Sorry for making another thread, but let’s get hypothetical and imagine that this is a game of Football Manager or FIFA:
If we wanted to change things up in a big way, how would we go about it? It’s all well and good saying “sell the club” “sack Hodgson” “get a new DoF in” but we all know there is a lot more to it than that.
I guess for me the ideal scenario would be the Yanks selling up, replaced by someone or a group willing to fund the stadium and academy development whilst investing in the team at the same time (already seems like a lot to ask).
From there we’d need to find a long term replacement for Roy. Whilst in hindsight it was a terrible decision, the only long term managerial appointment we’ve genuinely put research and planning into was FdB. Ideally you’d want someone under Roy for a season or too, and it looked like Steven Reid was that someone, however that turned out differently.
We’d then have to look at Freedman’s position, whatever that is. Someone with not only a vision for the types of player’s we’re after, but someone with a long term plan for the style of football we’ll be wanting to play, in cohesion with the Manager.
Then we’d need a huge squad overhaul, and that would need to be done over several transfer windows. We’d have to take a hit on not being able to sell a lot of the current, ageing squad but use them as mentors for younger, long term replacements.
Somewhere in that plan, I’d also like to see Teflon Phil get the boot and probably replace Scott Guyett (a man who is employed to keep players fit but can’t seem to do that one job).
So, is any part of this fairytale even possible, whilst at the same time trying to compete in the best league in the world?
If we wanted to change things up in a big way, how would we go about it? It’s all well and good saying “sell the club” “sack Hodgson” “get a new DoF in” but we all know there is a lot more to it than that.
I guess for me the ideal scenario would be the Yanks selling up, replaced by someone or a group willing to fund the stadium and academy development whilst investing in the team at the same time (already seems like a lot to ask).
From there we’d need to find a long term replacement for Roy. Whilst in hindsight it was a terrible decision, the only long term managerial appointment we’ve genuinely put research and planning into was FdB. Ideally you’d want someone under Roy for a season or too, and it looked like Steven Reid was that someone, however that turned out differently.
We’d then have to look at Freedman’s position, whatever that is. Someone with not only a vision for the types of player’s we’re after, but someone with a long term plan for the style of football we’ll be wanting to play, in cohesion with the Manager.
Then we’d need a huge squad overhaul, and that would need to be done over several transfer windows. We’d have to take a hit on not being able to sell a lot of the current, ageing squad but use them as mentors for younger, long term replacements.
Somewhere in that plan, I’d also like to see Teflon Phil get the boot and probably replace Scott Guyett (a man who is employed to keep players fit but can’t seem to do that one job).
So, is any part of this fairytale even possible, whilst at the same time trying to compete in the best league in the world?
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