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Next Manager (Poll)

Who do you want?

  • Marcelo Gallardo

    Votes: 175 17.2%
  • Eddie Howe

    Votes: 34 3.3%
  • David Moyes

    Votes: 63 6.2%
  • Rafael Benitez

    Votes: 161 15.8%
  • Marcelino Garcia Toral

    Votes: 31 3.0%
  • Mauricio Pochettino

    Votes: 219 21.5%
  • Mikel Arteta

    Votes: 96 9.4%
  • Jorge Jesus

    Votes: 21 2.1%
  • My choice isnt here, you really suck at polls

    Votes: 161 15.8%
  • Lamborghini Gallardo

    Votes: 57 5.6%

  • Total voters
    1,018
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How is he a safe bet? He has the worst form in China (!), will cost 20 million, and on top of that he relegated Newcastle in a similar situation!

Sam or Moyes are better in our scenario, and Moyes is a better manager than Sam.

Maybe 'safest bet' would've been better to say. No one wants Allardyce back and Moyes is no more guaranteed to work out than Rafael - the fact it would be 'going back' for him I think makes it less likely. Also we are totally different club and squad profile to the one he left - there's barely a steady, reliable player in the entire squad and he needs at least 9 of them in his starting 11!
 
Maybe 'safest bet' would've been better to say. No one wants Allardyce back and Moyes is no more guaranteed to work out than Rafael - the fact it would be 'going back' for him I think makes it less likely. Also we are totally different club and squad profile to the one he left - there's barely a steady, reliable player in the entire squad and he needs at least 9 of them in his starting 11!
Yeah, but Moyes is free, and Rafael is another 20M down the drain!
 

People mock Moyes, but cannot come up with a realistic target as an alternative. I mean, Diego Simeone? Give me an effing break.

We are looking at Moyes, Hughes or, at a push, Howe.
Or Gallardo or Jesus.
We don’t know who we may be approaching at this point and will probably will not know for certain until we confirm their appointment.
Until then everything is just conjecture or rumour.
 

Whoever comes in has 23 games to find us 26 points. 30 points to be absolutely gaurenteed safety but 24 to 26 would probably do it. That's 8 to 10 wins from our next 23 with some big teams still left to play. Under the right manager I could see us end on 50 plus points from the remaining games but I'd be happy with 30 points and to go for it in the cups. Then start another new project AGAIN from next season. This problem starts at the top with BK, FM, DDB. Debates still out on Brands, now is the time to let him do his job fully with free reign and see what he's all about. Starting with sacking Silva and hiring a new manager then the Jan window.
22 more will.do !
 

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