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He is categorically not hated by their fan base, I can promise you that.

Ok, that's your thought on this - so who would you appoint who isn't embarrassing in your eyes? It's easy to scream 'No' and then not provide any valid alternatives.

He wasn't actually as bad as the results suggested, Leeds fans certainly don't think so. I always thought Leeds were in games when they played, always good to watch, no thrashings or anything like that - he seemed incredibly unlucky there, given he had Bamford out for most of the season and then lost Rodrigo.

All feels a bit muddy to me. That will be Newcastle, PSG, Man City, Man Utd owned and funded by middle eastern states. I wouldn't say no to a mega backer if they came knocking, but by the same token I wouldn't go searching or selling my soul for one!

Those New Forest boars have crossed the Marchwood Bypass again then.

The beauty of following Jones is that whoever it is has no expectations to follow, just don't lose every game you play. It would be one hell of an effort for us to find someone WORSE than Jones (I'm sure we'll give it a good shot though....)

That sounds better then re: Orsic. Edozie I've seen cut inside, I don't think he'd be totally alien to the approach. If S Armstrong is fit again as well we've got another weapon in that pressing third.

Marsch also plays a 4-2-3-1 style, which I think suits the players we have. A back 4 to start with, two midfielders in a pivot and then 3 attackers behind your central striker. Bazunu KWP - ABK - Salisu - Perraud JWP - Lavia Sullemana - Alcaraz - Orsic Ounacu You'd want the width provided by Perraud and KWP, with JWP and Lavia both covering when they bomb forward and also providing the pivot in posession. Sullemana, Alcaraz and Orsic provide the counter press in and around Ounancu. I know Sullemana and Alcaraz are good pressing players, not sure about Orsic though (and I think we know Onauchu isn't!) Our January transfers have made this approach much more valid in my opinion. It’s a shame Ralph had to persist with Moussa/Ely/Adams/Armstrong in those roles.

That's a limitation in his game though, always has been. I too thought at least one of those goals was saveable by a more agile keeper. I know we can't really talk right now as we have a keeper who is seemingly incapable of making any saves, ever.

This guy was also free when we appointed Jones, but we decided to pay £2m compo to Luton instead! The more you look back the more you realise this was an Ankerson ego-trip.

Yeah this one came up yesterday, loads of connections. Like you said Selles was his assistant at FC Kobenhaven, he was then manager at Midtylland when Ankerson was there. Also signed Ounancu for Genk, so knows him. Feels a bit too 'obvious' to me though! who knows.

He's confused about most things to be fair, so no real surprise.

And let's not forget, he thought signing Bednarek for them was a good idea...!!!

I agree. I've seen some suggestions this morning calling for Zidanne, Tuchel, Marco Silva and Kompany. ''Invest in the team SR''. Just silly views with no realism attached to them. If only the world worked like Football Manager.

The hate Villa fans have for Gerrard is on a similar level to ours for Jones. They universally call him their worst ever manager, and they had Remi Garde. They say his man management is crap, tries to live on his ego and shuts players out who don't agree. Created a toxic dressing room with splits all through it, tactical confusion. There wasn't a good thing he did according to them. Sounds like an avenue we probably don’t want to explore again if it was me making the call.

That's because he doesn't play with wingers, as he is an adopter of the 4-2-2-2 formation. So the wide players come inside, provide the space for the full backs to attack. Pretty common approach in gegenpressing style, as you overload the middle with options to press and stress the oppo in the 'Red Zone' - as Ralph liked to call it. So it's not that he doesn't know how to use wingers, the style he practices doesn't utilise them in the traditional sense.

I think Benitez has had his day. I don't see this squad being in anyway suited to his pragmatic defensive style either, would be a weird appointment as much as Jones was in my opinon. I don't know what Schreuder has ever achieved in management to be that highly regarded, he was pretty dreadful at Ajax - looks like he's going to Leeds anyway.

Who would you go for out of interest? What avaliable manager do you think could keep us up?

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Former FC Midtyland manager isn't he? (when Rasmus was chairman, and they beat us). Selles was also his assistant at FC Kobenhaven. Lots of obvious connections there, just feels a bit too obvious for me. We'd have gone for him before if we were keen, as he was free when we sacked Ralph.

That's one of the big takeaways from Jones tenure for me, contradictions everywhere.

Leaving us with some pearls of wisdom here - So he recalls Bednarek.........yeah, right.

Marsch will irritate many, I'm sure, but compared to Jones he's light and day. He comes from the RB way of doing things, initially manager at NY Red Bulls, won honours there, got his move to another RB group club in Salzburg, and also won honours there. He then got the 'big job' at Lipzig, but it didn't go to plan there and by all accounts their fans felt the club stitched him up and they'd have liked to have seen him given longer. Throughout all of those clubs he has followed his principles by playing a very similar 4-2-2-2 /4-3-2-1, gengenpress style. In many ways a full disciple of the Ralph/RB approach - for me that's a pretty critical factor to consider. When you hire a manager mid season, outside of a transfer window, you need to be sure they are a fit for the players in the squad. As much as the likes of Nuno and Lage are legitimate options, you could argue that they've got their success from a very disciplined and patient tactical approach - I'd say those approaches are at odds with the tools we have in this squad. That's why Marsch makes some sense, there is a squad of players in the building vested in the way he wants to play and they bought into it under a previous manager. In the position we are in beggars can't be choosers, and this is a reason why I felt we may hold fire and see what is available in the summer - but if Marsch is up for a short-term and long-term view, and is willing to be part of a strategic rebuild in the Championship, then I think there could be many worse choices. I'm not totally against this one if it happens. I can actually see the logic behind it, which I couldn't see when Jones was appointed.

I thought hotsaint would have posted on here, they've gone quiet. It's almost like they're not employed at the club anymore.

It's Leeds who wanted him, not particularly Marsch. He was also on the list when Bielsa was manager, who wanted him strongly.