record at developing young players, many from the respective clubs academies is very impressive. 

Yep, Slot for me too. 

[Sharpe's Fox]

I can imagine us getting Dyche or Benitez in because our owners know nothing about football outside of Match of the Day and Sky Sports cliches but we should be willing to sack them at the drop of a hat and getting someone half decent in if they can be bothered to educate themselves.

[Deeg67]

31 minutes ago, Ric Flair said:

Arne Slot is still the standout choice for me if we have any serious intention of utilising our academy more and more which we have to if we want to try and adhere to these hideous UEFA FFP rules.

 

His track record at developing young players, many from the respective clubs academies is very impressive. 

He’d never leave what he’s got for what we are right now.

[Ric Flair]

Just now, Deeg67 said:

He’d never leave what he’s got for what we are right now.

He would, he'd triple his salary for a start.

[Ryy]

10 minutes ago, Phenom said:

GTFO with that Dyche nonsense.

Agreed bans for all those that say it

[Deeg67]

1 minute ago, Ric Flair said:

He would, he'd triple his salary for a start.

Wishful thinking IMO (not to mention if Top is out 25 million to end the Brendo nightmare he’s going to try and pay the next manager in grocery coupons and lottery tickets).  But I’d love to get him.

[moore_94]

2 minutes ago, Ric Flair said:

He would, he'd triple his salary for a start.

The wage increase we could offer and the chance to work in the Prem would be a massive pull for a lot of managers even if they are doing well in their current league

[Ric Flair]

4 minutes ago, Deeg67 said:

Wishful thinking IMO (not to mention if Top is out 25 million to end the Brendo nightmare he’s going to try and pay the next manager in grocery coupons and lottery tickets).  But I’d love to get him.

Rodgers won't cost us 3 years wages to remove, it's about a year or so and his staff so probably more like £13-14m.

 

Slot is apparently on £1.2m a year, we could triple his salary and he still be only less than a third of what Brendan was on.

[moore_94]

5 minutes ago, Ric Flair said:

Rodgers won't cost us 3 years wages to remove, it's about a year or so and his staff so probably more like £13-14m.

 

Slot is apparently on £1.2m a year, we could triple his salary and he still be only less than a third of what Brendan was on.

Even Fischer is only on about £850k a year (and also in the last year of his contract)

 

For some of these managers we could easily quadruple their wages and that would still be relatively low in comparison to other Prem managers

Edited 28 August 2022 by moore_94

[Ric Flair]

2 minutes ago, moore_94 said:

Even Fischer is only on about £850k a year (and also in the last year of his contract)

 

For some of these managers we could easily quadruple their wages and that would still be relatively low in comparison to other Prem managers

What's Fischer's record like at bringing through youth? I could ne very persuaded.

[moore_94]

1 minute ago, Ric Flair said:

What's Fischer's record like at bringing through youth? I could ne very persuaded.

It was decent when he was in Switzerland

 

It is kind of hard to judge him on it at Union Berlin though because they don't have a B Team, so it would be like if we didn't have our under 23s/under 21s team, makes it a lot harder to bring through youth

[kingfox]

As Ric & Moore keep banging the drum for Slot & Fischer, I’ll keep banging the drum for Matthias Jaissle.

 

Best league start of any manager in RB Salzburg history, first manager in RB Salzburg history to get them into the Champions League Round of 16. 
 

Plays a high intensity style of football in a 4-3-1-2 formation, a highly energetic and pressing midfield is the key component, which then allows Salzburg to utilise their pace in the forward areas, which would perfectly suit the likes of Vardy, Daka & Barnes.

 

RB Salzburg were also the youngest team in the Champions League with an average age of 22, Jaissle himself is only 34.

 

Finally if he does come, he’ll instantly be the most handsome b*****d in the Premier League, instead of season tickets being thrown at him, it will be people’s underwear instead.

Edited 28 August 2022 by kingfox