Next manager discussion (poll reset 21/05/2016)

[Deggo]

Bielsa - described by Pep Guardiola as the best manager in the world.

Someone give him a bell and tell him there's a job going

 

[roydo]

Still not convinced Martinez is actually in any danger.

Really???

Wow.

 

[TheFinnFan]

lol

 

[Mutzo Nutzo]

Someone give him a bell and tell him there's a job going

If reports are correct - we have already done so.

 

[Zatara]

Where do you get the impression that Cocu has such less resources to his disposal than De Boer? If anything I'm convinced that PSV has outspend Ajax over the last 5 years or so. Also PSV's budget is only a few million less than that of Ajax. Still, both Cocu and De Boer are interesting shouts. Think it's time for them to prove themselves in a more competitive league. If we decide to go Dutch, my preference would be Ronald Koeman though over both of them.

Just looking at PSV since Cocu took over theyve played and developed the kids from their youth team.

I cant paste the link on my phone but read that last season squad average age was 23 and they sold Wijnaldum and Depay and replaced them with youth players.

This season just 2 points behind Ajax after losing their stars and having only gone out of the champions league to Atletico on penalties.

Can i ask why Koeman?

Ajax
Benfica
PSV
Valencia
AZ Alkmaar

Fired after poor results at those teams and seems like he only did well since 2011 with feyenoord really then southampton hes basically brought in most players from the same kind of region to replace sales...

I dont think he seems like a top manager in comparison to Cocu really who was u19 coach at PSV then when he got the full job brought the kids straight through as fast as he could...and seems like he created a conveyor belt.

I wonder if De Boer isnt also just more of a figurehead manager as at ajax he could be fully reliant on his assistants. It was rumoured that bergkamp was the brains behind them and arsenal fans wanted him a year or two ago.

 

[Toffeelover]

If reports are correct - we have already done so.

Sauce, oops I mean source?

 

[Billy Dean]

Would be great to have Bielsa even if only for a short time. The likes of Duncan and Unsworth could learn from him and him being there might then in future make us more attractive to other big name managers.

 

[bluestevon]

Its a concern that his 2 longest jobs have been as a National team manager.

Thats why I was beating the De Boer drum so strongly.

If he is hired then whatever is promised him when hiring would have to be 100% delivered or he would just walk, apparently thats what has caused him leaving other clubs

 

[Mutzo Nutzo]

Sauce, oops I mean source?

Some Brazilian footie journalist broke the story -

http://www.goal.com/br/news/15062/o...232/ora-bolas-everton-consulta-marcelo-bielsa

 

[TheFinnFan]

 

[marnie]

He just sat on his Jaeger Bomb lol

 

[Hong Kong Phooey]

Really???

Wow.

Yes, really. A disastrous few days at Anfield and the semi may change my thinking, but right now I'm not convinced he's in any real danger of being replaced.

Like I say, he should be.

 

[Gwladys St. Glory]

http://www.theguardian.com/football...15/dec/17/marcelo-bielsa-manager-swansea-city

After an initial stumble in his first two matches, a breathlessly frustrating 3-3 draw with Bastia and a 2-0 home defeat to Montpellier, the Bielsa effect began to take hold – and the former Chile and Athletic Bilbao boss oversaw a glorious run of eight consecutive victories. Thanks in no small part to the prodigious goalscoring talents of André-Pierre Gignac up front, Bielsa’s well-documented hard-pressing philosophy had been embraced by the players and, as a result, they were operating with optimum efficiency and fluidity.

They alternated between his trademark 3-3-1-3 and a more conservative – but equally effective – 4-2-3-1. Although it differed slightly in shape from some of the Bielsa teams down the years, the philosophy was very much the same. Through a combination of tireless workrate and intelligent positioning, Marseillebamboozled a number of teams as they rode the crest of a wave in September and October, recording resounding victories over Nice, Rennes and Reims.

By the start of December, Marseille were top of the table and plenty of column inches in the French press had been dedicated to portraying Bielsa as a mastermind coach. Marseille’s talented squad was tested to the extreme by their coach’s intensive, militaristic methods in training, but they were responding to his charisma – and his vision.

“The workouts are intense but enlightening, technically and tactically,” said Gignac. “He knows everything to the smallest detail. I glanced at his training schedules; there are hundreds of them and every one featured games he analysed. He taught us a vibrant, real type of football.” This snapshot of glowing praise from one of Bielsa’s prized assets illustrated exactly how he can enrapture footballing minds. Marseille’s young and technically gifted players were desperate for a leader and, with Bielsa’s level of meticulousness now available to them, they bagged themselves a pretty good one.

Nice paraphrasing...the guy's an overbearing nut-case who wears thin, quickly.

 

[Toffeelover]

Some Brazilian footie journalist broke the story -

http://www.goal.com/br/news/15062/o...232/ora-bolas-everton-consulta-marcelo-bielsa

No much good on reading Spanish apart from ordering a meal, asking for a drink, where are the toilets and can I have the bill.

 

[bluestevon]

Its a concern that his 2 longest jobs have been as a National team manager.

Thats why I was beating the De Boer drum so strongly.

Muniain for the left wing slot then Goat?