Iraola

[KingCanny]

He looks the likely candidate. What's peoples opinions?His tactics sound good on paper but as much as I will back him 100% I still worry. Could be a genius appointment or it could be a Thomas Frank at spurs appointment. Just pray its the former & we really need to finish above Chelsea thats a fact

[Daffydd]

Iraola is the bookies favourite and then it's Sebastian Hoeness and Pierre Sage.

That's where we are. No mention of Eddie Howe. We missed out on Amorim to get Slot and we've just missed out on de Zerbi and Alonso. Who knows?

He's got premier league experience and he seems to actually develop young players, which is something we will need to do unless there's a half billion quid war chest knocking about.

[Ravo19]

More concerned about who is running the club,who has the power,will new manager have any say or just be coach.

[teesred]

Agree with KC. There are concerns and I guess most will feel the same.
Without sounding disrespectful to any of those mentioned they're not top bracket managers/coaches or whatever the moniker is.
I don't think it's an accident that we are not linked with the top table guys. After Klopp it's obvious and has been reported plenty that FSG are afraid of appointing someone who would yield power with the fans. Allegedly the reason Alonso wasn't approached.
That's certainly something to be concerned with but either way we back whoever comes in and we hopefully don't end up going down the Utd road of a merry-go-round in the next few seasons.

[jozza800]

Who are actually the top managers at the moment? I don't think there are that many

Klopp
Pep
Enrique
Simeone
Conte
Ancellotti
Mourinho
Emery

Klopp has retired, no chance of Pep, Simeone and Conte are too defensive and Jose and Dopn Carlo are approaching the twilight of their careers.

To me it leaves Enrique and Emery as the only two really that would be suitable and I can't see Enrique leaving any time soon.

[jozza800]

If the players buy into Ireloa's way of playing then we'll be back in business. They should, after half of them moaned about not running hard enough and complaining about declining standards.

By the sounds of things Ireloa runs a pretty stern ship, in a similar mould to Klopp, Pep and Conte - everyone runs, no one shirks.

[teesred]

Who are actually the top managers at the moment? I don't think there are that many

Klopp
Pep
Enrique
Simeone
Conte
Ancellotti
Mourinho
Emery

Klopp has retired, no chance of Pep, Simeone and Conte are too defensive and Jose and Dopn Carlo are approaching the twilight of their careers.

To me it leaves Enrique and Emery as the only two really that would be suitable and I can't see Enrique leaving any time soon.

Nagalsman,Inzaghi maybe? But in that list there id imagine all of them insist on more control than they'd be allowed at LFC right now. That's why we're not linked with any of them.
I do wonder of they've even sounded out any of them?

[teesred]

If the players buy into Ireloa's way of playing then we'll be back in business. They should, after half of them moaned about not running hard enough and complaining about declining standards.

By the sounds of things Ireloa runs a pretty stern ship, in a similar mould to Klopp, Pep and Conte - everyone runs, no one shirks.

100%.
A pal of mine said that Bournemouth were outran in 8 of the last 9 games of the season, unbeaten in the last 15 or so I think.
Bring outran maybe isn't so much of an issue of you have cutting edge up front and can stop goals going in. Work smarter not harder as Frank Spencer once said.

[Steveo]

One thing this guy is - is 100%... He looks extremely competent and has proved that even losing his best players is not an excuse. This is what we need.

Someone who is more concerned with his son/daughters GCSE results (Dutch equivalent) isn't going to cut the mustard. And it shows what rank amateurs we have in H'edwards. One thing I would credit F$G for is landing Klopp. This was surely their crowning glory. I realise that much of that was down to luck and timing - Ulla for not wanting Manchester and the fact that Klopp fits this club like a glove... but they landed him...and thank the lord they did.

I can see a Rafa Benitez potential in this fella and that allied to some proper backing... which I hope he gets...could take us places again.

[jozza800]

One thing for certain is that Ireloa (or whoever) won't be coming in and thinking "I don't need to do much here, it jus needs a bit of a tweak..."!