In the last two days they've announced that their manager is leaving at the end of the season and today it's being reported that they are about to announce that Marco Rose is going to replace him,absolutely seamless transition and he gets half a dozen games to assess his future squad
I sincerely hope that behind the scenes we've got an answer from Silva and we're secretly making our own moves,
Not that I'll be holding my breath.
Had to Google him and he's out of work. Some people here would have apoplexy that we had appointed an out of work manager within two days. Club can't win
Quote from: SG on April 17, 2026, 04:13:48 PMHad to Google him and he's out of work. Some people here would have apoplexy that we had appointed an out of work manager within two days. Club can't win
True. I think the club's preference is for Marco to stay and he is weighing up his options to see if a better offer surfaces amid the expected end of season manager merry-go-round and he will stay on if a 'bigger' club doesn't come calling. Perhaps the club is also waiting to see who is available too (for example, an Eddie Howe situation). We don't know what is happening behind the scenes but no doubt there would still be criticism if we announced an out of work manager.
Quote from: SG on April 17, 2026, 04:13:48 PMHad to Google him and he's out of work. Some people here would have apoplexy that we had appointed an out of work manager within two days. Club can't win
Be honest now you also had to Google Andoni Iraola when they appointed him didn't you ?
Quote from: legana on April 17, 2026, 04:39:26 PMQuote from: SG on April 17, 2026, 04:13:48 PMHad to Google him and he's out of work. Some people here would have apoplexy that we had appointed an out of work manager within two days. Club can't win
True. I think the club's preference is for Marco to stay and he is weighing up his options to see if a better offer surfaces amid the expected end of season manager merry-go-round and he will stay on if a 'bigger' club doesn't come calling. Perhaps the club is also waiting to see who is available too (for example, an Eddie Howe situation). We don't know what is happening behind the scenes but no doubt there would still be criticism if we announced an out of work manager.
If Silva is stringing us along to see if a better offer comes along then SK should act now and move him on. We've had too much crap from players using us to get better deals we don't need it from our manager as well.
Quote from: cookieg on April 17, 2026, 05:15:44 PMQuote from: legana on April 17, 2026, 04:39:26 PMQuote from: SG on April 17, 2026, 04:13:48 PMHad to Google him and he's out of work. Some people here would have apoplexy that we had appointed an out of work manager within two days. Club can't win
True. I think the club's preference is for Marco to stay and he is weighing up his options to see if a better offer surfaces amid the expected end of season manager merry-go-round and he will stay on if a 'bigger' club doesn't come calling. Perhaps the club is also waiting to see who is available too (for example, an Eddie Howe situation). We don't know what is happening behind the scenes but no doubt there would still be criticism if we announced an out of work manager.
If Silva is stringing us along to see if a better offer comes along then SK should act now and move him on. We've had too much crap from players using us to get better deals we don't need it from our manager as well.
IF..... we don't know so we have to trust the clubs process of which we actually know nothing about
Quote from: cookieg on April 17, 2026, 05:15:44 PMQuote from: legana on April 17, 2026, 04:39:26 PMQuote from: SG on April 17, 2026, 04:13:48 PMHad to Google him and he's out of work. Some people here would have apoplexy that we had appointed an out of work manager within two days. Club can't win
True. I think the club's preference is for Marco to stay and he is weighing up his options to see if a better offer surfaces amid the expected end of season manager merry-go-round and he will stay on if a 'bigger' club doesn't come calling. Perhaps the club is also waiting to see who is available too (for example, an Eddie Howe situation). We don't know what is happening behind the scenes but no doubt there would still be criticism if we announced an out of work manager.
If Silva is stringing us along to see if a better offer comes along then SK should act now and move him on. We've had too much crap from players using us to get better deals we don't need it from our manager as well.
If he hasn't said anything about waiting to see what's around, he may not be. It's that good old longest word in the world. "IF"
Silva should either sign up or ship out now. As I have said, I think he's checked out his baggage and is off to Benfica.
There's nothing really left to play for this season unless a miracle happens and we sneak into the Europa places.
A new manager would have a few games this season to analyse the squad and a full window in the summer to bring his own requirements in, and get rid of the dross.
A real shame we aren't run like Bournemouth, who seem to be decisive, pro active and have excellent scouts. Something we are not good at!
Quote from: C Block on April 17, 2026, 05:13:18 PMQuote from: SG on April 17, 2026, 04:13:48 PMHad to Google him and he's out of work. Some people here would have apoplexy that we had appointed an out of work manager within two days. Club can't win
Be honest now you also had to Google Andoni Iraola when they appointed him didn't you ?
You conveniently missed the point. He's been out of work for a year. No Premier League experience. He may be great but there are plenty of people on here who would have a pop if we did this.
Quote from: SG on April 17, 2026, 08:24:50 PMQuote from: C Block on April 17, 2026, 05:13:18 PMQuote from: SG on April 17, 2026, 04:13:48 PMHad to Google him and he's out of work. Some people here would have apoplexy that we had appointed an out of work manager within two days. Club can't win
Be honest now you also had to Google Andoni Iraola when they appointed him didn't you ?
You conveniently missed the point. He's been out of work for a year. No Premier League experience. He may be great but there are plenty of people on here who would have a pop if we did this.
We had a manager who came with a reputation
two consecutive Doubles (Bundesliga and German Cup titles) with Bayern Munich, and a further Bundesliga title with VfL Wolfsburg in 2009.
Didn't do us any good.
Quote from: SG on April 17, 2026, 08:24:50 PMQuote from: C Block on April 17, 2026, 05:13:18 PMQuote from: SG on April 17, 2026, 04:13:48 PMHad to Google him and he's out of work. Some people here would have apoplexy that we had appointed an out of work manager within two days. Club can't win
Be honest now you also had to Google Andoni Iraola when they appointed him didn't you ?
You conveniently missed the point. He's been out of work for a year. No Premier League experience. He may be great but there are plenty of people on here who would have a pop if we did this.
So what ? Did Iraola have Premier League experience? How about Glasner or what about the excellent Regis Le Bris at Sunderland, three managers that have all had a better season than Silva and yet none of them had any Premier League experience.
Quote from: FFC007 on April 17, 2026, 06:39:25 PMSilva should either sign up or ship out now. As I have said, I think he's checked out his baggage and is off to Benfica.
There's nothing really left to play for this season unless a miracle happens and we sneak into the Europa places.
A new manager would have a few games this season to analyse the squad and a full window in the summer to bring his own requirements in, and get rid of the dross.
A real shame we aren't run like Bournemouth, who seem to be decisive, pro active and have excellent scouts. Something we are not good at!
True, they've decisively scraped up a bloke who couldn't find a club and had zero experience of the Prem. Lucky them to be so well run. Let's see how things play out shall we?
Quote from: FFC007 on April 17, 2026, 06:39:25 PMSilva should either sign up or ship out now. As I have said, I think he's checked out his baggage and is off to Benfica.
There's nothing really left to play for this season unless a miracle happens and we sneak into the Europa places.
A new manager would have a few games this season to analyse the squad and a full window in the summer to bring his own requirements in, and get rid of the dross.
A real shame we aren't run like Bournemouth, who seem to be decisive, pro active and have excellent scouts. Something we are not good at!
How do you know we haven't prepared for the possibility that Silva leaves in the summer? Should we have made our plans public on the official website or should Shahid create an account here and let us know? Perhaps a private message to all of us would do?
Also, if Bournemouth announces Rose tomorrow as they are so proactive and decisive, how will that help him in analysing their squad? He will not be working with them, just watch their games. Will that be very much different from indecisive and reactive Fulham getting a new manager in June/July (in case Silva leaves) and the new manager watches tapes of our games?
None of us know...but I'd be very surprised if the club hadn't made provision
I am sure they have made provisions too Mr H4 - I doubt the club is just waiting for Marco without being prepared for the fact that he might say goodbye.
It just gets tiring sometimes reading such comments. It's not like Fulham or any other club have to make public their management process to the fans.
What is also tiring is always getting compared to the "flavour of the month". Don't get me wrong - I think Bournemouth are a very well run club and really respect Iraola as a manager. However, they are only 1 point above us with a better of goal of difference of 2 - you could hardly say they are way better than us.
Also, before the win at Emirates, they had 5 draws in a raw including three 0-0 and two at home against Sunderland and Brentford. Just imagine if that was Fulham: there would be dozens of threads about how we cannot score, our strikers are not good enough, Silva doesn't have a plan B and cannot win the games needed to take us to the next level. Not much different threads from the current ones, I guess.
Quote from: Asotosyios on April 17, 2026, 10:58:52 PMI am sure they have made provisions too Mr H4 - I doubt the club is just waiting for Marco without being prepared for the fact that he might say goodbye.
It just gets tiring sometimes reading such comments. It's not like Fulham or any other club have to make public their management process to the fans.
What is also tiring is always getting compared to the "flavour of the month". Don't get me wrong - I think Bournemouth are a very well run club and really respect Iraola as a manager. However, they are only 1 point above us with a better of goal of difference of 2 - you could hardly say they are way better than us.
Also, before the win at Emirates, they had 5 draws in a raw including three 0-0 and two at home against Sunderland and Brentford. Just imagine if that was Fulham: there would be dozens of threads about how we cannot score, our strikers are not good enough, Silva doesn't have a plan B and cannot win the games needed to take us to the next level. Not much different threads from the current ones, I guess.
We all bow to your greater knowledge, you are absolutely correct, this board would indeed be in total meltdown if Fulham went 12 games unbeaten in the Premier League culminating in a win at The Emirates,
Now you run along your mini bus is here.
Quote from: cookieg on April 17, 2026, 05:15:44 PMQuote from: legana on April 17, 2026, 04:39:26 PMQuote from: SG on April 17, 2026, 04:13:48 PMHad to Google him and he's out of work. Some people here would have apoplexy that we had appointed an out of work manager within two days. Club can't win
True. I think the club's preference is for Marco to stay and he is weighing up his options to see if a better offer surfaces amid the expected end of season manager merry-go-round and he will stay on if a 'bigger' club doesn't come calling. Perhaps the club is also waiting to see who is available too (for example, an Eddie Howe situation). We don't know what is happening behind the scenes but no doubt there would still be criticism if we announced an out of work manager.
If Silva is stringing us along to see if a better offer comes along then SK should act now and move him on. We've had too much crap from players using us to get better deals we don't need it from our manager as well.
Lack of loyalty is aggravating but I don't think you can accuse Marco of that. Always fights our corner and is seeing out his contract. Hopefully he'll sign another but we'll have to wait and see. We're not talking Roy Hodgson here who I believe was disloyal.
If Marco stays or goes it may or may not be a good season next season anyway, but he has done well for us and I can only applaud his efforts for us.
It does seem all other clubs are run better than us, but when you look at the table this morning there are a lot of clubs in the same midtable situation give or take 3 points so something must be going right.
Quote from: H4usuallysitting on April 17, 2026, 10:02:22 PMNone of us know...but I'd be very surprised if the club hadn't made provision
The manager who played the best football I've ever seen at Fulham will be at the Cottage in three weeks' time.
And now they've announced that Marco Rose will be taking over next season,
Absolutely seamless 👏🏻
I would like to put the following into this discussion-
We currently sit between Newcastle and Sunderland in the table. Both could lay claim to being sleeping giants as both have large catchment areas and larger stadiums (almost twice the size of the Cottage). Under the new financial rules, both are likely to have more monetary muscle than us. London is undoubtably an attraction, but London costs more to live in too.
Are we that great a draw, in comparison?
Going by the current table, I would argue that we are a better run club than both of them. Could we be better run? Well, yes, of course. We could be a lot worse too.
Both Bournemouth and Brentford are punching well above their level, I suggest they have taken risks to do so, and up until now those risks have paid off. Yet both are only three points ahead of us. Palace are on a par with us, more or less, and are level on points, more or less. Burnley, Wolves and Forest are more or less our size, all are struggling or relegated. Leeds are bigger, but have the excuse that this season was about staying up, which they have almost accomplished. Brighton are often held up as the model for us smaller clubs, and there they are, two whole points ahead of us.
After that you have the 40,000 seater plus teams, who can crush us with their buying power, and just look at Tottenham and West Ham, scrapping over who can finish 17th.
I personally am satisfied with our current plight. Yes, I would love us to do better, but that is the same for just about all supporters of all clubs.
Quote from: C Block on April 20, 2026, 10:23:54 PMAnd now they've announced that Marco Rose will be taking over next season,
Absolutely seamless 👏🏻
And he seems to have done pretty well in the Bundesliga, with his teams being consistently top 10, and often in the top 4/5/6 in the league. Solid appointment from the initial impressions from Bournemouth which is impressive.
The interesting thing it does say to me though is that top managers can go to Bournemouth (Iraola too), and get them performing well on a modest budget, then Fulham really should be able to offer the same thing and attract arguably better players and managers (assuming Marco doesn't stay), as we're a bigger club in terms of history, facilities, and general stature in the league and internationally