Hyypia or Hantz?

[Surf's Up]

By the sound of it Hyypia needs a good no 2 to work alongside him, does this mean Jones?!

 

[Monsieur Le Plonk]

Hantz' achievements are more impressive but obviously Hyypia is more of a box office name.

I can't see either would have any particularly alluring connections to draw upon however. But is that even a factor, given our set up? If the manager is just coming in to manage, then surely we just pick the one with the best record.

Hantz has a 37% win ratio at Bastia, over four seasons, whereas Hyypia's win rate is higher, but over a far shorter spell and with a much bigger club with greater resources.

To be honest, I think Hantz having won two titles should be the deciding factor. I appreciate the second and third tiers of French football aren't necessarily the most competitive leagues on earth, but he's still done the job and a title win is a title win, unless it's in Scotland where there is zero competition.

Might not be the most fashionable name in the world but he does have honours, he does have experience and if he interviews well then that's good enough for me.

....and that is for me the reason I would have Hyypia over Hantz. Who knows what either manager will be like but, on balance, I would have the manager who is going to get players wanting to sign for us (and blimey do we need a few) and I don't think Hantz is much of a 'draw'.

 

[Nathan]

By the sound of it Hyypia needs a good no 2 to work alongside him, does this mean Jones?!

Possibly. Whereas Hantz has his own backroom staff he would bring in. Maybe this is a factor, that Hyypia would work with jones, but Hantz would want his own team and that would be more money on wages for the club.

 

[Goldstone1976]

....and that is for me the reason I would have Hyypia over Hantz. Who knows what either manager will be like but, on balance, I would have the manager who is going to get players wanting to sign for us (and blimey do we need a few) and I don't think Hantz is much of a 'draw'.

That's a very good point... although coaching them (and the ones we already have) is at least as important too, of course. Unless one is happy to leave a lot of the coaching to the backroom team.

 

[Guinness Boy]

If it's Hantz will he be bringing his two assistants from Bastia, Kevin Kneez and Doug Boompzadaizy?

(Sorry. I voted Hyypia btw)

 

[Pantani]

Bastia can lay a claim to the population of Corsica, which is about the same as the Isle of Wight, although almost certain to be less doddery.

Isle of Wight, Population 138,400
Corsica Population 322,120

Not really about the same is it? More than twice the size. Also Corsica has two teams at league level in Bastia as well as two in Ajaccio. So not really comparable to the Isle of Wight.

They are both surrounded by water though.

 

[Giraffe]

Hyypia, not French

 

[hans kraay fan club]

I hadn't realised Corsica was on a par with the Pile of Shite population wise. Seems odd then that it supports TWO top flight clubs (Ajaccio and Bastia) in France, a country with a greater population than the UK, let alone England, whilst our own Isle of Wight's biggest club ply their trade in the Wessex League, which must be about 15 tiers down from the top level.

Wessex league is the ninth level. The first level of (semi)-pro.

 

[stss30]

Hantz for me. Has been in difficult circumstances before and overcome them to achieve success. Hyypia was at a bigger club and couldn't overcome a poor run or form.

 

[Sergei's Celebration]

Hantz down, I'd be Hyypia with either of them than some of the others linked to the job.

 

[West Hoathly Seagull]

Hyypia for me by a long way. Yes, the other guy's credentials sound good, but Hyypia has managed in what is normally a pretty robust league (okay Bayern Munich ran away with it last season, but that doesn't normally happen), which for me obviates a lot of the "no experience of the Championship" concerns. I fear with Hantz that we may be stuck with a lot of the Oscar issues again - wasn't Oscar supposed to have impressed Tony with his research into the Championship, bringing along DVDs, etc? The trouble is you don't always get what you think you are going to get from interviews. I have done jobs where I thought I was fitted for the role, those interviewing me thought I was far and away the best candidate and it turned into a complete nightmare. Hence I now work as a residential property administrator for a church, rather than as a Civil Servant. Of course FH might be just what we're looking for, but I'd be far happier with SH.

 

[algie]

Hantz record is far more impressive. He gets my vote.

 

[Colossal Squid]

Wessex league is the ninth level. The first level of (semi)-pro.

Intriguing. It's still a long way down the football pyramid though.

However as it turns out the initial population figure quoted was wildly inaccurate it's now less of a surprise. In fact the island is home to less than half the population of Brighton. Besides, the islanders are considerably closer to the British mainland, and professional clubs Portsmouth and Southampton, than Corsica is from the French mainland and its league clubs.

MYSTERY SOLVED

If it ever was a mystery.

Which it wasn't

 

[B.W.]

Fred for me. Greater experience and success on a tight budget.

 

[brakespear]

Hantz, on the grounds that I'd never heard of him before this week and a French manager would make us even more COSMOPOLITAN.

 

[8ace]

Voted for Fred just to see the "Hantz job" headlines

 

[TSB]

I'd be Hyypia with Hantz

 

[Albumen]

If it's Hantz will he be bringing his two assistants from Bastia, Kevin Kneez and Doug Boompzadaizy?

(Sorry. I voted Hyypia btw)

I owe you a thumbs.

 

[lawros left foot]

I have just been told by a source that was proved right over Gus going and Oscars appointment, that it is between Hughton and Hyypia, make of that what you will,

 

[TSB]

I have just been told by a source that was proved right over Gus going and Oscars appointment, that it is between Hughton and Hyypia, make of that what you will,

It's phatbaz, isn't it.
I make of it that he/she's wrong.