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New New Manager Poll (The Lets Get It Right This Time Edition)

Who Do You Want Then?

  • Poch

    Votes: 58 43.3%
  • Gallardo

    Votes: 7 5.2%
  • De Zerbi

    Votes: 2 1.5%
  • Enrique

    Votes: 1 0.7%
  • Carrick

    Votes: 1 0.7%
  • Kompany

    Votes: 1 0.7%
  • Other

    Votes: 23 17.2%
  • Tuchel

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Nagelsmann

    Votes: 24 17.9%
  • Slot

    Votes: 17 12.7%

  • Total voters
    134
Also, why the two-year deal? Guy needs all the authority he can get as a relatively unproven coach coming into a dressing room as surly and snobbish as ours - this dressing room turned on two of the game's greatest winners in Mourinho and Conte.

We gave Poch a five-year deal when he was first appointed, and I remember it was in part because of that very thing - gave him a little more authority to tell our highly-paid, underperforming sods to fudge off.

Bit strange we've only gone for a 2+1, same as Conte's. Unless it's what he wanted, which may be the case.
 
I dont know what to make of this. It could work, or it could all go horribly wrong. I watched the Scottish cup final, really liked the way that once the score went to 2-1 Celtic pushed on for the third rather than trying to shut up shop. The players pass quickly in triangles and there are lots of forward runs being made. What was worrying though was that once they lost possession Celtic got carved apart a couple of times, a better opponent would have punished them. Looking forward to the positive football, but a bit worried at the same time.
 
Incremental improvements that make it look like he has a plan? Signs of attacking football even if it means some big losses on the way?

Clear the decks of dross, implement own plan, show signs that his plan is taking shape....green shoot for future

If he’s in Nuno territory after 3 to 6 months, whose results in isolation weren’t even so bad, would you both be happy to stick?
 
If he’s in Nuno territory after 3 to 6 months, whose results in isolation weren’t even so bad, would you both be happy to stick?

We finished 8th last year and are in a clearer need of an overhaul part of which I think will come this summer. If the feeling around the place and the ideas of his football which is vastly more attacking than Nuno are being shown, even in spurts, then yeh I would
 
I dont know what to make of this. It could work, or it could all go horribly wrong. I watched the Scottish cup final, really liked the way that once the score went to 2-1 Celtic pushed on for the third rather than trying to shut up shop. The players pass quickly in triangles and there are lots of forward runs being made. What was worrying though was that once they lost possession Celtic got carved apart a couple of times, a better opponent would have punished them. Looking forward to the positive football, but a bit worried at the same time.
But thats the risk of attacking football, City look vulnerable every time they lose the ball but they have quality players to get them out of brick. I would like to think our players are a tad better than Celtics players.
 
But thats the risk of attacking football, City look vulnerable every time they lose the ball but they have quality players to get them out of brick. I would like to think our players are a tad better than Celtics players.

We have Eric Dier, Davinson Sanchez and Ben Davies, so calling them 'better than Celtic's players' is a stretch mate. :p

In all seriousness, we have better players but also much better opponents that will punish openness like that a *lot* more than the no-mark semipro outfits in Scotland did when Celtic lost the ball.

The first few months with this bloke are going to be an absolute nightmare of conceding cheap/easy goals as this leaden-footed lot of macarons learn to play through presses and be more front-foot. We conceded, what, 61 goals this season while sitting back like burrowing beetles for half the game ? Expect a lot more than that.

He has my support while he weathers that, but it isn't going to be pretty.

However..if he plays Dier or gives him even a minute, he deserves what he gets. That is shooting yourself in the head - and your own mistake.
 
The first few months with this bloke are going to be an absolute nightmare of conceding cheap/easy goals as this leaden-footed lot of macarons learn to play through presses and be more front-foot. We conceded, what, 61 goals this season while sitting back like burrowing beetles for half the game ? Expect a lot more than that.

Thats exactly what I fear. To be fair though Ange is no fool and does seem to be adaptable, so maybe the changes will be made gradually. I guess we all need to be patient.
 
The only thing i fear is the horrible section of our fan base booing if we lose our first couple of games. It will 100% happen if we do go on a bad run straight away.
Hopefully Emirates Marketing Project at home is one of our first fixtures then :D....
 
I'm not overly exited about Ange, but I'm curious to see how it will pan out. Hopefully it'll be a success.
I've got no doubt of his methods and coaching ability. My main concern is that having only coached in lower end leagues with significantly lower pace, his training drills might be to slow, or rather he'll be pleased with a too low pace than what is required.

It's similar to when good players go to a lower league, they often fall down into the same pace as the rest, even though they are capable of much more.

But we'll see. I wish him good luck, and hopefully I'll be proven wrong. Nothing would please me more!
 
I'm pleased that:
1) we can now start to move forwards and get behind someone.
2) he can speak English well and get his message across passionately and articulately
3) fans and people who worked with him love him

Like everyone else, I'm concerned he comes from SPL but others have come from Japan / Sweden / Denmark / Croatia / wherever and done well, so that doesn't mean he will or won't succeed.

Every manager fails eventually, they all get sacked eventually, but hopefully Ange can pull the fans and club together in a bear hug and get us attacking teams with belief i.e. make it entertaining, that is the whole point of going to football.
 
I'm not overly exited about Ange, but I'm curious to see how it will pan out. Hopefully it'll be a success.
I've got no doubt of his methods and coaching ability. My main concern is that having only coached in lower end leagues with significantly lower pace, his training drills might be to slow, or rather he'll be pleased with a too low pace than what is required.

It's similar to when good players go to a lower league, they often fall down into the same pace as the rest, even though they are capable of much more.

But we'll see. I wish him good luck, and hopefully I'll be proven wrong. Nothing would please me more!

I’m hoping that some of our existing coaching team will still be there to help and support him.
 
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