who are the real likely candidates that the board would go after in your opinion?
first off Hiddink, Moriniho, Achelotti, Guardiola, these guys for me are no way going to be chased by our board.
Its not who you want, its who will our board actually go after.
Personally I think the current board would look for a cheap ex-player option...Adams, maybe Bergkamp, maybe the two of them together. Or another ex-player partnership, Boald and Adams, Bergkamp and Viera?....Nice and cheap and if it fails they can put it down to and experiment, but will bring in enough nostalgia to bring in almost full houses and a great range of merchandise = profit.
OR again a total unknown..trying to replicate the Wenger appointment....and nice and cheap to start with OR a real Bruce Rioch type punt going with form with an unexpected team, and the likes of yes a Brendan Rogers or even an Alan Pardew for that matter...again cheap.
Basically I dont think the current board would bring in a real genuinally top quality manager, purely down to price.
USMARTIN sentiments on our board being basically a bunch of *word censored* was spot on....pity he was a nutta.
