So who will replace Hughes?

[HatterDon]

Sven's CV prior to getting the England job was superb but it's been diminishing returns ever since. Plus he allowed himself to become a figure of fun.

which, in and of itself, should make him simpatico with MAF.

[FC Silver Fox]

Hughes not Sven. I want a manager who thinks with his brain, not his todger.

[AlFayedsChequebook]

Hughes not Sven. I want a manager who thinks with his brain, not his todger.

Case in point of the British media's effect on his image.

[ImperialWhite]

Hughes not Sven. I want a manager who thinks with his brain, not his todger.

Case in point of the British media's effect on his image.

Ha! That Sven was rubbish, wasn't he, what with managing to get a poor England side to three consecutive quarter-finals.

Case in point #2.

Who has the highest win percentage of any England manager?

Alf Ramsey? Bobby Robson?

NO!

C'est Monsieur Capello!

[finnster01]

Hughes not Sven. I want a manager who thinks with his brain, not his todger.

Case in point of the British media's effect on his image.

Ha! That Sven was rubbish, wasn't he, what with managing to get a poor England side to three consecutive quarter-finals.

Case in point #2.

Who has the highest win percentage of any England manager?

Alf Ramsey? Bobby Robson?

NO!

C'est Monsieur Capello!

That Sven "I can't keep my willy in my pants" Ericsson wasted the golden generation and got absolutely nothing to show for it.

I could have done better than that with those players.

[ImperialWhite]

Hughes not Sven. I want a manager who thinks with his brain, not his todger.

Case in point of the British media's effect on his image.

Ha! That Sven was rubbish, wasn't he, what with managing to get a poor England side to three consecutive quarter-finals.

Case in point #2.

Who has the highest win percentage of any England manager?

Alf Ramsey? Bobby Robson?

NO!

C'est Monsieur Capello!

That Sven "I can't keep my willy in my pants" Ericsson wasted the golden generation and got absolutely nothing to show for it.

I could have done better than that with those players.

He's won 17 titles, and has won the double three times. I reckon it's the "Golden Generation" who are at fault, not Sven.

(Interesting, isn't it, the "Golden Generation" has had three different managers and have won absolutely nothing yet it's always the fault of the manager, never the players.)

[finnster01]

If that Swedish fart is so bloody brilliant, how come England, Man City, Notts County, Ivory Coast all fired the horny bugger?

He is useless. :046: and never Fulham material

[JBH]

If that Swedish fart is so bloody brilliant, how come England, Man City, Notts County, Ivory Coast all fired the horny bugger?

He is useless. :046: and never Fulham material

Dont forget Mexico!

[finnster01]

Good point.  :clap_hands:

[AlFayedsChequebook]

If that Swedish fart is so bloody brilliant, how come England, Man City, Notts County, Ivory Coast all fired the horny bugger?

He is useless. :046: and never Fulham material

When successive managers fail to do anything with the SAME set of England players, it must be the managers fault, no?

[finnster01]

If that Swedish fart is so bloody brilliant, how come England, Man City, Notts County, Ivory Coast all fired the horny bugger?

He is useless. :046: and never Fulham material

When successive managers fail to do anything with the SAME set of England players, it must be the managers fault, no?

Especially when you include England, Mexico and the Ivory Coast

[White Noise]

Martin Oneill is the only workable option I can see. He is straight, hard working and has never really failed anywhere. He would keep us top 10 and we certainly wouldn't go down with him at the helm.

[MJG]

Martin Oneill is the only workable option I can see. He is straight, hard working and has never really failed anywhere. He would keep us top 10 and we certainly wouldn't go down with him at the helm.

I would love O'Neill to manager of Fulham.

[maksimir]

Yeah O'Neill is the one for me.  Euro experience with Celtic, managed a similar sized club in Leicester and comes across as a loyal, decent and a highly intelligent individual.

I would even go as far as pushing up the financial offer for him in return for sacrificing a signing or two on the playing side.  We'd be very stable with him and I'd be proud to have him as manager.

That said Hughes may not be leaving ..........

[AlFayedsChequebook]

Martin Oneill is the only workable option I can see. He is straight, hard working and has never really failed anywhere. He would keep us top 10 and we certainly wouldn't go down with him at the helm.

O'neill would be a safe pair of hands, but, and perhaps I am being greedy, I would like to see a more exciting appointment.

I do wonder if the board ever just ring up quality out of work managers (Ancelotti) and offer them the job or just stick to more 'realistic' options.

I would love Van Gaal as well,

[Jimbobob]

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Can we ever wait for the manager to leave before we speculate on who is going to replace him?
And hell if it wasn't for the Europa business I wouldn't even consider him leaving.......with it he just might...he just might.
All summer off basically and a big raise :011: :011: :011: :011:

[FulhamMic]

If that Swedish fart is so bloody brilliant, how come England, Man City, Notts County, Ivory Coast all fired the horny bugger?

He is useless. :046: and never Fulham material

Funny how people post who clearly have absolutely no grasp on reality (i.e the facts)!

Sven was sacked from the England job, but without due cause. He still remains the most successful England manager of recent times.

He walked away from the Man City on mutual consent after the Thai owner made it clear he wanted input in transfers and team selections. The players went on strike (remember the 8-1 loss away at Middlesbrough on the final day of the season, and the fans put on a demonstration march in the centre of Manchester).

He walked away from Notts County after it came to light that the club had been actually been bought by an international fraudster and who was using Sven's name to further his own criminal gain. When he left he also waived all rights to compensation his contract stipulated.

Ivory Coast was only ever a short term contract to see them through the World Cup. They approached him afterwards offering him the job full time but he turned it down as he wanted to return to club management.

[Willard]

Unfortunately it's always the usual suspects when we talk about a replacement. I'm only thankful that nobody has suggested Curbishly. Is there another Tigana out there?

[Tom]

No one, he isn't going anywhere.  :54:

[elgreenio]

Can't see Sven doing a great job, he seems to buy a lot of flops nowadays, something we cant really afford on a budget. I've never really been a fan of O'Neill, no particular reason. Would love to give Steve McLaren a chance, he worked wonders with Boro, 2 FA Cup semis, a League Cup win, and a Europa Final. Toppled the PSV/Ajax dominance in Holland, even after selling the likes of Eljero Elia. Wolfsburg we wont talk about  :011:, lets just say Diego is a greedy so and so who cant score from 12 yards no matter how many tries you give him.

All this is in vein anyway, cue Hughes coming out in a month saying he was stringing a rival along to scupper their pre-season preparations  :dft012: