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Your Choice of Manager? (1 Viewer)

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  • Start date Aug 23, 2012
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RichieGunns

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  • Aug 23, 2012
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I know they'res another thread on this but i can't for the life of me find it so i thought i'd post a new one.

Now i was thinking about this if the inevitable were to happen and Thorn was kicked. IF we were lucky and they actually looked to managers outside the club (aka not Shaw or Carsley) then who would you hope would be interested (based on current active managers in the game).

Now I actually think Roland Nilsson would be a good person to have in the dug out. When he was around, he always had a good head on him and he's familair with the club and its surroundings. Add city old boys Shaw and Carsley as his backroom staff and i'd think we'd be onto something.

Another candidate for me would be Eric Black. In his short period at the club as Manager he showed he could do the job. Yeh he was a little raw at the time but he's had a good few years now to notch up experience in the game and i'd like to see him come back and actually be given a good crack at the whip this time.

Another name i thought about was Gary McAllister who was another lad that i thought would do well but due to the untimely death of his wife had to walk away. I'd give him another crack at the whip if the situation came around. He's also got that City old boy feel once more which is something i wouldn't say no too.

And then just because i thought of the names Dave Jones, Mick McCarthy & Neil Warnock. Only problems with these three are that Warnock is currently Leeds manager, McCarthy wants to manage in the Premiership and Jones is currently Sheffield Wednesday's Manager and all would command high wages to draw them to our club.

There's nothing to say that Black, Nilsson and McAllister wouldn't be the same but I'm just throwing out some names here and wandered what everyone else thought?
 

Nonleagueherewecome

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  • Aug 23, 2012
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Says Roland Nilsson...
 

ohitsaidwalker king power

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  • Aug 23, 2012
  • #3
Harry.. know what I mean?
 
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RichieGunns

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  • Aug 23, 2012
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Nonleagueherewecome said:
Says Roland Nilsson...
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Hey i want a job man F.C. Copenhagen screwed me over and ive had to sit on my ass for the past 7 months waiting for something else to come along!

So dam right im gonna plug myself
 

Sky Blues

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  • Aug 23, 2012
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We have no money, so any manager already in work for a team in a higher division, or out of work but expecting to work in one of the top two divisions, is not a viable option.
 
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Reynolds_121

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  • Aug 23, 2012
  • #6
Sean Dyche or Paul Dickov
 

Nonleagueherewecome

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  • Aug 23, 2012
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RichieGunns said:
Hey i want a job man F.C. Copenhagen screwed me over and ive had to sit on my ass for the past 7 months waiting for something else to come along!

So dam right im gonna plug myself
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I'd give you another go, you were doing OK until Jim Smith ruined everything!
 

Colonel Mustard

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  • Aug 23, 2012
  • #8
Gregor Rioch.
 
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Reynolds_121

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  • Aug 23, 2012
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Dave Jones, as if he'd leave high flying Wednesday for us? Jesus christ.
 

Up North Sky Blue

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  • Aug 23, 2012
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Dennis Wise, he would take no shit off anyone and the supporters already respect him.
 

blueflint

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  • Aug 23, 2012
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pointless exersise we wont be getting one from outside the club
 

Diehard Si

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  • Aug 23, 2012
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Might as well ask which Barcelona player other than Messi we would like to sign. Bit of fun, but completely pointless.
 
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RichieGunns

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  • Aug 23, 2012
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Nonleagueherewecome said:
I'd give you another go, you were doing OK until Jim Smith ruined everything!
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You know i tried! I took over from Gorden after he resigned and i continued to play and we even topped to Division 1 for a while but then things just didn't work out. So i retire as a player to put more time on my management skills and what do they do...they fire me!

I year they gave me! Just the one. But i've got experience now. I can do it! Just gotta convince them that i can make a difference this time
 

kg82

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  • Aug 23, 2012
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Up North Sky Blue said:
Dennis Wise, he would take no shit off anyone and the supporters already respect him.
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My choice too if it came to it.
 
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RichieGunns

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  • Aug 23, 2012
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Reynolds_121 said:
Dave Jones, as if he'd leave high flying Wednesday for us? Jesus christ.
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It's a hypothetical question renforced by my sentence which went something like this:

who would you hope would be interested
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And i did say that i threw Jones' name in purly because i thought about it at the time. I never said he'd actually be interested.

It's all based on the word hope or to put it better "IF they were interested".

So don't bite my head off because you didn't properly understand what id said.

blueflint said:
pointless exersise we wont be getting one from outside the club
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And its only pointless if you make it pointless by not posting what managers you'd like to come to the club...saying its pointless does not progress the thread.

Yeah we're dealing in fantasy here but its not a bad thing to think about it is it?

Up North Sky Blue said:
Dennis Wise, he would take no shit off anyone and the supporters already respect him.
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Ah didn't think about Wise. Yeh i'd have him in a heartbeat. Good player, good mind and respected Couldn't ask for a better all round person to manage City
 
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Grendel

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  • Aug 23, 2012
  • #16
Wise and Shaw together would possibly be a winning formation. He actually has an excellent management record.
 
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craigSKYBLUE

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  • Aug 23, 2012
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I really hope thorn delivers top 6 this season..won't be many threads on this forum then will there
 
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RichieGunns

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  • Aug 23, 2012
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craigSKYBLUE said:
I really hope thorn delivers top 6 this season..won't be many threads on this forum then will there
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I do too.

I made this thread to see what people thought.

It doesn't mean i hope it will.

I might get exasperated with the man but i think given the right chance he'll come through.

So here's to a top 6 finish and promotion *Cheers*
 

Up North Sky Blue

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  • Aug 23, 2012
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kg82 said:
My choice too if it came to it.
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hes available and was on Soccer AM on Saturday saying he wants to get back into management............oh yeh and he has managerial experience.
 

kg82

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  • Aug 23, 2012
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Up North Sky Blue said:
hes available and was on Soccer AM on Saturday saying he wants to get back into management............oh yeh and he has managerial experience.
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Yeah, saw him on Soccer am - he was particularly complimentary about Newcastle!
 

torchomatic

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  • Aug 23, 2012
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Gary Mac was a crap manager. As for Black, give it a rest! Let's stop looking backwards. I'm not sayiing anything on your "inevitable" comment.

RichieGunns said:
Another name i thought about was Gary McAllister who was another lad that i thought would do well but due to the untimely death of his wife had to walk away. I'd give him another crack at the whip if the situation came around. He's also got that City old boy feel once more which is something i wouldn't say no too.
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Up North Sky Blue

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  • Aug 23, 2012
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kg82 said:
Yeah, saw him on Soccer am - he was particularly complimentary about Newcastle!
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he wasnt so complimentary about Bury and Macedonia when the managerial vacancies list was shown to him.
 

JulianDarbyFTW

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  • Aug 23, 2012
  • #23
I'd be looking at Kevin Blackwell or Simon Grayson, someone with L1 experience. But Andy Thorn will have to do for now.
 

Nonleagueherewecome

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  • Aug 23, 2012
  • #24
So it's nothing to do with reality and possibility, purely who would we would most like to see as City manager?


Jose Mourinho please
 

JulianDarbyFTW

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  • Aug 23, 2012
  • #25
Mourinho? You can't have an ex-scout as a manager though, surely?
 

Greggs

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  • Aug 23, 2012
  • #26
The 1st premier league manager to lose his job
 

Sick Boy

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  • Aug 23, 2012
  • #27
blueflint said:
pointless exersise we wont be getting one from outside the club
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How do you know?

It was claimed SISU wouldn't spend money this summer.

Dennis Wise for me, his managerial record is superb and has knowledge of this division.
 

SkyBlue_Bear83

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  • Aug 23, 2012
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Sick Boy said:
How do you know?

It was claimed SISU wouldn't spend money this summer.
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Remind me how much money we have spent?
 

SkyBlue_Bear83

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  • Aug 23, 2012
  • #29
If any of these managers were viable options Black, Wise, Jones etc. then Thorn wouldn't be in the job still
 

CJparker

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  • Aug 23, 2012
  • #30
Why is this even being debated??? We are unbeaten and Thorn is doing a good job, I just don't get it
 

SkyBlue_Bear83

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  • Aug 23, 2012
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CJparker said:
Why is this even being debated??? We are unbeaten and Thorn is doing a good job, I just don't get it
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We haven't yet won in the league

I think Thorn should be given a chance early season but if any of these managers were remotely interested it would be a no brainer for me
 

JulianDarbyFTW

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  • Aug 23, 2012
  • #32
It's not really a debate. It's a hypothetical 'if Thorn got sacked' type thread, rather than 'let's sack Thorn and replace him with x'. I think.
 

Colonel Mustard

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  • Aug 23, 2012
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CJparker said:
Why is this even being debated???
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Because it is a messageboard. About a football team. Whose manager is unsuccessful.

We are unbeaten
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An unhealthy deflection. We haven't won, and winning is what counts. The lack of winning is what cost us last year.

and Thorn is doing a good job
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No he is not. You can say what you like about his "potential", what he could do with X, Y and Z, how he needs more time...but any objective observer would not say he has done a good job to date.
 

Bugsy

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  • Aug 23, 2012
  • #34
im not a thorn hater but looking at sheff utd game he did play 1 or 2 out of position, still deserves a chance thou plus he knows betta than me... if i had a choice it would have to be billy davies, :claping hands:
 

Grendel

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  • Aug 23, 2012
  • #35
CJparker said:
Why is this even being debated??? We are unbeaten and Thorn is doing a good job, I just don't get it
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Qualify doing a good job? He has the worst record of any manager in this league. Whatever you say no-one can say he is doing a good job.
 
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