The new manager hunt (was the Moyes thread) only 3 days to wait...

Hammerwombat

Expat_Hammer said:

I'd rather have kept Moyes for a little stability, but this is West Ham ;doh

Who needs stability when you can have excitement
;whistle

Slaven_Cups_His_Beard

Luke you’ll be asking for a mod to delete that when Steve Bruce is announced in 7-10

;biggrin

No seriously you could be right, the penny may of dropped and this could be a pivotal moment, let’s hope so

Slaven_Cups_His_Beard

deehammer said:

What will happen if this new manager doesn't do any good? Will the fans start on him, too?

Yep some will for sure, just like they did with Roeder, Pardew, Curbs, Avram, Sam, Bilic and now Moyes ......

IronHerb

As is their right.

OldCastleSwift

FWIW, Ex has said that Fonseca won't be joining as there are concerns over his English and he hasn't proved himself enough as a manager.

Benitez is apparently our No1 target but will cost us between £7m-£8m in wages.

Pellegrini is his back up, but again he may cost too much given his salary in China.

Interestingly, he did say there was a split in the boardroom, firstly over Moyes (Gold wanted to keep him, Sullivan didn't and Brady flip-flopped between the two) and secondly over potentially employing Fonseca or Emery because of their limited grasp of English.

I guess all will become clear in 10 days time...

Cuz1

McLaren not took qpr job yet careful what you wish for lol

IronHerb

I wonder what Fonsecu's Ukrainian and Pellegrini's Chinese is like? ;whistle

Cuz1

Pellegrines Italian isn’t that good lol

PrestonHammer

Why should Karren Brady get a say on who the next manager will be? I think she has enough on her plate with all the off the field stuff she has or hasn't done.

baracks_a_hammer

Poch’s English was very limited when he arrived at Southampton - didn’t seem to get in the way of his success there and beyond

MrsGrey

PrestonHammer said:

Why should Karren Brady get a say on who the next manager will be?

She's a member of the board.

OldCastleSwift

The cynics among us could speculate that Sully will claim Fonseca is too inexperienced, that Emery can't speak enough English, that Benitez and Pellegrini asked for too much money. The 'Big Name' he wanted was impossible to get.

If the reasons for the board's doubts about these 'high-calibre' managers are true, then reading between the lines they want an experienced, low-salaried British manager who is ideally not contracted to someone else.

;hmm

Cuz1

Brady shouldn’t be trusted with the colour scheme of the stadium seats let alone have a say about the new manager vile woman

MrsGrey

baracks_a_hammer said:

Poch’s English was very limited when he arrived at Southampton - didn’t seem to get in the way of his success there and beyond

Not as limited as it seems. He spoke English with the players/within the club - but used a translator for 'public' speaking with the press.

A condition of his getting the job at Spurs was that he had to do it all in English.

Lukerz

Sky reporting tonight that we will make a move for Rafa. He has a £6m release clause in his contract.
http://www.skysports.com/football/news/11685/11375392/west-ham-set-to-move-for-newcastle-boss-rafael-benitez

Sky say he has remained on good terms with Sullivan even after that last minute approach from Real Madrid after he'd all but agreed to replace Sam as our manager back in 2015.

Now that would be full marks to the Dave's. He'd be my No.1 choice.

WHU_Champo_league_in_7_years

I agree, he'd be a very positive appointment and the right move

But I won't believe it till he's here

£6 mil just to relieve him of his current contract is already a big commitment from the daves let alone the budget he'd want and wages he'd ask for

Vorselaarhammer

There was a split amongst board members regarding the decision of letting go Moyes. David Gold wanted him to stay, whilst also Brady backed him. However, Sullivan followed the opinion of the majority of West Ham supporters.

[Source: @ExWHUemployee]

claretandbluesky

Just looking at the betting as can (not always) be a decent indication as these companies are risking money by pricing it up. Pelegrini fav followed by Forsecca but the anomaly is Rafa as Ladbrokes are 6-1 but Hills 6-4 which is a massive difference, and would indicate one or the other is either very confident in their inside info of one has received a lumpy bet causing them to shorten significantly.

FYI Russel Brand is 1000-1 if anyone s interested, along with Ray Winston

baracks_a_hammer

In amongst all of this, I would guess that little pea is not too displeased at the news that Moyes has left..

Cuz1

And probably ac as well barracks

Pearces_Left_Foot

So Sullivan probably looked at some fans forum and decided to bin Moyes ? If that's how he is going to run things its not wonder we end up in such a mess. I just hope Rafa thinks he owes us something after last time and joins up and Dave put his hand in his pocket to fund things

IronHerb

We could swap Hugill for Rafa?

;yercoat

Cuz1

I’d like laschelles the centre back with him, but regular in our pub in derby who knows the family where he was born are saying he’s interesting Chelsea

MrsGrey

Vorselaarhammer said:

However, Sullivan followed the opinion of the majority of West Ham supporters.

If true... ;doh ;doh

On so many levels.

IronHerb

The 'customer' is always right! ;wink

sweepy23

Sullivan got rejected by Moyes and he just doesn't want to admit it.

We are linking ourselves to lots of decent managers but unfortunately I see us ending up with Martin O'Neill or the like

https://www.transfermarkt.com/trainer/verfuegbaretrainer/statistik

MrsGrey

IronHerb said:

The 'customer' is always right! ;wink

And will 'they' be right when they don't want the new appointee (both now or, inevitably, later)?

ASLEFshrugged

Last season Emery spent €222m to bring Neymar from Barcelona to PSG, does anyone seriously believe he's going to join a club that couldn't meet Sporting's £36m asking price for Carvahlo?

Cuz1

For me this is their last chance to put things right, put up or shut up, they have talked the talk now walk the walk end of

grey_til_I_dye

And when two customers disagree, which one of them is then right?