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Interim Manager Discussion - Igor Tudor joined until end of season

Would you have these as interim manager to finish the season?

  • John Heitinga

  • Current Coach (Lewis, Cochrane, Burnett, Carr)

  • Ryan Mason

  • Jurgen Klinsmann

  • Chris Hughton

  • Brendan Rodgers

  • Edin Trzic

  • Gareth Southgate

  • Former Manager Hoddle/Jol/Redknapp/Sherwood

  • Stick with Frank no matter what

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Bullet said:
When we get relegated, some of you will be saying "I told you so, no experience in the Prem, never gonna work" so please state here and now in this thread if you feel this is the wrong appointment AND tell us who you would appoint instead (must be gettable, not Poch or Alonso etc).

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Starting your post with ‘When we get relegated…’ doesn’t scream confidence. So you go first and we’ll follow. 😀
 
I have a good feeling about Tudor. He's got a presence and something authoritative about him. Seeing as the current crop supposedly didn't really respect Frank (can't blame them, to be honest, though I do feel sorry for Frank), this guy should instill some much needed steel and discipline in them. Hopefully we will focus more on attack being the best form of defense as well.

I'm really worried about our injury list though.
 
I'm not sure it's such a good idea to make it clear to everyone - including the players - that he won't be there next season. Nobody really expects him to stay on anyway, but if you're a player and you don't like him or if you decide you'd be better served by, say, taking your foot off the pedal for a few months before the World Cup, it's just a 12-game wait before another new guy comes in.

I hope Tudor will adapt his methods to the (bizarre) circumstances because he will have litterally no pull on the players. Then again, you get what you pay for...
 
Mcfee said:
I always like your optimism Steff but I find that pathway a bit scary tbh. And fcuking hell it just highlights how utterly reckless the board have been to allow this to drag on to the point where there’s a real danger that we’ll go down. Essentially we’re hoping that the bounce we get from Tudor is as good or better than Forest get from Pereira. I don’t think West Ham will go down, Nuno is a good manager and he’s bedded in there now. Leeds look like they’re up for the fight. I wonder if Palace might be the ones to bail us out.
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I think you're absolutely right, and you raise excellent points about the bounce from Forest. Personally, I think the games against Forest and Leeds are 9 pointers!!!!!

I question how many of those predictions pass the acid test TBH. I think my optimism is certainly riding the horse here, but I just cannot find any other pathway.

What I am aware of is that (essentially) the next decade or so of our club as a powerful force is utterly reliant on the next dozen games and Igot Tudor's stewardship. It is an enormous gamble, and one which we honestly have not other option than to fully embrace and get behind.
 
Bullet said:
When we get relegated, some of you will be saying "I told you so, no experience in the Prem, never gonna work" so please state here and now in this thread if you feel this is the wrong appointment AND tell us who you would appoint instead (must be gettable, not Poch or Alonso etc).

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I think it's a decent gamble so far as gambles go.
MY thought that we need a good ol' fashioned Vibes FC 'Arry & co to 'run us abaht a bit' to safety sounds wonderful and gets the crowd singing BUT is utterly fan-driven and without any root in reality other than my own (which let's face it is not a helpful metric to measure from).

I think he will get the job done, however I cannot fathom whether that is my own optimism or not.

I think it is a bit of everything. TBF, his profile suggests he can squeeze a short-term bounce from them.
 
...here's how he rocked up to the first day's training at Juve...he's slimmed down a bit now, but the overall vibe remains so I hear through the ITKs...word has it that he makes a list of who his potential 'wives' are, and if they don't deliver, well...


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I just got off the plane and the flight attendant was telling passengers "two doors, two doors". I then check Twitter and see we've appointed Tudor. You can't make this stuff up...
 
thfcsteff said:
Essentially, he needs to get 4 wins from our final 12 games. Three would probably be just about enough, especially if two of those are against Leeds and Forest.

I thought I'd take a punt at making some predictions. Join in if you feel like it...


Arsenal (H) - 1 point
Fulham (A) - 1 point
Crystal Palace (H) - 3 points
Liverpool (A) - 0 points
Forest (H) - 3 points
Sunderland (A) - 0 points
Brighton (H) - 3 points
Wolves (A) - 3 points
Aston Villa (A) - 0 points
Leeds (H) - 1 point
Chelsea (A) - 0 points
Everton (H) - 1 point

The obvious 'heart over head' is Goons at home. Reality says defeat but new manager bounce plus it being them says a draw.

So 15-16 points for me, which means a season end of 44 or 45 points.
Thoughts?
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I think you overestimate Sunderland and Villa. They're bottom 5 in the xG table.
 
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