The Sir Alex Ferguson Thread (For Manager related news)

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Fuck off Ince.

[Gazz]

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'We're being overrun in midfield'

[Bobfoc]

18 minutes ago, Lineker said:

 

I remember when he also said that he could have done just as well as Solskjaer initially did at Man United.

[Colly]

1 hour ago, Gazz said:

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'We're being overrun in midfield'

Hopefully not Shearer, his record is pretty poor. Are there enough Al's to go around?

[DavidMarrio]

1 hour ago, Colly said:

Hopefully not Shearer, his record is pretty poor. Are there enough Al's to go around?

Alan Curbishley is still available 

[Szumi]

2 hours ago, DavidMarrio said:

Alan Curbishley is still available 

I honestly don't understand why he was never hired again as a manager after the West Ham departure. He wasn't a terrible manager at all. Maybe there's more to it than I know?

[Bobfoc]

23 minutes ago, Szumi - A Polack said:

I honestly don't understand why he was never hired again as a manager after the West Ham departure. He wasn't a terrible manager at all. Maybe there's more to it than I know?

From what I can gather, he was holding out for a big job after he left West Ham, but nothing came along that he considered worth going for. The longer he was out of the game, the less appealing he probably became to potential employers.

His managerial record, albeit with only two clubs, was actually very good. He took Charlton to the Premier League and kept them there for several years, a status they're miles off now. He also saved West Ham from relegation before guiding them to a top-half finish the following season.

[Lineker]

I think there was a lawsuit with West Ham. He won, but at the expense of being effectively blackballed from the industry. 

[Szumi]

59 minutes ago, Lineker said:

I think there was a lawsuit with West Ham. He won, but at the expense of being effectively blackballed from the industry. 

That's kind of what I was thinking. That huh filing, and winning, the lawsuit against West Ham blackballed him from other clubs wanting him. 

[Hobo]

According to wiki he was Technical Director and later first team coaching at Fulham in 2013-15.

[gunnar hendershow]

Wasn't Curbishley in the conversation to become England manager after the 06 World Cup?

[Bobfoc]

5 hours ago, damhausen said:

Wasn't Curbishley in the conversation to become England manager after the 06 World Cup?

He was. He also claimed that he was being considered for the Liverpool job before Benitez got it.

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17 hours ago, Lineker said:

I think there was a lawsuit with West Ham. He won, but at the expense of being effectively blackballed from the industry. 

This, sadly.

[Baddar]

Spurs want Kompany to replace Conte, according to reports.

[Adam]

So say The Sun, anyway.

I just can't see that one. He hasn't managed a single game at the top level yet.

[Baddar]

He hasn't, but appointing managers who certainly have isn't exactly doing them many favours either at the moment.

[Adam]

They may as well appoint one of us as manager by that logic though. Plenty of good, experienced managers would want to take over at Spurs. Kompany has had one very good season in the Championship with one of its most capable clubs, having failed to really meet expectations at Anderlecht. He's only 37, I can only see it ending badly if he steps up to that level of job too soon.

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4 minutes ago, Adam said:

They may as well appoint one of us as manager by that logic though. Plenty of good, experienced managers would want to take over at Spurs. Kompany has had one very good season in the Championship with one of its most capable clubs, having failed to really meet expectations at Anderlecht. He's only 37, I can only see it ending badly if he steps up to that level of job too soon.

Wouldn't that be a shame? Both Spurs and Burnley suffering....

[Colly]

1 hour ago, Adam said:

They may as well appoint one of us as manager by that logic though. Plenty of good, experienced managers would want to take over at Spurs. Kompany has had one very good season in the Championship with one of its most capable clubs, having failed to really meet expectations at Anderlecht. He's only 37, I can only see it ending badly if he steps up to that level of job too soon.

Dunno, at worst he could be shite but then get to come back 18 months later as an interim, that's the in thing these days.

[Baddar]

Nagelsmann and Luis Enrique have pulled out of the race (is it a race?) to become Chelsea manager. 

Poch could hurt Spurs fans if he takes it.