Next manager poll

Next manager (latest odds)

  • Thomas Frank 5/1

  • Roger Schmidt 8/1

  • Roberto Martinez 10/1

  • Jose Bordalas 10/1

  • Southgate 10/1

  • Frank Lampard 12/1

  • Kieran Mckenna 12/1

  • Brendan Rodgers 14/1

  • Sean Dyche 12/1

  • Robbie Keane

  • Andoni Iraola 4-1

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I know I’ll be shot down for this by most - but I have a growing feeling that it will be Lampard…..and I have to say I’m warming to this, now that Iraola is out of the picture (always thought it an unlikely possibility).

I think Lampard has very much developed (and is continuing to do so) as a manager and his Coventry team have played some really good football (with tricky wingers and the most crosses into the box of any team in England). When you look at his previous roles he’s operated under difficult circumstances at pretty much all of his previous jobs - yet in a stable environment (Coventry) where he’s been given some support by the board he’s done a really good job.

He has EPL experience - which is allegedly something the board are keen on

Plus I think he’ll be held in high regard by players for everything he accomplished as a world class player himself.

Not my first choice but certainly not the worst option out there.
 
Elphers40 said:
I know I’ll be shot down for this by most - but I have a growing feeling that it will be Lampard…..and I have to say I’m warming to this, now that Iraola is out of the picture (always thought it an unlikely possibility).

I think Lampard has very much developed (and is continuing to do so) as a manager and his Coventry team have played some really good football (with tricky wingers and the most crosses into the box of any team in England). When you look at his previous roles he’s operated under difficult circumstances at pretty much all of his previous jobs - yet in a stable environment (Coventry) where he’s been given some support by the board he’s done a really good job.

He has EPL experience - which is allegedly something the board are keen on

Plus I think he’ll be held in high regard by players for everything he accomplished as a world class player himself.

Not my first choice but certainly not the worst option out there.
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I am informed that in meetings, Lampard likes to have a maximum of 4 points for discussion and drills them repeatedly.
He also desires separate group discussions with each components of the squad, defenders, midfielders,forwards etc.
 
Willo said:
I am informed that in meetings, Lampard likes to have a maximum of 4 points for discussion and drills them repeatedly.
He also desires separate group discussions with each components of the squad, defenders, midfielders,forwards etc.
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One thing about Lampard is that he's probably the only person in the world that can make our midfielders score.
 
Elphers40 said:
I know I’ll be shot down for this by most - but I have a growing feeling that it will be Lampard…..and I have to say I’m warming to this, now that Iraola is out of the picture (always thought it an unlikely possibility).

I think Lampard has very much developed (and is continuing to do so) as a manager and his Coventry team have played some really good football (with tricky wingers and the most crosses into the box of any team in England). When you look at his previous roles he’s operated under difficult circumstances at pretty much all of his previous jobs - yet in a stable environment (Coventry) where he’s been given some support by the board he’s done a really good job.

He has EPL experience - which is allegedly something the board are keen on

Plus I think he’ll be held in high regard by players for everything he accomplished as a world class player himself.

Not my first choice but certainly not the worst option out there.
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It's such a Palace move to appoint Lampard, but I feel like he would be better off staying at Coventry, trying to get the West Ham job, or even looking to go to Fulham. We've only really seen success from him with Championship promotions, and I feel like Palace is a massive step up for him; he also wasn't that great when he was at Everton or Chelsea. Whereas Dino Toppmöller, who has replaced Glasner before at Frankfurt, is a much more exciting and random choice than Frank Lampard. He plays a similar formation and tactics to Glasner, and he also has European football experience.
 
Charliestevens150304 said:
It's such a Palace move to appoint Lampard, but I feel like he would be better off staying at Coventry, trying to get the West Ham job, or even looking to go to Fulham. We've only really seen success from him with Championship promotions, and I feel like Palace is a massive step up for him; he also wasn't that great when he was at Everton or Chelsea. Whereas Dino Toppmöller, who has replaced Glasner before at Frankfurt, is a much more exciting and random choice than Frank Lampard. He plays a similar formation and tactics to Glasner, and he also has European football experience.
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Plus we can sing the Dexys song.
 
Charliestevens150304 said:
It's such a Palace move to appoint Lampard, but I feel like he would be better off staying at Coventry, trying to get the West Ham job, or even looking to go to Fulham. We've only really seen success from him with Championship promotions, and I feel like Palace is a massive step up for him; he also wasn't that great when he was at Everton or Chelsea. Whereas Dino Toppmöller, who has replaced Glasner before at Frankfurt, is a much more exciting and random choice than Frank Lampard. He plays a similar formation and tactics to Glasner, and he also has European football experience.
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It is the model of plausibility that a sizeable number of supporters might have a preference for a back four, with wingers providing the width, nothwithstanding the successes under the 'Glasner Way'.
 
Alexi_the_Eagle said:
We won’t employ Dyche. That will show how desperate we are. It looks like it’s going to be that Topmöller gent. Failing that, I wouldn’t mind seeing Thomas Frank take charge.

I pray it’s not Dyche nor Lampard.
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Dyche has turned us down twice (according to rumours) I can't see Parish going back in a 3rd time.
 
I’m keeping my fingers crossed Ollie (as a proven winner) gets the Liverpool gig ahead of Iraola. 🤞

It’s a massive step for a relatively inexperienced Manager like Iraola - a couple of more years at somewhere like Palace upsetting the big boys might be the shrewd thing to do?
 
The players have made their respect and admiration for Glasner very clear. Of course, they are bound to say nice things about him after we've won trophies, but it does seem far more than just that, or the usual bland positive media speak. They talk directly about how he's changed their level of self expectation as a team.

In that light, I think perhaps the new man has to impress the players. I don't think they see themselves as better off with a safe pair of hands who knows the league and how to keep a club our size in it. Even though that is probably exactly what we should be looking for as we haven't broken through to some higher level and are still as up against it financially as ever.

Toppmoller did well at Frankfurt until this year, getting them to sixth and then third. Frankfurt are a much bigger club in Germany then we are in England, though, and his achievements were not unprecedented for them.

Still, he could at least turn up and tell the players that he has experience of taking over from Glasner and building on his work.

I think Parish will aim for risky glamour over proven durability or up coming potential this time around. Toppmoller seems the best fit for that brief.
 
Toppmoller and Pierre Sage both represent a risk with no EPL experience - but other than Iraola who of the current EPL (ex EPL) managers will excite our fan base?

Frank, Dyche, Silva, etc are all pretty uninspiring.

Maybe we shouldn’t be so hung up on EPL experience at this juncture - Régis Le Bris didn’t have any and he’s done a brilliant job at Sunderland.

Risk/reward and all that….. it’s never dull as a Palace fan is it!
 
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