Has he got his coaching badges yet or are they still paying
Euro 22,000 in fines for every game he is in charge ?

A big name announcement might give a bit of hope. Like Rafa maybe, or even that Stills mentioned above. I would take Hassenhutl over Roy. Sorry Roy.
Can't think of many others - wouldn't fancy Favre but don't think it would happen after last time. Bielsa perhaps? That ex Wolves Espirito Santos or whoever he was - wouldn't be my first choice but would prefer them to the Lampard types. Although, Carrick doesn't seem the worst - just a personal opinion.

Red and Blue Army!

Very well said.

Nearly every manager associated with the managers job has failed at their previous job and will take the job for the money. In my opinion we get Will Still. This guy has come from nothing, worked for free to get where he is today. He's hungry and wants success and nit just here for the money. He's a sensation and ill be gutted if we don't take this opportunity because another Premier league club will take him soon.

It's interesting every time we need a new manager. It's a case of whoever is flavour of the month. Generally someone young and up and coming. At the moment t seems to be Kompany, Carrick and Stills. Appointing Viera was similar and when he came some on here were lauding him as the 2nd coming.

If you look at Still's history he s still extremely raw. May well prove to do well in the future but needs to develop and gain experience.

A lot of the time these managers don't make it the Prem (Lampard, Jones).

Honestly for me I do think Roy is right on an interim bass until the end of the year he will get us the points we need. Then after that my top 3 are:

1. Biesla
2. Favre
3. Benitez

think Biesla knows his stuff, well respected in the game and his high energy/tempo philosophy could rejuvenate the younger players get results and be exciting to watch. Leeds fans still rate him very highly, which speaks volumes.

Edited by Mwncisee (20 Mar 2023 12.50pm)

And it seems that we are equally vocal in whom we don't want and last time round the majority didn't seem to want Eddie Howe as he was rubbish.

Before anyone can say that he has billions behind him he started to turn Newcastle's fortunes around before the transfer window opened

Didn't Bielsa offer to manage Everton's U21 before taking over next season, but didn't want the first-team job straight away? If that rumour was true I doubt he would have a different offer for us.

There seems to be this idea that Roy is our best chance of safety, but he hasn't got a team playing well in about 3-4 years. Luck was very much on our side in his final season in which we limped to the finish line with most people questioning whether he had the energy or speed of thought for the modern PL.

Benitez hasn't done anything noteworthy for years either and basically always moans about not being backed. Do you really see him being attracted to us on that basis?

Favre reads like he would be a good fit, but obviously he's never managed in the PL. Also, would he risk his reputation on the job after his problems at Nice?

For me I'd go for Hassenhutl on the basis he has PL experience, he gets his teams on the front foot and he gets his teams playing football that will get the crowd behind him. Southampton have also not improved since he left and have a lower points per game since he left despite significant spending in January.

Apparently he doesn’t have the required coaching qualifications to work in the UK.

If as seems likely Roy comes in as caretaker then he'll have my support, as anyone would. I just worry we'd see no improvement in the areas we desperately need to improve, that being in attack and morale.

It's such a hard task to pick a new manager though, hence why I didn't advocate sacking Vieira. Silva was dismissed by pretty much everyone after previous failures and now he's doing an amazing job at Fulham. Howe couldn't organise a defence at Bournemouth and now look at Newcastle. Benitez, Nuno and Lampard flopped at Everton and Conte and Potter have marred their reputations. Rodgers has gone from hero to zero and Moyes is rapidly going the same way.

He's fine to manage in Premier league. Already checked. Reimes were paying a 25k euro fine per game as he didn't have correct license but he's ok now. It shows how good he is if Reimes were happy to pay the fine.