by Sir Bobby » Mon Dec 31, 2018 4:07 pm
No matter what we think as fans, Rafa’s opinions have a decent weight in the footballing world. If he says something then others will take note. So, if he were to get sacked, then he would likely come out and say that it’s impossible working under the restrictions we have etc - perhaps only to save face. Those words will carry though and it’s gonna make it harder to get any big name who has other options to come in. Why on Earth would Mourinho want to come to us when Rafa has (so far) alluded to the job being very difficult and has still been sacked for doing poor with a poor squad?
I think the fluke of signing a big name like Rafa has deluded our fans in to thinking we can go out and get any unsigned manager. Look at the other managers we’ve signed with Ashley: Keegan (our of work for 5 years), Kinnear (...), Shearer (first ever job), Hughton (first ever job), Pardew (nothing significant in 4 seasons), Carver (...), McClaren (nothing of note in 5 years). Managers with credibility don’t sign for us. We got a bizarre one that shocked most people with Rafa - in very large part due to our location being relatively near where his family lives. We might luck out and pluck somebody from the lower leagues who turns out to be amazing, or somebody having their first go at management but big names do not want to come and ruin their reputation under the strict conditions we have here
No matter what we think as fans, Rafa’s opinions have a decent weight in the footballing world. If he says something then others will take note. So, if he were to get sacked, then he would likely come out and say that it’s impossible working under the restrictions we have etc - perhaps only to save face. Those words will carry though and it’s gonna make it harder to get any big name who has other options to come in. Why on Earth would Mourinho want to come to us when Rafa has (so far) alluded to the job being very difficult and has still been sacked for doing poor with a poor squad?
I think the fluke of signing a big name like Rafa has deluded our fans in to thinking we can go out and get any unsigned manager. Look at the other managers we’ve signed with Ashley: Keegan (our of work for 5 years), Kinnear (...), Shearer (first ever job), Hughton (first ever job), Pardew (nothing significant in 4 seasons), Carver (...), McClaren (nothing of note in 5 years). Managers with credibility don’t sign for us. We got a bizarre one that shocked most people with Rafa - in very large part due to our location being relatively near where his family lives. We might luck out and pluck somebody from the lower leagues who turns out to be amazing, or somebody having their first go at management but big names do not want to come and ruin their reputation under the strict conditions we have here
