New Manager

[Cinio Dydd Sul]

It won't be Colemans call ultimately.

Is he moving aside?

 

[Dr. Winston]

Who's call will it be then?

It's highly unlikely that Coleman will be able to make a decision of this magnitude unilaterally.

 

[Swansea93]

Is he moving aside?

There was some rumours kicking about non manager related, don’t know if it’s to do with Coleman but might explain the fans forum and his silence lately.

 

[magicdaps10]

Not heard the rumour so unable to comment on it.

Coleman doesn't make the call but ultimately who makes it......I don't know that either

 

[crazedbison]

No, I don’t believe it is.

This is a long term decision for our future and it shouldn’t be based on short term factors.

If Sheehan was the right long term person for the job, he’d have been appointed as the manager. He wasn’t. Nor was he last time. So the club don’t believe him to be the right long term solution and fans getting ahead of themselves on the basis of a few matches should play no part in the decision. It’s giving Coleman a cheap opt out.

Whether the club is able to appoint the right long term solution is a completely different question.

Sheehan has done an excellent job at getting us safe which is what he was tasked to do.

Nothing I’ve said detracts from that.

Added: I meant to point out that the last time we made a decision like this we appointed Monk as manager. And that was the decision that ultimately led to our subsequent collapse irrespective of our results in that first season. That’s the difference between short term and long term decisions being good ones.

The club’s last three appointments have been RM, MD, and LW. I’d argue all three were failures. Quite frankly, I don’t really care who the club believes is the “right long term solution.”

For me, it comes down to finding someone that can do three things.

1. Make the most of the players we’ve got at our disposal. Essentially, be successful.
2. Command the changing room. We need someone the players respect.
3. Actually, legitimately want the job and to live in the area.

Sheehan wouldn’t be my top choice (that’s Uwe Rosler) but, despite not knowing where he lives, I can argue that he’d provide those three things.

At the end of the day we have to be realistic. We are now known as a cluster-f club that’s far from anywhere else. Maybe you’d prefer to roll the dice with whoever Coleman appoints, but between that and Sheehan I’d take Sheehan.

What do they say about the devil you know and all that?