Slaven Bilic named as West Ham Manager (09.06.15)

OldCastleSwift

OutcastLondoner

At some point we're going to have to actually stick with a manager.

SuzanneClaret

Now. We stick now.

ASLEFshrugged

It is quite an achievement.

Lyall took 63 games to get 25 First Div wins, Greenwood 70, Arry 72, Glenda 76, Sam 81

None of the others won 25 top flight games, Pards got 20 in 55 games and Curbs 23 in 61.

Day off, bored.

Bazshuayi

Just to play devils advocate and then run off to bed.... If we actually did sack Bilic and you had to pick any current manager in the Prem., who would you choose?

I'd pick one of Conte, Poch or Koeman (Mourinho would be my last choice!)

TwistandShout

Id re-appoint Bilic ;whistle

IronHerb

Good call twist ;ok

Dodger58

I would also stick with Bilic, but to address the question I'd go for Conte.

Going outside the Premiership, it would be good to see Rafa actually arrive - I would not hold it against him switching to Real Madrid when the opportunity came ...

TwistandShout

Pochettino for me ;ok

Bazshuayi

It was a theoretical question... I have no desire to lose Bilic. Perhaps its more a case of which Prem managers do we rate and that we'd be happy to have here.

Or should I just stomp my feet and say 'you cant choose Bilic! ;wink

OldCastleSwift

I didn't choose Bilic.

Bilic chose me.

;carew

Ravel49

#beardlyfe

MrsGrey

Don't want: Conte, Klopp, Mourhino, Pulis, Howe, Koeman, Hughes, Dyche, Moyes

OK with: Wenger, Ranieri, Guardiola, Pochettino,

Have no opinion on: Puel, Silva, Clement, Mazzari, Karanka(sp)

Of current managers.

grey_til_I_dye

It's the only lyfe I know...

OldCastleSwift

There's one glaring, glum omission from that list, Mrs G...

Ravel49

;hippo

IronHerb

Non commital ;lol

MrsGrey

I didn't mention Bilic either.

I was focusing on 'other' managers.

But, if it bothers you, I'll go on the record and say I would have been happy for him to stay, and I'm happy for Bilic to stay. ;ok.

ASLEFshrugged

I just posted on the Guardian website

"Slaven is the manager we've been waiting for since Curbs or even Arry, a man with Iron in his soul, who knows what it means to pull on the claret and blue, who likes to play good football, who can park the bus (with the handbrake off) when necessary but can take a few loses on the chin and still stand proud."

And he plays a mean guitar, like Johnny Lyall mixed with Slash. What's not to love?

That will do it for me.

claretandbluesky

I think Koeman is looking to be the next manager to make the leap into the elite club pool as he proved himself at Southampton and is now improving Everton, cant be long until a big club give him a go.

I wouldn't change Billic at present but the three I think that impress me most are Koeman, Klopp and Poch, probably in that order.

baracks_a_hammer

I notice the reference to curbs earlier

Didn't he reject us the first time we approached him?

And in the tevez season we would likely have been relegated but for quashie's timely injury which meant he couldn't play in the run in. We had failed to win any game in which quashie played yet he wouldn't have been dropped if he didn't get injured IMO - the rest is history - noble, tevez, Zamora and co...

even though both played for the club I wouldn't place curbs and Bilic in the same category.

Bilic in spite of some difficulties is in another league to curbs.

alderz

baracks

Remember back, the reference from Izzy was more about the fact that he understands the club and the way we like to operate, rather than a comparison of their traits as managers ;ok

alderz

For me, aside from Slav, this is the order in which I would want the other managers in this league as West Ham boss (not how much I rate them as a coach, but simply for how much I would want them here).

01. Mauricio Pochettino
02. Antonio Conte
03. Ronald Koeman
04. Eddie Howe
04. Arsene Wenger
05. Jurgen Klopp
07. Pep Guardiola
-------------- (anything below here I would be underwhelmed by)
08. Sean Dyche
09. Tony Pulis
10. Claude Puel
11. Marco Silva
12. Mark Hughes
13. Paul Clement
14. Claudio Ranieri
15. Walter Mazzarri
-------------- (anything below here i would be angry about)
16. Aitor Karanka
17. Sam Allardyce
18. David Moyes
-------------- (anything below here and i couldn't offer the club my support for a while)
19. Jose Mourinho


#ninja

MrsGrey

ald, is there a dividing line in that list, below which you actually wouldn't want then AT ALL?

OutcastLondoner

Yeah, after 18.

baracks_a_hammer

The poch for me by a mile

In particular his proven ability to bring players through from a club's development teams into their first teams

Interestingly if the "don't chop and change managers" had been applied to Southampton - he'd have never have been appointed there as Southampton were ticking along nicely under Adkins

IMO there is no hard and fast rule with regards to sticking with a manager long term come what may. Luckily for me there is no disagree button as I'm sure I'd be swamped with them..!

OutcastLondoner

I also like how Wenger has apparently stolen Ranieri's identity on Ald's list.

alderz

MrsG ;ok

I edited my post

Vorselaarhammer

For me at this moment looking at Money Spent / Player Improvement / Attitude of the team.

It pains me to say it but Mauricio Pochettino is the guy I would want.

alderz

OutcastLondoner said:

I also like how Wenger has apparently stolen Ranieri's identity on Ald's list.

It's a good thing I'm a mod and can edit posts forever ;diva