[Albion] Kieran McKenna

[drew]

On McKenna, I'm not sure he was the Messiah that a lot of people think. A lot of Ipswich's wins last season seemed to come very late and to be inspired by Omari Hutchinson, who was a Chelsea loanee. They won't be able to rely on a repeat against better teams with more quality on the bench that can enable them to see games out.

Really? After promotion, they won 16 out of their first 21 games (losing just two of the other 5). They won 12 out of the remaining 25.

 

[Stato]

Is Marcelo Gallardo back in work yet? If not could he be a left field option?

I am not too bothered that we haven’t employed a young Ipswich manager who has no experience of any top flight management.

Gallardo's not yet out of work. Rumoured to be leaving his Saudi team, but not gone yet.

I'd agree about McKenna. He could be brilliant, but there are so many young managers who have has great success in the Football League who get eaten up and spat out by the ruthless and skewed competition of the EPL. Edwards and Kompany didn't get sacked last year, but both got relegated. Heckingbottom joined the list.

In the last ten years: Scott Parker twice, Steve Cooper, Daniel Farke, Xisco Munoz, Slaven Bilic, Marco Bielsa, Dean Smith, Chris Wilder, Neil Warnock, Slavisa Jokanovic, Chris Hughton, David Warner, Aitor Karanka & Alex Neil have all been sacked within two seasons of getting promoted and none have gone on to anything much of note. Only Frank, Dyche, Howe, Nuno and Benitez seemed to last the course for a bit. Only Howe and Nuno went on to manage teams contesting for European spots, both after gaining a few years of EPL experience. The latter didn't last five minutes at Tottenham.

I don't hold any special knowledge and McKenna could be great, but if he is, he will be an exception. Yes, he got the double promotion, but the last manager/physio to acheive that didn't last out the first season in the EPL, has been regularly sacked by teams lower and lower down the pyramid and is now in charge at League 2 Tranmere Rovers.

 

[Stato]

Still free after the Saudis gave him the tin.

Never coached in Europe. Would certainly be a wild card but might go down well with our South Americans?

It looks likes he's definitely gone then: https://www.breakinglatest.news/wor...assr-who-scored-twice-from-cristiano-ronaldo/

I've been checking for confirmation for a while now and it all seemed a bit murky. He was paper linked with AC Milan a couple of weeks ago. I don't know whether we did ever talk to him when he was linked last time around. I don't know whether I've been fooled by the internet puff pieces written about his time at River Plate, but his style suits us and he has spoken specifically about having to adapt each time star players are bought by richer clubs. To me he just seems right up our street.

Coach watch: Marcelo Gallardo - Coaches' Voice

It was Marcelo Gallardo’s body of work at River Plate that led to him being considered a future Barcelona manager. Our professional scouts assess him

www.coachesvoice.com

Marcelo Gallardo - his philosophy in his own words

Former River Plate boss Gallardo is among the most in-demand managers in football - he shares his philosophy and views on the game...

www.nytimes.com

 

[dwayne]

It looks likes he's definitely gone then: https://www.breakinglatest.news/wor...assr-who-scored-twice-from-cristiano-ronaldo/

I've been checking for confirmation for a while now and it all seemed a bit murky. He was paper linked with AC Milan a couple of weeks ago. I don't know whether we did ever talk to him when he was linked last time around. I don't know whether I've been fooled by the internet puff pieces written about his time at River Plate, but his style suits us and he has spoken specifically about having to adapt each time star players are bought by richer clubs. To me he just seems right up our street.

Coach watch: Marcelo Gallardo - Coaches' Voice

It was Marcelo Gallardo’s body of work at River Plate that led to him being considered a future Barcelona manager. Our professional scouts assess him

www.coachesvoice.com

Marcelo Gallardo - his philosophy in his own words

Former River Plate boss Gallardo is among the most in-demand managers in football - he shares his philosophy and views on the game...

www.nytimes.com

Think he's on at least 10 Milly A year there !!! Probably not gonna happen

 

[Not Andy Naylor]

Really seems we were kept in the dark about this.

Brighton’s slick succession planning takes effect after Jewell’s Chelsea switch

Brighton find themselves back in familiar territory after Jewell's departure - but this is a club with ready-made replacements in-house

www.nytimes.com

 

[Stato]

Think he's on at least 10 Milly A year there !!! Probably not gonna happen

Not any more he's not. He's unemployed.

 

[Guinness Boy]

Think he's on at least 10 Milly A year there !!! Probably not gonna happen

You 'think'? Where did you get that from?

He certainly won't get that anywhere else except Saudi even if it is true.

 

[Hometownglory]

Is there a chance this is agent talk to try and improve our offer? I personally think we should move on if he's not that into us. He'd probably be gone in a year if he did remotely well with us anyway. Same as with Ipswich.

 

[hans kraay fan club]

Pochettino just left Chelsea for much the same reason that RDZ left us. He wouldn't want to work with our model.

Don't think Poch would consider us.

Pochettino met the club, and had a tour of the training ground in the 9 days between Potter's departure and RDZ's appointment.

 

[Bold Seagull]

We've been vultures for years, signing wonderkid youngsters from clubs all over the world.

One could even argue that when we signed Potter from Swansea that's a bit "big club comes knocking".

It's the nature of the beast

None of that really the same as going in for a just promoted manager - that’s quite rare. Swansea weren’t promoted when we went in for Potter.

If it’s ’the nature of the beast’ - why was there such upset at Potter leaving?

 

[Flounce]

Pochettino met the club, and had a tour of the training ground in the 9 days between Potter's departure and RDZ's appointment.

Really? He’d be my first choice but unless he feels he has a point to prove and stability whilst not being booed by his own fans it might just appeal, otherwise it’s not happening.

 

[dwayne]

You 'think'? Where did you get that from?

He certainly won't get that anywhere else except Saudi even if it is true.

Read it somewhere. Gerrard was on 19m a year. Just don't think we can afford him.

 

[Hiheidi]

Pochettino met the club, and had a tour of the training ground in the 9 days between Potter's departure and RDZ's appointment.

So this whole 'Roberto was the only person we spoke to...' was bollocks then? I always thought as much tbf.

 

[hans kraay fan club]

Really? He’d be my first choice but unless he feels he has a point to prove and stability whilst not being booed by his own fans it might just appeal, otherwise it’s not happening.

So I was told at the time, by somebody I'd trust to believe it to be true.

But no - personally I thought him taking the job was very unlikely - both then - and now.

 

[Mancgull]

We haven’t replaced Jewel yet have we?

Internal promotion …. Guy from Fulham whose name escapes me!

Pochettino met the club, and had a tour of the training ground in the 9 days between Potter's departure and RDZ's appointment.

wow, didn’t know that. If he doesn’t get the Man United job then must be worth a go?

 

[Han Solo]

None of that really the same as going in for a just promoted manager - that’s quite rare. Swansea weren’t promoted when we went in for Potter.

If it’s ’the nature of the beast’ - why was there such upset at Potter leaving?

Because people were/still are sad/angry.

People have more emotions than they have thoughts. No one is soberly looking at this lad taking a job, to secure the future safety and well-being of him and his family, and then continue thinking "HE IS EVIL!!! TRAITOR!!!", because everyone would do the same thing regardless if they're willing to admit it or not.

The upsetness doesn't originate from some kind of cold calculated analysis. Its all hormones.

 

[Hiheidi]

Internal promotion …. Guy from Fulham whose name escapes me!

You're thinking of Mike Cave, he is Assistant Technical Director, deputy to Weir. His entire background is Fulham Academy (performance - development - manager - director), NOT recruitment!

He is currently covering, but certainly no way a replacement.

 

[WATFORD zero]

We are both set up to allow managers less control over signings than both RDZ and Pochettino would like.

I don't think Poch is a realistic option but I think the 'control over signings' thing is very different between us and Chelsea. I've always understood that here, the coach identifies areas/types of players for strengthening the squad/team and also gets some input at the front and end of the process (suggestions for players). Then, at the back end, when the recruitment team have done their stuff, I thought they are party to signing off the choice of player from what the recruitment team have selected.

I always got the impression at Chelsea that players just 'arrive' with no input from the coach. And the reported 'suggestions' offered to the coach on selection, tactics and dressing room briefings

 

[BBassic]

None of that really the same as going in for a just promoted manager - that’s quite rare. Swansea weren’t promoted when we went in for Potter.

If it’s ’the nature of the beast’ - why was there such upset at Potter leaving?

I'd wager some fans of the clubs we've plucked our exciting youngsters from would think us vultures, in those transactions we're the big club swooping in for their assets.

As for the Potter upset - for me personally it was more to do with him gutting the backroom on his way out. But more generally speaking - football fans are an emotional bunch. There's always going to be anger or sadness when someone moves on. We were basically dumped by our bearded girlfriend.

 

[JBizzle]

I'd wager some fans of the clubs we've plucked our exciting youngsters from would think us vultures, in those transactions we're the big club swooping in for their assets.

As for the Potter upset - for me personally it was more to do with him gutting the backroom on his way out. But more generally speaking - football fans are an emotional bunch. There's always going to be anger or sadness when someone moves on. We were basically dumped by our bearded girlfriend.

Even on this bit though, he didn't gut the backroom team. He took with him two staff, Bruno and Roberts. All of the rest were staff he brought with him to Brighton in the first place and you expect to leave with him.

My issue was more that those two chose to leave rather than with him for bringing them, and even with Bruno, he wasn't guaranteed a job under RDZ who brought about 15 coaches with him...