Alternatives to Gary O'Neill

[Skrilla]

Who would you want, within reason, that is currently available? Here is a non-exhaustive list of available managers:

Category A: Not a chance.

• Antonio Conte, Julian Nagelsmann, Zinedine Zidane

Category B: Ambitious, would be very happy with any of these.

• Graham Potter, Christophe Galtier, Joachim Low, Andre Villas-Boas, Marcelo Bielsa, Marcelo Gallardo

Category C: Interesting, but perhaps uninspiring.

• OG Solskjaer, Ruud Van Nistelrooy, Lucien Favre, Rafa Benitez, Patrick Vieira

Category D: Steer well clear.

• Gary O'Neil, Ralph Hassenhuttl, Jesse Marsch, Frank Lampard, Dean Smith, Sam Allardyce, Javi Gracia, Nathan Jones, Gennaro Gattuso, Scott Parker, Carlos Carvalhal, Alex McLeish, Vitor Pereira, Claude Puel, Steve Bruce

 

[Bill McCai]

Barack Obama

 

[Bill McCai]

Julen Lopetegui

 

[Wolf316]

Who would you want, within reason, that is currently available? Here is a non-exhaustive list of available managers:

Category A: Not a chance.

• Antonio Conte, Julian Nagelsmann, Zinedine Zidane

Category B: Ambitious, would be very happy with any of these.

• Graham Potter, Christophe Galtier, Joachim Low, Andre Villas-Boas, Marcelo Bielsa, Marcelo Gallardo

Category C: Interesting, but perhaps uninspiring.

• OG Solskjaer, Ruud Van Nistelrooy, Lucien Favre, Rafa Benitez, Patrick Vieira

Category D: Steer well clear.

• Gary O'Neil, Ralph Hassenhuttl, Jesse Marsch, Frank Lampard, Dean Smith, Sam Allardyce, Javi Gracia, Nathan Jones, Gennaro Gattuso, Scott Parker, Carlos Carvalhal, Alex McLeish, Vitor Pereira, Claude Puel, Steve Bruce

Any of B plus Ruud,

 

[Darvo]

Mr Bean

 

[Willywolf]

Mike Bassett

 

[Ewok vs Wolf]

Bit harsh on Hassenhuttl, did excellent for Southampton for a couple of years. Think his style would actually suit us and develop the young players

 

[Redrockwanderer]

Patrick Viera, Rafa (steady the ship) or Ruud for me…

 

[Skrilla]

Bit harsh on Hassenhuttl, did excellent for Southampton for a couple of years. Think his style would actually suit us and develop the young players

Yes maybe slightly low on him, just uninspiring. Southampton's demise wasn't entirely down to him, but he played his part I would say.

 

[Sedgers]

BBM Bring Back Mick.

 

[Willywolf]

Ken Jackson (aka Pete Postlethwaite) from When Saturday Comes

 

[Padraig]

New Wolfie

 

[StaffordWolf]

Give Van Nistelrooy a blast at it.

 

[Wolf in Wednesbury]

What’s Micky Beale doing nowadays?

 

[TriumphWolf]

If JL does depart, then we could do worse than Villas-Boas or Potter.

 

[JadeWolf]

Villas-Boas from that list.

 

[Carl Corts Flick Ons]

Hasn’t mouthino stayed in the area?!

 

[Mile End Wanderer]

Ralph Hassenhuttl
Mick McCarthy
Sam Allardyce
Claude Puel
Graham Potter
Paul Ince
Neil Warnock
Steven Schumacher

My shortlist would be

Steven Schumacher 1 (up and coming)
Ralph Hassenhuttl 2 (experienced)
Neil Warnock 3 (would be entertaining)

 

[Oh When the Wolves]

Potter
Hassunhutl
Viera

 

[TheConcourse]

BielsaBall.

 

[Arc]

From the way this manager search is going as well as previously, it doesn't even seem like to me that they bother weighing up alternatives. It's like they pick a name out of a hat and just hire whoever it is. It never seems like they give any thought to who they want to hire as manager. Just look at all the managers we've been linked with since nuno and none of them make any sense whatsoever other than JL. Do they have a clue what style of play they want to implement? What is the ****ing appeal in gary's boring defensive football? What genuinely makes the wolves hierarchy think this is a good appointment. They just want a cheap option that'll hopefully keep us up in the prem

 

[TheConcourse]

From the way this manager search is going as well as previously, it doesn't even seem like to me that they bother weighing up alternatives. It's like they pick a name out of a hat and just hire whoever it is. It never seems like they give any thought to who they want to hire as manager. Just look at all the managers we've been linked with since nuno and none of them make any sense whatsoever other than JL. Do they have a clue what style of play they want to implement? What is the ****ing appeal in gary's boring defensive football? What genuinely makes the wolves hierarchy think this is a good appointment. They just want a cheap option that'll hopefully keep us up in the prem

This. Total lucky dip with zero thought to style. We’ve changed ‘style’ four times in 12 months.

No plan.

 

[sc91]

I've grabbed a turd out of the toilet, reckon if I chucked a few sprinkles on it, give it a little wipe, that it might well get a 2-3 hour interview with Jeff and the job.

 

[DanishWolf]

Some decent names on that list.
But it really buggers me, that we seem to have to go for somebody unemployed to avoid paying compo.
When Lage left we were also linked with Genesio (Rennes) and Bo Svensson(Mainz), both excellent coaches, that would probably come, and I'm sure there are others.

 

[Bradstonian]

Carlos Corberán is a Spaniard who saved WBA from relegation, winning 10 of his first 12 games. Would he enjoy the challenge of managing in the Prem? Hmmm...​

 

[Loojay]

New Wolfie

Sold

 

[sedgwolf1980]

O’Neil is category G at best.

That’s how absurd this whole pantomime is.

 

[Chisels_n_ommers]

TC

with Mick as his assistant

 

[Agent Cooper]

Sadly with the current financial restrictions it'll be Category D only. It's going to be O'Neil but only one from that category I would have preferred is Hassenhuttl. I'm resigned to O'Neil but hope it's just a stop gap, unless he morphs into Pep mark 2, unlikely I know.

 

[northnorfolkwolf]

They've quite recently ****ed up with Saunders, Zenga, Solbakken and the other one, so I can't believe some of the names they may be seriously considering. What a total **** up.

 

[Wolf316]

I've grabbed a turd out of the toilet, reckon if I chucked a few sprinkles on it, give it a little wipe, that it might well get a 2-3 hour interview with Jeff and the job.

They’ll be well impressed when can it start?

 

[sedgwolf1980]

Plus, please explain how anyone other than a complete deadbeat would be remotely interested in this job given what’s currently unfolding for them all to see.

 

[Loojay]

Avb will love it here

 

[Steampunk Rules OK]

I’ve already said on the other thread - Ted Lasso all day for me and he’s already got his own coaching staff.

 

[Timberwolf]

Villas-Boas from that list.

Absolutely. I’d even go and pick him up.

 

[Loojay]

Fantasy land thinking about AVB, how about we skip the bull**** and just sign Pep

 

[JadeWolf]

Absolutely. I’d even go and pick him up.

I’ll lend you my car!

 

[S G Wolves]

Solsjkear (spelling) is an absolute fraud. Worst PL manager in it's history. Should be category G.

Need an inspired choice not O'Neil.

 

[kidder_wolf_II]

Ruud, Moutihno, hassenhuttl, Potter, would all be better than Gary ****ing O’Neil

 

[WickedWolfie]

Yes maybe slightly low on him, just uninspiring. Southampton's demise wasn't entirely down to him, but he played his part I would say.

Their fans would likely say sales and poor or non-existent replacements did for them.... Sound familiar?