This is what I am going to say about this issue.
Accurate diagnosis of our problems, which include looking at the culture, attitude and mentality of the players, the competence of staff at key positions other than manager such as director of football, scouts and other executive positions and also the involvement and support of the fans need to be addressed particularly during games.
But the key is the players and their mentality and attitude with regards to how they view the club and thus how they apply themselves and approach every task. This is very important .If this issue is not at least addressed then I am afraid we will be going round in circles.
So there is no need joggling about with big European managerial names like Ancelini, Pavarotti, Garca guelermo Guaredila Reyes, Muller Koeman, Chinchilini, Wuge Buge- fans and the media seem to think that names bring real sustained transformation and success and that is not the case. OK the enthusiasm and novelty of a new manager might bring some good results for a year or maybe two. Then what happens after that?, the players get bored or find an issue with the manager, all the issues creep up again leading to players throwing manager under the bus, players not caring or not willing to put up a fight or thinking about playing their way out of the club and this leads to bad results on the pitch and then we repeat the same circle of calling big names as potential managerial replacements- Totacilli, Winkraad, Trandelenburg, Klopp- Silva the second , Ariva Mona Lisa Happiness, Martinez- Sanchez, Viera Obama Castro, Poopoolini etc and then we refer to the so and so record of the manager and how they will turn things around and guess what, the same circle repeats itself.
It happened with Mancini, It happened with Pellegrini and my assessment allows me to confidently conclude that it will happen again unless the inherent aforementioned problems especially the mentality of the players and their spirit and regard for the objectives of the club is addressed among other things such as adeptness in player transfers and competence of staff e.g medical staff.
You can say a manager will change the mentality and culture,but I say players, perhaps a new set of players might remedy that somewhat but that is going to take time.
Don't get me wrong, the managerial position is integral , absolutely, but my point is that it is not the only factor that really needs addressing in-order to divert from the path of unfulfilled potentials and erratic outcomes. Although two premier leagues in three years is not bad at all but we have to be looking to go further and ensure that we do what we can to really maximize our potential and mere managerial changes will not bring that achievement
Yes Pellegrini has not done well this season but he is not the only culpable factor. There are also other aspects not least (as I have said, a million times) player mentality that have played a major role to our shortcomings this season. If we do replace the manager, I call for something different, not just going for big names and thinking that will be the solution to our problems. I call for the executives to do something different akin to what Dean did in the 1990s by bringing an awkward unknown french man from Japan. That is just an example, I am not saying that we have to hire an awkward Frenchman from Japan, I am just saying that we really need to assess our situation as a whole, understand the state of the club and think out of the box. The worry is that the people running the club are not even going to think that far. They will probably go for the text book approach of going for a big name manager. Perhaps there is one out there that can really solve our problems but the case I am making is that we should really consider all the options and start making wise decisions.
It is high time we start thinking outside the box, we should not adhere to the belief that calling and linking big European managerial names to our club is going to be the key to success. It is more profound than that. So you can call all the big names as Pellegrini replacements but I reckon the bulk of the problem lie somewhere else.
This is my view on this issue of managerial changes.
