[Albion] Phil Neville

[Eddiespearritt]

On the subject of Phil Neville especially compared to Gus Poyet, I think we'd be looking at a very different style of football. Maybe it would work, but taking a punt on an untried manager at a club at the top end of the championship, expecting to go higher, seems a bit hopeful. Phil Neville alongside someone else, maybe.

 

[greyseagull]

Not forgiven him for giving away that penalty against Romania and various other blunders playing for England
Thought he was nailed on to be Moyes's number 2 at Man Utd anyway

You need to let that go...

 

[vegster]

It's the wrong Neville

 

[Giraffe]

You'd have to love a gamble to appoint an ex player with no managerial experience

Like Alan Mullery?

 

[Hillian1]

It's the wrong Neville

Neville Neville?

 

[Saint Lennard]

I'm excited by the idea of this. He is wanted as a coach at the highest level. So I think the success of this may be who assists him. I would worry that on his on he would not command the respect of Gus's gang. My only disappointment would be a change of playing style but no one knows what sort of style he would prefer but if it was akin to the Everton closing down without the ball, pass and move with it I think that would suit the Championship. So who as assistant? Duncan Ferguson? Stuart Pearce?
I still think someone like David Platt may be less of a risk than Phil. So Phil as the assistant seems ideal.

 

[Worthai Seagull]

Telegraph reckons he's gonna be our new manager


Phil Neville is being lined up by Brighton and Hove Albion as a potential successor to Gus Poyet, with the Championship club understood to be taking steps to appoint their next manager.

Neville has emerged as a leading contender to replace the Uruguayan, who is still the subject of an investigation from his club after he was suspended earlier this month, and the Everton captain is expected to be included on a shortlist if Poyet's departure is confirmed.

Poyet and his assistants, Mauricio Taricco and Charlie Oatway, were all suspended by Brighton in May and a resolution is expected to be agreed next week, with the League Managers’ Association also involved in the inquiry.

I was led to believe that Phil Neville is going with Moyes to United as part of his team . That would be the perfect learning curve for him , before coming into management , i would have thought !

 

[saafend_seagull]

No it is clearly not.

Ever heard of dyslexia oh perfect one?

Oh the irony.

 

[King of Birds]

We need a change to playing style though. Not a wholesale departure, but the pretty 'total' football isn't going to get us promoted without the world-class players needed to play that way and not get found out. Cardiff got promoted by playing good passing football mixed with the ugly stuff, ruthlessly shutting the opposition out of games. Someone with Neville's experience at Man Utd and Everton will be well placed to make this transition I think.

 

[GoingUp]

ross barkley onloan would be epic, but i want an experienced manager, cant see phil getting us promoted...

 

[saafend_seagull]

ross barkley onloan would be epic, but i want an experienced manager, cant see phil getting us promoted...

Was useless for sheff wed against us.

 

[backson]

Neville Neville?

Your face is a mess?

 

[King of Birds]

Your face is a mess?

Very good.

 

[pasty]

If true he would surely have to be teamed up with someone else.Somebody with a bit of experience.

Absolutely this. Really don't want a rookie taking the reins.

 

[withdeanwombat]

I don't think he speaks Spanish; his English might just pass muster.

 

[backson]

Bryan Robson? Roy Keane? Paul Ince? Mark Hughes? - All played under Ferguson.

Wouldn't want any of them managing Brighton either.

The thing about those, is that they were all great individual players, whereas you wouldn't necessarily say the same about PN, but he still spent years at two of the top teams in the country and played however many times for England; as someone mentioned about his brother, he obviously reads the game very well.

I'm intrigued by this one and wouldn't be too disappointed (although still more excited by Oscar).

 

[somerset]

Strangely, I see some potential if this proves to be a goer,..... as said above, he will have a tap into a whole range of recruitment avenues, Prem, Everton, Man U, ..... err Bury!!.....

 

[Diego Napier]

I think he would be a great manager, experienced player, learnt from the greatest manager of all time and hungry to do well!!! Gets my vote!

Learnt from Ferguson & Moyes, two of the of best managers ever with very different personalities and club setups.

Gets my vote too!

 

[Not Andy Naylor]

I saw this last night just before going to bed and its all over the BBC gossip pages (so someone there has obviously checked the story hopefully, apparently) so this one has legs
thought about it and YES if they get some sort of mentor in or a direct line to Moyes
could be a goer this

"Checked the story"? How little you know about the way the national media work.

All anyone can reasonably say about our next manager - and you may have noticed that, officially at least, there is no current vacancy - is that agents will have been contacting Barber for the last fortnight indicating that their clients are interested, and one or two of these agents might also have called contacts in the media asking them to link their clients with the job. Because that helps to get other clubs interested too.

If there's a shortlist for a vacancy that doesn't even exist yet, the people who know what names are on it are: Tony Bloom; Paul Barber; Darren Bloom; err, that's probably it.

 

[southstandandy]

Will cancel my season ticket if this happens!