Milenko27

Why dont we get Pacienca, at least he really wants the job and in my book thats worth something...

Best result it will take at least three years, that is if the chemo works well and his body responds well to it. If his body doesnt respond to the chemo he will need a bone marrow transplant and then i dont know time wise. But i believe his career as a footballer at this level is over no mather what, its a rocky road and it is up and down, and suddenly you can get an infection and bloodlevels fall down and you get weak and anemic again and so on, even after over two years of treatment and you have been stable for over a year, its difficult and when you get tired it takes a long time to get the strength back. Its like you no longer have any reserves or back up.

I guess players are well insured these days and also the clubs as well.

I would be happy with Benitez, i guess he might feel he has something to prove also having lost his last jobs. He might be able to attract some players to sign for us also.

Why dont we do something revolutionery, let the players manage themselves, just like politicians and when it comes to transfers the players decide who they want to be team mates with. Strongest player calls shotgun and everybody has to go along with it, survival of the fittest...

Rafas biggest problem in LFC was that he was given a little less then he wanted so he ended up buying his third and fourth choices all the time according to my friend who is an LFC supporter. I think a lot of LFC supporters wouldnt mind having him back.

We had a small squad, now it is even smaller. I dont think RL has anything against splashing out for the right players as long as the wages doesnt go through the roof.

We have a lot of players who needs replacing, squad players and also someone to boss our midfield in Petrovs absence, that is our biggest problem in my opinion...

Remember the Euros starts June 8th, that also means a lot of players are busy and will have a small vacation after the euros --> less time to negotiate (players wanting to wait til after the euros, agents busy and also wanting to wait, clubs also) and prices inflates if players do well and so on.

We need big changes, players need replacing, time might be important...

I dont want to hear that "yeah, but the players had so little time with the team during pre-season" again.

You're assuming we're going to be signing players who are involved with the Euros?!

I've got it on good authority that we're signing Jermaine Defoe.

Heard that they are going to redecorate his hotel room so he is out, but unfortunately someone has broken one of the chairs and the other chairs are nowhere to be found, but rumours says that one is furthest away in the closet all pinned down by trash from PF office and the last chair is lost in space with Kermit the frog.

Remember the Euros starts June 8th, that also means a lot of players are busy and will have a small vacation after the euros --> less time to negotiate (players wanting to wait til after the euros, agents busy and also wanting to wait, clubs also) and prices inflates if players do well and so on.

We need big changes, players need replacing, time might be important...

I dont want to hear that "yeah, but the players had so little time with the team during pre-season" again.

Let's get Dunga and a ****-tonne of Brazilian players we've never heard of, just for the laughs.

Didnt you get the memo? Brazil is keeping all their talents for themselves until they have hosted the fifa 2014 world cup.

But Dunga can build on what we have now with some needed investments and add some flair after the world cup.

But Dunga is known for a defencive style of football, i believe he is critisized for it in Brazil? (i guess thats defencive according to Brazilian standards though)

Its Poyet, announcement tomorrow...

Seriously i have no idea, but i am actually excited this summer cause i believe things will change to the better (well, hopefully it cant be any worse), and i cant remember the last time i was excited about something going on at the club (propably the signing of Bent).

I actually tought the games last season (under McLeish) got more and more boring to watch as the season progressed and in the end i was almost happy with ties because at least we didnt loose and i didnt even believe we were able to win a game.

So to end this rant, i would like to finish with the something i picked up from the X-files: I WANT TO BELIEVE

No, it wont,because then they would be late with this Fridays announcement, you cant suddenly make the Friday announcement on Tuesdays

(Sorry, didnt know he had left, man, when he goes he goes, i myself might use half an hour, reading the paper or a magazine, but a whole week...)

We cant have Steve Bruce as a manger, the man has two first names, clearly he is not capable to make decisions of any sorts, evertything he has achieved so far in life os down to being lucky...

didn't Diego Maradona want the job last summer? ;D

And then we get Aguero as a dawrie 8)

My guess, Poyet to be announced this Friday.

I wonder, if we repeat a suitable manager candidate enough times on this forum, will they suddenly be open for betting?

Heiko Vogel, Heiko Vogel, Heiko Vogel

If he like gingers i still like Basels Heiko Vogel...

Or myself, im a ginger light, like brown with a touch of ginger, not bad at all at Football Manager

I just really hope we are casting a wider net then the usual PL manager-merry-go-round-exchange-program.

Sign him up, in a couple of sucsessful years he will be known as Andres Villa Boas (lame joke i know)...

I like it, young, hungry, point to prove

At least we need to have a manager in place before the Euros...

Trond Sollied, loved him at Rosenborg and he did very well in the beginning in Belgium, but been up and down after that. But would propably have knowledge of talents in scandinavia, belgium, greece and the netherlands having managed in those countries.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trond_Sollied

Edit: looks like he has signed for Gent again.

Ok, longshot and unproven but this has to be one of the more up and coming young managers in europe... My suggestion Heiko Vogel

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heiko_Vogel

They did really well against Man United but can't base him entirely on that

The 75% win ratio is pretty good though.

Althou it will be interesting to see if he can do it without Xhaka and Shaqiri

He takes them along with him and they play for Aston Villa next season, obvious

Too late..gone to Moenchengladbach and Bayern.

I need to update too Milenko27 2.0

Just as a point of interest, have a look at the managerial career of Alan Pardew:

- sacked by West Ham

- hounded out by the fans at Charlton

- sacked by Southampton

- Geordies absolutely distraught when he was signed for Newcastle.

- had Newcastle within a whisker of a CL place this season.

Many on this site would have shit kittens if we had brought him in to replace O'Neill or Houllier.

Yet some would probably give their left nut to have him down at the Villa now.

As everything in life, timing. The right man at the right time...

AVB did wonders at Porto, didnt stand a chance at Chelsea, sometimes it might just be psychologi and chemistry within a group.

Ok, longshot and unproven but this has to be one of the more up and coming young managers in europe... My suggestion Heiko Vogel

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heiko_Vogel

They did really well against Man United but can't base him entirely on that

The 75% win ratio is pretty good though.

Althou it will be interesting to see if he can do it without Xhaka and Shaqiri

He takes them along with him and they play for Aston Villa next season, obvious

Ok, longshot and unproven but this has to be one of the more up and coming young managers in europe... My suggestion Heiko Vogel

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heiko_Vogel

32 Games.. 24 Wins.. 6 Draws.. 2 Losses.. Damn impressive.

Two of those against Man. Utd. one of the losses against Benfica, knows how to develop young players and getting them ready. But might be difficult to get him away from Basel though, but it is young up and coming managers like him we need to go for IMO.

Ok, longshot and unproven but this has to be one of the more up and coming young managers in europe... My suggestion Heiko Vogel

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heiko_Vogel

Basel has a lot of talent also.

Used to coach at youth level at Bayern...