The Official Next Manager Discussion Thread

[f321ffc]

Many many moons ago someone posted on this thread wondering if we would have someone in place before the thread hit 50,000 page views, i jokingly posted that the way it was going we would more likely hit 100,000, any betting against 200,000 fp.gif
                                                                                 :Happy New Year:

[grandad]

What worries me is that we seem to be held to ransom. All prospective managers, their agents & their existing clubs know we are desperate.
We are also in a situation where anyone we approach now will realize that they are only 5th choice. So unless they are desperate for a job they are more than likely to give us the thumbs down.

[Asotosyios]

I don't think anyone will care if they are the 5th, 6th or 20th choice. They might see it as a good opportunity to advance their career: try to build something here, take us to the Premier League and perhaps get picked up by a bigger club. Managing Fulham might seem an appealing option to Jokanovic and others.

[ron]

...but it's likely that the people of the calibre that we need will take exception to being back in the queue of those we ask....

[SuffolkWhite]

I agree no manager will care whether they werre first choice or not. In fact coming to Fulham now is not a bad move as the expectation of getting to the play off's has gone and with the embargo means you cant build your own team until the summer.

Just a thought

[filham]

The plot thickens.

Will soon be too thick for even a Mammoth to get its teeth into.

[Fulham76]

It's going to be Gray.
I think Rigg was hoping the team would have done better in Grays first 3 games so he could justify such an underwhelming appointment but that hasn't happened.
Gray is probably much cheaper than any of the other names mentioned/rumoured & is clearly comfortable with doing as he's told by Rigg/McIntosh under this new set up which the bright sparks at the club have decided is the way forward, (as we flirt with relegation down in 18th place without a win in 8 games!!).
We're not capable of recruiting a decent manager/HC as has been proved by the time we've taken to get this far i.e. nowhere! No one will convince me that the plan was to still be without a manager/HC for at least 7 weeks.
Pathetic

[bill taylors apprentice]

We are not capable of shopping at Harrods any more.

We now shop at the likes of John Lewis but we are risking losing out on a decent purchase by haggling over the delivery cost.

Of course I have no ideas if my example is true but its my perception and perception is everything !

[Jem]

We are not capable of shopping at Harrods any more.

We now shop at the likes of John Lewis but we are risking losing out on a decent purchase by haggling over the delivery cost.

Of course I have no ideas if my example is true but its my perception and perception is everything !

More like The Pound Shop than John Lewis!

[filham]

We are not capable of shopping at Harrods any more.

We now shop at the likes of John Lewis but we are risking losing out on a decent purchase by haggling over the delivery cost.

Of course I have no ideas if my example is true but its my perception and perception is everything !

Can someone please give Rigg directions to North End Road, he may find something we can afford in the market there.

[bill taylors apprentice]

We are not capable of shopping at Harrods any more.

We now shop at the likes of John Lewis but we are risking losing out on a decent purchase by haggling over the delivery cost.

Of course I have no ideas if my example is true but its my perception and perception is everything !

Can someone please give Rigg directions to North End Road, he may find something we can afford in the market there.

That's the sad part.
Until I see the evidence to prove otherwise we are better than the market or pound shop (no disrespect) but we are being seen as miserly rather than just business like.

[Jem]

We are not capable of shopping at Harrods any more.

We now shop at the likes of John Lewis but we are risking losing out on a decent purchase by haggling over the delivery cost.

Of course I have no ideas if my example is true but its my perception and perception is everything !

Can someone please give Rigg directions to North End Road, he may find something we can afford in the market there.

That's the sad part.
Until I see the evidence to prove otherwise we are better than the market or pound shop (no disrespect) but we are being seen as miserly rather than just business like.

You mean we have been Scrooged?

[Hoppus]

The Gary Monk effect at Swansea

[filham]

We are not capable of shopping at Harrods any more.

We now shop at the likes of John Lewis but we are risking losing out on a decent purchase by haggling over the delivery cost.

Of course I have no ideas if my example is true but its my perception and perception is everything !

Can someone please give Rigg directions to North End Road, he may find something we can afford in the market there.

That's the sad part.
Until I see the evidence to prove otherwise we are better than the market or pound shop (no disrespect) but we are being seen as miserly rather than just business like.

You mean we have been Scrooged?

And think of the rough time Rigg is going to have with the ghost of Christmas past and present, just hope the ghost of Christmas future can get him of the hook.

[LBNo11]

Day 48: A Poem:-

On this day - number 48
Fulham fans started to get quite irate
As yet more points went down the pan
And the management seem devoid of a plan

Yet Rigg and Mac
Don't get the sack
As they look for a team big hitter
But lead us instead, closer still, to being deeper in the sh1tter

[Hoppus]

Gellar with another 'update' on Twitter: ONE reporting that Fulham not agreeing to pay Maccabi their price would be #1 reason for Slavisa Jokanovic deal to collapse.

[mkras99]

Gellar with another 'update' on Twitter: ONE reporting that Fulham not agreeing to pay Maccabi their price would be #1 reason for Slavisa Jokanovic deal to collapse.

Gellar saying it's all about whether Fulham will meet Macabi's fee and 70/30 that Jokanovic is coming. Well beyond ridiculous at this point.

[Hoppus]

Gellar with another 'update' on Twitter: ONE reporting that Fulham not agreeing to pay Maccabi their price would be #1 reason for Slavisa Jokanovic deal to collapse.

Gellar saying it's all about whether Fulham will meet Macabi's fee and 70/30 that Jokanovic is coming. Well beyond ridiculous at this point.

I am sure that this matter has shortened my life with at least two years

[filham]

You know tomorrow morning Rigg may look at the Championship table and realise that we now need a manager with the guts and experience for a relegation fight and will need to change the original brief which was  for a top six manager.

We could be back to square one but finding even harder to find a good manager to accept the relegation brief with no power in the window.

[Mince n Tatties]

If we have to go for a cheap alternative, how about Derek Adams.
Took Ross County up to the Premier from 2 divs below,and has now turned
Plymouth round taking them to top..Good young  Coach,and  Fergie has spoken
well of him..Just a thought,give a good young coach a chance..