The new manager hunt (was the Moyes thread) only 3 days to wait...

grey_til_I_dye

OldCastleSwift

I suspect he is, but again, we'd be wasting our time.

Emery is better than us and he'll have much more attractive options, IMO.

Rafa, Pellegrini or Jokanovic are about the only ones I can see us having a chance with, but we need to get it sorted ASAP, whatever we decide to do.

Slaven_Cups_His_Beard

I’m off to check Pellegrini’s odds ;wink

Lukerz

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2018/may/14/david-moyes-west-ham-talks-next-week

Reporting what we suspect. Looking at other options before deciding about Moyes. Should hear in a fortnight.

Cuz1

I’d wait to see if Fulham don’t make the play off final tonigh slaven him and cairney according to my mate who was talking to Elvis down the fish and chip shop earlier

thornburyiron

Given that Moyes was given until the end of the season to save us from relegation I would guess he's already technically gone and at the moment we are manager less. That would mean that the Daves are in charge of everything and I can't see anything happening regarding signings until a new manager is in place. When that does happen, if it is someone new then he will want his own backroom staff and the whole saga we went through in October we'd have to go through again.
As regards new players how can a manager bring in a replacement for a player he's never worked with and if a foreigner probably never seen play.
I can see it all going pear shaped and Sullivan saying we tried for A, B, C ....Z and finally got our man but unfortunately there was no time for new signings but January will be our time.

OldCastleSwift

Lukerz said:

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2018/may/14/david-moyes-west-ham-talks-next-week

Reporting what we suspect. Looking at other options before deciding about Moyes. Should hear in a fortnight.

Fortnight ;lol

IronHerb

So the earlier reported 7 to 10 days has slipped already. ;lol

OldCastleSwift

So we have no manager and probably won't for at least two weeks.

Just terrific.

claretandbluesky

You would hope they are in talks, even if informal with one or two suitable candidates if looking to replace Moyes and the end of the season will now allow a formality to enter these talks.

As already mentioned I can understand a decision to give Moyes a season long contract and also to go for someone else if the right man is available, but either way it must happen soon and whoever comes must be backed in the transfer market.

In my view we have a mid table squad that was underachieving but eventually got their act together and pulled themselves out of a relegation fight, but we are about 3 or 4 decent first team players away from looking upwards next season as we have a good core.

SuzanneClaret

MrsGrey

claretandbluesky said:

In my view we have a mid table squad that was underachieving but eventually got their act together and pulled themselves out of a relegation fight, but we are about 3 or 4 decent first team players away from looking upwards next season as we have a good core.

;ok

OldCastleSwift

KUMB reporting that we've had discussions with another candidate today as well as Moyes ;hmm

Jorderz_Moyes_will_be_Moyes

Not sure exactly why, but I really, really wouldn’t want Ranieri.

MIAHammer

Jorderz_Moyes_will_be_Moyes said:

We might also have a chance with Benitez if we can categorically offer him more transfer funds than Newcastle.

I can't see Benitez giving up Newcastle to come to us.

SuzanneClaret

Me neither Jorderz.

sweepy23

Mike Ashley seems like a dream to work for compare to our lot

Jorderz_Moyes_will_be_Moyes

sweepy23 said:

Mike Ashley seems like a dream to work for compare to our lot

How? He’s as outspoken and farcical as our owners (if not more so) but spends less money.

grey_til_I_dye

baracks_a_hammer

Rafa must be wondering if he did something very bad in a former life to have his two main suitors seemingly being Sully and Ashley

Cuz1

He couldn’t have signed him surely not without playing him unless he was helping a former club out with a huge fee

Lukerz

jay_in_cpt

I will be surprised to see Moyes here next season, unless it's in the away dug out...
I know I am in perhaps a minority on here it seems, but hope I'm right.

alderz

If we don't have someone lined up I will be extremely concerned

thornburyiron

I can't see any manager worth his salt or with any ambition coming anywhere near us. Those wanting Moyes out will be the first shouting if we are in a mess next season. Nobody seems capable of coming up with a suitable alternative who is likely to come in.
We can't keep changing managers every six months and expect to get anywhere.

jay_in_cpt

Thorn that might be your opinion and I accept that . ;ok
While I thank Moyes for keeping us up, it's still a Cheers & good luck in your next position for me, wherever it may be.
New ideas are needed IMO and I'm prepared to give someone else a chance...
He is just so droll IMO and doesn't inspire me, guess that's not important obviously ...
But as said earlier if the board want their man it's Rafa, so they need to do what is needed to get him....
Other options would be more riskier...

MrsGrey

Slaven_Cups_His_Beard said:

We spent 87 days in the bottom three ;nonono

Got to be honest had I been asked I’d never of thought it was anywhere near that long!!

I had a look at the tables for the early weeks - because I think you have to disregard the first few weeks (say 6) as at that point teams are on the same points but whether they are in the bottom 3 is in some cases a matter of a single GD, or even just a matter of alphabetical order!

If you take the first 6 weeks, we were in the bottom three for 5 of them = 30 days.
Take that off the 87 and it doesn't look so bad - perhaps why your recollection is of a much shorter period of being 'in trouble'. The table is pretty meaningless at that early stage and no-one really thinks of a club being 'in trouble' at that point.

IronHerb

Well according to Lineker, on MOTD last night, his contract expired at midnight last night.

thornburyiron

Do you know they want Rafa. He reneged on his decision two years ago so knowing the way Sully's mind seems to work I'm sure he'd bear a grudge.
I'm still fearful he will bandy names about that he knows he has no chance of getting and then say he did everything he could.
A top manager would require a big budget and that's unlikely. If Moyes is leaving because he doesn't like the way the club is run then he obviously got nowhere in getting assurances to change things.
A manager coming in in my opinion would either therefore not care about such things and would join for the money or is totally ignorant of what goes on.
I also with the state we are currently in being a prime choice for a manager used to success.

IronHerb

Do you know they don't?

Sully hasn't been heard of since the Burnley game so I don't see him bandying anything around to be honest.