[Albion] Who do you want to become our new manager?

[dippy2449]

Just let the Starlizard Algorithm pick the team and tactics?

With some AI generated Max Headroom talking head, to do the usual banal press conferences?

I'm IN.

Team Talk
"Right Lads put on your VR Headsets and listen to Al Gorithm"

 

[Hiheidi]

Has anyone found where he’s said that there’s teams interested in him? Had a little gander and can’t see anything.

I have however asked Bet365 to price him up so I can put a tenner on him. I look forward to him being the favourite by the end of the week.

This is all I could find, but I think this means interest in the past (and not present)...

 

[tigertim68]

I thought we had planned who our next manager would be , what’s the hold up , so much for planning ahead

 

[Van Cleef]

Would be a massive punt based on my 30 seconds of detailed research (skim read of wiki).

 

[Mancgull]

Has anyone found where he’s said that there’s teams interested in him? Had a little gander and can’t see anything.

I have however asked Bet365 to price him up so I can put a tenner on him. I look forward to him being the favourite by the end of the week.

Would be a great appointment.

 

[kelvinnewman]

Another left field suggestion is Wilifried Nancy from Columbus Crew in the the MLS https://sports.yahoo.com/how-a-fren...qJNbNJANSLrUIieB_quxgBFGZoT700uDL9GPuVTpGTx7n

 

[Deadly Danson]

I thought we had planned who our next manager would be , what’s the hold up , so much for planning ahead

Sweet Jesus

 

[Worried Man Blues]

Peregrine Falcon has been mentioned

 

[Eeyore]

I thought we had planned who our next manager would be , what’s the hold up , so much for planning ahead

Albion will have a target and priority list of identified names. They will work through that. It appears that the first name was not available to them. They will move on to the next.

There is no hold up. It's the way it works. Unfortunately all this hasn't come at a great time, excepting it's the end of the season.

 

[Eeyore]

Peregrine Falcon has been mentioned

Albion swoop for...

 

[JollyRedGiant]

All of this.

More so, it completely changes the financial idea of the club. £19.8m in League One (all staff - latest accounts). Word is that McKenna will be earning above £5m per season. Even if their current wage bill doubled, one man taking an eighth of it is slightly mad. At the same time, Brentford spent £68m in their first Premier League season from £41m in the Championship. Ipswich have a remarkable amount of money to spend to catch up with the rest of the league.

We've heard a lot about the level of control McKenna has at Ipswich, maybe his remarkable spike in income is also a sign that Ipswich aren't going to do a Luton and are going to go for broke to survive this season. In that sense, the gamble is all round - relegation will cost them so they're going to try and spend their way on to an even playing field to give them the best shot of avoiding it.

If that is the case, there is some irony in us seemingly having one clear option to replace De Zerbi, and him deciding that he'd rather stay in the type of system that RDZ was angling for than adhere to ours. We look naïve at best.

McKenna is an excellent coach - I think he is better than Kompany (and I think Kompany has a bright future). What he has done at Ipswich is nothing short of remarkable. The money that McKenna had available meant that he had to use limited resources in the most effective way possible to achieve the double promotion.

Now - it is a massive struggle for Ipswich to stay up. The gulf between the PL and the Championship is massive and growing. We are going to see an increasing tendency for the three promoted clubs to go straight back down.

Ipswich probably have the best chance of survival - not because they will bridge the gap - but because Leicester, Everton and Forest could all start the season with a points deduction. I expect Southampton to get rooted to the bottom very quickly. Martin doesn't know how to organise a defence and doesn't care about defending - Southampton will be torn apart by PL attackers.

I suspect that part of the approach by Ipswich in giving McKenna a big contract is that they can also demand a major compensation fee if (and I expect when) McKenna gets poached.

 

[Pliny the Gull]

This Palladino guy at MONZA looks interesting if you you tube him. Highly thought of, and his contract ends in June.

 

[Hamilton]

I’m coming round to the Potter idea.

I think he may have had time to absorb a lot from what’s happened. I also think he’d be more loyal now.

I’m not saying he is my number 1 choice, but I’m coming round.

 

[Hamilton]

Last night I had a dream that Carlo Ancelotti joined us and we went on to win the European Cup.

 

[Dorset Seagull]

Last night I had a dream that Carlo Ancelotti joined us and we went on to win the European Cup.

Ever had a dream come true?

 

[jackalbion]

But you clearly don't think we keep someone in the cupboard ready to go at all times do you?

Now I know why I saw Mark McGhee on a Thameslink a couple of weeks ago.

 

[Pliny the Gull]

Raffaelle Palladino (MONZA) philosophy does seem on first look, not to far from where we have had success in the last 2 seasons. And his style would not be alien to our current squad.
A RDZ series 2, but a bit more pragmatic, and quicker.
1.4 goals , 0.9 concede.

 

[Paulie Gualtieri]

Half expecting barbs to go full circle and call in the Fans Forum.

“You want a f***ing say?, go on then get us top ten and cup run”

 

[Coldwaltham Seagull]

Another left field suggestion is Wilifried Nancy from Columbus Crew in the the MLS https://sports.yahoo.com/how-a-fren...qJNbNJANSLrUIieB_quxgBFGZoT700uDL9GPuVTpGTx7n

Seen a couple of posts/articles about this guy. Looks interesting, I'll follow what he does, but not Premier League standard yet

 

[Reddleman]

Another factor here is our ability to take advantage of the pre 30th January PSR opportunities as it’s going to be harder to convince players to join if they don’t know who the manager is. We need to get our finger out.