The Official Next Manager Discussion Thread

[Wearethewhites]

Haha!! Avram Grant straight in at 8/1 on odds checker

[Nero]

Odd one this - I've heard mutterings before that he isn't particularly happy up North but as he doesn't seem to like interference in his team from above or stat based player selection can't see why would he come to us where both are likely to happen.

Anyways fingers crossed as would much prefer him to most of the others we've been linked with.

I don't think he's that bothered about the stats based things as long as this form part of the  evaluation of a player and not the sole basis, also I though the reason why je left Brentford was that they want to bring in a load of overseas players in January and he was happy to keep the player he had and give them th chance to finish the job. He actually quite the advocate of the DOF role from what Ive read in the past.

But I also heard we approached him in the summer and he turned us down

[e4b]

Ruud Guillit ?

[westcliff white]

van basten

doesn't want to be a head coach or manager as he suffers from a stress disorder or something

[Logicalman]

I think weve went this route with Kit.

Well, perhaps a little different, but we did go this was more so with Cookie.

Perhaps the Smurph has finally got his badges snaffled away by now.

[Pev]

Now I know that Pearson, Clarke, Rowett and Warburton all became odds on favorite at some point over the past few weeks - however, Dick Advocaat has literally come out of absolute nowhere to being 2/1 and I am confident he will become favorite after Warburtons latest comments.

Personally I see this as the right move, experience that the club needs and will take us much further than Clarke or Warburton ever would.

[westcliff white]

just like he did with sunderland

[Hoppus]

just like he did with sunderland

I quote what 'Loze' wrote earlier today:

'In the last ten years: Russian league title, Dutch league Runner-Up and cup finalist, automatic Euro-qualification for Russian national side, and keeping a poor Sunderland squad in the Premiership. That's a lot more than Rowett, Clarke, Pearson, Warburton etc can claim.'

I would welcome him!

[Asotosyios]

Even though I rate him, I don't want him. He is way too old and we will have to look for another manager again pretty soon.

[alexmur]

what about mick McCarthy? were we linked to him last summer? 

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[St. Andrews White]

He could be very good...

He could also be very poor, as happened with Sunderland this season

[Max Headroom]

Look Rigg flew to Holland allegedly so we are being linked with all and sundry Dutch.....

[leonffc]

He didn't want to coach this season, he wanted to retire from the day to day club management and his wife wanted him to jack it in also, probably more so. He only went back to Sunderland to try and finish what he started in a romantic type of way and realised it wasn't for him.
Why the hell would he come to Fulham? Where are these odds coming from?

[Burt]

Even though I rate him, I don't want him. He is way too old and we will have to look for another manager again pretty soon.

He is the same age as a certain Roy Hodgson and I don't hear many people grumbling about how old he is!

Age has nothing to do with ability...

My concern about Advocaat is that he averages a club every year or two. He doesn't stick around...

[Steven Ageroad]

Whilst on the subject of Dutch managers
Gus Hiddink is looking for work.

So's Martin Jol

He's just started a job in some far flung country, it's name escapes me at the moment.

[J.Perkins]

Advocaat could be a Hodgson or a Magath. Would I take the punt? Yeah.

[BestOfBrede]

van basten

Van Helsing - he's got a cross to bear

[BestOfBrede]

Advocaat could be a Hodgson or a Magath. Would I take the punt? Yeah.

Hmm Advocaat - interesting, but I would advise warninks!

[Woolly Mammoth]

Look Rigg flew to Holland allegedly so we are being linked with all and sundry Dutch.....

He was window shopping.

[cmg]

Look Rigg flew to Holland allegedly so we are being linked with all and sundry Dutch.....

Yes. Great stuff. You can now get odds quoted about anybody who ever sat near a dug-out in the Eredivisie, plus Shteeve McClaren and, of course, Steve Holland.