Agreed. It certainly wouldn't be the option I'd choose first. Nevertheless, when you consider our current situation it isn't an awful option at all.
Thinking big and the actual reality do not always correlate: we're a team in the relegation zone; playing style in disarray; a flawed squad.
When you removed the blue tinted glasses and our own opinion of grandeur, would the likes of Ancelotti and Tuchel take such a gamble?
While I'd love them to, it is with unfortunate acceptance that I doubt they would or at least not yet. Small steps and all that!
I've gone off Ancelotti.
He's an amazing manager but it'd take a huge sum to even get him to show us a bit of ankle, plus I'm not sure he'd be any less aloof or detached than Koeman - and at this stage in his career he doesn't need the job. In fact, he's likely to be back in Milan pretty soon anyway.
Tuchel I think would be extremely keen to take over if we offered him Koeman's wages and the promise he'd be backed if required. It's the Prem and he is hungry to prove himself. That being said he may be waiting for Arsenal/Chelsea to become available...
But, there's a huge case for someone who knows English football, knows the league and most importantly can organise a side. That's what we're lacking at the moment - any system or style of play.
I don't think many of us want Dyche as our first choice, but Burnley fans (and I know a fair few, for some reason!) have been saying for a while that ours is the only job they'd be worried about Dyche leaving them for.
I want Tuchel. I want us to show we aren't buying into the glass ceiling mentality. But that is more of a gamble for all parties than someone like Dyche, probably.
I'm looking at it like this.
I think Moshiri and the fans will want Tuchel or a 'name' manager. He's quality, but there are risks.
I think footballing people, who have played or coached especially, actually think that Dyche would be the better candidate for the reasons I state above.
I know it's not easy to hear the 'if you haven't played you can't comment' argument, and I don't buy into it in general. But, in this case, the ex-pros especially do seem to feel that this is what this squad may need right now, based on similar experiences - and I don't think they can all be wrong.
Either way, it needs to be done quickly. The international break has to be the cut-off.
If Unsworth does dramatically well, he may well deserve it, but tbh I think it's asking a lot of him and putting a huge strain on such an inexperienced manager, who at the moment is building a solid career and should be in no rush to change.
