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Some good points in here. Remarkable how Ratcliffe hasn’t turned out a saviour at Old Trafford (although some on here predicted it). can only hope Dragan, and Spors live up to expectation.

There are several reasons people are more inclined to see Rohl as a better option (as well as his links with Ralph): He has improved his current club from relegation certainties to play off contenders, with limited funding. RM saw no improvement at his clubs. Since leaving he’s been at Bayern Munich, and the German national team ( even if only as assistant to Flick). But more impressive than MK Dons and Swansea. He isn’t wedded to possession football for the sake of it. Finally, he doesn’t come across as an egotistical bellend.

All part of the Willcox masterplan to turn us into City lite.

The legacy of Russell Martin, and the dickheads who kept him here too long. No. Things had turned sour in his last few weeks. Had to go. Problem being that we were left with a piss poor squad, that no one would touch.

Fuck it, that’s another one to aim for. How many home games have we got left ?

Both likely to be confirmed as relegated by then.

Leicester should go for Lego. Experienced Championship manager with a promotion under his belt. What could go wrong ?

Hope he gets a 3 or 5 year deal, so he can receive generous payments over a long period when a new manager comes in.

As said before, Poch had about 48hours before his first match. Juric and Jones have had 8 and 6 weeks.

Spitting your dummy out won’t help.

I remember the name but hadn’t heard that before. Wikipedia says he’s a Villa fan. You’re not confusing him with Gavyn Davies are you ? He was a City name ( Goldman Sachs) and often mentioned in finance articles.

Wonder who is behind this thinking.

Would make more sense for an incoming manager to make selections like this.

Spurs signed a Czech international GK in the last window. Can’t see them buying another (unless he’s crap over then next few weeks). Next season is immediately before a World Cup so players will want to be in the best position to showcase their talents. Championship with us, or occasional midweek run out in League Cup/Europe ? Or Burnley?

Yes, we seem to have wavered on the strategy haven’t we ? We’ve gone through the Shields/Wilcox obsession with Man City juniors, to buying up crap from the periphery of Sheff Utd’s relegation squad. Not sure where Spors fits into the framework, recruitment or more. Ideally I’d like to see a sound football person (if such a thing exists) on the board to provide and maintain direction.

Good thread and raises some interesting questions. Most of us would agree that our failings stem largely from poor recruitment and appointments but apportioning blame for that might be more difficult. In truth the fans don’t really know the selection process, only the snippets clubs feed into the media. Is it poor identifying of players, poor selection after, or failings on negotiation. Possibly a mix. Seems a bit unfair to pin it on the scouts as we just don’t know the process. If Mowbray comes back witn ‘ look chaps, this is the next Beckenbauer’ , but Lego dismisses it as he wants Nathan Wood from his former club, then the failing isn’t in the scouting. Needs to be sorted though.

I’d always assumed the DoF, and in years gone by collectively by The Board. Begs the question who appoints the DoF, and in what criteria. Read an article some weeks back where it referred to Newcastle’s appointment of Dan Ashworth being through a London based Recruitment Consultancy, ( not Les Read’s! )

Top man !!

Wasn’t Kenya a staging post for him as well at one point ?

Last thing I read on the Martin-Swansea relationship was that the club were suing him personally, presumably for breach of contract. Nothing read on that for some time, not that it needs to be in the public gaze. It would certainly take a major climb down from somewhere for him to be back at Swansea

Not sure how much imapct is down to Mowbray. He found some decent players for Aberdeen who were effective for them, and he might take some credit for Fernades for example. Might need to give it time to see how the Japanese players turn out as well. Several comments on the thread that much of last season's signings were down to Lego.

I'd rather he got on with the job. Too many have been too quick to talk about it in the past, then delivered fuck all.

Some good, interesting points in there, Manji. Spors does bring an air of optimism to the otherwise bleak outlook, although not fully sure as to why. Perhaps it's just blind faith. In terms of Spors team I highlighted the name Marcel Klos last week so assume he's one of them. Good news if Rasmus has been shunted out of the way. I can't see Juric remaining in charge for next season. I've always felt his appointment was a temporary role , a kind of 'nightwatchman' until next season. Solak's interview hasn't convinced me otherwise, and with results as they are a change is inevitable, possibly dressed up as Spors wanting to do his own thing. Rohl would be the obvious candidate, but as others have said Saints don't go for the outstanding and obvious candidate, so it'll probably be some random Portuguese chap ... Added to which Rohl will probably have other offers, not least of all at home in Germany. Agree that despite the SR failures to date, we have to give Dragan a chance to reset it all over again. No point rallying against him now, he's the club's best bet for a revival unless we've got a major benefactor to step in and shell out.

Reminds me of: Swing Lowe …

Thought about this the other day whilst reading the ‘Uncomfortably Numb’ thread. There was reference to some tribute acts on there. SFC doing their best for a tribute act:Ivan Juric & The Blockheads. Blockheads? Not sure if that’s the players or Board.