J_B said:
Aye, it’s not what they need though. They need a complete rethink and to appoint a young, progressive manager (and probably a director of football) who will change their whole philosophy on style of play and recruitment. They need to give them at least two and a half years to show progress and accept that it will get bumpy along the way.
They won’t do it of course. Their deluded fans wouldn’t accept it so they’ll continue to appoint names who have repeatedly failed elsewhere and the vicious circle continues...
Not just digging them out because they're our rivals, but the difference in philosophies when it comes to managerial appointments has been stark. We've obviously made mistakes too, but they've usually been when we've gone for a more experienced manager or have been panicking.
We've appointed the likes of Jackett, Martinez, Sousa, Rodgers, Monk, Clement, Potter and Cooper. Almost all of those had little management experience or in the case of Potter, had only managed in a league seen as inferior. Even when we've gone for someone with more experience, like Laudrup, he was a manager with a clearly defined philosophy that fit what was already here.
That's an awful lot of success stories to set against the failures of Carvalhal and Bradley. I realise Monk's appointment is now clearly seen to have been a mistake, but he did well if you look purely at results.
While Cardiff over the same timeframe have appointed the likes of Dave Jones (over 400 games as manager before Cardiff), Russell Slade, Paul Trollope (almost 300 games as manager before Cardiff), Neil Warnock and Neil Harris. Two of their more inexperienced managers were Mackay, who led them to promotion, and Solskjaer who is proving now that he's a better manager than Cardiff fans thought he was.
Instead of looking at young and ambitious managers who are trying to bring something new to the table, they keep going for the same old faces. As J_B has said, they need a total reform of the club, decide on an approach for the whole club to follow and appoint a manager who can try and make it happen. They won't though. Thankfully.
