Manager for the Championship rebuild - who do you want?

[Foxxed]

LOUD NOISES

[StanSP]

15 minute 'stand by' warning 

[Mike Oxlong]

16 minutes ago, Wasyls Pec Deck said:

Just spat my coffee all over my laptop at work.

 

Brilliant 

 

I always wondered what SP stood for @StanSP

 

Edited 16 June 2023 by Mike Oxlong

[Babylon]

17 minutes ago, Ric Flair said:

@Babylon @weller54

 

I found this stat quite interesting. I know both of you are baffled by the risky nature of this appointment, but let's hope Rudkin and Top have finally made a decent decision between them.

 

 

 

I’m not baffled by it at all, or averse to risk. I was just baffled at some of the comments about managers who had got several teams promoted, compared to a man who flopped when he tried management previously.

[CWC1983]

There was talk about Maresca joining Celtic on radio over the weekend. 

 

One of the journalists pointed out that he doesn't tend to stay in jobs long and he was seen as risky. 

 

It's a good opportunity for him to lay down some roots and build something. 

 

 

[SemperEadem]

Was on the West Ham staff for a bit, players seemed to like him.

[Trelleh]

My William is tingling, cue the official announcement rock on

[Long Eaton Fox]

I wonder how much the sacking of Rodgers and assistants, the 3 months of Smith, Shakespeare and Terry and any possible compensation to man city. I guessing £10m. A lot when you have none.

[Babylon]

16 minutes ago, nnfox said:

I'm not against an inexperienced manager but that tweet doesn't tell the whole story...

 

12 out of the last 18 teams promoted to the Premier League DID have previous experience.  And there's no mention of how many inexperienced managers didn't get promoted.  I don't know the answer btw, just an alternate view of the statement.

It doesn’t touch on whether they had a track record abroad either.  Which is also clearly less of a risk.

[Fuch Me Moore]

🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨 

[elvisfmcfly]

2 minutes ago, Babylon said:

I’m not baffled by it at all, or averse to risk. I was just baffled at some of the comments about managers who had got several teams promoted, compared to a man who flopped when he tried management previously.

Can you really judge some one over 14 games? He won 4 drew 5 lost 5. 

[Fuch Me Moore]

What's that coming over the hill.....is it Maresca. Is it MARESSCCCAAAA

[ramaiya2]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/65888753

[Simoken]

Loving all this news of excitement, but in a few months on a 2 game losing streak people will turn on the poor man

[bovril]

Some on this forum need to cool down. I know it's hot and he's a sexy southern Italian but seriously...

[HankMarvin]

Just now, elvisfmcfly said:

Can you really judge some one over 14 games? He won 4 drew 5 lost 5. 

Isn’t that the whole point on why it’s a risk, as opposed to just the  results that season.

[elvisfmcfly]

3 minutes ago, HankMarvin said:

Isn’t that the whole point on why it’s a risk, as opposed to just the  results that season.

Well it’s not the point he was making , he called him a flop. He’s not a flop, what about De Zerbi only managed in the Ukraine, I’d rather give this guy a chance than some one to just get us promoted and then sacked like Parker.

[Ric Flair]

25 minutes ago, nnfox said:

I'm not against an inexperienced manager but that tweet doesn't tell the whole story...

 

12 out of the last 18 teams promoted to the Premier League DID have previous experience.  And there's no mention of how many inexperienced managers didn't get promoted.  I don't know the answer btw, just an alternate view of the statement.

It's 1/3 of the book and without having the actual stats on all the managers during that period, it will be way more managers of the total that had Championship experience already.

 

Anyway, this is a risk, I'm not even sure I'd have gone with this choice from the off. I respect the bravery of the decision though and I think this is very surprising.

[Fox in the North]

[moore_94]

 

[David Hankey]

9 minutes ago, ramaiya2 said:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/65888753

Is that news via 'BBC Verify'?

[HowardsBulletHeader]

I really like it, I like the fact they haven't played safe. Yes it's an unknown and it's potentially dangerous but the club needs a new philosophy and a new way of thinking that I'm convinced wouldn't be brought in by bringing in Smith or Parker. Regardless of their experience at getting the job done in the Championship, they are sitting ducks come the time we get to the Premier League and inevitably get found out under their methods. You could say, that's what we brought them in for, but it's a short term philosophy.

 

I feel with Maresca, the club are aiming long term (same way Burnley did with Kompany, Boro with Carrick), it feels like there could be a chance it goes really well, we get promoted at the first time of asking AND he could stay long term as our manager, cutting the mustard in the Premier League. Of course there's the chance it fails spectacularly but it could fail under anyone because we need such an overhaul. It is a mammoth task, but by the same token an incredible opportunity for someone to stamp their mark throughout the club from top to bottom. 

 

Out of everyone linked (forget Hutter and Potter etc, never realistic), it feels like they've gone for the right man. I hope I'm not proved wrong and our football club can return at the first attempt, but come what may, we get behind Maresca and the lads as we always do.

[STUHILL]

12 minutes ago, elvisfmcfly said:

Can you really judge some one over 14 games? He won 4 drew 5 lost 5. 

Oh you better believe that he will be judged on here after 14 games! 

[foxfanazer]

3 minutes ago, moore_94 said:

 

The blokes not even signed for us yet but the media are already trying to move him on to a bigger club

[Fox92]

E I E I E I O