30 minutes ago, Sconnie Blue said:

That would be utterly embarrassing on our end to try and pick off De Zerbi off Brighton all things considered. 

Agreed but might just be worth biting the bullet on this one.

The only strong counter argument against De Zerbi is his lack of experience managing at big clubs, otherwise he fits the bill for the aforementioned reasons in my first post.

I wouldn't mind giving Zidane or Poch a punt, similar to the contract we gave Tuchel 2 years ago. 

Tuchel was a gamble at the time and numerous people didn't rate his PSG experience even though it's aged very well. 

But I definitely wouldn't be against giving an interim job to maybe someone like Enrique for the time being and look for someone in the summer. There's got to be someone who would like to take this job with 4-5 months left with the quality we have to work with, there's hardly any pressure that comes with it also. We're not going to sack 3 managers in a season. 

4 hours ago, axman2526 said:

I will happily change my stance on Potter if Zeta is the one to take over. You can see he is both strict and fair, as well as having lots of experience dealing with divas, by how he has handled @Munkworthin the prediction thread.

That just proves he won’t be able to keep the big egos happy. I’m 100% #ZetaOut I’m afraid. 

41 minutes ago, Munkworth said:

That just proves he won’t be able to keep the big egos happy. I’m 100% #ZetaOut I’m afraid. 

Someone has just joined the forum with the username TimesUpZeta.

7 hours ago, just said:

Someone has just joined the forum with the username TimesUpZeta.

Personally i like Pochetino as a manager, although I hate the fact he managed spurs. His playing style, formation 4.3.3 and the fact he gives young players a chance (he made delle ali look like world class for goodness sake) pochetino would suit our squad perfectly. 

Zidane would be my choice though, he has plenty of experience with egos and high pressure result driven with madrid to succeed with us.

Gasperini is another one, Atalanta play beautiful football and have overachieved over the years despite selling their best players every year. Downside is that he is 65 now, plays mainly back 3 and last big team he managed Inter didn't not end well.

Hansi Flick is an interesting one, he underachieved slightly with Germany but he was brilliant at Bayern, very organised, disciplined and ruthless. I can see him do well for us.

I would offer no more than 3 years contract whomever we choose as manager.

What about Luciano Spaletti? Napoli have been playing amazing football this season, we could get him in the summer

A certain mr Silva as player manager please. Issue with poch tbf I'd hate us to have him . 

The fact that the voting is so close shows the issue we're facing. There is no clear choice as to who takes over should Potter get sacked

Why isn't Todd Boehley being considered ? 

4 minutes ago, The Rising Sun said:

Why isn't Todd Boehley being considered ? 

How do you know he isn’t?

27 minutes ago, Drogba1 said:

What about Luciano Spaletti? Napoli have been playing amazing football this season, we could get him in the summer

He’s 63 years old and doesn’t speak English.

Top coach but no reason to leave Napoli, besides.. he’s been a bit of a journey man up until this glorious moment, he ended his playing career at Napoli and now, as a manager, his defining moment is at Napoli, no reason to leave.. at 63 years old he doesn’t need this sh*tshow; De Laurentis will be able to give him a nice new bumper contract now.

Being American, Todd is not aware of the concept of relegation. Even if we finish in the bottom 3 , Potter is safe.

12 hours ago, cookie NI said:

A certain mr Silva as player manager please. Issue with poch tbf I'd hate us to have him . 

However much I love Thiago Silva, he has no managerial experience. Why would we go for that? The days of Vialli and Gullit as player-manager are over.

Am I being overly sentimental? Perhaps.

No denying the third coming wouldn't be entertaining though.

4 hours ago, cfr95 said:

Am I being overly sentimental? Perhaps.

No denying the third coming wouldn't be entertaining though.

It would, for our rivals.

 

Apparently might be a thing after all

 

On 23/02/2023 at 09:15, Valerie said:

However much I love Thiago Silva, he has no managerial experience. Why would we go for that? The days of Vialli and Gullit as player-manager are over.

To the end of the season , he has no managerial experience per se , but, just watch him, listen to him,  go back and actually listen to how he speaks  the isnt many in the world with that experience. And reiterating,  until the end of the season, he will go back to south america soon. 

The fact Pochetino is winning this vote shows we should stick with Potter for now.

15 minutes ago, RIP Mourinho said:

The fact Pochetino is winning this vote shows we should stick with Potter for now.

Someone should redo this poll with Tuchel as one of the options

2 hours ago, Drogba1 said:

Someone should redo this poll with Tuchel as one of the options

And @Zeta

11 hours ago, cookie NI said:

To the end of the season , he has no managerial experience per se , but, just watch him, listen to him,  go back and actually listen to how he speaks  the isnt many in the world with that experience. And reiterating,  until the end of the season, he will go back to south america soon. 

Thiago Silva signed a cotract extension, he's with the club for the 2023-24 season. He may be an experienced player, there's more to being a manager than being an experienced player who speaks well about football I doubt whether he even has his badges, and even if he has, he would be too much of an unknown entity as a manager or head coach. If Todd et al. sack a manager they took a (failing) gamble on, they would not take an even bigger risk, even for a few months. No point in that.

 

Edited February 26, 20233 yr by Valerie

I am ready.

1 hour ago, Zeta said:

I am ready.

Then, so long as the job goes to you, I am ready to change my support over to you and back Potter out.

1. Flick

2. Poch

3. Gellardo

 

In that order. I am very open to other options I am not aware of.