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Originally Posted by GorBlimey
We tried getting a manager who was young, full of new ideas, brilliant as a player and very successful at a big club called Ajax and look how that worked out.
Roy is a magical fit for us and let's just love it while it lasts.
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Summed up perfectly.
What i would also add is what RH has achieved in keeping us up last season was nothing short of incredible and should be truly appreciated, he then followed it up this season when working under difficult circumstances and not supported by the Board even when informing the Board of our shortfalls in the squad, to then as good as seen us to safety or very nearly, yet these achievements are still not fully appreciated by some.
Yes he has made errors in judgement like selection and when making subs also being possibly overly cautious, but lets not forget when working with your hands tied with the limited quality available then your priority should always be avoiding relegation, and that has what he has done.
As you rightly say we have tried with what we all hoped was a new direction manager FDB, who the Board would have known what qualities he would/not bring but needed backing, it was allways bound for failure if not supported and to be sacked after FOUR games said it all. We previously had very good proven managers in Pulis and Allardyce who when taking over did what was asked of them, but when it came to being supported in the transfer market so as to take the club to the next level, same old story.
Yes we have to prepare for Roy possibly leaving over the next 12 months, and as we can never attract the best of managers due to our financial constraints then a club of our standing need to promote from within, with initially people working within the system under current set up and then stepping up.
Who? i would like to see someone like Reid our ex coach brought back into the fold to work and learn from Roy's experience, and then being promoted to manager obviously only if warranted, or another option is the excellent young coach for a similar role would be our ex Ben Garner, these are people who understand what CPFC are about like its true expectations and achievements.
As an alernative approach then someone like David Wagner appointed would be good, he would have learnt from any mistakes made from his time in the premiership but also what is needed to succeed, yes he would be excellent choice.