Leigh said:
Can we afford the compensation we'd have to pay to any of these clubs for stealing their manager?
Of course its all about opinions. Personally out of those five I could only see McGhee and Cotterill coming here, and I wouldn't want either of them!
Newell is still fairly untested at this level, I'm not sure I'd really want him to come here anyway, he's more likely to want to establish himself with Luton and learn the game than switch clubs so quickly.
Burley is now being considered for Premiership jobs, that is the kind of thing he's looking at, not middling Championship clubs, he's been there already.
Davies was linked with the vacancy at Derby but didn't go there, and while our finances may be better than theirs, at the time when Derby had a vacancy they had just been in the playoffs and had a squad in a better position than ours - rivalry aside in all other aspects Derby are equally as big as us with as much potential.
Anyway, the question which new manager might work is surely obsolete anyway, because if we got someone new we'd have to give them time and there is a section of fans unable to do that.
Oh, and I don't want Levein to go anyway!
Leigh, I have merely answered the question in the thread, and provided a list of managers I believe we could attract,I know we have a manager in place, but it is blatantly obvious that he is under pressure, I hope he does turn it around but I am not yet convinced so the obvious question is bound to be discussed. Regardless of league position Leicester is a club with potential, a young squad, excellent facilities and a very good fan base, all in all an attractive proposition.
As for my list, IMO Burley will end up back in the championship, possibly at Sheff Utd when and if Warnock leaves for Portsmouth that IMO makes him a viable target and he is out of work so we would be an attractive offer.
Davies is unsettled at Preston, fall out with the chairman over promises made over summer spending at the time of Derby's offer, also he was tempted by the Rams job, things change in football so again I believe he is a gettable target.
Newell has done an excellent job at Luton and is approaching half a seasons experience of championship football, which is half a season more than Levein or even the great MON had when we appointed them.
McGhee and Cotterill - I would be interested as to your reasons for not appointing either. Cotterill has done an amazing job at Burnley under difficult financial restaints and he has unearthed some real gems from the lower divisions like O'Connor and Spicer. McGhee has vast experience at this level and done a very good job at Brighton, again in vert difficult circumstances, surely this is a decent grounding for managing a club such as ours.
As for the question of compensation, I cannot answer that, however in the position we are in can we really afford to take the cheap option, but as it showed last year when MA left we soon found the money when it came to Levein, and traditionally managers compensation is nowhere near the levels of players transfer fees. Davies for instance is on a 12 month rolling contract so the likelihood is that compensation would likely to be 100k - 200k max.
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