Actually, I don't think it does

- Young, hungry, up-and-coming (potentially, at least!), progressive head coach

- His best work has been bringing through and improving young players

- Plays an aggressive pressing style which would suit the new signings we've made

- Would surely pick and revitalise the likes of Cantwell and Gilmour

- Would excite the squad and many of the fans, at least initially

- Knows East Anglia very well

- Is urbane, intelligent and respected throughout football

- Understands the continental way of doing things thanks to all the people he played under

- In both his jobs to date, he did better with a more limited budget (Derby had basically stopped spending when he arrived)

- The new Brexit rules make a British appointment considerably more likely than when Webber first came in

- And the clincher for me is this. His future would depend on him succeeding. If he doesn't, that's it for him as far as PL or even ambitious Championship clubs go; that's it for his long term ambition of managing the national team.

But if he succeeded - if he somehow pulled it off - he'd make a right name for himself as a manager in his own right. In that sense, albeit short term, it'd be win/win.

Doesn't mean I think he's the choice. No-one knows on that. It might even be that he asked to speak to Webber, not the other way around.

But if he wants his next job to be a PL one, we're probably the only option given the question marks around him after Chelsea. Remarkably, he probably needs us more than we need him in that sense.

And of course, it'd be viewed across football as a significant statement of intent by us. Which would help with recruits, media coverage and so on.

Again: I'm not saying it's him. But I'd completely understand the thinking if it is.

Posted By: thebigfeller, Nov 10, 07:49:11