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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...

I’ve not really considered Dean Smith which is quite unfair on his record as a manager. He’s got promotions and developed squads so wouldn’t be a bad candidate at all. Frankly, I’m not fussed about how a manager has done at Prem level because that’s not our level. Our next goal is promotion to...

Agreed, from his POV he hasn’t been given much of a chance and our approach play hasn’t been good for any of our forward players. Which is reflected in Wright having scored all of our open play goals (more or less).

I remember a time when Paolo do Canio was available and thinking I’d love to have him as our manager.

I don’t think he’d leave England for a Championship role. He’s still on a pathway to become Number 1 in the future. The concern I’d have for Carsley is that whilst he’s a good coach, how does he go about recruiting and building a squad? It’s a culture shock from international management.

Why did he leave PSV, out of curiosity? I was under the impression he didn’t fancy being a number 1. I live with Burnley fan and he was telling me RVN was their main target in the summer before hiring Parker at the last minute - who is under pressure atm (apparently their football is awful)...

Anyone with a heart will be gutted to see Robins be sacked. You’re right in saying there is a big opportunity to change things up and potentially pick up a coach from one of the elite clubs in the country. It could be beneficial for us in the long run.

Maybe the real Doug King is locked in a basement somewhere and it was AV sacking Robins to exact revenge…

Who’s actually a better qualified manager that is available and realistic?

You’re both on the money. Chelsea have struggled under Potter and Potchettino and Everton have struggled with top class managers like Ancelotti and Benitez. Sean Dyche is perhaps the best manager in the league to have for a club fighting for Premiership survival. Lampard was just out of his...

I don’t think it’s a foregone conclusion because we may consider European managers we’ve never heard of. On Lampard, he won’t be as bad people make out. We’re a Championship club.

Well, he said they need a head of coaching / player development. The coaches themselves will see Do you know anything about recruitment? It’s the same as having someone from HR/another team being present as a sense check.

It was a joke, there was an Arsenal fan who called into talksport saying England should’ve hired Robins…

You are correct. Listened to King and Austin last night should’ve given everyone an understanding of where we’re at in relation to our recruitment strategy. Pre-2023/24, we relied on loans to make up the numbers where we’d have 4-6 loans every season. The scale of the rebuild is we’ve revamped...

Which is no insult considering his predecessors at Chelsea and Everton were world class managers…

That’s over one season, we’ve got Bassette signed up for 4 years and the view is to develop him to make a profit on him. You can’t do that with loan players, we’ve got plenty of examples to draw upon.

I don’t think he presented himself as a hero. He needed to set the record straight because of the toxicity around the club brewing for a while. Specifically, on the coaching structure and Dr Roberts role in the club. The reason it was such a curveball for many on here was because they refused...