Potential managers to replace mcdermott

[The Quiet Man]

RDM failed in similar circumstances with WBA to be fair.

Don't see anyone english/scottish as credible at the moment or affordable given the cost of removing McD and prising another manager out of their contract guess about £2-3 million at championship level (if they would come)?

Perhaps Anton will appoint a Russian and we can get russian cast offs and out of season loans.

Anybody coming in half way through the season is really on a hiding to nothing with the current squad and the supposed lack of funds (Boris still hasn't given Anton any pocket money to spend on his new toy so the deep pockets are surprisingly empty). A younger more promising manager may well be destroyed in such circumstances.

[Royals-lad14]

definitely a no brainer for me- SIR JIMMY KEBE

[Pepe the Horseman]

Glen Hoddle. Fo shiz.

[Esteban]

Malky Mackay - Always has an Impact, plays good foorball
Poyet - Plays good football, a possibility
Hughes - Good with smaller clubs with less funds. Only has one bad job behind him
Dick - Record speaks for itself
Dolan - Served his time at the Academy, known for playing nice, progressive football with a passing 4231 formation
Chris Powell - Roberts would be happy
A european - Plenty of those.


Whoever we get doesn't HAVE to have had PL experience in the past. A lot of the managers managing in the Prem now didn't before and are making a good name for themselves now. Just look at Clarke, Moyes, Laudrup, Rodgers, Pardew and Houghton. As long as the philosophy is right and they know what they're doing, they can do a great job IMO.

It's all about picking the right man, charecter and philosophy regardless of PL experience.

Are you on glue?

Mackay has only ever managed two teams, how is he a step up?
Poyet has done pretty well with one club, but that’s all
Hughes has spent a fortune everywhere he’s been and we don’t have a fortune to spend
Advocaat would be a coup for the club and probably cost us a fortune, which we don’t have
Dolan’s Academy are doing well, but he hasn’t managed a side for years now
Powell’s Charlton aren’t exactly lighting up the Championship and he’s only ever managed them
A European – brilliant

If we bring in a manager without any PL experience, give him the same budget as McDermott will get in January and expect him to keep us up, then we’ll be in the same boat as we are now. Except we’ll have even less money, as we’ll have to pay off McDermott’s contract and potentially buy out another manager’s contract.

[Upper West Ginger]

Stuart Pearce.

[Alexander Litvinenko]

@The Mods - please can one of you rename this thread "The name a manager you've heard of thread".

[Allyh84]

If we had Jose Mourinho, I think we'd certainly stay up.

[Alexander Litvinenko]

If we had Jose Mourinho, I think we'd certainly stay up.

Why, who would he play in midfield out of our current squad?

[Hoop Blah]

If we had Jose Mourinho, I think we'd certainly stay up.

Why, who would he play in midfield out of our current squad?

I think it's perfectly acceptable to assume he'd get a bit more out of the players we have because none of them, Shorey and Morrison apart probably, are playing as well as they can.

[Alexander Litvinenko]

If we had Jose Mourinho, I think we'd certainly stay up.

Why, who would he play in midfield out of our current squad?

I think it's perfectly acceptable to assume he'd get a bit more out of the players we have because none of them, Shorey and Morrison apart probably, are playing as well as they can.

Hmmm, I'm note sure I agree with that. I don't think the problem is about some key players not playing to their potential - I think it's more about those same players simply not being good enough for this level of football. And if that's the case then bringing in the best manager in the world won't make a difference!

[Hoop Blah]

I think they're all a little short of the required quality yes, but, playing at their full capacity, in a team not hampered by some odd team selections, ineffective tactics and bemusing substitutions, I think they'd have won a few of those closer games and most of them would've played better.

Another manager would probably have got more out of the midfield trio of Leigertwood, Karacan and Guthrie.

A couple of good aquisitions and an improvement in performance from the majority and we wouldn't be too far off a competitive side.

I do think we'll be too far off the pace to close the gap though if this keeps up (which I can only think it will right now).

[melonhead]

RDM failed in similar circumstances with WBA to be fair.

Don't see anyone english/scottish as credible at the moment or affordable given the cost of removing McD and prising another manager out of their contract guess about £2-3 million at championship level (if they would come)?

Perhaps Anton will appoint a Russian and we can get russian cast offs and out of season loans.

Anybody coming in half way through the season is really on a hiding to nothing with the current squad and the supposed lack of funds (Boris still hasn't given Anton any pocket money to spend on his new toy so the deep pockets are surprisingly empty). A younger more promising manager may well be destroyed in such circumstances.

not a massive fan of russian players in th eprem

seem to have a shit attitude, and are more often than not big failures

[melonhead]

Glen Hoddle. Fo shiz.

id take that


would he be happy within our financial constraints though

[Pepe the Horseman]

Glen Hoddle. Fo shiz.

id take that


would he be happy within our financial constraints though

Ecstatic.

[melonhead]

[SPARTA]

Hughes has spent a fortune everywhere he’s been and we don’t have a fortune to spend

What did he spend at Fulham? He did a very good job there without splashing the cash.

[melonhead]

Hughes has spent a fortune everywhere he’s been and we don’t have a fortune to spend

What did he spend at Fulham? He did a very good job there without splashing the cash.

true, although left cos they wouldnt spend even more:

Mark Hughes left Fulham because he felt the club lacked ambition, he has revealed.

Hughes guided the south-west London club to eighth in the Premier League last season, but then quit in the summer.

His exit after just one season in charge caused dismay and anger among Fulham fans, and it was widely assumed he had quit because he thought he was going to replace Gerard Houllier at Aston Villa.

“The assumption was that I was jumping ship because I had another job to jump into," said Hughes. "People assumed I was hoping to get the Villa job, but that was never the case. It was never there for me.

“It was a point in time where I felt my ambition for where I wanted to take the club was not matched.

"Historically, Fulham was a club that was happy to be in the Premier League and that was their ambition, but it was not my ambition for them.

“I felt Fulham were probably a little bit too honest with me. In conversations, they were saying, ‘We know exactly what you’re about Mark, but, really, we are just quite happy to stay in the Premier League.’

“The offer was there for me to stay and if I had seen the next two years were going to be steady progression and they wanted to establish themselves in the top 10, then I would have signed it. But I didn’t really get that feeling.

“There were players that I wanted to sign for the club and those negotiations weren’t going well. I had given them a couple of names and I saw a slowing down of the process.

“They were saying, ‘We will do it’ and ‘We’re speaking’ and I read that as the fact that maybe they didn’t want to do these deals.

“I read that as maybe they didn’t want to take the club and keep them in the top half of the Premier League - which was my ambition.”

There was a clause in Hughes’ contract which permitted either him or or Fulham to terminate his deal without penalty on one day - June 1, 2011.

As the date grew nearer, the former Wales boss realised he did not want to commit himself to a longer contract and decided it would be best to “shake hands and walk away”.

“Fulham have been a team that is traditionally middle to lower,” Hughes said. “My view was that with a little bit of investment and little bit of longevity in terms of my tenure, they could be middle to top half.

which suggests he wouldnt want to come here

[SPARTA]

Hughes has spent a fortune everywhere he’s been and we don’t have a fortune to spend

What did he spend at Fulham? He did a very good job there without splashing the cash.

true, although left cos they wouldnt spend even more:

Mark Hughes left Fulham because he felt the club lacked ambition, he has revealed.

Hughes guided the south-west London club to eighth in the Premier League last season, but then quit in the summer.

His exit after just one season in charge caused dismay and anger among Fulham fans, and it was widely assumed he had quit because he thought he was going to replace Gerard Houllier at Aston Villa.

“The assumption was that I was jumping ship because I had another job to jump into," said Hughes. "People assumed I was hoping to get the Villa job, but that was never the case. It was never there for me.

“It was a point in time where I felt my ambition for where I wanted to take the club was not matched.

"Historically, Fulham was a club that was happy to be in the Premier League and that was their ambition, but it was not my ambition for them.

“I felt Fulham were probably a little bit too honest with me. In conversations, they were saying, ‘We know exactly what you’re about Mark, but, really, we are just quite happy to stay in the Premier League.’

“The offer was there for me to stay and if I had seen the next two years were going to be steady progression and they wanted to establish themselves in the top 10, then I would have signed it. But I didn’t really get that feeling.

“There were players that I wanted to sign for the club and those negotiations weren’t going well. I had given them a couple of names and I saw a slowing down of the process.

“They were saying, ‘We will do it’ and ‘We’re speaking’ and I read that as the fact that maybe they didn’t want to do these deals.

“I read that as maybe they didn’t want to take the club and keep them in the top half of the Premier League - which was my ambition.”

There was a clause in Hughes’ contract which permitted either him or or Fulham to terminate his deal without penalty on one day - June 1, 2011.

As the date grew nearer, the former Wales boss realised he did not want to commit himself to a longer contract and decided it would be best to “shake hands and walk away”.

“Fulham have been a team that is traditionally middle to lower,” Hughes said. “My view was that with a little bit of investment and little bit of longevity in terms of my tenure, they could be middle to top half.

which suggests he wouldnt want to come here

I tend to believe he went to QPR because he saw a bigger pay check and lots more to spend on the playing staff. He made a big mistake, as proved this season with Fulham's summer investment. I have a feel Hughes would take on a smaller project like Reading to try and get his reputation back to where it was before he got too big for his boots.

[Gunny Fishcake]

Craig levein

God help us

[SPARTA]

RDM failed in similar circumstances with WBA to be fair.

Don't see anyone english/scottish as credible at the moment or affordable given the cost of removing McD and prising another manager out of their contract guess about £2-3 million at championship level (if they would come)?

Perhaps Anton will appoint a Russian and we can get russian cast offs and out of season loans.

Anybody coming in half way through the season is really on a hiding to nothing with the current squad and the supposed lack of funds (Boris still hasn't given Anton any pocket money to spend on his new toy so the deep pockets are surprisingly empty). A younger more promising manager may well be destroyed in such circumstances.

not a massive fan of russian players in th eprem

seem to have a shit attitude, and are more often than not big failures

Can you list say 10 of them and examples of their bad attitude please? Just because I cannot think of any/many at the moment.