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If only it were that easy to just stop.

Results driven business ultimately. But if the performances improve and the support can see an upward trajectory then the aneurisms should be kept at bay.

If we look at recent history, our club seems to achieve the most success with a very specific type of manager / head coach. A man manager like Smith and McLeish, while not tactical masterminds worked miracles on limited budgets at times (Walter second time around obviously). While football has changed since they had their success with us. I can see the value of getting a manager that can motivate a talented squad to play at 100% every week as opposed to one that can go into great granular tactical detail on how to beat the 10 man defence of St Johnstone and Aberdeen while cruising along at 50%. Who that manager is I don't know, but its worth taking into consideration.

Rijkaard - yeah fair. Seemed to disappear after success at Barca but IIRC he built the foundation for that Pep side. Koeman - I think you'd need to be more specific about the success he has had. Far more failures IMO Cruyff - Yeah this one is fair. But I think he was a one off and a great fit for Barca (I see a theme emerging) Advocaat - short term success at us after outspending the opposition considerably. Wheels fell off very quickly. Did well in Russia but I have my doubts about the legitimacy of the domestic competition van Gaal - Did ok initially and then was sacked everywhere seems to be the theme first at Bayern, success here didn't last long at all. Did ok at Barca then it fell apart. Didn't do well at Man U IMO. Seemed to fall out with everyone and leave after a year or so. Hiddink - Had a lot of jobs - where would you consider him a success outside PSV? I think there are a few exceptions to the rule but I think the rule in general is sound. Mark van Bommel is doing well at Antwerp, however they have Marc Overmars as head of football operations and have assimilated many Dutch players and staff. I think that can work in Belgium but wouldn't want to see us take that approach. Peter Bosz a good example abject failure everywhere he has been outside of Holland, goes back to PSV and looks like he might have a good go at the title. ten Haag recently at Man U - done well domestically and in Europe at Ajax. I cant think of a top club coveting a Dutch manager in recent times. Arne Slot at Feyenoord is the next 'big thing' so will be interesting to see how he gets on when he takes the next step. Was linked with Spurs. Rumor is he knocked them back(!) but i think that Ange was a done deal there for a while and was seeing time out up here.

Yep, has basically taken over from him, kept the team playing the same way and if he gets stuck gives Ange a phone for advice. That's not a Rangers manager for me.

I think they banned all the Rangers fans there. Its only the timposters and the mods now.

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Dutch schooled manager - they don't tend to perform well outside of Holland AZ Alkmaar - were performing well under previous coach who done well at Feyenoord, has the built something better or is he keeping a good thing going How much influence in transfers does he have or is it a DoF led / analyst & scout approach? What is 'success' at Alkmaar? if its finishing about 8th place or higher in the league, that's not exactly representative of expectations here Is 50 odd and in his first managers job How often do AZ Alkmaar play against the low block and can he beat it? Done ok in Europe to be fair

He shouldn’t have to assemble anything he should already have these people in place. But doing it now is bettter than not doing it at all.

I’m not worried about it as he is probably a better option than the majority of names I’ve seen so far. Genuinely the likes of Muscat and Jansen strike fear into me. They will be lucky to last 6 months.

What about this boy. Does he habla the lingo?

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What someone has done in the past doesn't matter, all that matters is they come here and win.

Interesting I recall at the time he left the ITK mods on follow follow insinuating Allen and Gerrard didn't get along.

Every name that's mentioned fills me with terror. I suppose that's more an indication of where the club is at rather than the candidates themselves. It needs a giant like a Souness, Gerrard or Smith second time around to pick up the reigns.

Scott Wright played a key role..

No dutchies, they are all rotten outside of Holland. @Rousseau will back me up on that

I think the leaks about Muscat, Potter and John Eustace indicate the board have been sounding people out. I just hope some of the people they have been sounding out are better quality than those. The J League has 5 weeks left I hope Davis & co are not in place to keep the seat warm for Muscat.. Many will point to Ange and call it a lazy link but don't forget we have an investor / director with a presence in Japan and Asia who spoke publicly about connection's he has in Japan and South Korean football in Stuart Gibson.

Anyone who watched that Kilmarnock defeat and thought he could turn it around was on a heavy dose of deludemol. The red flags were abundant that day.

I think reading between the lines it indicates he has been working for the club in some capacity.

Not ‘happy’ to see another manager sacked but he had to go and the sooner the better. The only real choice for now is an interim manager. Problem is there is no real stand out candidate as a permanent appointment. Young up and comers won’t want to risk it with us and experienced decent coaches won’t want to see their reputations tarnished after a bad time with us. So what’s the move here? Hope the interim team does well and gets us to the end of the season and a candidate emerges. Hope Steve Davis emulates Xavi, Guardiola, Gerrard etc and turns out to be a managerial masterclass? I haven’t heard one name mentioned in terms of the job from ‘bookies favourites’ that I’d have confidence in. Interesting times ahead..

Pleased with Davis as interim. Good luck to him. Best choice I think given circumstances.

Looks like teas oot.

Heard somewhere he gets a cut of transfer fees or something