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That's fine. Martin got us promoted so if Lampard did the same you could say he was a success.

100% agree. Given our financial advantage playoffs should be an absolute minimum and probably top 4.

How does that explain Luton then? Or Birmingham's relegation the season before?

I'd say getting derby and especially Coventry into the playoffs was not easy. He has a better championship record than Martin for me prior to us getting him in.

Worth remembering that Luton were very good value in the prem and they were the ones that ended up dropping like a stone. Form from the previous season with so much change counts for little. Without any other signings we could line up with Bazunu Bree wood Edwards Wellington Downes Charles Armstrong Edozie Fernandes Stewart Most of whom have very little to do with this season. Obviously we will sell a lot of them and bring in new players but the point is we won't have half as much of a hangover as people imagine because they will be different players.

I'd say Pardew was a decebt manager for league one prior to seeing what he'd do with us.

No one or a tiny minority are 'not giving Still a chance'.

No wonder MLG is not a fan.

Yes that's my exact point. Experience is also about knowing how to navigate a number of different situations. I'd worry about his ability to navigate that given his youthfulness and relative lack of experience.

Yes. MLG doesn't have a mute button.

Who would think that giving an opinion that league experience was a desirable trait for the championship would seemingly be such a controversial thing to say.

No one has ever said he will fail because he doesn't have league experience.

Real life isn't a computer game.

For me I think it's important to have a commanding man in charge for a team like saints who knows the league and what is required to get out of it. I look at the good job that Martin did last year and think his prior experience really helped when having to mould so many new faces together.

I'm not sure I argued otherwise?

The player out on loan to the team sitting three places above us having their worst league campaign in living memory. Juric had success in a bigger league than the Championship. Didn't stop him from being an abject failure for us. Like I said, the championship and lower league English football generally has quite specific challenges and it is an advantage to have had prior experience in the league. It's not a guarantee of success or failure of course but it does improve your odds in my opinion. If Rohl doesn't fancy it, someone like Lampard or Cooper would have been my personal choice but Still will of course get my full support and I hope he's brilliant.

I certainly wouldn't go as far as you but I do concur that it does feel quite experimental. Like with all experiments there's still a chance it could be a big success though. If it does blow up in their faces then they will look awfully foolish.

It's the 5th of the top five. A league where Kevin Danso looked a top player.

I'm not against anyone I want the manager to do well whoever comes in but it is my opinion that previous experience of the Championship or at least lower league English football and the specific requirements for this league is an advantage given the fine margin between success and failure and our requirement to challenge near the top as a minimum. Appointing a manager with potential may pay off. Rather like signing Shea Charles, he was pretty underwhelming but may pay us back next season. I'm not sure we have the time for Still to find his feet and live up to potential in a couple of years. There's always the chance that someone with potential could get it together and see us shoot to the top of the league but he's going to have to be quite exceptional and it's a risk. The reputation of Spors and Sports Republic hangs on it anyway.

Nathan Jones beat Manchester City.

Why does it matter about the prem? We aren't in the prem and money and respurces dictates things to greater extent in the top league in my opinion. We will be expecting to compete at the very top of this league and in my opinion having previous English league experience is an advantage.

Chris wilder, Scott Parker and Daniel Farke have plenty of previous English league experience. As did Martin and McKenna. Again, I'm not saying it's a requirement, simply that it's my preference because we need to have an immediate impact next year and I think that gives us the best chance.

What's that got to do with me favouring a manager with previous league experience?

Because previous experience of the league you are in is a good indicator of success. He doesn't have to have it but given the linked candidates it's something I'd prefer.

Why?