The managerial merry-go-round

Because the job of stabilising a chaotic club mid season when things are going wrong is different from the job of setting up a club up for a successful season. Pereira proved he could do the former at Wolves but when he tried to do the latter it went horribly wrong. Not entirely his fault - the player losses hurt them a lot - but Wolves have improved significantly since he left, which says something.

For what it’s worth, I think he’s done enough that we have to keep him on next season and I still suspect that four managers in a season means we are too damaged goods to attract anyone significantly better. (Silva might be the exception because of his prior relationship with EM.)

Also Pereira’s track record is that he doesn’t stick around anywhere long. Maybe what happened at Wolves is why and he just goes stale for the players really quickly. Is there substance below the chirpy chappy easy fixes persona?

If we qualify for the Champions League (big if obviously) then I expect we will find a lot of coaches who would be up for the job notwithstanding our reputation. Based on what I've seen on the pitch though, and not just the results but how we have played and what he has got out the broader squad, I wouldn't want to chance unpicking that progress with a new person. Omari Hutchinson looks like a £40m+ player now, he has been so good since Vitor joined (after showing some signs under Dyche but being dismissed by Nuno and Ange). Jair Cunha is suddenly being build up as having the potential to be one of the best in the league. Bakwa is being given a chance. McAtee might be next. He seems to know how to back what he's got in the squad. We are bold and brave with our subs and changes, we believe in people who many had written off. There's a togetherness as Nuno would say. Plus if the priority was a project to evolve from a low block counter- attacking side who are best with low possession and can't cope when teams switch it up and we're given room to play, it seems to me we are on the way to sorting that.

It would need someone special to come in, preserve all that and build on it and let's face it we would probably mess it up a few times before we got it right again. It won't be easy, especially as it will involve coping without Anderson and probably Murillo, but Vitor seems to have the adaptability to do it and he will get backed if they leave with budget.

I genuinely don't know enough about what went wrong at Wolves to know how responsible Vitor was, all that said.

If we qualify for the Champions League, expect Jose Mourinho.
Wants to come back and manage in the EPL, big fan of Cloughie (provided the foreword to I Believe in Miracles).
Speaks Portuguese, agent is Jorge Mendes.
And plays a completely different style to what the squad is built for, so is the natural Maranakis choice.

Didn't he want to come back to the premier league to manage a team out of the champions league, because UEFA are cunts. Or something.

This would be hideous.
I fully expect VP to start the next season with us whatever happens from now. No idea who will be in charge come September though.

Jose is supposedly going to Real Madrid and has been offered a new deal by Benfica. He’s not coming here.

This would be absolutely mental by Madrid

No idea if it's likely but you can see how finishing 11 points behind Barcelona would lead to desperate measures.

If we were to win the europa, I don't think theire is chance of Marinakis changing manager.

No but what if we lose to Villa. It's a one off game, we have injuries and anything can happen. We could still finish on 46-47 points. What would he do then?

VP’s record is very good as a sprint manager, not in the longer term. He’s done well from a tactics and vibes perspective.
In >20y as a manager, he stayed at Porto for 2y and Shanghai for 3y. Everywhere else has been months, not years.
We *might make an honest man out of him, but it seems unlikely.

If we want to continue looking chaotic we should certainly sack him in the summer. Or maybe he'll have earned a chance to show he's graduated to at least middle distance. Apart from a consistent midtable stint at Fulham though, I'm not sure Marco Silva's record is really any better. And Glasner would be a step back in style if the project is working towards us being able to control the tempo of games.

The question is will Silva be available at the November international break and when we’ve lost 2 champions league games and sit in the bottom five?

If anyone has any expectation that VP will be the manager this time next year, I have a seat on a return flight to Mars to sell you.