Six Wins for Glory

[Len 74]

[quote user="TIL 1010"][quote user="juicy plams"]Villa and Swansea are the only ones that we can be compared with as they too made the mistake of employing rookie managers. It''s too late in Villa''s case, but Swansea have at least given themselves a fighting chance of avoiding the drop by giving that muppet Monk the boot.The other teams in and around the relegation zone (ie Newcastle, Sunderland, Bournemouth and West Brom) all have experienced bosses. We shouldn''t have left a poundland manager and coaching team in charge of a premier league side. It was suicide.[/quote]In the case of Swansea you consider the South American who cannot speak a word of English and who has never managed in the UK as giving them a fighting chance. What is that thought based on ?As for Bournemouth about from a short unsuccessful stint at Burnley and managing them in the lower leagues what exactly is on Eddie Howe''s Premiership CV ?[/quote]You''re trying to change the subject. Guidolin (who btw can speak English) has been managing for 30 years, Allardyce and Pulis for nigh on 25, McLaren for 15 (20 if you include his time as an assistant) and Eddie Howe for 7 years.Alex Neil hasn''t even been managing for 3 years, and we''re paying the price for his on the job learning by dropping points left, right and centre.

[Making Plans 936]

[quote user="juicy plams"]Guidolin (who btw can speak English) has been managing for 30 years, Allardyce and Pulis for nigh on 25, McLaren for 15 (20 if you include his time as an assistant) and Eddie Howe for 7 years.Alex Neil hasn''t even been managing for 3 years, and we''re paying the price for his on the job learning by dropping points left, right and centre.[/quote]If experience really mattered then none of the Clubs would be where they are now and none of those Managers would be at Clubs scratching around at the bottom of the PL.McLaren''s 20 years experience couldn''t get Derby out of the Champs (twice) even when they had something like an 8 point lead.Would I swop Neil for any of those you''ve mentioned - the answer is no. 

[Len 74]

[quote user="Making Plans"][quote user="juicy plams"]Guidolin (who btw can speak English) has been managing for 30 years, Allardyce and Pulis for nigh on 25, McLaren for 15 (20 if you include his time as an assistant) and Eddie Howe for 7 years.Alex Neil hasn''t even been managing for 3 years, and we''re paying the price for his on the job learning by dropping points left, right and centre.[/quote]If experience really mattered then none of the Clubs would be where they are now and none of those Managers would be at Clubs scratching around at the bottom of the PL.McLaren''s 20 years experience couldn''t get Derby out of the Champs (twice) even when they had something like an 8 point lead.Would I swop Neil for any of those you''ve mentioned - the answer is no.[/quote]I can''t understand why people are backing such a novice even when it''s clear that his novice mistakes are potentially the difference between staying up or getting relegated. Any momentum we had has been wasted.Derby are rumoured to have internal problems which led to Paul Clement''s sacking, but McLaren still improved them compared to his predecessor Nigel Clough. Does nobody on here remember his winning the Dutch title with Twente?Experience isn''t a magic cure, but it often helps. McLaren took over an absolute mess left by John Carver and has probably kept them in it instead of being miles from safety.

[quote user="TIL 1010"]In the case of Swansea you consider the South American who cannot

speak a word of English and who has never managed in the UK as giving

them a fighting chance.[/quote]Nice result for Swansea away at Arsenal tonight, especially considering they are managed by someone who hasn''t worked over here before and struggles with the lingo! Unfortunately for us we''ve probably left it too late to make an equivalent change.