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Post by The Toxic Avenger on Nov 28, 2017 10:27:35 GMT
*How you feel when Hodgson, Moyes, Pardew and Big Sam are scooped up in the month before a managerial change is looming and all your safety nets are gone*
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Post by hanibal7 on Nov 28, 2017 10:40:17 GMT
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Post by knowingeye on Nov 28, 2017 10:43:47 GMT
If Peter Coates decides to finish with the services of Mark Hughes at this time in the season I'd be very surprised, however given what little I know, my suggestion is Stoke City representatives having an enquiring chat with Martin O'Neill's people.
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Post by jeycov on Nov 28, 2017 10:45:27 GMT
Who would PC want? Who would the players want?
Paul clement might be out of a job soon. More experience as an assistant manager to date but British, has worked in Europe so possibly useful links there. Losing their star man to Everton. A big blow for them
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Post by richie22 on Nov 28, 2017 10:49:12 GMT
Martin O’Neil with that loony of a coach with him, wake some of our stars up.
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Post by gingerninja on Nov 28, 2017 11:07:10 GMT
I could live with Megson as an interim manager, I quite liked what he was doing at Stoke prior to Thordarson coming in on a limited budget. He's plain talking and would be a steady hand in the short term.. O' Neill's record pre Sunderland was excellent.. Always found him engaging & a good motivator in the Cloughie mould. I know Coates is a massive admirer of his.
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Post by chigstoke on Nov 28, 2017 11:11:30 GMT
I could deffo see O'Neill being of interest to Coates should Hughes go
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Post by PB1863 on Nov 28, 2017 11:13:42 GMT
I know Nigel Clough isn’t a big name but he has done a bloody good job with Burton Albion.
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Post by The Toxic Avenger on Nov 28, 2017 11:16:32 GMT
I know Nigel Clough isn’t a big name but he has done a bloody good job with Burton Albion. He's not really done anything to warrant a prem job though.
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Post by PB1863 on Nov 28, 2017 11:56:59 GMT
I know Nigel Clough isn’t a big name but he has done a bloody good job with Burton Albion. He's not really done anything to warrant a prem job though. I agree he hasn’t got the experience but how do you get experience? Dyche and Howe hadn’t a few years ago. I hope Hughes can still turn the season into a top 10 finish for us. Don’t forget last year we were only 3 points off 8th or 9th and it wasn’t a great season. This season could well be the same
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Post by mrred on Nov 28, 2017 12:00:29 GMT
If MH got the chop My list would be Brendan Rodgers Sean Dyche Marco Silva Rafa Benitez Ronald Koeman That wolves manager 5/6 of that list are employed, some by clubs bigger than us and couldn't even be considered as options. There's no way they would come here unless their contact was up or they got the sack. That leaves Koeman, who is a vile, manipulative cunt.
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Post by The Toxic Avenger on Nov 28, 2017 12:03:14 GMT
He's not really done anything to warrant a prem job though. I agree he hasn’t got the experience but how do you get experience? Dyche and Howe hadn’t a few years ago. I hope Hughes can still turn the season into a top 10 finish for us. Don’t forget last year we were only 3 points off 8th or 9th and it wasn’t a great season. This season could well be the same Dyche and Howe both got teams promoted to the Premier League. Clough has done brilliantly at Burton but middling at best at bigger clubs in that league and below.
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Post by wuzza on Nov 28, 2017 12:12:19 GMT
On the face of it Martin O’Neill would tick most of Mr Coates boxes but I think they might try something different next time in a final attempt to get something out of this whole Premier League experience.
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Post by rawli on Nov 28, 2017 15:04:56 GMT
I could live with Megson as an interim manager, I quite liked what he was doing at Stoke prior to Thordarson coming in on a limited budget. He's plain talking and would be a steady hand in the short term.. O' Neill's record pre Sunderland was excellent.. Always found him engaging & a good motivator in the Cloughie mould. I know Coates is a massive admirer of his. Gary Fucking Megson based what he did with us 18 years ago in the 3rd division? Why not Asa Hartford - he had a 75% win record back in 1993.
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Post by kickroo19 on Nov 28, 2017 15:42:57 GMT
Paolo Bento would be a great choice. Decent record but currently out of work . Job done
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Post by CalgaryPotter on Nov 28, 2017 16:27:01 GMT
If we could have a test period in virtual reality this would be really interesting. My concern would be whether he would have the respect of some of more senior players.
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Post by jonnyo on Nov 28, 2017 16:35:37 GMT
Break the bank by saying off his contract to bring in Rafa. Gotta be unhappy at Newcastle with what is going on there?
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Post by Deleted on Nov 28, 2017 17:24:54 GMT
The Championship seems fairly slim pickings (either they're doing well and are unlikely to jump ship, or are probably not ready for the Prem). Pretty much all of them would be a big gamble. Wilder from Sheff Utd? Jokanovic has had a bit of an up and down season so far, but has done fairly well with Fulham on the whole. Rafa would be a bit of a pipedream imho. Rodgers is unlikely to want to leave Celtic regardless of the riches of the Prem. Pardew? *shudder* Can't see the attraction with Martin O'Neill myself. He did ok at Villa for a little while before it went all a bit pear-shaped, and then he was pretty poor at Sunderland. He's hardly been stunning with Rep. of Ireland, has he? Seems linked with Everton anyway (although, where's this talk of Paulo Fonseca come from?) I used to think Bilic was decent, but the clusterfuck at West Ham has had me scratching my head. Could still come good though if he was at less of a basketcase of a club? The idea of 'Pulis Part 3: The (Re-)Return of the Capped One' leaves me cold. Could Karanka do a job with a more talented squad of players than he had at 'Boro? Bit of a punt. Would probably prefer Mazzarri to be honest. Koeman is likely our best shot at having someone with Prem experience and has shown he is more than capable of finishing top half and competing for Europe. Screw that, Laurent Blanc is doing nowt other than twiddling his thumbs. Let's get him in
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Post by sharonbeech21 on Nov 28, 2017 17:26:47 GMT
Sean Dyche or Rafa Benitez
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Post by Ygor on Nov 28, 2017 17:34:52 GMT
How about Roy Keane? I like the "edge" he gives when being interviewed. Maybe not ideal but he wouldn't half destroy Nigel Johnson! .
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Post by Deleted on Nov 28, 2017 17:38:27 GMT
If Hughes goes there is no doubt in my mind that our next manager would be Martin O'Neill, assuming Pardew and Allardyce end up going to their respective links.
Certainly wouldn't be my choice but Coates would lap him up. He's tried before and he tried to get Pulis twice before he persuaded the Icelandic board to appoint him.
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Post by raythesailor on Nov 28, 2017 17:42:18 GMT
If Derby don’t get promoted, and we avoid the drop, we have a very good candidate just down the road, and next summer would be the wright time to do it.
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Post by The Toxic Avenger on Nov 28, 2017 17:45:56 GMT
If Derby don’t get promoted, and we avoid the drop, we have a very good candidate just down the road, and next summer would be the wright time to do it. Another one whereby we might as well just reappoint Tone now and have done with it.
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Post by FullerMagic on Nov 28, 2017 17:54:08 GMT
O'Neill is the last remaining old stager that Coatesy would be immediately drawn to - but I'd guess it'd leave most people stone cold and be widely ridiculed. The game's moved on at lightning pace since his golden years.
I think it could come down to which of the Championship managers we could attract?
I'm not remotely sure we could even attract the likes of Wilder and Rowett, which shows the problems.
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Post by mrcoke on Nov 28, 2017 18:03:16 GMT
The suggestions keep coming, but the fact remains that Hughes is staying.
Crouch has signed a new contract and says it's a great club and the players are eager to succeed. They are desperate to win as anyone else and you can be sure Crouch, Adam, Shawcross, Fletcher, Johnson, all vastly experienced internationals (Ryan excepted), together with the other senior players make their opinions known to Hughes.
Hughes started the clear out process last summer and more will go. There is unity at the club, there needs to be more unity with the fans, getting behind the players and the club officials.
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Post by The Toxic Avenger on Nov 28, 2017 18:05:42 GMT
The suggestions keep coming, but the fact remains that Hughes is staying. Crouch has signed a new contract and says it's a great club and the players are eager to succeed. They are desperate to win as anyone else and you can be sure Crouch, Adam, Shawcross, Fletcher, Johnson, all vastly experienced internationals (Ryan excepted), together with the other senior players make their opinions known to Hughes. Hughes started the clear out process last summer and more will go. There is unity at the club, there needs to be more unity with the fans, getting behind the players and the club officials. If results and performances continue to be poor that isn’t going to happen though is it Cokey?
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Post by Pedropotter on Nov 28, 2017 18:09:10 GMT
I agree he hasn’t got the experience but how do you get experience? Dyche and Howe hadn’t a few years ago. I hope Hughes can still turn the season into a top 10 finish for us. Don’t forget last year we were only 3 points off 8th or 9th and it wasn’t a great season. This season could well be the same Dyche and Howe both got teams promoted to the Premier League. Clough has done brilliantly at Burton but middling at best at bigger clubs in that league and below. True - he was very ordinary at Derby.
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Post by butler64 on Nov 28, 2017 18:11:28 GMT
If we were looking for a replacement then I'd go for Chris Hughton (if we could get him from Brighton). He would fit Coates criteria of being experienced and British and I think he has a reasonable track record.
However, in the meantime, I hoping for 2 good performances and 6 points from the next two games so that we can focus on pushing up the table, rather than contemplating sacking our manager.
Cheers
GB
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Post by dutchstokie on Nov 28, 2017 18:22:45 GMT
If Peter Coates decides to finish with the services of Mark Hughes at this time in the season I'd be very surprised, however given what little I know, my suggestion is Stoke City representatives having an enquiring chat with Martin O'Neill's people. If that shithouse Keane came to Stoke I’d think long and hard about following this club. Coates should consider how he treated his OWN players in the past and going out to deliberatly injured players. Cam you guess yet that I dont really like him 😁
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Post by GeneralFaye on Nov 28, 2017 18:31:21 GMT
Martin O'Neill? Another manager with a track record at Villa of being absolutely useless when he's given loads of money to spend so yeah, he'd fit right in.
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