Pack your bags Roy

[wavydavy]

I think the youth thing is overplayed.

I think they want a manager who they could look at and say he could still be here in 10 or 15 years time if he was successful like Wenger and Slur.At 52 he could still be successfully coaching in ten years.Rudolph was 45 when he got his gig,Wenger 46

52 in the footy manager sense is still fairly young. Well compared to the rottting cadaver we've currently got in charge, it is.

[wavydavy]

Maybe our owners should threaten to sell torres....

"Widiculous! If Towwes goes, i weally will wegwetfully wesign."

If only it were that simple.

[yellowbelly74]

Here's an article in today's Indo which suggests NESV are definitely looking for Hodgson's replacement. Deschamps mentioned again.

http://www.independent.ie/sport/soccer/hodgson-out-of-time-as-owners-eye-successor-2480252.html

[Mostar]

Surely not....

How out of the ****ing blue, would that be?

Never heard of him, myself.

The guy is completely unknown. He cannot possibly be our next manager

[little dave hedgehog]

i think we could well get an unknown as long as he's talented.

[TheElephantMan]

52 in the footy manager sense is still fairly young. Well compared to the rottting cadaver we've currently got in charge, it is.

Roy isn't that old, he just seems it. It's not necessarily an age thing, more the philosophy of the man. His ideas are archaic and he isn't capable of being adaptive. I'd take an octogenarian over Roy if he was able to make tactical adjustments and keep his mouth shut. In fact a dead person couldn't do one of those things any worse and would do the other much better!

[little dave hedgehog]

the fact that he runs like gargamel belies the fact that he can still run.

[Mostar]

i think we could well get an unknown as long as he's talented.

Well unknown and unproven. I just cannot see it. It would be a huge gamble by NESV.

[wavydavy]

the fact that he runs like gargamel belies the fact that he can still run.

[little dave hedgehog]

there's unknown to you and me, and there's unknown in the world of football. perhaps his colleagues have higher standards than roy's seem to have.

[wavydavy]

there's unknown to you and me, and there's unknown in the world of football. perhaps his colleagues have higher standards than roy's seem to have.

Wenger was unknown, as was Benitez to some extent. A lot of the great managers were/are to some extent. Mourinho, Shankly, Paisley, Hitzfeld et al. All got to start somewhere. Top, top player is no guarantee. Ask Shearer, Barnes etc

[DannyMan2006]

Always possibility he could be taking over our new managers old club.........

[Craig_H]

Benitez had won one of europe's elite leagues twice.

[little dave hedgehog]

Wenger was unknown, as was Benitez to some extent. A lot of the great managers were/are to some extent. Mourinho, Shankly, Paisley, Hitzfeld et al. All got to start somewhere. Top, top player is no guarantee. Ask Shearer, Barnes etc

i'd venture as far as saying it's pretty rare that a great player goes on to be a great manager as well.

[saj]

I could actually see NESV going for this guy.

http://www.achtzehn99.de/spielerport...ofis-en-2/508/

I weigh the same as him