What I Heard From A Fan Yesterday.

[Mince n Tatties]

Knowledgeable guy who I often speak to and he been right on about a few rumours in the past,said yesterday that the club have sounded out Kevin Keegan to return to manage us next season,or Keegan has stated he'd like to return,he was shouting at me over the noise,so I might have got it wrong way round.
Can't see that happening myself,but we are Fulham aren't we,no way did I think we'd employ the Tinkerman. 049:gif

[Mince n Tatties]

Or it might have been as D O F.

[Milo]

Interview 6 months ago he said:

"I don't think it's going to happen, but when you say that you've got to be careful ... because if someone came in like Sir John Hall did and said, 'You've got the passion, I've got the money', you think, 'Wow, we could do something there'." He is juggling the possibilities in his head. "I'm 67, almost 68," he says, apparently writing himself off. But a second later there's a glint in his eye. "I wouldn't be the oldest manager!"

[Hoppus]

I read an interview with Keegan in a Norwegian newspaper a month ago (he was in Norway talking about his career). He said he is 100 % done with football.

[MJG]

That would be a wrong move. Been out of game for too long and things have moved on from the Rothmans year book he used to find players when he came to us before.

[Mince n Tatties]

That would be a wrong move. Been out of game for too long and things have moved on from the Rothmans year book he used to find players when he came to us before.

Is the Rothmans book still on the go?

[Robbie]

We need a manager who knows the Championship, who can identify new young players we can buy (not loan) and build.

SP may be the  man,  my fear is we hired him /  fired CR  too early.

We should have let  CR lose the CFC, MCFC, LFC  matches and given SP and easier honeymoon

[Bracken White]

Believe we should give the Parker/Gray partnership a chance. Both know the club well & embrace Jokanovic's style of play. Yesterday was a fillip, if they can keep up this intensity & passion in our performances on the pitch, then next season bodes well. However, they simply must be given a say in transfers in, to replace the mercenaries.

[F(f)CUK]

Tom Greatrex was asked whether Keegan would be a good choice of manager just before Ranieri was sacked on Talksport. At the time I thought that it came out of left field, now I am hoping that it has.

[bog]

That would be a wrong move. Been out of game for too long and things have moved on from the Rothmans year book he used to find players when he came to us before.

Is the Rothmans book still on the go?

Sadly, no. It has been taken over by Sky I think.....like the fixture list.

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[fulhamphil]

That would be a wrong move. Been out of game for too long and things have moved on from the Rothmans year book he used to find players when he came to us before.

Well recall my newsroom boss saying he'd heard from trusted sources at the Mirror in the 90's that Keegan would be parachuted in at Fulham to replace Adams. Having covered every club game through our promotion season for Sky and been in the dressing room at Mansfield (at Mickey's invitation) I scoffed at the notion. I thought I knew the club inside out, and Adams was a winner. But I didn't know how al Fayed operated, and I was wrong. What Fulham needed above all since that day last May at Wembley was a Director of Football. A conduit between a floundering CEO ever looking over his shoulder and a billionaire owner without a shred of football knowledge. That's a role only a very select few in the game could fit. Woy's not quite ready for retirement yet, and KK is not the answer. If there's a parallel between Fulham now and the summer of 97 it's Shahid Khan.

Who saw his bid to purchase Wembley coming? The seriously rich write their own rules. If someone gets in Khan's ear, who knows if Fulham may just hit on the right candidate? For taking on a major project by the river,  with limitless resources, a figure with a steely eye for scouting talent, obsessive attention to detail, plus a ferocious appetite to win at all costs I give you...Arsene Wenger.

[hovewhite]

Wenger would be a good appointment.

[cookieg]

We need a manager who knows the Championship, who can identify new young players we can buy (not loan) and build.

SP may be the  man,  my fear is we hired him /  fired CR  too early.

We should have let  CR lose the CFC, MCFC, LFC  matches and given SP and easier honeymoon

Santos didn't know the Championship and won it. What he had was good connections that enabled him to bring in PL quality players in the Championship. Why can't we do the same?

If we did go for a manager who knows the Championship, what do we do when we get promoted? Sack him because he doesn't know the PL?

[hovewhite]

Bringing in someone that's knows players and football like Wenger would be great and if it happened he could mentor Scotty as well so it could be a win win.
You could also keep TK involved the process but without the final say.

[YankeeJim]

What has Keegan been doing for the last ten years? I don't think he has managed anyone sine the bar codes. Am I wrong?

[Burt]

Given Keegan "resigned" from Newcastle as he felt that he had no say in or control over player recruitment then I am not sure how he would like the set-up over here...

[The Rational Fan]

Bringing in someone that's knows players and football like Wenger would be great and if it happened he could mentor Scotty as well so it could be a win win.
You could also keep TK involved the process but without the final say.

The final say always goes to the owners. Derby Country 73/74 destroyed their club by infighting between the owners, manager and fans on that pointz In the end, the owners sacked Brian Clough after taking them from the Mid-Championship to winning the Premier League. Fans contributed to that rift and if he stayed i plus many others believed he would have won Derby County the Champions League.

Brian Clough found another Championship team and took them to winners of the Champions League. The lessons is the manager must share control and glory with the owners and the fans need to be careful taking sides.

[Woolly Mammoth]

Bringing in someone that's knows players and football like Wenger would be great and if it happened he could mentor Scotty as well so it could be a win win.
You could also keep TK involved the process but without the final say.

But Wenger admits himself, he never sees anything.

[filham]

Keegan as Director Of Football , sounds good to me.

[Statto]

The lessons is the manager must share control and glory with the owners

Surely the lesson shown time and time again over the years is that when the owners try to share control (of football matters) with the manager, it never ends well.