Chris Wilder - Are we missing a trick?

Rofesleg said:
That was a long time ago and they no longer follow the 'bootroom' philosophy themselves.
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True but I was just surprised that the boot room wasn’t mentioned.

btw I agree I’d hate is to go down the Agnew route again but I do think that’s that will happen.
 
Journo on Talksport on Sunday, during the live WBA game, reported an unnamed "close source" at the club to the effect - Chris Wilder has had "discussions" (?)
Hes certainly a bloke who can lift a club like WBA out of the Championship.
 
Once Warnock leaves Gibson will , as usual, limit his search to whoever happens to be available at the time, a policy that brought us the delights of Gordon Strachan, Gary Monk and Jonathan Woodgate - all top top managers for us.
 
zorro_mfc said:
True but I was just surprised that the boot room wasn’t mentioned.

btw I agree I’d hate is to go down the Agnew route again but I do think that’s that will happen.
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The only one I could think of was Houllier - which to be fair was more like appointing two managers at once and seeing which one stuck. Genuinely forgot about the Anfield bootroom.

Can‘t think of any more. Tito Villanueva after Pep at Barca? Steve Cotterill?? Bit of a gap in quality there like 😁
 
coluka said:
Chris Wilder is an excellent manager and would be a good fit. However it won’t happen, plans are in place for the next season. Gibson will not be that ruthless and if my hunch is right Warnocks successor in 2022/23 is already at the club.
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Please God not Gary Gill 😬
 
just need to listen to any podcast with a player who's played under blackwell to know why it would be a terrible idea to put him in charge after warnock.

He's universally hated
 
Seriously I know this sounds brutal but outside our own bubble we are not the calibre of club we used to be . We are likely quite too mediocre for him and I’m sure he’ll look to a club with more to offer . We have no parachute money and are essentially skint and been in the wilderness for a good while .
Our unfashionable location is no longer offset by daft money thrown at coaches/managers .
Sorry but that’s my opinion !
 
Ironops said:
Once Warnock leaves Gibson will , as usual, limit his search to whoever happens to be available at the time, a policy that brought us the delights of Gordon Strachan, Gary Monk and Jonathan Woodgate - all top top managers for us.
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I imagine all 3 of those will be available again (unless Bournemouth win the playoffs), Gibbo will be spoilt for choice!
 
Ironops said:
Once Warnock leaves Gibson will , as usual, limit his search to whoever happens to be available at the time, a policy that brought us the delights of Gordon Strachan, Gary Monk and Jonathan Woodgate - all top top managers for us.
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Don’t forget Agnew as his master plan B 😖

nb . I guess he did give us Southgate who got a hiding 😬
 
jonny_greenings_sock said:
The only one I could think of was Houllier - which to be fair was more like appointing two managers at once and seeing which one stuck. Genuinely forgot about the Anfield bootroom.

Can‘t think of any more. Tito Villanueva after Pep at Barca? Steve Cotterill?? Bit of a gap in quality there like 😁
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Phil Brown was assistant manager at Hull City when we narrowly avoided relegation to League 1, after the sacking of Phil Parkinson he was eventually made the manager and we won promotion to the Premier League and stayed up with monumental wins at Arsenal, Spurs and Newcastle etc along the way
 
at this stage, and Gibson must plan ahead, Neil Wallpaper is going on 73 and has 1 more season in him, my short list for further consideration would be Jimmy Floyd, Neil Critchley, Marco Silva, Andrea Stramaccioni, Murat Yakin, Markus Weinzieri & Roberto De Zerbi.

depends what sort of football Steve Gibson wants to play to entertain the fans and fill the stadium.
 
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jonny_greenings_sock said:
The only one I could think of was Houllier - which to be fair was more like appointing two managers at once and seeing which one stuck. Genuinely forgot about the Anfield bootroom.

Can‘t think of any more. Tito Villanueva after Pep at Barca? Steve Cotterill?? Bit of a gap in quality there like 😁
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Got one - John Carver. The Greatest Football Manager of all time.
 
Borobarmy said:
Please God not Gary Gill 😬
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He is no longer at the club, well not in his recruitment capacity anyway, from what the Gazette (i think) said.

My hunch relates to an interview Neil did a few weeks back when asked about it being his final year and he said something along the lines of Steve might want me to stay on and help in in some other way, you never know (i think he was potentially eluding to some sort of advisory role). That got me thinking how many Head Coaches/Managers would be cool with that.

I also pondered recent flip flop of so called styles of play and squad etc and thought who might be bought into this summers signings and be cool with Neil popping in from time to time to offer a helping hand. Kevin Blackwell sprang to mind as somebody who might fit that bill. He has managed Leeds and Sheff Utd taking both to play off finals, albeit losing them both. He would come cheap and the players would know him well enough.

Now don’t get me wrong, I am not advocating that is the direction I want the club to go in, but Gibson might just feel it is a simple solution ........ Warnock moving upstairs, costs kept to a minimum and continuity of staffing and recruitment buy in. Stranger things have happened at our club after all.
 
coluka said:
He is no longer at the club, well not in his recruitment capacity anyway, from what the Gazette (i think) said.

My hunch relates to an interview Neil did a few weeks back when asked about it being his final year and he said something along the lines of Steve might want me to stay on and help in in some other way, you never know (i think he was potentially eluding to some sort of advisory role). That got me thinking how many Head Coaches/Managers would be cool with that.

I also pondered recent flip flop of so called styles of play and squad etc and thought who might be bought into this summers signings and be cool with Neil popping in from time to time to offer a helping hand. Kevin Blackwell sprang to mind as somebody who might fit that bill. He has managed Leeds and Sheff Utd taking both to play off finals, albeit losing them both. He would come cheap and the players would know him well enough.

Now don’t get me wrong, I am not advocating that is the direction I want the club to go in, but Gibson might just feel it is a simple solution ........ Warnock moving upstairs, costs kept to a minimum and continuity of staffing and recruitment buy in. Stranger things have happened at our club after all.
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Sounds like an absolute disaster.
 
Graeme Jones would be an interesting choice. He had a bit of a disaster at Luton, but he seems to be a brilliant coach and tactician.

Credited with Newcastles upturn in form and Southgate has recruited him for England too.
 
coluka said:
Chris Wilder is an excellent manager and would be a good fit. However it won’t happen, plans are in place for the next season. Gibson will not be that ruthless and if my hunch is right Warnocks successor in 2022/23 is already at the club.
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I agree. I think Leo will be our next manager
 
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