If Rafa left us....

[Parm]

Was watching Sly Sports news last night and they had Tony Gale on about who should take over from Pardew. The only 2 names he could come up with were Curbishley and Jewell. He said there's not much out there to choose from. It got me thinking that, given we are close to a takeover, what if for whatever reason Rafa left us? who would we go for? continental again? British? maybe Fergie/Wenger/Maureen ( on the assumption that if DIC complete and give us the financial backing we could afford any compensation, also on the assumption they would be willing to come to us)

I remember when Ged left we were linked with Curbishley and Strachan and ten, bam, out of nowehere Rafa came in.

This btw is not some sort of anti Rafa post, just a hypothetical question.

[Shaggy]

For a start, Tony Gale is an absolute c*nt.

He's kinda right though....there aren't many top managers out there at all.

Martin Jol shows potential, but then he bugs the **** out of me so my judgement is impaired.

[Marky]

Arsene Wenger but that's not gonna happen.

[spud_gun]

...i'd Cry

[Parm]

...i'd Cry

ahhhhhh!

[Red_Polo]

Hiddink would be one of the top candidates for me.

[Parm]

Hiddink would be one of the top candidates for me.

he'd be a quality choice.

[red g]

Hiddink would be one of the top candidates for me.

great call

[machiavelli]

I think jewell would be good. if we decided to stay british

[BtN]

yeah deffo Hiddink

[captainfog]

I think jewell would be good. if we decided to stay british

Would he be the jewell in our crown

poor poor poor

On a serious note, if we couldn't get Martin O'Neal then I think we would have to look abroad as there is no one is based in EPL that is either a realistic target (Wenger, Ferguson or Maurine) or has the experience

[Parm]

Not much quality British managerial talent around at the moment? Does anyone think any of our ex players could do a job for us (maybe someone like Nicol, who's done very well in his MLS job) or have we already burnt our fingers with Souness?

[Rohan]

Hiddink, O'Neill, Capello?

R

[sean_lfc]

First of all, I'd be immensely disappointed if Rafa left (and I believe the board will not let go of him for the time being).

But as mentioned on here, Hiddink is a good choice, and I don't know whether Ottmar Hitzfeld is still around [and whether he speaks English well enough] but he'd be a very good choice. When he was manager of Borussia he won the Champions League, he has won the league with Grasshoppers (2), Borussia (2), Bayern (4). Won the German cup twice and is one I could see to have the same level of dedication as Rafa.

He'd be my top choice. He's won it all.

[Red_Polo]

Also won the CL with Bayern. He's been out of management the last couple of years I think, not sure whether he's decided to retire or just hasn't been offered jobs he really wants. But yeah I think he'd be a good choice too.