Next Manager Thread (2026 Edition)

[Modrical]

The club needs a manage to unify everyone again
That’s a huge huge task
Poch wasn’t that guy before he joined
But he 100% was when he was here (if that makes any sense)
I do think Ariola could do it but I’m sure we’re going back in for Poch

I agree, but i also thought Frank would unify the club as he was/is respectable towards everyone (Ange definitely unified the club as well at the beginning, but that is for another thread).

Iraola would be riskier, he will no doubt get a bigger job soon (could see him at Palace), and the easy win is Poch. Poch would at least get us feeling something positive to this circus of a football club in the short term - what a low bar we are striving for.

 

[tommysvr]

I really like him
Went off him because of the injuries
Then realised his squad was tiny and he was still getting an tune out of them
Said it when they played us off the park in his first season he is the new Poch
Even his background is very, very similar

Once the decision to fire Ange was made, Iraiola was the only logical Premier League proven appointment that was available. A continuation of what we had, with the remit of making us more consistent.

That the board skipped over him and went for Frank is just mind boggling. A purely emotional decision on trying to find a pragmatist to right all our wrongs. Like getting proven winners in Mourinho and Conte was supposed to be the magic bullet to heal the post-CL final woes. Short cuts at every step, no vision for what they want the club to be.