For any remaining AKB...

[littlefire]

Still waiting for an answer from an AKB as to why we should keep him.

Speaking on behalf of all the other akb, can I ask who can THIS PARTICULAR BOARD replace him with ?

*shudder*

[LeftfootlegendGooner]

Just a question?

Who would we replace him with that would realistically come and what size transfer fund would the new manager require

I don't think Pep will consider us for one second, nor moaninho.

Personally I think 150-200 million is what it would take to have a squad to match two manchester clubs.

The real problem I see is that we are being told that Wenger has 70 million to spend in the january and summer transfer windows.

Now we will all moan that Wenger is bargain basement shopping when he buys players in the 10-15 million bracket but what other players can he afford?, granted a lot of his recent buys in this price range have been garbage but what the fuck are his scouts doing!? Are they getting back handers for some of the shit we have bought lately, I don't know but our scouts need fucking off out of it for a start.

That doesn't quite explain how a player like gervinho can score shed loads in the french league but miss from 2 yards for us, maybe the pressure has gotten to a lot of our players and thus nervousness in front of goal?

anyhow just asking

[northbank123]

Most of this was probably flogged to death on the dedicated thread, but here's what I think.

Mourinho wouldn't come. End of.
If Klopp were to be willing to leave Dortmund it's highly unlikely that it would be to come to us.
Guardiola is the biggest manager we have a hope of getting I think, but only if we act by the close of the season or we'll have missed the boat. The transfer budget is make or break but if there's as much money available as the board say then I think we'd have a great chance of persuading him to come provided that Wenger doesn't spunk it away on Ligue 1 in Jan.

Any of the PL managers linked with Spurs and Liverpool jobs would be desperate to come. Moyes is the pick really, for me a bit of a conservative appointment but he deserves a shot at a better job and at the very least we'd see the discipline and professionalism come back. Martinez is also an outside bet and although a huge gamble he's a manager who is personally likeable, would keep his head down and toe the party line so I wouldn't actually be that surprised.

And then there's the considerable chance we'll just appoint somebody relatively unknown to English football from abroad again. MEMO: SACK HIM WHEN WE START BECOMING SHIT THIS TIME.

[augie]

Just a question?

Who would we replace him with that would realistically come and what size transfer fund would the new manager require

I don't think Pep will consider us for one second, nor moaninho.

Personally I think 150-200 million is what it would take to have a squad to match two manchester clubs.

The real problem I see is that we are being told that Wenger has 70 million to spend in the january and summer transfer windows.

Now we will all moan that Wenger is bargain basement shopping when he buys players in the 10-15 million bracket but what other players can he afford?, granted a lot of his recent buys in this price range have been garbage but what the fuck are his scouts doing!? Are they getting back handers for some of the shit we have bought lately, I don't know but our scouts need fucking off out of it for a start.

That doesn't quite explain how a player like gervinho can score shed loads in the french league but miss from 2 yards for us, maybe the pressure has gotten to a lot of our players and thus nervousness in front of goal?

anyhow just asking

I believe pep would take the job - maybe I am dreaming but I think that he will look at our "supposed" style of football, look at the consistent champs lge football and look at the control and freedom he would be afforded at our club and that would be enough to seal the deal I don't believe that he would touch the chav job and I feel that moaninho already has the manure job in his pocket so it would be a straight choice between us and citeeh and I think tradition and the size of the clubs would win over unlimited wealth.
If I am wrong and pep wouldn't join us then I would be looking at rijkard, van basten or Moyes cos I don't think klopp would come. I certainly don't want a wenger disciple installed (although remi garde appears to be doing well at Lyon) and I wouldn't want anyone that could be influenced by wenger or who would be intimidated by following wenger

Personally I don't feel that we are 150-200m away from competing again - we lack a top class centre forward, a midfield enforcer, leighton Baines and most importantly SOME SORT OF TACTICAL GAMEPLAN For me one of the most frustrating aspects is that even if we utilised our current resources properly then we could push the top 2 closer without even buying another player but a lack of motivation and tactical planning is crippling us and that of course is the responsibility of the CIC

[LeftfootlegendGooner]

Just a question?

Who would we replace him with that would realistically come and what size transfer fund would the new manager require

I don't think Pep will consider us for one second, nor moaninho.

Personally I think 150-200 million is what it would take to have a squad to match two manchester clubs.

The real problem I see is that we are being told that Wenger has 70 million to spend in the january and summer transfer windows.

Now we will all moan that Wenger is bargain basement shopping when he buys players in the 10-15 million bracket but what other players can he afford?, granted a lot of his recent buys in this price range have been garbage but what the fuck are his scouts doing!? Are they getting back handers for some of the shit we have bought lately, I don't know but our scouts need fucking off out of it for a start.

That doesn't quite explain how a player like gervinho can score shed loads in the french league but miss from 2 yards for us, maybe the pressure has gotten to a lot of our players and thus nervousness in front of goal?

anyhow just asking

I believe pep would take the job - maybe I am dreaming but I think that he will look at our "supposed" style of football, look at the consistent champs lge football and look at the control and freedom he would be afforded at our club and that would be enough to seal the deal I don't believe that he would touch the chav job and I feel that moaninho already has the manure job in his pocket so it would be a straight choice between us and citeeh and I think tradition and the size of the clubs would win over unlimited wealth.
If I am wrong and pep wouldn't join us then I would be looking at rijkard, van basten or Moyes cos I don't think klopp would come. I certainly don't want a wenger disciple installed (although remi garde appears to be doing well at Lyon) and I wouldn't want anyone that could be influenced by wenger or who would be intimidated by following wenger

Personally I don't feel that we are 150-200m away from competing again - we lack a top class centre forward, a midfield enforcer, leighton Baines and most importantly SOME SORT OF TACTICAL GAMEPLAN For me one of the most frustrating aspects is that even if we utilised our current resources properly then we could push the top 2 closer without even buying another player but a lack of motivation and tactical planning is crippling us and that of course is the responsibility of the CIC

The only one of the managers there that I wouldn't mind having and we could get is Rijkard, I had a quick look at a top 50 managers in world footbal and Arsene was top 4 or 5 so that's why I asked this question again.

You do say we need a Top striker (Falcao is about £60 mil), DM (got to be £25-30 mil) leighton baines £20 mil so that would still be around the 100mil mark and I think ches is very average and imo goalkeepers can earn you or lose you a lot of points on the season so I think that's a must.

when you look at who we have dropped points to we really should be only a couple of points off of top so yes the tactical gameplan or just playing players in their right positions and the ones on form would see us a lot better off.

For me it started when dropping per against the chavs, we don't seem to have recovered from that result.