Next Manager Thread (2026 Edition)

[thfcsteff]

I am really mixed about a return of Poch, I love the bloke and love what he did here, just something niggling with it

I think the owners feel it's the play they had to make from the moment they came in. In fact, I wonder if they were happy to putter along with Frank knowing Poch would come in the summer until the situation got as bad as it did? That's something I don't know. One thing...with the ST prices being announced before the end of the season, they are going to need a big, fat, cheap hit...Poch allows them that.

 

[Lemonade Money]

I think the owners feel it's the play they had to make from the moment they came in. In fact, I wonder if they were happy to putter along with Frank knowing Poch would come in the summer until the situation got as bad as it did? That's something I don't know. One thing...with the ST prices being announced before the end of the season, they are going to need a big, fat, cheap hit...Poch allows them that.

Shades of Levy employing Hoddle.

 

[Gutter Boy]

Shades of Levy employing Hoddle.

I still think that would have worked if we weren't coming from such a low starting point/ENIC had turned the taps on a bit quicker. Hoddle was a great coach

 

[Gutter Boy]

I think the owners feel it's the play they had to make from the moment they came in. In fact, I wonder if they were happy to putter along with Frank knowing Poch would come in the summer until the situation got as bad as it did? That's something I don't know. One thing...with the ST prices being announced before the end of the season, they are going to need a big, fat, cheap hit...Poch allows them that.

They need to pair him with the right DoF.

They need to get Paul Mitchell, Ramon Planes, Dan Ashworth, or who ever Poch want to work with - in asap now.

 

[thfcsteff]

Shades of Levy employing Hoddle.

Oh absolutely!

Sadly, I am at a point where I'm up for trying a bit of nostalgic dopamine in the hope it actually defies logic and works even better second-time around. My 'wise mind' says it is not the right move for us long-term, but back in earlier years I'd polish a bottle of Jaegermeister off and just evacuate it the next day thinking nothing much about whether it was good or bad long-term because the night of consumption was epic. It's an unhealthy place to be as a supporter, that's for sure.

 

[K.D.D.D.D.Soc]

I still think that would have worked if we weren't coming from such a low starting point/ENIC had turned the taps on a bit quicker. Hoddle was a great coach

He may have been a great coach, but for a fantastic midfield player I can never understand why he selected a midfield that could only play walking football.

 

[robp135]

She withdrew the charges after she was intimidated (mainly be her own dad) and paid hush money, which is a bit different. So as not guilty as all the Epstein creeps

Aren’t they still together?

 

[robp135]

Shades of Levy employing Hoddle.

Didn’t that happen within weeks of ENIC taking over?

 

[robp135]

They need to pair him with the right DoF.

They need to get Paul Mitchell, Ramon Planes, Dan Ashworth, or who ever Poch want to work with - in asap now.

Mitchell would be ideal. Ashworth is in the mold of the guy from City we just hired I think.