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Monday, 17 December 2007
Who should replace Sanchez?
With the general consensus being 'when', rather than 'if', Sanchez departs, who should we get in to replace him? I have put forward a list of potential candidates on the left hand side of the page - under the Johnny Haynes photo - so please feel free to vote.
The news (from TFi) that Tigana was in the crowd on Saturday gave my heart a little leap of glee. Could he actually have made up with MAF? If so could he be a contender? I would love to see him back. It seems incredibly unlikely I know but ...
Of the more realistic targets I'm rooting for Jol. I really think he could get the current team out of trouble and take us forward in the longer term.
Tigana eh? That would be a return, even though he didn't set the premiership alight in the season and a half he was here...may be if he'd had more time i suppose.
Just following up my own point in the comments at CCN, it has always struck me as strange that clubs will spend over the odds on players, yet take punts on managers who have a proven track record of mediocrity.
Wigan have decided that Steve Bruce is to be their saviour, but really all he's demonstrated in his time is that he isn't a managerial mastermind or a disaster. Gary Megson's autocratic style has kicked some arses at Bolton, and was exactly the type of appointment the club needed after Sammy Lee, but that'll soon wear off and I'm sure Bolton will be very average soon.
There are a few managers in football who have proved themselves to know what they are doing. These people, if they control a club, can affect things far more than any one player. Why, then, are they not paid even more than is currently the case?
Things are changing this way - witness Capello's salary for the new England job - but not as quickly as you might imagine. A manager is the most important person at most clubs, yet his remuneration will rarely reflect this.
For a team like Fulham, if the managerial change comes soon, would it not be worthwhile to throw a lot of money at Marcelo Lippi, incentivise the contract even more, and throw him into things. A top-level coach could at least stop all these goals going in, and might make things happen at the other end.
if that sounds unrealistic, I wonder if Lippi would turn down something like £10million, half up front and half incentivised. It sounds like silly money, but would be a small price to pay to turn things around.
It's not like there are any £10million players out there begging to come to Fulham.
I think that is a superb post Rich - and bang on the money, so to speak. I hadn't ever really thought of it like that but it's true. Teams spend millions on players, umpteen suits and backroom staff members, but end up scrimping on the manager. As much as I loved Cookie he, too, was a low cost option and the same goes for Sancheze.
Rob, that's very true. I don't know if Sanchez is the problem for Fulham (I don't think he is, but that's another debate), but at the very least, a proven, successful manager can assure us that the manager isn't the problem.
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I dunno, I'd have to think about it. None of the names you mention excite me though.
Are these the only choices? What about Alan Pardew?
Of your lot, I'm partial to Psycho [I'm an old lefty as well]. He didn't do much with Citeh, but he's a tough bugger and a fighter as well.
The news (from TFi) that Tigana was in the crowd on Saturday gave my heart a little leap of glee. Could he actually have made up with MAF? If so could he be a contender? I would love to see him back. It seems incredibly unlikely I know but ...
Of the more realistic targets I'm rooting for Jol. I really think he could get the current team out of trouble and take us forward in the longer term.
Tigana eh? That would be a return, even though he didn't set the premiership alight in the season and a half he was here...may be if he'd had more time i suppose.
Just following up my own point in the comments at CCN, it has always struck me as strange that clubs will spend over the odds on players, yet take punts on managers who have a proven track record of mediocrity.
Wigan have decided that Steve Bruce is to be their saviour, but really all he's demonstrated in his time is that he isn't a managerial mastermind or a disaster. Gary Megson's autocratic style has kicked some arses at Bolton, and was exactly the type of appointment the club needed after Sammy Lee, but that'll soon wear off and I'm sure Bolton will be very average soon.
There are a few managers in football who have proved themselves to know what they are doing. These people, if they control a club, can affect things far more than any one player. Why, then, are they not paid even more than is currently the case?
Things are changing this way - witness Capello's salary for the new England job - but not as quickly as you might imagine. A manager is the most important person at most clubs, yet his remuneration will rarely reflect this.
For a team like Fulham, if the managerial change comes soon, would it not be worthwhile to throw a lot of money at Marcelo Lippi, incentivise the contract even more, and throw him into things. A top-level coach could at least stop all these goals going in, and might make things happen at the other end.
Rich
if that sounds unrealistic, I wonder if Lippi would turn down something like £10million, half up front and half incentivised. It sounds like silly money, but would be a small price to pay to turn things around.
It's not like there are any £10million players out there begging to come to Fulham.
I think that is a superb post Rich - and bang on the money, so to speak. I hadn't ever really thought of it like that but it's true. Teams spend millions on players, umpteen suits and backroom staff members, but end up scrimping on the manager. As much as I loved Cookie he, too, was a low cost option and the same goes for Sancheze.
Rob, that's very true. I don't know if Sanchez is the problem for Fulham (I don't think he is, but that's another debate), but at the very least, a proven, successful manager can assure us that the manager isn't the problem.
Way too many commas in this comment!
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