OF COURSE it isn’t likely – or probably appropriate – for West Ham’s board to ditch their manager three games into the Championship season.
However, from fan anger over the lack of progress made in Nuno’s forty games in charge, there’s clearly a groundswell of dissatisfaction with ‘negative Nuno’ which can’t go on much beyond the International break next month if the ‘wins’ don’t start arriving.
So, bet365’s report on ‘next West Ham United Manager contenders’ caught my eye as I started thinking ‘what if?’: Who would be in the mix and available for the job?
And the list the betting web site have come up as their ‘top five contenders’ has some surprisingly good candidates:
Former Hammer Scott Parker knows how to get out of the Championship
Scott Parker – perfect to get West Ham out of the mire in the second division but not good enough for the Premier League
Craig Bellamy (yes please!) – apparently almost joined Burnley this summer so his Wales position is ‘uncertain‘. A five million gig in east London would surely turn his head.
Kieran McKenna – Another manager perfectly placed to help West Ham climb out of the Championship and currently ‘on a break’.
Thomas Frank – Available, but would he ‘slum it’ in the second division? Perhaps his career needs a rebuild after the Tottenham debacle.
Sean Dyche – If Sullivan were in control he’d be top of the list but hopefully the new-look West Ham board wouldn’t….Would they?
Any of the five could do the job for West Ham if needed: Joking aside, the key for the Hammers board will be to avoid hanging on to Nuno until Christmas if results aren’t coming, by which time most of those named above will have new jobs anyway.
Good managers don’t tend to be out of work for long.
WTF has Bellamy achieved as a manager! 20 games in charge of Wales. Wow, world beater !!
Are you 15 or something? Immature content and a waste of my time reading it
What ! No mention of Eddie Howe ?
Just get a manager who will have the team playing on the front foot. I hate watching defensive football . COYI’s ⚒⚒⚒
Our stupid board already missed opportunities to get in former players who understand the connection with fans. Could have had Craig Bellamy, Scott Parker, Gary O Neil, Michael Carrick, at various points in the past but always gave preference to the foreign coaches.
Bellamy for me just because he is a winner.
Why no mention of Eddie Howe, specially if Amanda Stavely takes over?
Pep, I bet he would love a challenge.
We shouldn’t even be having to NES. Should have been sacked before the end of last season when his negative play is the reason we got relegated.
Head coach should have been offered to Paco
McKenna or Bellamy for me
Not Parker or Dyche and the jury is still well out regarding Frank another practical boring manager which is why the spuds wanted rid of him as they did with Nuno
Scott Parker or Craig Bellamy? Seriously? Remember NES’s points per game over an entire season would have given us a seventh place finish. Stats across the first 3 games show that there’s a fine margin between success and failure and I really hope we can start to turn dominance into wins and have some stability, Imho the last thing we need is yet another change of manager,
I would grab Bellamy tonight or Dyche dont like Franks for us Scott Parker not for me great player though and Mckenna not to sure about him I think I am going with no
Franks is to flash
Scott Parker might get us up but wont keep us there
McKenna is the same as Parker
BUT 100% BELLAMY
Dyche 60/40
No to Dyche
No to Parker (no point as would have to be sacked if we get promotion)
Maybe McKenna (would get us promoted but not sure he can hack it in Premier)
Yes to Bellamy – would shake things up, but wonder if he is better suited to Premier League
Yes to Frank – highly capable got bad press at Spurs and they are as unmanageable as we are atm
Not mentioned but big no to Eddie Howe – never fulfilled his early promise and is not the manager some people think he is
Where’s Eddie howe
Any preference would be EDDIE Howe and I’d stake good money he’d come to!
If Amanda Staverley were to get involved maybe Eddie Howe?
Of all the positives from the last game,one above all others- sack Nuno before it is too late to give the incoming manager the chance to turn it around
Let’s put it this way, we need to score around 90goals to be promoted , if Nuno persists with a defensive 4-4-1-1 as he did against Watford you can forget promotion
Eddie Howe
Kieron McKenna
In that order
There is also Eddie Howe.
Personally would love to have Bellamy
This is the problem, when good managers are available the board dither, when they need a manager the best have new jobs. For me it’s Parker or Mc kena.
All out of work managers are a red flag. However if I had to choose the order would be
Bellamy
Parker
McKenna
Dyche
STILL Avoid Frank. He’s Moyes 5.0
Starting point Nuno needs to look in mirror and realise academy (moderately) can save his job.
Eddie Howe would be good choice but Staveley shouldn’t be used as a connection.
Nobody actually knows if she will ever come to club and if she does how long will it take.
Fans won’t like Parker style whatever end result.
Frank was unfortunate with Spurs due to all their squad injuries.
Dyche don’t think so his playing style wouldn’t suit.
Which leaves Bellamy and McKenna either of these sound a good shout.
Bellamy has some history with whu.
So, Eddie Howe not good enough?
Hope Nuno turns it around but if not then the first 4 on that list would be good shouts. Would have thought that Eddie Howe is worth consideration as well.
Craig Bellamy who earns around 500k at Wales, you’d pay 5 million? You think we’d be the only ones interested in Frank if he wanted to return? That’s if he wanted to return as I am sure he doesn’t want to mess up the 18 million departure agreement he had with Spurs. Parker, an excellent choice as he will know we’d drop him on promotion. That’s going to cost you, at least you didn’t suggest Eddie Howe. You get points for that.
Eddie Howe if stavely comes in???
This is what I’m thinking ⚒
With the board currently scheming against each other I think that it is unlikely that they could reach consensus on a new manager – one name missing from the list is Eddie Howe – I think he would be nailed on if Staveley is successful in taking over