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Carvers gaining in the poll!

dave999 wrote:Lets get a decent one, hound him out whilst we sit in the top half of the table, bring in a complete novice and then nearly get relegated.
Meanwhile departed manager turns around the fortunes of a bottom three team and guides them to a comfortable mid table position.

Can you see any decent manager worth their salt really wanting to come to club like this and get turned upon by the deluded punters once a few bad results get strung together?

What a bellend.

Pardew left to double his money and go back to London, let's not pretend we forced him out.

Also, a decent job at Palace doesn't mean he was doing well here, but again let's just ignore the fact he should have been sacked in 2013 and 2014.

dave999 wrote:Lets get a decent one, hound him out whilst we sit in the top half of the table, bring in a complete novice and then nearly get relegated.
Meanwhile departed manager turns around the fortunes of a bottom three team and guides them to a comfortable mid table position.

Can you see any decent manager worth their salt really wanting to come to club like this and get turned upon by the deluded punters once a few bad results get strung together?

Thankfully managers don't get paid in salt so we're ok.

Interesting fact time.
Did you know that Roman soldiers used to get paid in salt ?
And the Roman word for salt is Salary.

Everydays a school day eh.

Sal is the Latin word for salt, and the literally being paid in salt thing is disputed.

Cal wrote:Sal is the Latin word for salt, and the literally being paid in salt thing is disputed.

I believe "horrible histories" over you. <grim>


"Salary comes from the Latin word salarium, which also means "salary" and has the root sal, or "salt." In ancient Rome, it specifically meant the amount of money allotted to a Roman soldier to buy salt, which was an expensive but essential commodity."

Toondes wrote:Interesting fact time.
Did you know that Roman soldiers used to get paid in salt ?
And the Roman word for salt is Salary.

Everydays a school day eh.

...
Always the same here when the schools are off.

Patrick Vieira is currently second favourite on BetVictor (7/2), Ladbrokes (5-1) and Bwin (6-1), though Steve McClaren is still heavy favourite (1/6 at BetVictor), that's probably because the amount of money on him already. Vieira would be a very interesting choice. Unproven at this level, but he's got rave reviews at City U21s.

Speedo wrote:Patrick Vieira is currently second favourite on BetVictor (7/2), Ladbrokes (5-1) and Bwin (6-1), though Steve McClaren is still heavy favourite (1/6 at BetVictor), that's probably because the amount of money on him already. Vieira would be a very interesting choice. Unproven at this level, but he's got rave reviews at City U21s.

I think I'd prefer Vieira than McClaren.

I had a nightmare last night that we hired Lewis Hamilton as head coach.

Viera

By Mark Douglas | 29/05/15

Newcastle United’s new head coach may be in place by the end of next week with the Magpies having whittled down a long list of candidates over the course of a week spent re-assessing their options.

With Mike Ashley in Newcastle for the Sports Direct conference this week, United’s top brass have been in discussions for most of a busy six days since survival was assured – and the club are hopeful of definitive progress in the early weeks of June.

Although a decision is not imminent – and definitely won’t be announced over the weekend – United have whittled down a new long list of candidates to just three or four names, and it is now understood that John Carver is likely to revert to his coaching role as a new name takes over.

The former head coach is now on holiday and will speak to managing director Lee Charnley again when he returns but he is not understood to be a strong contender for the role. Instead Newcastle – bruised and battered by what has happened in the last five months – are looking to someone new to take them into next season.

Carver’s five months in charge were sold as an opportunity to prove his worth for the role but results were not good enough and Newcastle clearly need a new voice – especially as considerable recruitment is expected this summer.

The reason for this week’s delay is that United do not want to be in a position where they pick the wrong man for the model they have set out. The blueprint for the head coach role, set out by Charnley back in January, is the same as it was back then, and Newcastle want to be able to hand their new man a long-term remit.

Who that man is remains to be seen with many of the names linked now drifting out of contention for a number of reasons. Although the soundings around Steve McClaren have been decidedly lukewarm of late, he is understood to be one of the names under consideration and he is now a free agent following his Derby departure.


Read more: 28 managers who are likely to be available this summer with Newcastle and Sunderland looking

Real Madrid assistant manager Paul Clement and David Moyes – currently at Real Sociedad – are other possibilities who have knowledge of English football, seen as a sizeable advantage by United.

There is, however, no truth in French reports that Jocelyn Gourvennec of Guingamp is one of the names on the shortlist.

Christophe Galtier of St Etienne is not a contender while Remi Garde’s chances also seem to have drifted. A shock link with Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink, touted in a national newspaper earlier this week, can also be dismissed.

An intriguing option has emerged in former Swansea boss Michael Laudrup, who is understood to be keen on the role and has left Qatar Stars League outfit Lekhwiya Sports Club this week.

Laudrup won the League Cup with the Swans and won praise for the way his team played, but there would be concerns over how much control he would demand over recruitment. Newcastle’s model will see responsibility for that shared, just as it was under Alan Pardew.

Laudrup said earlier this month: “If a big club comes (calling), I will not say no to them. It’s a time when many rumours appear, but there is nothing concrete.

“I am not going to accept an offer from a mid-table club in England or Spain. They are experiences that I have already lived and, at this stage of my life as a coach, I look for new things.”

They're down to 3/4 names and McClaren is possibly one of them

And Carver looks like staying here and reverting back to a coach

The list below was compiled by Four-Four-Two with each of the twenty Premier League managers ranked from top to bottom, plus what they had to say about John Carver.

The Twenty Premier League managers rankings for 2014/15:

Jose Mourinho (Chelsea)

Ronald Koeman (Southampton)

Garry Monk (Swansea)

Alan Pardew (Palace….Newcastle)

Tony Pulis (West Brom)

Nigel Pearson (Leicester)

Mark Hughes (Stoke)

Tim Sherwood (Aston Villa)

Arsene Wenger (Arsenal)

Dick Advocaat (Sunderland)

Louis Van Gaal (Man Utd.)

Mauricio Pochettino (Spurs)

Brendan Rodgers (Liverpool)

Sam Allardyce (West Ham)

Sean Dyche (Burnley)

Manuel Pellegrini (Man City)

Roberto Martinez (Everton)

Steve Bruce (Hull)

Chris Ramsey (QPR)

John Carver (Newcastle United)

To read the full Four-Four-Two article go here but below you will find what they had to say about 20th placed John Carver and 4th from the top Alan Pardew.

John Carver

‘It was hard going, but Carver somehow managed to almost get his boyhood club relegated.

When the Tyneside native took charge after Pardew’s exit for Palace, the Magpies were 10th and as many points clear of the drop zone.

In the end they went into the final day needing a win or relying on Manchester United to do them a favour at Hull after a horrendous run of form which saw them win just three of Carver’s 19 matches in charge – crucially, against West Ham on the last day.

Losing eight (league games) in a row for only the second time in their history and finding themselves on the end of woeful results against QPR (1-2), Leicester (0-3), Sunderland (0-1), Everton (0-3) and Man City (0-5).

Carver calling out Mike Williamson for getting sent off on purpose against Leicester was the highlight of a period marred by poor form and fan protests against the Ashley regime.

The poor old dog wanted putting out of his misery in February yet still, brilliantly, labelled himself the ‘best coach in the Premier League’ after that losing streak. Painful stuff.’

Iron Mikes Tiny Eyes wrote:I had a nightmare last night that we hired Lewis Hamilton as head coach.

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We could do worse.

Juliet Papa Golf wrote:

Iron Mikes Tiny Eyes wrote:I had a nightmare last night that we hired Lewis Hamilton as head coach.

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We could do worse.

True. Could have been Pastor Maldonado

Or Senna

"Newcastle United’s new head coach may be in place by the end of next week"
Klopp finishes his stint with Dortmund this weekend, it's going to be him





If only

TSI wrote:"Newcastle United’s new head coach may be in place by the end of next week"
Klopp finishes his stint with Dortmund this weekend, it's going to be him





If only

I would literally chew my cock off.

I would eat a bag of d***s

I hope McClaren and Laudrup aren't on the list.