Manager Wish-List Thread

[Sanchez11]

Can someone explain to me why Graham Potter is so highly rated?

Isn't he just a bottom-mid table manager? I don't understand what he's done to beat Ten Hag in the poll.
Ten Hag seems like the most likely next Klopp and this guy seems... average? Unless I'm missing something.

Because its Graham

 

[Rex Bezos]

Honestly what a guy. Next Wilder for me.

 

[sergio_giorgini]

Honestly what a guy. Next Wilder for me.

Yeah I have a whole newfound respect for Rooney the manager.

Was a great player but absolutely detested him in his Man Utd days.

 

[A__G]

scratch Zidane off your wishlists...

 

[Tir Na Nog]

Zidane and Wenger? I'll be taking my talents to PSG-Le Mania it seems.

 

[samshere]

Can someone explain to me why Graham Potter is so highly rated?

Isn't he just a bottom-mid table manager? I don't understand what he's done to beat Ten Hag in the poll.
Ten Hag seems like the most likely next Klopp and this guy seems... average? Unless I'm missing something.

He's got Brighton at 9th playing good footy and always gives the top six teams a fight. Would say he's the only PL manager that's definitely got their team punching above their weight apart from Klopp maybe.

 

[Sanchez11]

I might become a psg fan

 

[TornadoTed]

Potter seems the obvious one. One thing that's a slight warning sign to me is that he really favors a wingback setup, usually with some variation of 3 cm's and 2 forwards. Tbh I don't know how well that suits our current squad seeing we don't have any clear cut wing backs and Saka, ESR and Martinelli all favors/work best as wingers which his setup doesn't have. It's not adapting tactics to his squad either, he favored the same setup in Sweden with Östersund. There's also the slight red flag on experience. He's not that experienced to be honest and certainly in dealing with so called stars.

Christophe Galtier is one I'd look at. He has plenty of experience and pedigree and is tactically versatile. Knows how to win and isn't reliant on any big fee signings. He took over relegation threatened St Etienne in December 2009 after being assistant coach to the then fired Alain Perrin.

• Kept them up in the first season
• Finished top 10 in the consecutive 7 seasons, 4 of which was European places
• Ended a 32 year long trophy draught, wining the Coupe de la Ligue in 2013

Left St Etienne after the 16/17 season being at that moment the currently longest serving coach in the league and was appointed as manager of 18th placed Lille in December -17.

• Kept Lille up with a 17th placed finished in the 17/18 season
• 2nd after PSG in 18/19
• 4th in 19/20
• Won the league in 20/21

Two days after winning the league title, he resigned as manager, stating: "I simply have the deep belief that my time is up here.". Signed as manager for Nice, who'd finished 9th in 20/21

Nice is currently 2nd in Ligue 1 (though Marseille have a game in hand).

Galtier has been my personal choice to take over from Arteta for the last 14 months. He has had a very impressive career and got all his teams punching well above their weight consistently.

 

[Riou]

Once again, Wenger to PSG shouldn't happen...they are the exact oil club model, that he hates.

Will be sad if he goes there

 

[GunnerShy]

Ange Postecoglou please.

 

[MartiSaka]

Ange Postecoglou please.

As a Celtic fan, he has some unfinished business in Scotland first. But geez Arsenal would be a thousand times more entertaining to watch at minimum.

 

[ChefMan21]

Suggested Ange way back in 2019, and then a few times thereafter:

Life After Emery Begins

So you all got what you wanted. How long till fans get on Freddie's back if the tough run continues...... I don't mind who becomes the next manager but the fans have been out of order with the abuse of both Wenger and Emery. If you've watched our games of late then it's hard to argue against...

arsenal-mania.com

These are pretty old articles on him but a lot of it still stands:

Life After Emery Begins

Guys the calibre of LVG don’t take short term gigs though. Guus Hiddink did so at Chelsea, but LvG has retired from management.

arsenal-mania.com

 

[Makavelii]

Ange Postecoglou please.

Ange is a long time Arsenal fan

 

[Barry]

Let's see what Arteta does in the back end of this season first, but I like the AM managerial shortlist options I have to say.

Ten Hag as top choice;
Gautier (who I'd not really heard of) next
Potter as the PL experienced option;
Postecoglu as the wildcard.

Is there a situation where Southgate becomes available, but not as damaged goods after the World Cup? Maybe but that's gonna be v. unlikely.

 

[MartiSaka]

Ange is a long time Arsenal fan

Also Arsenal do love a manager who has managed successfully in Japan.

 

[UpTheGunnerz]

Wenger signing up with the oil merchants?

Si je parle, j'ai de gros gros problèmes

 

[MartiSaka]

Ange Postecoglou please.

Other thing about Ange is he elite at recruitment. Very rarely has a failure, it’s been the same at all his clubs. He understands what he needs for his system so well. He has brought in about 16 players at Celtic this year and they looked like a cohesive team within a couple of months. He has bought 4 Japanese players that are playing in a European league for the first time, all of whon have hit the ground
running and a couple are stars of the team. That’s unheard of give the difficulties many Japanese players have adapting to European leagues and culture. And he brought all the japanese players in for less than what he sold Eduoard to palace for.

 

[GLITCH]

Not Mikel or Brendan. Thanks.

 

[Aussie_gunner123]

Ange Postecoglou please.

He didn't do much for the Socceroos unfortunately sorry, if there is a reason everyone seems to want him here then what is the reason?

 

[Oxeki]