New Manager Debate

[goodymatt]

I’d be happy with any of the following:

Rodgers

Rose

Corberan 

Vieira

Sadly feel we appoint one of the following:

Eckhert

O’Neil

Carrick (I’m more on the fence about him)

[Harry_SFC]

1 minute ago, goodymatt said:

I’d be happy with any of the following:

Rodgers

Rose

Corberan 

Vieira

Sadly feel we appoint one of the following:

Eckhert

O’Neil

Carrick (I’m more on the fence about him)

With you on this. Can't see it being O'Neil now after the reaction online and at the game today.

[goodymatt]

Alfie House has given his current feelings on the new manager situation today:

 

[Tommy]

Surely after today there’s no chance they would appoint O’Neil. Matches Fanbase would be toxic before the ink on the contract dries. 

[stfrancisofbenali]

Can’t be O’Neil after today. Carrick far too nice and mild-mannered. No one perfect but Corberan best ‘available’. 

[tdmickey3]

New manager should be in place by Monday so he has the two weeks to sort everything out but knowing these Ankerson led clowns we will let it drag on and on

[SNSUN]

14 minutes ago, goodymatt said:

I’d be happy with any of the following:

Rodgers

Rose

Corberan 

Vieira

Sadly feel we appoint one of the following:

Eckhert

O’Neil

Carrick (I’m more on the fence about him)

I think the 4 you've listed are probably about as good as it gets. Carrick would be a bit 'meh' but he wouldn't have the antagony (is that a word? I feel like it should be) with the fans that Martin, Tonda or O'Neill would have. Heck I'd take Mowbray over having Martin back (Tony, not his brother!)

[LGTL]

It’s a pretty open secret that Eckert was appointed by Spors in the summer with one eye on the first team job. He was always being groomed to be Still’s replacement, it just came about 2/3 years earlier than expected. 

[skintsaint]

If it is Eckert, the fan advisory board will be fucking fuming at being lied to, they might have a revolt on their hands looking at who is on that.

[Badger]

17 minutes ago, LGTL said:

It’s a pretty open secret that Eckert was appointed by Spors in the summer with one eye on the first team job. He was always being groomed to be Still’s replacement, it just came about 2/3 years earlier than expected. 

If this is the case then Spors would have done better to keep him in the background for now. No reason why he couldn’t be our manager in a few years (assuming he progresses as hoped) irrespective of Still going. 
 

The surprise for me has been leaving Lallana out in the cold, and not putting him in as interim. Not sure what we can read into that, perhaps he’ll be out on his arse when a new manager arrives with his own staff, or end of season.  

[Appy]

48 minutes ago, goodymatt said:

Alfie House has given his current feelings on the new manager situation today:

 

He basically doesn’t have a clue 

[Paulwantsapint81]

Has a certain Catalan returning had any influence on the last 2 games?

Going to need a really combative performance against Jones’ Charlton 

[aintforever]

They would be mental to appoint Eckert on the basis of the last two performances, we were lucky to get a win at QPR and Wednesday were just awful.

[Appy]

Just now, aintforever said:

They would be mental to appoint Eckert on the basis of the last two performances, we were lucky to get a win at QPR and Wednesday were just awful.

This 1000%

[leeham_69]

Has Corberan been sacked? Interesting to see his name appear - the WBA guest on TSP last champ season talked about him like he was the messiah. Haven’t really followed his progress since.

[Turkish]

1 hour ago, RedArmy said:

That 10/1 bet on Tonda looking lovely. Predictable club. 
 

 

 

It’s going to be him isn’t it it’s what they wanted from the start 

[Dusic]

40 minutes ago, Appy said:

He basically doesn’t have a clue 

Not so sure. David Ornstein suggested in his original post about Still sacking that Eckert was seen as a genuine candidate, also relayed via the likes of House, Blackmore etc.

Since then we have won 2 from 2 and today certainly was better than many displays this season so they may see improvement despite poor opposition.

By keeping Tonda they would have compo of likely paying off Trollope and also save on hiring new manager and backroom staff - clearly financially its the cheapest option having presumably unexpectedly having to pay off Still and sign Romeu.

Plus nearly a week later the only other genuine link has been O'Neil who obviously won't happen. Nothing approaching a good source has linked any other names.

Spors knows Eckert and brought him in, then selected him as caretaker over Trollope.

So personally when you add it all together I think its more likely than not that he is in charge at Charlton.

 

Edited 14 hours ago by Dusic

[RedArmy]

10 minutes ago, Turkish said:

It’s going to be him isn’t it it’s what they wanted from the start 

I’d rather not obviously, but it would pay for Christmas. 

[Badger]

20 minutes ago, leeham_69 said:

Has Corberan been sacked? Interesting to see his name appear - the WBA guest on TSP last champ season talked about him like he was the messiah. Haven’t really followed his progress since.

Last I read was that he was in thin ice. Saw his name linked with Middlesbrough.

He was one those trendy managers a couple of years ago, but not sure what the attraction is from what I saw of WBA especially over the playoffs (just remember this animated bloke on the touchline). Skinny jeans and beard so could be somewhere on the Rasmus spectrum. 

[Dr Who?]

2 hours ago, for_heaven's_Saint said:

That’ll be because people have read this thread and put money on. 

On the back of absolutely nothing. 😂 

[Badger]

IF they appoint Eckert, wonder if they’ll bring in an experienced assistant to help him. This was  Trollopes role for Still.

Read on here that one of Ralph’s former assistants had been seen locally recently (Name similar to Richard Bitchkicker). 

[Appy]

It shouldn’t be Eckert, it would be so shortsighted and unambitious, so they’ll probably be itching to do it. 
 

Logical thing is to say thanks to him, send him back to the under 21s and make a proper appointment. 

[Maggie May]

If there is weight behind this Rodgers rumour, then I am fully behind it.  He’s beyond any calibre of manager we’ve been linked with for ages.

He actually leaped to my mind as a possibility.  I wonder if Solak triggered Still’s sacking after seeing Rodgers leave Celtic.  

I also have a gut feeling Dragan will be more involved in the next appointment.  Surely he realises failed experiment after failed experiment can’t continue.  We need someone with experience who can shake these players up.

Ekert is not the answer. 

[HarvSFC]

The season Reading won the league they were sat in 16th place after 15 matches with 4 wins, 6 draws and 5 losses. Whose record does that sound similar to?

Still a lot to play for this season.

[Graffito]

47 minutes ago, Badger said:

IF they appoint Eckert, wonder if they’ll bring in an experienced assistant to help him. This was  Trollopes role for Still.

Read on here that one of Ralph’s former assistants had been seen locally recently (Name similar to Richard Bitchkicker). 

Do you mean Richie Bitchlicker?

[SaintBobby]

11 minutes ago, HarvSFC said:

The season Reading won the league they were sat in 16th place after 15 matches with 4 wins, 6 draws and 5 losses. Whose record does that sound similar to?

Still a lot to play for this season.

Interesting. But that’s probably beyond us. We must be heavy odds against to even make the play offs now. I can see the temptation by the board to just limp into, say, 12th place from here. 

[woodsaint1]

3 hours ago, Sidney Fudpucker the 3rd said:

O'Neil has a 31% win ratio from 100 games as a manager. 
Carrick has a 46.76% win ratio from 136 games as a manager.

O'Neil shouldn't even be under consideration. As a manager he's won fewer games than Russell Martin, Ralph Hasenhuttl, Will Still, Ivan Juric and Nathan Jones. 

Not sure what you're trying to prove comparing win ratios between managers in different divisions. Between a manager tasked primarily with avoiding relegation in the hardest league in the world, and another tasked with gaining promotion at a club expected to running for it.

Either way, its unlikely that O'Neil or Carrick will get the job, but we'll see

[Verbal]

13 minutes ago, Graffito said:

Do you mean Richie Bitchlicker?

That takes me back to my Viz-reading days

[CB Fry]

41 minutes ago, HarvSFC said:

The season Reading won the league they were sat in 16th place after 15 matches with 4 wins, 6 draws and 5 losses. Whose record does that sound similar to?

Still a lot to play for this season.

Interesting stuff. They started appallingly. 

I doubt we will match that but the play offs are very much in play this season.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011–12_Reading_F.C._season

 

[Willo of Whiteley]

Carlos Coberan has always struck me as someone that gets a bounce and then it dies off quickly.

Followed his progress loosely, can’t say I’m particularly enamoured by his managerial career so far. Ok football at times but doesn’t strike me as right for us.

Alfie House is right in that the two wins gives some breathing room to the board, I just have every faith in almighty board to drag this out further and then make the wrong appointment. We can see from a mile off it’ll be Tonda Eckhart.

This squad needs discipline and authority, so that that rules on Brendan Rodgers straight away. They’ll want a yes-man.

[MB]

GoN won’t be happening, after the reaction today both parties agreed to walk away.

[MB]

For anyone who gives me abuse I reported 2 weeks ago talks ago had taken place. Don’t shoot the messenger or I will stop sharing the exclusive info I have 

there are two more interviews lined up for next week, one is from Germany the other is an ex premier league player 

[MB]

Am limited to posts on here so this is the last one for a bit

non managerial related, deal has been agreed with West Ham for JWP to join in January. Loan with option to buy. Deal is done 

[benjii]

I've only got 3 posts so I'll do all three one minute apart.

[Willo of Whiteley]

1 hour ago, MB said:

Am limited to posts on here so this is the last one for a bit

non managerial related, deal has been agreed with West Ham for JWP to join in January. Loan with option to buy. Deal is done 

Ironically I think everyone could/can see this coming…

[benjii]

40 minutes ago, Willo of Whiteley said:

Ironically I think everyone could/can see this coming…

#theartofITK

[saints1988]

8 hours ago, Badger said:

If this is the case then Spors would have done better to keep him in the background for now. No reason why he couldn’t be our manager in a few years (assuming he progresses as hoped) irrespective of Still going. 
 

The surprise for me has been leaving Lallana out in the cold, and not putting him in as interim. Not sure what we can read into that, perhaps he’ll be out on his arse when a new manager arrives with his own staff, or end of season.  

Lallana will be taking over the U21’s as Head Coach.

 

[Matthew Le God]

4 hours ago, MB said:

Am limited to posts on here so this is the last one for a bit

You could have put all three posts in one post and then had two more posts left to use later in the day. You had them all ready to go within minutes of each other! 😄

Edited 6 hours ago by Matthew Le God

[SoberSaint]

Would be hard to find a more arrogant candidate than Russell Martin but Brendan Rodgers would hit the spot!

 

 

[sfc4prem]

Ex-PL player = Carrick?

[Oisin]

34 minutes ago, Matthew Le God said:

You could have put all three posts in one post and then had two more posts left to use later in the day. You had them all ready to go within minutes of each other! 😄

You could realise all your posts are annoying and pointless and never post anything.

Think I learnt more of use from MBs one liners than I have from 15+ years of your keyboard diarrhoea 

[Weston Super Saint]

4 hours ago, MB said:

For anyone who gives me abuse I reported 2 weeks ago talks ago had taken place. Don’t shoot the messenger or I will stop sharing the exclusive info I have 

there are two more interviews lined up for next week, one is from Germany the other is an ex premier league player 

Lampard

[Toadhall Saint]

1 minute ago, Weston Super Saint said:

Lampard

Gerrard

[Pamplemousse]

8 hours ago, HarvSFC said:

The season Reading won the league they were sat in 16th place after 15 matches with 4 wins, 6 draws and 5 losses. Whose record does that sound similar to?

Still a lot to play for this season.

Us and West ham were the best teams in the league that season but they just had an unbelievable run of form at the end, came from absolutely nowhere. But it was pretty obvious that they were going straight back down, hence why us and West Ham stayed up relatively comfortably the following year.

[qwertyell]

4 minutes ago, sfc4prem said:

Ex-PL player = Carrick?

Could be almost anyone. John Dahl Tomasson. Rooney. Robbie Keane/Savage. Uwe Rosler. Jelle Van Damme.

[TheAlehouseBrawlers]

2 minutes ago, qwertyell said:

Could be almost anyone. John Dahl Tomasson. Rooney. Robbie Keane/Savage. Uwe Rosler. Jelle Van Damme.

...Viera.....Russell Martin.................................................................

[BARCELONASAINT]

4 hours ago, MB said:

Am limited to posts on here so this is the last one for a bit

non managerial related, deal has been agreed with West Ham for JWP to join in January. Loan with option to buy. Deal is done 

I have no idea if you are genuine or not but i certainly won't give you abuse for posting this.

I personally would love JWP back at this level. His experience and work rate are second to none. He will always divide the fan base with some believing he offers nothing and those of us that have always seen a model pro.

I really hope you are right on this one.

[Matthew Le God]

12 minutes ago, Oisin said:

You could realise all your posts are annoying and pointless and never post anything.

Think I learnt more of use from MBs one liners than I have from 15+ years of your keyboard diarrhoea 

Why are you reading them when you could put me on your forum ignore list in the settings so you don't see them?

[Saint86]

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Edited 5 hours ago by Saint86

[JohnnyShearer2.0]

1 hour ago, BARCELONASAINT said:

I have no idea if you are genuine or not but i certainly won't give you abuse for posting this.

I personally would love JWP back at this level. His experience and work rate are second to none. He will always divide the fan base with some believing he offers nothing and those of us that have always seen a model pro.

I really hope you are right on this one.

Same, if MB has heard a rumour than so be it. Up to us to believe it or not. It would be boring if no one posted anything or snippets from time to time.

GoN - I'm guessing walking away is best as he'll options anyway.

JWP coming back...that would be good. Prefer him to Downes.

Someone from Germany.....Marco Rose! Ha ha, I wish. 

Edited 4 hours ago by JohnnyShearer2.0