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So which manager, realistically, could we appoint that would give us a lift

and crucially get more people to renew their season tickets.

More than a few people have said that they won't renew or know others who won't renew if Parkinson is still in charge next season.

I've always said that I like Parky and I still think he'll be a good manager for someone if not us but if it is not to be Parkinson then who realistically can we get because I can't see Curbs or Mourinho coming or us being able to afford them.

So out the following, totally unscientific or thought out selection, whose appointment as Valley boss would make you most likely to renew your season ticket?

Steve Cotterill

Paul Ince

George Graham

Jorge Costa

Phil Parkinson

Steve Tilson

Lennie Lawrence and Paul Trollope

Lennie Lawrence and Mark Kinsella

Paolo Di Canio
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  • George Graham would be the best out of that bunch by some distance
  • From the heart Paulo Di Canio
    From the head Phil Parkinson
  • From the heart - Lennie & Kins
    From the head - Lennie & Trollope
  • Roy keene

    Paul ince

    Kins chris powell with lennie as director of football

    Steve tilson
  • Paul Trollope
  • Otherwise it might be worth looking around and taking someone who's been coaching and looking to take his first step into management.
  • Out of those, Cotterill.
  • [cite]Posted By: Talal[/cite]George Graham would be the best out of that bunch by some distance

    I'd be interested to know why George graham is still considered a serious managerial candidate? He has been out of the game for 8 years if i am not wrong. Either he is applying for jobs and not getting or isn't interested.
  • i very much doubt he's been applying, think i heard that he'd kind of given up on management so in that case maybe not a good choice! but on credentials and someone who wouldn't tolerate any bull i'd love to have him.
  • PDC
    Jorge Costa
    Paul Ince
    Roy Keane
    Paul Trollope
    Steve Tilson

    in that order for me
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  • I would like to say that I discounted Keane as too expensive or unrealistic but I just didn't think of him.
  • henners i would love any of them but if we get one of em then the men in the white coats will have to come to take me away
  • What about Keegan?
  • Although I personally cannot stand him, wouldn't Peter Taylor be a reasonable candidate?
    As long as no one proposes Ian bloody Holloway.
  • [cite]Posted By: Imissthepeanutman[/cite]What about Keegan?

    Like his history of WWI but not a football manager IMHO : -)
  • [cite]Posted By: nth london addick[/cite]henners i would love any of them but if we get one of em then the men in the white coats will have to come to take me away

    Just as long as you lock the van first ; - )
  • edited March 2009
    Mick Harford at Luton.

    Has done an amazing job there given their mammoth points deduction & player exodus.

    He has got them to a Wembley Final & within sniffing distance of (although now unlikely) survival.

    Could he be the kind of non-nonsense manager to build OUR squad/team up from scratch.
  • What about Dave Bassett?
  • edited March 2009
    another palace no fecking way
  • Oh jimmy

    Paul Ince NO BRAINER.
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  • How about the bloke from OTIS?
  • Out of Henry's list. None of em for me.

    George Graham would have been the bloke instead of Dowie but 3 years to late now.

    I have mentioned Darren Ferguson as my choice before on other threads and still think he would be a right for us.

    Can't be on big wages at the Posh and has done it on a shoe string, would come with a successful background.

    Would he drop a division if he gets Peterborough up to the Championship, don't see why not for a club like ours with bigger potential to go further once he gets us in the right direction. Blackpools manager droped them for Leeds.
  • How about Howard Kendell
  • Roberto Martinez - as I said in August

    Sexy football please!!!!!!
  • Quite why George Graham's name crops up consistently in these types of surveys i'll never know.

    The blokes been out of the game nearly as long as pig bladder footballs!
  • Good thread.

    I'm not so sure. Remember Dowie was supposed to have done well with Oldham and then Palace, only takes one bad job as a manager and they go from a 'promising young manager' to not being considered at all.

    We'd need someone who knows the division, would Di Canio or Jorge Costa be able to find bargains and frees from Championship, League One and even some League Two clubs? It could be exciting but could make things worse.

    As said not sure why George Graham always comes up in things like this, not managed since Spurs in 2001.

    Tilson, Cotteril, Darren Ferguson and that Scottish manager thats been mentioned in the past (what was his name again?) could all work well with a bit of time. So hard to say though, who knows they might turn out like Parkinson or Boothroyd - first season or two of their managerial career looks good, not so good after that.

    Then you've got the bigger names like Ince and Keane, similarly they might work out but if they don't get things right it could get worse. Keane's never worked without having money to spend. People didn't like Pardew's ego, and whenever Ince is mentioned someone says he has a big ego himself.
  • That Brian Clough was pretty good.
  • [cite]Posted By: Swisdom[/cite]Roberto Martinez - as I said in August

    Sexy football please!!!!!!

    Would have had him, won't get him now though. Same with O'Driscoll at Doncaster I'd imagine as well?
  • There's that bloke who took Colchester up from Division 3 not so long ago.
  • Simon Grayson left Blackpool in the Championship to join a bigger club in Leeds in league 1 so its not impossible that O'Driscol or Martinez could be persueded should the right package be tabled, although I very much doubt that in our fianical position.

    The one nobody has mentioned who I reckon we could get quite cheaply is the Scunthorpe boss Nigel Adkins.
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