IanTaylorforEngland

Young Irish left-full. Career so far: UCD, St Patrick's Athletic and Shamrock Rovers - all in the Irish League. He's played consistenly well at all of his clubs, each being a step up from the previous. He's also played well in the Europa League in the past three years for both Pats and Rovers, with some notable scalps along the way.

I watched him for a season at St Pat's and have seen him a fair few times for Rovers as well. Good going forward, very good technique, but not great defensively. He's not a centre-half at all. I reckon we might try and turn him into a winger.

So? If your a prick but successful I dont care 8) Exactly. His consistency in league competition over the years stands above all the other candidates.

I think with Hughes and Jol we would reach the same position, somewhere between 6th and 8th, but with vastly different styles of play.

I think that too. He has so much experience at the top level in Europe and has bought through some great young talent over the years. I would imagine he would be interested at having a crack at the Premier League at some point because he has done nearly everything else in Europe 100% agree. Plus, he may feel he has a point to prove after how things ended at Bayern. To think he plucked Muller and Badstuber out of the reserves last year and had complete confidence in them; they're both now established German internationals. I'm surprised his name hasn't been mentioned more in this thread.

Van Gaal would be great. I would imagine he'd be interested considering he managed AZ before Bayern. Terrific record of promoting youth.

Laursen and Mellberg.