07 Nov 2025 05:26:07
I said last week about Roberto Martinez with Shaun Maloney as assistant and no-one believed me, looks like it's happening possibly end of season however Portugal FA may speed it up.
07 Nov 2025 09:48:51
Not one of the young progressive, ambitious managers being touted, but Martinez has a wealth of experience. However, I doubt he will have worked with such a limited squad for a long time and will need financial backing and a revolving door if he was to be our manager.
07 Nov 2025 10:02:32
I don't believe it will be Martinez because he will be taking Portugal to the World Cup this summer.
07 Nov 2025 20:30:43
I was hoping for Hyen, Knutsen or McKenna.
All young forward thinking coaches but it won't matter who we bring in until the rest of the football side of the club is fixed.
We need a DOF who will overlook and run the whole football side of the club.
Until that happens we would be as well giving the job to McManus
It's telling that we don't have a sponsor on the back of our strip due to the previous guy who dealt with that leaving we just didn't bother when there replacement came in.
08 Nov 2025 14:28:06
Apparently Knutsen is interested but wants to wait until the CL campaign is done. They likely have a playoff tie to contend with and possibly another after that. The biggest issue with that is we don't know the timeline, also we have an important January window coming up. We need a RW, ST and maybe a goalscoring CAM or box to box player at the bare minimum.
Daizen may be away, Maybe even Reo will want away too as his chances for the WC are looking very slim right now. That could be 5 players in for a manager joining who may not even fit his style of playing.
{Ed007's Note - Knutsen would need to sign a new deal at Bodo/Glimt to stay in charge for at least 2 CL games in January, he's out of contract at the end of December.}
08 Nov 2025 15:39:16
That's more like it Ed. If that was the case then it wouldn't make sense to wait around. Have you heard any whispers yourself on anyone yet?
{Ed007's Note - I haven't mate but one of the lads on the Discord is convinced it's going to be Wilfried Nancy. The next couple of weeks with the international break should be interesting.}