Who do we want next as Saints manager?

[Nieldy]

Mark robins made Coventry what they are today.Last season they had a bad start and just missed out on the playoffs.I think.I would have mark robins over lampard any day.

[OldNick]

6 hours ago, Wade Garrett said:

Gary O’Neil is another philosophy manager.  Not for me.

If he was appointed i think I would reconsider getting my s/t. Cant have a ex Pompey player , and he plays rubbish football anyway. Look at Wolves and Bournemouth he leaves and they both turn into better sides

[Matthew Le God]

8 hours ago, Fabrice29 said:

Before even getting into whether he’d be good, I’m amazed anyone thinks Lampard would walk out on Coventry for us at this point. 

Saints have a better squad,  better academy, better training ground, significantly bigger income next season, significantly bigger wage/transfer budget and bigger manager wage.

[Turkish]

1 hour ago, Matthew Le God said:

Saints have a better squad,  better academy, better training ground, significantly bigger income next season, significantly bigger wage/transfer budget and bigger manager wage.

What’s your thoughts on Will Still?

[Turkish]

6 hours ago, Weston Super Saint said:

I love the speculation about the new manager.

All in vain though as history has showed us time and again - let's face it, not one predicted Nathan fucking Jones, Russell Martin or Ivan Duric.

Likely no one will predict the next manager to join the wacky races - although plenty will say they knew it all along once announced

I think you’ll find some people called all of them 👼

[benjii]

Lampard is basically a Redknapp so he can fuck off, as far as I'm concerned.

[Doctoroncall]

1 hour ago, Matthew Le God said:

Saints have a better squad,  better academy, better training ground, significantly bigger income next season, significantly bigger wage/transfer budget and bigger manager wage.

What makes Saints training ground better?

[Weston Super Saint]

13 minutes ago, Doctoroncall said:

What makes Saints training ground better?

Greener grass.

[Appy]

 

[Matthew Le God]

52 minutes ago, Doctoroncall said:

What makes Saints training ground better?

Although Coventry have recently refurbished, it is smaller and to a lower spec than Staplewood. No where near as much  money invested into it.

[Turkish]

2 minutes ago, Matthew Le God said:

Although Coventry have recently refurbished, it is smaller and to a lower spec than Staplewood. No where near as much  money invested into it.

How about Will Still? What’s your view on him?

[wild-saint]

8 minutes ago, Matthew Le God said:

Although Coventry have recently refurbished, it is smaller and to a lower spec than Staplewood. No where near as much  money invested into it.

So do you have a view on whether Will Still would be a good appointment?

[Matthew Le God]

6 minutes ago, Turkish said:

How about Will Still? What’s your view on him?

I not seen enough of his teams play to really know. His CV is reasonably good relative to the place we find ourselves. 

[Fabrice29]

3 hours ago, Matthew Le God said:

Saints have a better squad,  better academy, better training ground, significantly bigger income next season, significantly bigger wage/transfer budget and bigger manager wage.

Thank for the information dump. If you're going to ignore the post where I explained why the idea of Lampard leaving Coventry for us is not going to happen, then I'll just ask you to name the figures for this part...

Edited 4 hours ago by Fabrice29

[trousers]

1 minute ago, Matthew Le God said:

I not seen enough of his teams play to really know. His CV is reasonably good relative to the place we find ourselves. 

Oi! Leave the fence sitting to the experts, such as myself!

[Matthew Le God]

1 minute ago, Fabrice29 said:

Thank for the information dump. If you're going to ignore the post where I explained why the idea of Lampard leaving Coventry for us is not going to happen, then I'll just ask you to name the figures for this part...

Saints will once again be a 1st year parachute payment club. Our wage bill in 2023/24 was significantly higher than Coventry City as evidenced on the Companies House website. Nothing financially has notably changed for us not to have a wage bill for both players and manager significantly above a non parachute payment team like Coventry next season.

[Fabrice29]

3 minutes ago, Matthew Le God said:

Saints will once again be a 1st year parachute payment club. Our wage bill in 2023/24 was significantly higher than Coventry City as evidenced on the Companies House website. Nothing financially has notably changed for us not to have a wage bill for both players and manager significantly above a non parachute payment team like Coventry next season.

Name the figures.

[CB Fry]

1 hour ago, Appy said:

 

Maybe our Russell is too obvious a suggestion for Norwich. Felt like a no brainer.

[Oldandtired]

Is it thought that a new manager will be appointed sooner rather than later. I don't mean before the end of the season but I would hope pretty soon after. 

Edited 3 hours ago by Oldandtired

[Matthew Le God]

3 minutes ago, Fabrice29 said:

Name the figures.

Wage bills in 2023/24 accounts...

Coventry £23.4m

Saints £80.9m

 

 

[The Kraken]

3 minutes ago, Oldandtired said:

Is that thought that a new manager will be appointed sooner rather than later. I don't mean before the end of the season but I would hope pretty soon after. 

There’s always the possibility of a repeat of the Martin scenario, whereby we wait until we’re officially a championship club to go for a manager who is already in position (Martin officially joined on 23rd June in 2023).

[Fabrice29]

Just now, Matthew Le God said:

Wage bills in 2023/24 accounts...

Coventry £23.4m

Saints £80.9m

 

 

Okay so you cant name the figures. That's okay. No biggie, just a lesson learnt for next time. Focus on the nuances of the post rather than things you cant back up xxx

[Matthew Le God]

2 minutes ago, The Kraken said:

There’s always the possibility of a repeat of the Martin scenario, whereby we wait until we’re officially a championship club to go for a manager who is already in position (Martin officially joined on 23rd June in 2023).

I think that is likely to be the reason. Although with the window this season opening on 1st June, hopefully we have them in place before 23rd June!.

[The Kraken]

Typo, 21st June for Russell Martin.

[trousers]

4 minutes ago, Matthew Le God said:

Wage bills in 2023/24 accounts...

Coventry £23.4m

Saints £80.9m

 

 

He asked what the managers' wages were not the overall wage bill. Maybe try answering the question accurately, as you insist others do...

[Dusic]

11 minutes ago, CB Fry said:

Maybe our Russell is too obvious a suggestion for Norwich. Felt like a no brainer.

It did seem a logical one. Perhaps he has something seemingly better lined up, or is willing to wait for that, seeing as Norwich are now parachute payment-less.

[Matthew Le God]

1 minute ago, Fabrice29 said:

Okay so you cant name the figures. That's okay. No biggie, just a lesson learnt for next time. Focus on the nuances of the post rather than things you cant back up xxx

I did name the figures. We had nearly 4x the wage budget the last time we were in the same league. Little has changed for that not to be the case next season. Are you seriously suggesting a club would have 4x the overall wage budget, but it wouldn't apply to the manager?

[Matthew Le God]

1 minute ago, trousers said:

He asked what the managers' wages were not the overall wage bill. Maybe try answering the question accurately, as you insist others do...

See my last answer.

[trousers]

5 minutes ago, Matthew Le God said:

See my last answer.

He asked for the actual figures that apply to the manager and you haven't provided them. That's a matter of fact. 

If you're asked a question and don't know the answer, just say you don't know. It's not difficult. 

Edited 3 hours ago by trousers

[Matthew Le God]

1 minute ago, trousers said:

He asked for the actual figures that apply to the manager and you haven't provided them. That's a matter of fact. 

The figures I provided show a vast gap in wage bills and that it isn't unreasonable to think they apply to a vast gap in both manager and player wages between the clubs. What reason would there be for that not to be the case?

[Fabrice29]

Just now, Matthew Le God said:

The figures I provided show a vast gap in wage bills and that it isn't unreasonable to think they apply to a vast gap in both manager and player wages between the clubs. What reason would there be for that not to be the case?

It's not unreasonable to think that. It is unreasonable to state it as fact when you don't know though.

[skintsaint]

3 minutes ago, Matthew Le God said:

The figures I provided show a vast gap in wage bills and that it isn't unreasonable to think they apply to a vast gap in both manager and player wages between the clubs. What reason would there be for that not to be the case?

Lampard is probably on good wedge at Coventry already, and we probably have to factor in that we had two managers contracted for next season that we have already sacked off, that 'could' lower our affordability. 

[Midfield_General]

29 minutes ago, CB Fry said:

Maybe our Russell is too obvious a suggestion for Norwich. Felt like a no brainer.

It will be either Leicester or Rangers for him, I think. 

[trousers]

21 minutes ago, Matthew Le God said:

The figures I provided show a vast gap in wage bills and that it isn't unreasonable to think they apply to a vast gap in both manager and player wages between the clubs. What reason would there be for that not to be the case?

It's a reasonable assumption, but that still doesn't mean you answered the actual question being asked. Still, at least you're not purposely annoying...

[Appy]

22 minutes ago, Midfield_General said:

It will be either Leicester or Rangers for him, I think. 

Sounds like Rangers are getting Ancelotti Jnr

[Gloucester Saint]

6 minutes ago, Appy said:

Sounds like Rangers are getting Ancelotti Jnr

Russell’s agent and Russell himself seem to rate him far higher than the actual football industry does. Turns out results and clean sheets every now and again are important.

Leicester the only game in town left but that’s only if they can afford to sack RVN at the end of next month.

[Dusic]

8 minutes ago, Gloucester Saint said:

Russell’s agent and Russell himself seem to rate him far higher than the actual football industry does. Turns out results and clean sheets every now and again are important.

Leicester the only game in town left but that’s only if they can afford to sack RVN at the end of next month.

No real evidence of any of that. This season hasnt even finished yet.