CCFC MANAGER INTERVIEWS LATEST

what's Paulo Souza doing these days ????

being serious now I think we need a manager that can install fast passing football at the Club and not none of the long ball crap we've been served up over the past few seasons at times with the boring Jones 442 , can u imagine a front 2 of Bellamy and Chopra with a taller centre forward playing a deeper role in midfield ? A bit like Dobbie is at the Jacks , maybe Bothroyd could come back and do that job with his passing skills and ball aerial ball winning ability .

Hmmmm. Mark Hughes eh. Slipped under my radar for sure.

I cannot understand all the negativity towards him. IMHO this would be a stellar appointment. A man with immense credibility throughout football.

Kept a very average Blackburn team in Premiership against the odds for years.

Unfairly sacked from Man City.

What he has achieved at Fulham is a minor miracle. Taking a small, underfunded club to 8th in the Premiership is almost unbelievable. Played good football too.

Who in their right mind wouldnt want him. If he goes to top Premier club then so be it. If he doesn't then come on down Sparky.

just heard on the news that hughes cant talk to any club until the end of the month,i would think the city would want someone in before that unless they agree in principal

Get Hughes in

If we offer MON a good enough war chest we have one thing to offer over other suitors.....he would have, like DJ total control!!! MON has to have this at any club he goes to, not many clubs will allow that anymore, but we will

Yeah you are right. I was listening to John Hartson on talksport yesterday. They asked him if MON would take the Chelsea job with Rom telling him which players to sign. Hartson said No chance MON would want total control of the football side. He also said MON loves to play 3-5-3 formation with fast wide men and a big guy up top.

3-5-3 get him in if hes played all these years with an extra player and nobody has noticed!!!

MON may have used a back 3 at celtic, but his tenure at villa was def flat back 4!

3-5-3 get him in if hes played all these years with an extra player and nobody has noticed!!!

That's why he's been successful

I would love him here but can see him going to the premier.

Is there really a legit chance we might get MON?

MON is the person many picked to take over from SAF.

Has been a front runner for the England job a number of times.

Maybe one of the top 5 managers in the UK?

MON would be the greatest signing we have ever made!

Is there really a legit chance we might get MON?

MON is the person many picked to take over from SAF.

Has been a front runner for the England job a number of times.

Maybe one of the top 5 managers in the UK?

MON would be the greatest signing we have ever made!

He was also lined up to take over from JM, PG, RB, AF and last but not least AW!

Why would anyone who has no affiliation with this club, give up managing a succesful Premiership club, who will be playing in Europe next year, and drop down a division to manage here, at Cardiff?

Why would anyone who has no affiliation with this club, give up managing a succesful Premiership club, who will be playing in Europe next year, and drop down a division to manage here, at Cardiff?

Would you not call being Welsh and Cardiff being a Welsh club an affiliation? maybe he, as well as Bellamy - would like to see BOTH Welsh teams competing in the best league in the world?

I cannot understand all the negativity towards him. IMHO this would be a stellar appointment. A man with immense credibility throughout football.

As a player...

Kept a very average Blackburn team in Premiership against the odds for years.

A mid table / lower mid table side, hardly cannon fodder for relegation... they spent money - £12m for Santa Cruz?

Unfairly sacked from Man City.

Underperformed, as Mancini is doing.

What he has achieved at Fulham is a minor miracle. Taking a small, underfunded club to 8th in the Premiership is almost unbelievable. Played good football too.

Minor miracle? No, you seriously said that and meant it? What's almost unbelievable was Hodgson taking said side into the Europa league final, beating Juventus having been what 4 goals down? I'd say that's somewhat more of an achievement than finishing 8th.

Good football? You didn't see too many matched then His standard 4-5-1 counter attacking style...

Who in their right mind wouldnt want him. If he goes to top Premier club then so be it. If he doesn't then come on down Sparky.

Plenty wouldn't want him, who look at his actual record. History of cutting and running from clubs when he thinks he can get something bigger - look what happened with Fulham. can't trust the guy or plan long term with him.

The club held an interview today with Chris Hughton, I believe the interview took place in London.

Roberto Di Matteo is being interviewed tomorrow and this is set to take place in Birmingham.

Regarding Alan Curbishley I did not ask about when his interview is set for but have been told that if he is chosen for the job then Mervyn Day will come as his No.2.

If the club want Martin O Neill then they may have a battle from another Championship club, Nottingham Forest, who I believe are close to parting company with Billy Davies and they want O Neill as his successor.

Since Mark Hughes left Fulham late this afternoon I have had a call to say that Hughes will be meeting with City to discuss the managers job.
The club hoped they would get their man in and done early next week but I am told from an insider that "It will take longer than what we thought", my opinion is that the earliest we would hear something is late next week.

I am abroad from Sunday but will ring Annis if I hear anything, though I suspect or hope that he will ring me and tell me who had got the job.

Apparently Sparky nor his agent is allowed to talk to any club before June 30th

Why would anyone who has no affiliation with this club, give up managing a succesful Premiership club, who will be playing in Europe next year, and drop down a division to manage here, at Cardiff?

Would you not call being Welsh and Cardiff being a Welsh club an affiliation? maybe he, as well as Bellamy - would like to see BOTH Welsh teams competing in the best league in the world?

In one word NO. Mark Hughes maybe Welsh, but as he's from North Wales, he has very little in common, with a South Wales club. bellamy isn't just Welsh, he is a lifelong Cardiff fan. Some people are in clowd cookoo land if they even think for one minute that Hughes is coming here.

Hughes signed Santa Cruz for less then 4 million.

Why would anyone who has no affiliation with this club, give up managing a succesful Premiership club, who will be playing in Europe next year, and drop down a division to manage here, at Cardiff?

Thats exactly what i thought. Hughes is a north walian and has never played for cardiff.

The club held an interview today with Chris Hughton, I believe the interview took place in London.

Roberto Di Matteo is being interviewed tomorrow and this is set to take place in Birmingham.

Regarding Alan Curbishley I did not ask about when his interview is set for but have been told that if he is chosen for the job then Mervyn Day will come as his No.2.

If the club want Martin O Neill then they may have a battle from another Championship club, Nottingham Forest, who I believe are close to parting company with Billy Davies and they want O Neill as his successor.

Since Mark Hughes left Fulham late this afternoon I have had a call to say that Hughes will be meeting with City to discuss the managers job.
The club hoped they would get their man in and done early next week but I am told from an insider that "It will take longer than what we thought", my opinion is that the earliest we would hear something is late next week.

I am abroad from Sunday but will ring Annis if I hear anything, though I suspect or hope that he will ring me and tell me who had got the job.

Apparently Sparky nor his agent is allowed to talk to any club before June 30th

I was under the impression he was not allowed to talk to any PREMIERSHIP club.....am i mis-informed?

I cannot understand all the negativity towards him. IMHO this would be a stellar appointment. A man with immense credibility throughout football.

As a player...

Kept a very average Blackburn team in Premiership against the odds for years.

A mid table / lower mid table side, hardly cannon fodder for relegation... they spent money - £12m for Santa Cruz?

Unfairly sacked from Man City.

Underperformed, as Mancini is doing.

What he has achieved at Fulham is a minor miracle. Taking a small, underfunded club to 8th in the Premiership is almost unbelievable. Played good football too.

Minor miracle? No, you seriously said that and meant it? What's almost unbelievable was Hodgson taking said side into the Europa league final, beating Juventus having been what 4 goals down? I'd say that's somewhat more of an achievement than finishing 8th.

Good football? You didn't see too many matched then His standard 4-5-1 counter attacking style...

Who in their right mind wouldnt want him. If he goes to top Premier club then so be it. If he doesn't then come on down Sparky.

Plenty wouldn't want him, who look at his actual record. History of cutting and running from clubs when he thinks he can get something bigger - look what happened with Fulham. can't trust the guy or plan long term with him.

So nerd, ur not Sparky's biggest fan then!!!!

The club held an interview today with Chris Hughton, I believe the interview took place in London.

Roberto Di Matteo is being interviewed tomorrow and this is set to take place in Birmingham.

Regarding Alan Curbishley I did not ask about when his interview is set for but have been told that if he is chosen for the job then Mervyn Day will come as his No.2.

If the club want Martin O Neill then they may have a battle from another Championship club, Nottingham Forest, who I believe are close to parting company with Billy Davies and they want O Neill as his successor.

Since Mark Hughes left Fulham late this afternoon I have had a call to say that Hughes will be meeting with City to discuss the managers job.
The club hoped they would get their man in and done early next week but I am told from an insider that "It will take longer than what we thought", my opinion is that the earliest we would hear something is late next week.

I am abroad from Sunday but will ring Annis if I hear anything, though I suspect or hope that he will ring me and tell me who had got the job.

Apparently Sparky nor his agent is allowed to talk to any club before June 30th

I was under the impression he was not allowed to talk to any PREMIERSHIP club.....am i mis-informed?

Not sure mate. I was under the impression (well I assumed tbh) it was any club.....but you could be right. I'm sure someone on here knows the answer.

To be honest why are there supporters hoping Di matteo comes as manager didn't he fail at the baggies this season! in my opinion he would be a step backwards,i would go all out for Chris Hughton and does anybody know if we have a big budget to sign decent players rather than these glorified Loan signings, don't get me wrong 1 or 2 would help us but the main influx of out 1st team last season were made up of loan signings and i think they didn't have the grit or heart of the club going for them they were just here for the money (Bellars and ollie excluded)

nj73

It's not really funny, but your roadsign is quite witty.