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Meeting expectations is not a bad thing thing. Considering Chelsea had lost Hazard and were under a transfer embargo, that 4th place finish was respectable, he developed a big crop of talented players that raised significant sums of money for their FFP. As for his record against the Top 4, he...

Had it not been for the Greece loss, Carsley would’ve been offered the role full time imo. I genuinely think it could’ve been a mistake hiring Tuchel so soon after that loss.

How do you define average? A Top 4 finish in the Prem and finals in the Championship playoffs and in the FA Cup is hardly average for a Championship team hiring a manager. I like Carsley, however, he’s the only ‘viable’ candidate that hasn’t applied as far as we know. No major media source has...

Is Robins as achievements delegitimised because he had Gyokeres and Hamer playing for him in 2022/23? If your answer is no, the same logic applies to Lampard too.

There you go. With all due respect to Robins, I always felt like it was the right man, right club combination and I’m sceptical he’ll replicate his success with us with another Championship club. That’s something I always felt to be the case even at his peak with us. Who would your preferred...

He’s finished in the top 4 of the Prem and kept Everton up in the Prem. These aren’t insignificant achievements. Again, he isn’t joining a Prem team, we’re a Championship club. This isn’t a Rooney type situation, Lampard has managed in the Championship and got to a playoff final which is what we...

All due respect to Robins, his achievements before coming to us amount to nothing of note. Lampard has made a playoff and FA cup final as well as a Top 4 Prem finish. That’s going to be a higher calibre than any other manager in the hat. RVN had a good run at Man U, finished 2nd at PSV and won...

I genuinely think Lampard was probably the most qualified manager in the hat. Personally, would’ve preferred RVN but I never felt like he was down for it. From his perspective, I felt like he was holding out for a lower end Prem/upper Championship job. As for Lampard, this is make or break for...

Agreed, it would’ve been a good appointment had we been at the lower end of the table. Ultimately couldn’t keep Birmingham up last season either.

Makes no sense for him to apply to be honest. He’ll be in the mix for the top England job one day.

Graham Potter or Moyes if we’re being silly. Otherwise, I’m not really that fussed out of RVN, Carsley and Lampard.

Could be water weight, stress/hormone fluctuation or actual weight gain. Don’t panic and probably need to cut an extra 100-200 kcals off and increase expenditure. I need to get back on my weight loss program because this year has been a big step backwards. Iceland do a decent range of...

Tainted? He lost one game and in all the other matches we’ve won all the other games. He tried some different tactics, got one game wrong and people had written him off. Personally, I believe he could do a good job for the first team.

There are plenty of top class managers coming out of the Eredivisie though. Arne Slot is currently dominating the Prem and ETH’s Ajax performed well in the Champions League. In general, it is an uncompetitive league but the standard of managers and players coming out of the league is way ahead...

Someone like RVN could easily us as an engine to forward his own career in a similar way as Kompany and Maresca did at Burnley and Leicester. They have brand recognition, experience coaching at elite clubs. Promotion to the Prem and even a mediocre season staying up could lead to job prospect...

I won’t disagree with this because the feeling is mutual. It’s not just Robins and AV though because the ownership is actually serious about promotion and has shown themselves willing to invest good sums into the project to make it attractive for a lot of coaches. That wouldn’t have been...

They’ve proven themselves as coaches, just not yet as the number one. Carsley and RVN have shown a bit about them as England and Man U interims. The latter has decent results as PSV manager. Lampard has done well in the Championship and has a Top 4 Prem finish on his CV. I’m surprisingly...

Looking at the calibre of coaches applying for the role, perhaps sacking Robins wasn’t the crazy decision many of us thought it would’ve been?

Every manager we could possibly hire will be a ‘meh’ appointment. It’ll take a while to get over Robins tbh.

Potentially, a lot of European federations hire from within, Germany and Spain regularly have and they’re the two powerhouses of European football. The England setup may follow suit. There’s an understanding on Carsley’s side that there’s a pathway to the top job. Either way, leaving the U21s...