Who's next after Benitez - Poll reset 25th Jan

[Bluerover]

No more outsiders. Catterick, Kendall and Royle won all our last trophies. How hard is it to understand???

 

[Kev The Rat]

If it’s Rooney or Lampard it’s Lampard for me

 

[Joey66]

Benitez is not big name.

He was historically European cup winner - plus you would not mind his pay off from Mosheri

 

[Kev The Rat]

He was historically European cup winner - plus you would not mind his pay off from Mosheri

He was a failed Chinese manager

A small time operator

 

[riddick]

Which is why somebody like Kovac would be awful

Why would Kovac be awful but anyone else be good? They're all starting from 0, with the slight exception of Duncan who has a grand total of, what, 3 managerial matches in his life?

 

[Cool_Blue]

Just as long as it’s someone who, on Day 1, tells Michael Keane he can look for another club.

 

[Lob]

I would probably be willing to get behind Lampard if push came to shove i think. Has a good overall win rate for his Derby and Chelsea stints and is young and hungry with something to prove. Everyone is going to be a risk at the end of the day, some more than others.

What a manager Martinez and 10 games and sacked Nuno can proper go and do one though, would never get behind either of them helmets.

 

[Toffe3m4n]

I think people make a bit too much of the whole 'Lampard had CL-winning Chelsea in mid table' argument.

They were sitting in 8th in December after a bit of a stuttery run of form (2 wins in 8) in a very congested league table. Before that, they had started the season reasonably well and it was clear he was still trying to bed some of the younger players into the side. If it wasn't for the fact that Tuchel was available and was up for the job I think they would've given him far more time.

 

[navidson]

Why would Kovac be awful but anyone else be good? They're all starting from 0, with the slight exception of Duncan who has a grand total of, what, 3 managerial matches in his life?

Because he'd come in and 'assess the squad' for 6 months just like every other bum we've hired

At which point we'd be in the Championship

 

[milks]

@Zatara what has Gallardo been up to lately?

 

[Evertonthat]

I'm starting to think Lampard might be worth a shout.

 

[Joey66]

As stated earlier, we cannot continue to hold this as some sort of mantra, football has moved on, the premier league is an international league, the days when we were winning stuff with ex-players most clubs were still mostly British owned and staffed (four years after the prem started). Nothing says small time like a club that still looks inwards for progression.

It's the team who wins the league- Leicester rocky without massive signings.....

He was a failed Chinese manager

Yes I agree but his CV had much more than that on it .....a disasterous appointment like all of them ....

 

[johnjoeefc]

Same with Tuchel. Would you have taken him?

Probably not

 

[tsubaki]

Don't be naïve enough to think that Lampard had any input on incoming transfers at Chelsea. He was given players.
He did Chelsea a favour by blooding Mount (and Tomori & Abraham to get them sold), but he didn't assemble a squad.

If anything he turned a collection of world class players into a mid-table outlet.

Just blooding those players was an achievement though, and it had a positive impact on that club. Very few other Chelsea managers did that, chasing short term success instead and it harmed their longer term success.

If it’s a choice between the four candidates Sky mooted, he is the one most likely to succeed here.

 

[Lune1878]

Please god not Nuno. If the board really wanted potter, you would imagine that wouldn’t happen until summer, so give it Dunc until then and hope we survive.