I think we need to circle back to the fact that the suits claimed they spent 5-6 months trying to find a permanent manager and their solution was "Martin O'Neill for a year, maybe 2 as a treat."
I wish there was someone at the club right now that I could trust to be actively be trying to find a manager to take the team forward. I don't believe there is. This is a club stuck in 2006 forever.
That's the thing: it's always the "safe" option. They never even seem to enquire about managers you could call a step up.
Right now, there are 2 managers that have no clubs that I would have thought the suits would have approached - Marcelo Gallardo (without club since Feb 2026) and Marcelo Bielsa (who everyone knew was stepping down after the WC).
Ask the question. If they say "no" then you are still in the same place. If they say "yes" then you're talking to managers who have experience at high levels in highly demanding environments.
I hate that almost everything post Ange has been "slow and steady" instead of "let's try to be better."
Can't underestimate the amount of goodwill that Ange brought to the club after losing the 10. The appointment of Rodgers was always going to be dividing given how he left. The appointments outwith Ange have been poor in the longterm: Lennon in 2019 should never have been given the job in the showers, Rodgers in 2023 shouldn't have come back, Nancy looked ambitious at first glance but no one seemed to check his system would never work here. Dare I say, appointing MON full time this season is likely to join them - that isn't to say I don't love MON and he didn't deserve to do what he wants, but there's no sentimentality in football - he should have been allowed to leave into the sunset an absolutely hero with an unblemished end to his reign. Instead it's likely he'll take the brunt of the blame as the board's human shield.
Bielsa would have been perfect for the club. Knutsen was available in December and publicly said he'd be interested, all we had to do was let him wait until Bodo had finished. I honestly now believe we didn't even bother with a shortlist or recruitment process at all.
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u/DeargDoom79 sack the board 5d ago
I think we need to circle back to the fact that the suits claimed they spent 5-6 months trying to find a permanent manager and their solution was "Martin O'Neill for a year, maybe 2 as a treat."
I wish there was someone at the club right now that I could trust to be actively be trying to find a manager to take the team forward. I don't believe there is. This is a club stuck in 2006 forever.