Next Manager Poll

[AkaAkuma]

Genuine question, would Conte adapt his tactics to 4 at the back?

His record is excellent across so many clubs. He’s a winner, he pulls teams up a level very quickly with his demands.
I also love what he said in that interview at spurs.

If he could be tactically flexible, play a way United demands he would bring all the management qualities we need.

 

[Dominos]

Genuine question, would Conte adapt his tactics to 4 at the back?

His record is excellent across so many clubs. He’s a winner, he pulls teams up a level very quickly with his demands.
I also love what he said in that interview at spurs.

If he could be tactically flexible, play a way United demands he would bring all the management qualities we need.

I believe his Juve team back in the day played back 4 and Napoli currently do too.

It's a problem that he's liable to try a horrible back 5 at some point since that often has been his preference but not always.

His Spurs stint put me off. He was horribly defensive, and too volatile in the media towards the directors and towards his players. It's just going to be a circus and the lack of attacking ambition in his style will be a problem if he managed here.

 

[Yakuza_devils]

Hope it's not a manager bounce. If we continue this way perhaps Carrick will be our Pep or Zidane.

With addition of Baleba/Wharton and Anderson in midfield and another LW and RB next season. I am very optimistic.

He should be in the run to be a permanent manager unless the new permanent manager is named Enrique.

 

[Rolaholic]

Seeing Poch getting linked to a Spurs return post-World Cup thankfully

 

[Rooney1987]

As there's no outstanding candidate, Carrick has to be in the conversation, but it's very early days.

He needs to demonstrate some serious tactical and coaching ability, as well as results.

If in this made scenario Carrick gets us 4th (or 3rd), plays good football and doesn't fall of a cliff like Ole did after February. Im not against giving him a 1 year deal for next season.

If that doesn't happen. I think Alonso will wait for the Liverpool job. Nagelsmann isn't actually available till 2028. Enrique will either go to City to replace Pep or stay at PSG. Emery will be expensive and the risk of how PSG/Arsenal ended at a big club. Zidane, well we know that is never happening. In terms of big couches that leaves Tuchal and Don Carlo. Tuchel is a great coach but is a ticking time bomb who you know we'll have to replace in 2/3 years anyway. Ancelotti do we wanna go down that hiring a old manager past his best again. If we can get Nagelsmann or Enrique I would do that butI don't think they'll be available to us. For me I know this will be unpopular but Im not against Ancelotti even though I just said he is past his best, which he is but still a good manager who out of that list is the only one who would take shortish deal. Bring in Carlo on 1/2 year deal, steady the team, reset the squad and test the manager market again in 2027/8

 

[FortunaUtd]

Think Ole can be taken out of the poll

 

[Raoul]

Genuine question, would Conte adapt his tactics to 4 at the back?

His record is excellent across so many clubs. He’s a winner, he pulls teams up a level very quickly with his demands.
I also love what he said in that interview at spurs.

If he could be tactically flexible, play a way United demands he would bring all the management qualities we need.

This is why I think many wouldn't want him. We've seen enough of 3 at the back to last a lifetime.

 

[JPRouve]

I believe his Juve team back in the day played back 4 and Napoli currently do too.

It's a problem that he's liable to try a horrible back 5 at some point since that often has been his preference but not always.

His Spurs stint put me off. He was horribly defensive, and too volatile in the media towards the directors and towards his players. It's just going to be a circus and the lack of attacking ambition in his style will be a problem if he managed here.

His favorite formation is 424, he had to abandon it with Juventus because they didn't have the means to buy him the players he was crying for and he had a surplus of top CBs. It was his favorite approach with Bari which he initially brought to Juventus and now Napoli.

 

[dinostar77]

I don't care who we appoint as long as they are shown the video from yesterdays game and tell them, that's the standard and football we expect.

Yesterday was like a throwback to Utd under Fergie at their best. Id forgotten Utd could play like that.

 

[Yakuza_devils]

I don't care who we appoint as long as they are shown the video from yesterdays game and tell them, that's the standard and football we expect.

Yesterday was like a throwback to Utd under Fergie at their best. Id forgotten Utd could play like that.

This is the great mystery. Our team has been like this under several different managers. On their days when they put in efforts, they can beat any team.

When it's off day, we struggled to beat Wolves, Burnley and etc.

The inconsistency is killing us.

 

[Wumminator]

This is the great mystery. Our team has been like this under several different managers. On their days when they put in efforts, they can beat any team.

When it's off day, we struggled to beat Wolves, Burnley and etc.

The inconsistency is killing us.

I mean that is pretty much every team in the Prem this year.

 

[Yakuza_devils]

I mean that is pretty much every team in the Prem this year.

Yes but hopefully under Carrick we will be more consistent to end up at least at 5th place to qualify for CL.

The point is the City performance maybe a one off due to manager bounce. But really hope it can continue.

We played our best football post SAF in that game.

 

[Escobar]

There is time for once. No need to rush now and we can sound out some top managers. If an elite manager is available we can woek towards that and if Carrick keeps that up he should be considered too

 

[Rolaholic]

Frank will be free soon, I remember he was ranked highly during the last 'who should we hire' poll before Amorim

 

[Amira]

While the best thing Carrick can do to get himself the job is get the team performing these next 16 games, the irony is that it would also make us more attractive to the big names.

 

[sullydnl]

Currently think I would rank them something like:

Tier 1: Enrique
Tier 2: Ancelotti, Alonso
Tier 3: Nagelsmann, Tuchel
Tier 4: Xavi, Iraola, Maresca
Tier 5: Howe, Silva, Carrick, McKenna
Tears: Emery, Conte, Glasner, Southgate, Ole

Don't know enough about Hoeneß, and Carrrick could move up if he does exceptionally well.

 

[jamesjimmybyrondean]

With Tuchel I’d be worried if we’re getting the counter pressing, compact style he coached at Chelsea initially or the slow, out of ideas style he coached at Bayern and latter stages of Chelsea

 

[lean]

With Tuchel I’d be worried if we’re getting the counter pressing, compact style he coached at Chelsea initially or the slow, out of ideas style he coached at Bayern and latter stages of Chelsea

Probably more an instance of other teams adapting and exploiting flaws in his tactics than him changing up

 

[MaMa given red]

Not sure how reliable this is but...
https://www.unitedinfocus.com/news/...-wont-become-the-man-utd-manager-this-summer/
ESPN journalist Mark Ogden has shared what he has been told about Alonso, after checking with his sources if United would consider a swoop for the ex-Liverpool midfielder.


“So when the whole Man United situation was going off and I was speaking to somebody talking about United and just a kind of a cheeky little, ‘why not consider Xabi Alonso?’

“And obviously, I know the answer is that he played for Liverpool etc. But he was like, no, no, no, that’s not going to happen.

“He said, and the story that this guy had been told, and he has a bit of insight, was that they said, no, Xabi Alonso will end up at Bayern Munich this summer, and Vincent Kompany will go to Man City because Man City wants Vincent Kompany back and Xabi Alonso is an obvious fit for Bayern Munich.

“Because he’s as much of a legend as he is at Liverpool. He’s also a great at Bayern Munich.”

So, Ogden is predicting a managerial merry-go-round, which could see Pep Guardiola leave the Etihad Stadium.

 

[#07]

Maybe I'm reading too much into it but it feels like Carlo's putting it out there that if Arbeloa doesn't work out he's willing to return to Madrid. One off the list..?

 

[The Firestarter]

Maybe I'm reading too much into it but it feels like Carlo's putting it out there that if Arbeloa doesn't work out he's willing to return to Madrid. One off the list..?

Before the WC? Yeah right

 

[KStandBarmyArmy1993]

Maybe I'm reading too much into it but it feels like Carlo's putting it out there that if Arbeloa doesn't work out he's willing to return to Madrid. One off the list..?

I have a suspicion that he's going to city if Guardiola leaves.

They'll go for something of a stop gap if there's no longer term options available.

 

[PepG]

I have a suspicion that he's going to city if Guardiola leaves.

They'll go for something of a stop gap if there's no longer term options available.

Yeah right. That worked well last time (Ancelotti succeeding Guardiola at Bayern).. Not a chance..

 

[USREDEVIL]

Maybe I'm reading too much into it but it feels like Carlo's putting it out there that if Arbeloa doesn't work out he's willing to return to Madrid. One off the list..?

Interesting. "Good luck in what's left of the season..."

 

[Pscholes18]

Why is Alonso so high on peoples list?

 

[USREDEVIL]

Why is Alonso so high on peoples list?

one breakout year at leverkusen
flavor of the month
we want things we cannot have
etc.

 

[Bright_Eyes]

Hope it's not a manager bounce. If we continue this way perhaps Carrick will be our Pep or Zidane.

With addition of Baleba/Wharton and Anderson in midfield and another LW and RB next season. I am very optimistic.

He should be in the run to be a permanent manager unless the new permanent manager is named Enrique.

I think it's way too early to ask whether he's even in the running. I get everyone is excited and I loved the last match too, but that City team are garbage right now. Plus it's just one game. What if we lose the next few?

 

[Bright_Eyes]

Why is Alonso so high on peoples list?

Not many good options out there who don't have a major weakness

 

[Cícero Almeida]

Rogério Ceni would be great. Cheapest option too.

 

[NewGlory]

Can we please remove this explosive basket case, from the poll? He has not achieved jack shit, would rather keep Carrick than somebody who cannot handle himself and gets in public fights with his own players

 

[NoPace]

Why is Alonso so high on peoples list?

-Leverkusen team was really impressive in a way Amorim's just wasn't in a similar system. Created strong partnerships at CM (Andrich wasn't particularly highly rated and seems to be back off the German team post-Alonso, but he did very well with Xhaka), on the left (Grimaldo tucking in and moving forward into a typical LM role and Hincapie going from LCB to a traditional LB when they attacked) and at CB (Tah and Tapsoba). They won a lot of games late, indicating the team was in shape and he handled subs well.

-Got sacked at Madrid for absurd reasons that don't matter here

-Young so a long-term solution

-People respect Spanish football, we haven't had a Spanish manager fail yet so not the stink of twin Dutch and Portuguese failures post-Ferguson. Guardiola and Arteta were also Spanish #8/#6 deep-passing midfielders (apart from Arteta's years on the right as a younger player, but he was at heart and at peak level a #8) and that does seem like the smartest footballers around the last few decades and it is a lot of ex-players getting big jobs now instead of Mourinho

These reasons may be unconvincing, and there's a good chance he wants to coach at Liverpool or Bayern, but at a casual glance it makes sense. Sociedad are his other club and they're in mid-table and gave their new manager a suspiciously short deal. Presumably Alonso has greater ambitions, but I'd be tempted if I was him. Famously beautiful city and he was the youth team coach there.

 

[NoLogo]

I really would like to have a Spanish manager/head coach next year. Alonso, Emery or L. Enrique would all be good choices imo. It's just a question of which one of these three we could actually get.

 

[OverratedOpinion]

I really would like to have a Spanish manager/head coach next year. Alonso, Emery or L. Enrique would all be good choices imo. It's just a question of which one of these three we could actually get.

We might be able to get Lopetegui away from Qatar if we are willing to pay big wages

 

[Berbasbullet]

Can we please remove this explosive basket case, from the poll? He has not achieved jack shit, would rather keep Carrick than somebody who cannot handle himself and gets in public fights with his own players

No one here has suggested Tielemans so drop the attitude mate.

 

[NoLogo]

No one here has suggested Tielemans so drop the attitude mate.

 

[NewGlory]

No one here has suggested Tielemans so drop the attitude mate.

Well-played. That said do you really think Unai was blameless in that public debacle?

Either way, I would rather keep Carrick (if he does well of course) than go for somebody like Unai ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ He is not at the same level as Ancelotti, or even Tuchel and if winning couple UEFA cups and finishing CL spot is his best achievement, Carrick may be able to do those. Our appetite needs to be a bit bigger than that. He is still better than Poch, maybe, I will concede that much. Cannot stand Poch

 

[Bo_devil]

Can we please remove this explosive basket case, from the poll? He has not achieved jack shit, would rather keep Carrick than somebody who cannot handle himself and gets in public fights with his own players

You might not have been around when Fergie kicked the boot into Beckam's face
Things happen man, it's how managers and players deal with the fall outs that counts. Do you let it fester or move on within a matter of hours? That's what separates the boys from the men. Spats like this happen in any type of work environment almost daily. As long as it's not a regular thing you just forget about it and move on. You apologise, if that's what's needed and keep it moving.

 

[NewGlory]

You might not have been around when Fergie kicked the boot into Beckam's face
Things happen man, it's how managers and players deal with the fall outs that counts. Do you let it fester or move on within a matter of hours? That's what separates the boys from the men. Spats like this happen in any type of work environment almost daily. As long as it's not a regular thing you just forget about it and move on. You apologise, if that's what's needed and keep it moving.

I was around and it was one of the saddest days, considering the consequences.

That whole thing didn't end well, so not sure it is a great example that you think it is. We lost of one of the best players we ever had in Beckham as a result. Now, granted, Sir Alex was a GOAT who could get away with murder because he kept winning, but Unai is not Sir Alex, will probably never be and he hasn't won a single EPL yet, so things that Fergie got away with, are not things we can accept from anybody else, right?

 

[mbapps]

You might not have been around when Fergie kicked the boot into Beckam's face

Don't think Fergie meant it but it was good of David to walk about Manchester with his forehead exposed, and the giant plaster to go with it.

I'm sure it he just popped to get milk!

 

[always_hoping]