Next Manager after Pep

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domalino said:
More likely Fernandinho IMO.

Vinny's got the taste for management now, and getting Anderlecht back into Europe will give him a great platform to get bigger jobs.
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It's Vinny at this stage, that has always been the plan, although we would be stupid to toss away Fernandinho's experience, certainly as he is applying for residency for him and his family.

Expecting to see Fern take up some coaching role with us.
 
Keeper! said:
It will be interesting to see how the next few months go at Leicester.

He seems under some pressure from the fans, which seems harsh and unnecessary.

Let's see how he and his team react, probably the first time a crowd has turned on him and questioning him.
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Not sure where you've got the pressure from the fans, the links to the Newcastle job were met with outrage and left no doubt they want to keep him.

All Leicester fans I've seen recognise they're missing their first choice RB, LB, both CB's and defensive midfielder.
 
tolmie's hairdoo said:
City believe he is at the perfect age to cement a legacy of his own, embrace the younger players now being dripped in.

Rodgers doesn't really have a bad word to say about us and that's deliberate. There's a paucity of elite managers winning at an elite level, outside of Pep, so City have been busy assessing Rodgers, aligned to the resources he has had so far in his career.
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think this is a good assessment. I rally do th9nk he's a very good manager not least because, like City have done in the past, he seems to be able to spot good players for relatively cheap prices and then make them better.
He has done his apprenticeship and think he would do well if he does come in after Pep. He might not be Pep but who is?
 
Keeper! said:
It will be interesting to see how the next few months go at Leicester.

He seems under some pressure from the fans, which seems harsh and unnecessary.

Let's see how he and his team react, probably the first time a crowd has turned on him and questioning him.
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Yep, he's questioned the ambition on some fronts, which hasn't gone down well with some behind the scenes.

Long time between now and Pep leaving, even if he calls it a day in the summer of 2023.

I don't see Pep fucking off if we sign Haaland. Anybody else, possibly.
 
domalino said:
Not sure where you've got the pressure from the fans, the links to the Newcastle job were met with outrage and left no doubt they want to keep him.
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Well before the Newcastle links, they were booing him at the last home game, he made substitutions that did not go down well with the locals.
 
tolmie's hairdoo said:
Yep, he's questioned the ambition of the board on some fronts, which hasn't gone down well with the rank and file.

Long time between now and Pep leaving, even if he calls it a day in the summer of 2023.

I don't see Pep fucking off if we sign Haaland. Anybody else, possibly.
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Personally I think Pep is here for the long term.

Would Grealish have signed in the knowledge of Pep leaving in 2 seasons?

And with the quality of kids now appearing around the club, will be want to leave those to another coach?

And finally and in all seriousness, where the hell does he go and have the same power, influence and carte blanche as he has with us?

The only issue is family but hopefully with covid easing, that may become a lot easier to deal with.
 
tolmie's hairdoo said:
Yep, he's questioned the ambition on some fronts, which hasn't gone down well with some behind the scenes.

Long time between now and Pep leaving, even if he calls it a day in the summer of 2023.

I don't see Pep fucking off if we sign Haaland. Anybody else, possibly.
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Just noticed your location there TH.... Bobby Mancini back in the prem?
 
Keeper! said:
Well before the Newcastle links, they were booing him at the last home game, he made substitutions that did not go down well with the locals.
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A bit of pantomime booing for taking a striker off and bringing on a midfielder. Nothing worth writing home about.
 
Keeper! said:
Personally I think Pep is here for the long term.

Would Grealish have signed in the knowledge of Pep leaving in 2 seasons?

And with the quality of kids now appearing around the club, will be want to leave those to another coach?

And finally and in all seriousness, where the hell does he go and have the same power, influence and carte blanche as he has with us?
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He's already been here for the long term, at the end of his present contract, he will have served seven years, that's a lifetime for any manager these days, certainly someone as coveted at Pep.

I don't think Grealish would be demanding to know from Pep his future intentions, as a minimum two years with Pep is a huge carrot in itself.

He doesn't need to go anywhere at the end of his present agreement with us, he's already intimated he would likely take another well-earned sabbatical, perhaps with a view to managing a national team, when his time is at an end with City.

There are a lot of uncertainties, he could win a Champions League trophy between now and then, which would possibly colour his thinking?

That's why I said that someone with world wide standing, such as Haaland, would be demanding to know Pep's longevity at City, and is the type of player that likely convinces the manager to do a ten-stretch!
 
Keeper! said:
Liverpool blowing the title, failing to win any cups.

Losing a lot of big matches.

Leicester twice blowing the chance of Champions league qualification in the last game of the season.

And please don't mention Celtic, he did well up there, very well, but against what and who? Rangers we in turmoil and Celtic had the lot to themselves.

As said, Rodgers in a very good coach/ manager, only a fool would argue he is not but as a man, personality and character, I personally dislike him, he comes over as a total creep and from a far a lot of his players see through him in time.
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Sorry but those examples don't tell me anything about the weakness in his character that you refer to. They might be a symptom of it but they may not be; it's the why they prove a character weakness that interests me.

I get why people don't like him but I wonder how much of those perceptions are really a misjudgment of the man. Some people don't like Pep.
 
Lavinda Past said:
Liverpool will have ensured the truth behind his unceremonious sacking has been well and truly hidden, and he isn’t going to say owt.

Join the dots and make your own mind up. In any case, if he's not good enough for them, why would he be good right for City?
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I thought his sacking was harsh at the time. And IIRC, it took Klopp quite some time to genuinely improve on the results Rodgers was getting.

If it wasn't about results, do enlighten us.

And, however successful or otherwise Rodgers was at Liverpool, it was several years ago and he has surely learnt plenty since then and developed as a manager and coach.

People don't seem to want to give him much credit for what he did at Celtic but he proved that he could make the very best of a very favourable situation. He also gave Pep's City a tough time in the UCL. Didn't he also get Celtic to give very creditable performances against a strong Barcelona?
 
OB1 said:
Sorry but those examples don't tell me anything about the weakness in his character that you refer to. They might be a symptom of it but they may not be; it's the why they prove a character weakness that interests me.

I get why people don't like him but I wonder how much of those perceptions are really a misjudgment of the man. Some people don't like Pep.
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No problem, opinions.

I just hope the man comes nowhere near this club.
 
OB1 said:
Go on then, give us a clear example of that.
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Bottled what should have been a guaranteed title with Liverpool
Bottled what should have been a guaranteed top four with Leicester City two years in a row
Lost European games to Lincoln Red Imps, AEK Athens and Zorya Luhansk

His teams have a clear problem performing when the pressure is really on. Contrast this with Pep who always holds his leads in the title race (first season aside).

The other concern I have with Rodgers is his awful treatment of players like Iheanacho at Leicester. He's very much a manager who picks his favourites and starts them no matter how badly things are going, which to me suggests a lack of will to admit when he's wrong.
 
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