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

[blue61]

What makes Rooney so different to other championship managers like Tony Mowbray or Steve Cooper

Hopefully, the potential to transfer his natural footballing talent, and a wealth of experience playing for one of the best managers in the games history into his managerial style would be a start.

 

[BlueToff]

Ive posted before on this forum that he was the 'Benitez' type or words to that effect before.

The players hated him. The fans hated the performances. The management hated his attitude.

Lovely name though. Yawn.




Makes sense. Id not read that he had lost the dressing room -- not sure if thats true.

But theres no doubt players regressed and big money players flopped.

Boadu for example was someone people on here wanted us to sign.



"Gang full of misfits"

Would that be Bayern or Monaco ?



Monaco would be quite relevant as well. Id imagine him coming in, saving us from relegation...

...everyone is happy.

In summer we make sales, he spends the money and then several players regress and the big money signings flop.

12months time were back here again with people calling Kovac Benitez 2.



You can answer that yourself surely?

If theres one thing Rooney knows, its football. Hes been an elite footballer and has taken a step into management when he could have stayed in MLS or gone elsewhere to play and earn the big bucks still.

If you want a young manager with a 'name' to attract players and someone who they will want to learn from and listen to you dont get too many better names than Rooney.

The key is the DOF with him.




Cooper comes across well actually. I wouldnt be against him either.

Im fairly open minded on managers thesedays, as long as they make sense in some way.

Mowbray would be a no from me.

That's my thing with Kovac. In 18 months we'd be looking for a new manager anyway but the squad would be in equally a poor place potentially (okay maybe not that bad but still...). It feels like he had lightning in a bottle with that Frankfurt side.

If we're going to just go for a manager for 18 months then have that be the plan and go all out for Favre. Just make it clear that the plan is 18-30 months, we want him to be the manager to a) stabilise after the Benitez madness then b) build next season.

 

[Kev The Rat]

Hopefully, the potential to transfer his natural footballing talent, and a wealth of experience playing for one of the best managers in the games history into his managerial style would be a start.

Hope is all you have with him though. There’s no track record to draw on.

Actually there is - 2 seperate runs of 1 win in 15 last season.

 

[BlueToff]

Bring in Big Sam for the rest of the season, and go all in for Jorge Sampaoli, and build a team based on his ideas.

Why bring back a crap manager whose one saving grace was that he's never been relegated, but he was relegated last season?

 

[blue61]

Hope is all you have with him though. There’s no track record to draw on.

Actually there is - 2 seperate runs of 1 win in 15 last season.

It's not an easy decision either way, our success rate of managers with 'a track record' is pretty woeful. I just hope we make a good choice and back him, not something I trust this board to get right at all.

 

[catcherintherye]

We do, but I don't think Kovac would get this team winning games mate.

You probably know better than me mate, but at Frankfurt and Monaco he went to teams underachieving in the bottom 6, and got them up the league. To me that gives his a chance.

 

[BlueToff]

And yeah I would rather have Rooney out of all the ones they've currently interviewed that we know of.

 

[Kev The Rat]

And yeah I would rather have Rooney out of all the ones they've currently interviewed that we know of.

You’ve actually gone into highly detailed analysis of Kovac in an attempt to dismiss him.

You have no such data to draw on for Rooney to make a judgement, yet give him a pass?

You’re all over the place.

 

[sageyefc]

We seem so unprepared, you’d think after doing this so many times by now they’d have a shortlist on the go constantly as a contingency plan

 

[davek]

You've no opinion on Kovac Dave?

If it meant waiting for a couple of weeks for the right man would you? Or is just getting a man in to avoid Dunc the over riding objective now?

He's going anyway.


I'd prefer a manager with some sort of PL experience.

 

[Jebus_lives]

tbf the 'winners' at Everton are now all in their 60s/70s or dead

Precisely.

 

[davek]

I know, I am surprised you didn't edit your misspelling of galoot. Keep up the good work!

It's not a misspelling though.

 

[PhilEFC]

Need to get someone in soon so they can work with our lionhearted heroes and whip them into shape.

 

[Jebus_lives]

Yeah the Ferguson experiment yesterday left me thinking the modern game has moved on

I think he went for basic tactics and inspiration.

We need to play a consistent 3 in midfield. It's plainly obvious.

 

[davek]

I think he went for basic tactics and inspiration.

We need to play a consistent 3 in midfield. It's plainly obvious.

WTaF?