Next Manager Watch

[ntmac82]

Because we need someone to usher in a total cultural reset. Enrique has no experience of that. At Barca, he just took up Pep’s reigns and made some tactical tweeks to the greatest team ever assembled at a club he knee back to front from his playing days. At Spain, the culture has been established for years since their winning era. The guy just has no experience of a rebuild.

Just because he hasn't done it doesn't mean he can't.

 

[adamsky]

Lots of leagues and cups aren't done yet. It's just a speculation article.

Sure but it does add credence that we are looking at someone currently employed, rather than likes of Enrique

 

[spursfan77]

Because we need someone to usher in a total cultural reset. Enrique has no experience of that. At Barca, he just took up Pep’s reigns and made some tactical tweeks to the greatest team ever assembled at a club he knew back to front from his playing days. At Spain, the culture has been established for years since their winning era. The guy just has no experience of a rebuild.

You know this isn't going to come don't you?

Definitely not in one summer window anyway.

 

[easley91]

You know this isn't going to come don't you?

Definitely not in one summer window anyway.

Conte kept saying it would take multiple windows and nobody would listen.

 

[Mattyhp]

Because we need someone to usher in a total cultural reset. Enrique has no experience of that. At Barca, he just took up Pep’s reigns and made some tactical tweeks to the greatest team ever assembled at a club he knew back to front from his playing days. At Spain, the culture has been established for years since their winning era. The guy just has no experience of a rebuild.

He came in 2 years after pep and 2 manager’s appointments later. Yes it was a great era but I think it’s a bit presumptuous/unfair to suggest he isn’t capable of a cultural reset. Look wasnt my first choice but I think he should be higher up then a lot of names doing the rounds, and really wouldn’t be as underwhelming as people are making out.

 

[only1waddle]

Sure but it does add credence that we are looking at someone currently employed, rather than likes of Enrique

Possibly both, Slot was only off the table a week or so ago, assuming we were waiting for a buy out price after Feyenoord's last game, so now we're talking to a free agent in Enrique and waiting for Celtic's last game.

 

[muppetman]

So, reading the last few pages and we haven't got a fucking clue who it's going to be?

 

[danielneeds]

He came in 2 years after pep and 2 manager’s appointments later. Yes it was a great era but I think it’s a bit presumptuous/unfair to suggest he isn’t capable of a cultural reset. Look wasnt my first choice but I think he should be higher up then a lot of names doing the rounds, and really wouldn’t be as underwhelming as people are making out.

No, I think he’s just a name, who had a storied playing career and was in the right place at the right time to shepherd the MSN to trophies.

It’s almost as ridiculous as appointing Zidane.

 

[easley91]

So, reading the last few pages and we haven't got a fucking clue who it's going to be?

Only the last few gave you that impression?

Luis Enrique seems to be today's frontrunner, but that could change by this evening.

 

[daryl hannah]

Enrique ONLY works with technical players in the side. If he’s going to try and play tiki taka with Dier, Davies… even Sonny, you might as well forget it.

 

[Flobadob]

Because we need someone to usher in a total cultural reset. Enrique has no experience of that. At Barca, he just took up Pep’s reigns and made some tactical tweeks to the greatest team ever assembled at a club he knew back to front from his playing days. At Spain, the culture has been established for years since their winning era. The guy just has no experience of a rebuild.

When you say cultural reset what exactly do you feel like that entails? To me it would mean deciding on the style of play the club want to be known for from now on and having a DOF in place to stick to bringing in players that can achieve that. Enrique covers the style of football and the DOF covers the sticking to the plan and bringing in technically gifted players for Enrique to work with. The only thing that would be left is to keep a good atmosphere around the club which Enrique has shown no problem with doing in the past. Are you talking about the dreaded winning mentality that we were hoping for with Conte and Mourinho? Most players aren’t stupid, you can pump bollocks into their head as much as you like but they and their teammates will know when they aren’t good enough as individuals or as a team. I feel like Enrique covers what we need well but we’re always going to be reliant on Levy providing players capable of raising our level at the back. No matter what manager it is we need heavy investment in a GK and CB’s or we will fail, it wouldn’t matter who the coach is if we don’t do that

 

[Japhet]

Only the last few gave you that impression?

Luis Enrique seems to be today's frontrunner, but that could change by this evening.

He won't be front runner once he's spoken to Levy and found out what he won't be given. He'll head for the hills like the others. Can't say I'm too bothered tbh since we only have a handful of players capable of playing his style and would need an even bigger clearout than with other candidates.

 

[pangtong]

This is like the shittiest merry-go-round of all time. I wonder who'll be in contention next week, maybe back to Nagelsmann for a few days? Then back to Ange?

Just emphasises how the club have no idea what they're doing.

 

[leray]

Conte kept saying it would take multiple windows and nobody would listen.

Yes, but he also wanted Nicolo Zaniolo (280 minutes in Turkish league), so I wouldn't really listen to him when it comes to squad building.

 

[piedpiper]

Because we need someone to usher in a total cultural reset. Enrique has no experience of that. At Barca, he just took up Pep’s reigns and made some tactical tweeks to the greatest team ever assembled at a club he knew back to front from his playing days. At Spain, the culture has been established for years since their winning era. The guy just has no experience of a rebuild.

When you rebuild you throw every player out... we not doing that. At a minimum these players will be here:
Kane, Son, Romero, Forster, Bentancur, Bissouma, Skipp, Royal, Porro, Dier, Udogie, Richarlison, Kulusevski

uncertainty on the following but not all below will depart :
Lenglet, Lo Celso, Ndombele, Winks, Davies, Sanchez, Spanish left back whose name escapes me at this moment... to name but a few

So it's not a complete rebuild we not trashing the team and starting afresh. I can't believe so many are turning their Moses up at Enrique.....sometimes we deserve what we get.

 

[Archibald&Crooks]

So, reading the last few pages and we haven't got a fucking clue who it's going to be?

Reading the last 1400-odd pages you mean

The same candidates keep coming up for discussion and to be honest, I struggle to see what's left to be said. I double struggle when it's the same core of posters doing it, fuck knows how they do it, double fuck knows how they find the time to do it. I guess there's some sort of rotation or hidden underground pecking order between the addicts and when this thread eventually gets locked, the cold turkey will be something else

 

[jay2040]

Yeah you got a bunch of informative reactions because of some random that watches football. There's a load of people on this very forum that have some horrendous takes on football, players and managers and I'm sure a lot are 'die hard' fans and season ticket holders , doesn't mean their opinion is any more informative .

Well all can't have the intellect that you have!

 

[Ghost Hardware]

Because we need someone to usher in a total cultural reset. Enrique has no experience of that. At Barca, he just took up Pep’s reigns and made some tactical tweeks to the greatest team ever assembled at a club he knew back to front from his playing days. At Spain, the culture has been established for years since their winning era. The guy just has no experience of a rebuild.

I mean he managed to do that at Celta who were languishing near the bottom of the league when he joined them. In one season he got them playing great attacking technical football and laid the foundation for the club to successfully continue with an attacking mindset after he left.

I know it was a long while ago and it was just the one season he was there but he did change the culture of the club. Doing that in one season with a small budget is pretty impressive and it was what convinced Barca to hire him.

 

[nidge]

I would really recommend that people step away from the doom scrolling for a couple of hours and do something else. You will feel better for it.

 

[easley91]

Yes, but he also wanted Nicolo Zaniolo (280 minutes in Turkish league), so I wouldn't really listen to him when it comes to squad building.

He also wanted Bastoni. Your point?

My point is no matter who the manager is it will take several windows to even get close to where they/we are happy with the squad. Conte kept saying we needed patience and we do need patience once the manager and DOF are in place. We have a lot of players to shift, and a few positions to overhaul. It will not be done in one summer whether the manager was already in place now or not.