Is It Important to have a new manager in place by Xmas?

[Kev Gee]

IMO its the most important time of the year. Matches come thick & fast then you have the transfer window.

I dont think we should rush the appointment but if we know who we want then i think we should try & get him in place by the middle of next week.

 

[SoccerCynic]

I posted the following on another thread but think it is very relevant to this..
This could not have come at a worse time to recruit a new manager. We could find ourselves ( or more specifically the new manager could find himself) in the same nightmare position that Speedo was in after KB had messed up the summer signings. Will he have enough time to assess the situation and be in a position to recruit in January. Would this strengthen the position of Carver who should be aware of what Speedos targets were....and will they still come?. If Carver is still in place by the new year the boards may have their hands tied....everything points towards the wisdom of a quick appointment

 

[SteelCity Blade]

I think United are doing the right thing by not rushing it but at the same time, we ought to have someone in place before the new year.....preferably by next week really.

If the new manager is to have any room for manouvre in the transfer window (whatsoever) whether it be by selling players first or whatever, then he'll need a couple of games at least to have a look at what he's got.

We dont want to be in the Gary Speed situation of having a manager lumbered with the job in the middle of the window and not having time to assess things. Having said that, if the board give him bugger all to work with again, then its irrelevant.

 

[SwissBlade]

YES YES YES We must have a manager in place whether it be Carver until the end of the season, someone else until the end of the season or a permanent manager on a 3 year deal, then we need to get them in so that they can then be allowed the means (money or wheeling and dealing) to be able to bring players in/ get rid of players during January.

We need to get our season back on track or at least salvage it in the best way we can.

 

[Ollessendro]

YES YES YES We must have a manager in place whether it be Carver until the end of the season, someone else until the end of the season or a permanent manager on a 3 year deal, then we need to get them in so that they can then be allowed the means (money or wheeling and dealing) to be able to bring players in/ get rid of players during January.

We need to get our season back on track or at least salvage it in the best way we can.

Disagree with you Swiss and most of the above. It is imprtant that we choose the right person. It's seems clear it will be Adams or SOD, so when are we realistically going to get them in? There is discussions (presumably taking place now), the official approach (maybe next week), then wranglings over compo, contracts etc (before the new year maybe).

It is unrealistic that the new boss will be given much money in January. He will be expected to work with what he has got and maybe sign a couple of free transfers. Anyone thinking he'll get cash in the next window is seriosuly deluded. He might try and ship a few out, but I doubt it. To be honest though, one training session with Monty, Quinn, Lozzy, Taylor and Ertl will be enough for the new man to say on yer bike.

It is not a massive deal how quick we get him in. Why can't we expect the new manager to get our current players playing? Warnock would, so why not Adams? Kendall got those misfits playing in 96, so why can't O'Driscoll? Just becasue Speed could not, doesn't mean that the new manager can't.

One thing that people haven't considered is that Birch has something up his sleeve. This may work in favour of all the above posts. Was anyone surprised at how easily United let Speed go? This to be me suugests one of two things (or both): Birch/McCabe/the board didn't rate him and we're happy to let him go and/or they had someone else lined up. So was Tricky Trev talking to SOD and Micky Adams as soon as Wales expressed an interest? Let's wait and see.

 

[super_pig]

agree totally with Olle.. this is the most important appointment for many years. we need to get it right this time.. if we brought in mourinho tomorrow he still wouldn't be able to turn us around by the xmas fixtures anyway.. there is simply too much to do.. it would be useful to get someone in before the end of the transfer window.. assuming we have any money to spend of course

 

[SwissBlade]

1st things first, we need to stay up. To give ourselves the best chance of doing that with a new manager we need to give them all of Jan to do their most important work and 'try' to wheel and deal with the players to get a balanced team. I don't think we'll get the squad size that we'd all like, but we can try to patch up the team as much as possible.

I don't believe we're amongst the worst 3 teams in the division, but I think given a poor run (were on one) and if we fail to get the right manager in quickly then we could see ourselves getting dragged into the relegation positions.

So for me time is important to give ourselves the best chance of taking things forward again