30 Aug 2026 08:18:20
Nuno’s league record since he joined us without Paco assisting him, W2 D7 L10. ?

1.) 30 Aug 2026
30 Aug 2026 08:33:44
And this is the manager some think will guide us back to the Premiership? Come on. He needs to go yesterday.

2.) 30 Aug 2026
30 Aug 2026 09:44:49
I never wanted him in the first place. He was never right for us, and yet again was the 'safe' option. He should have gone last season after we lost to Forest, then again at the end of the season. He's a complete charleton that somehow people think is a great manager.

Personally, I think we have a good squad that should be able to get promoted, but they've all forgotten how to play football. Get rid of Nuno, give us a proper coach, and give the fans a brand of football we can get behind, not this boring tepid rubbish.

3.) 30 Aug 2026
30 Aug 2026 09:49:28
Well said, Robbo. Couldn't agree more.

4.) 30 Aug 2026
30 Aug 2026 10:02:11
We had a defensive manager in Moyes who had the team playing boring football. We got shot of him, and replaced him with a useless coach who couldn't speak English and was a looney. Then we replaced him with the disaster that was Potter.

Not learning from our mistakes, we then took on the next clueless manager in Nuno. Even though he got us relegated, we rewarded him by keeping him on. When are we going to learn, and when are we going to appoint a coach who plays entertaining football?

5.) 30 Aug 2026
30 Aug 2026 10:17:11
What we need is an attack-minded coach who is willing to develop and bring on our youth players. We also need a board, which will appoint a director of football and which is prepared to back him with a sufficient budget to rebuild a squad capable of regaining our rightful place in the Premiership and playing entertaining football. Don't hold your breath.

6.) 30 Aug 2026
30 Aug 2026 11:01:08
I personally would like to see them go for McKenna. He has a proven track record working with young players, because that is where our future has to be. I totally understand we have to sign a few older players to try to get us out the Championship, but we have bought too many older players, and if we only rely on them, and ignore our youth, we will come straight back down again. The last few games, numerous youth players have been given a chance, and none of them have embarrassed themselves, and in Golumbekis, Orford Mukasa and Ajala, outshone their senior comparisons.

I've said it a few times before, but have been quietly shot down with the fatherly advice that they are nowhere ready yet.

This is all wishful thinking because we have a man at the helm whose main priority was to keep Nuno, as he would do a great job in the Championship. Please. ?

7.) 30 Aug 2026
30 Aug 2026 11:25:37
I'm in total agreement with you guys. Nuno has to go, but we will just make the same mistakes that we did last year.

The problem is that we will then probably appoint someone like Potter all over again, and just repeat the cycle.

McKenna is the man we need, and fast.

8.) 30 Aug 2026
30 Aug 2026 12:45:35
Not only is Nuno clueless, he's scared of his own shadow. Can you imagine him dealing with the likes of Billy Bonds or Paolo Di Canio? ?

9.) 30 Aug 2026
30 Aug 2026 13:04:03
I agree, Tin, but that is also reflective. I don't want to bash Bowen, as he has shown some dedication and generally always gives his all. But his lack of strong leadership on the field is also hampering us. I think the fellas you mentioned would be getting the manager to change the style, formation, etc., along with being stronger on who takes penalties.

10.) 30 Aug 2026
30 Aug 2026 14:20:43
Nuno would isolate Bonds or Di Canio, make them get the train on their own and not pick them, and force them out. He wouldn't have the balls or personality to deal with them.

Hammer, I said last season that we had a squad full of losers, and that hasn't changed.

There are no characters in that squad, no mavericks, no one who will get the game by the scruff of the neck, no one who will shout and organise the defences, just a bunch of boring personalities that don't want to rock the boat.

11.) 30 Aug 2026
30 Aug 2026 16:48:45
And let's face it, Bowen is not a patch on the player he once was.

12.) 30 Aug 2026
30 Aug 2026 19:29:03
Kieran McKenna is the man they need. It would be a step-up from Ipswich, although he may want the season off - like Howe. I thought Gary O'Neil may have been a good fit, and Parker has got three teams up from the Championship.

13.) 30 Aug 2026
30 Aug 2026 20:08:07
I appreciate that McKenna said he wants to take time out, but in all honesty I think it's a bluff. I think he is a really good manager, but will be limited at Ipswich, and I feel they may end up in a relegation battle again.
By doing this, he is also putting himself in the shop window, and a project like West Ham would be ideal to test his abilities.

I think he is good, but like everyone, he does have a similar issue to Nuno and other managers we have, in that he only has one way of playing, and there is no plan B. But at least his plan A is attack. I just don't know if the people at the top of the club have the foresight to go for someone like him. We live in hope.