Is there any one you would rather have got than Ralph?

[whelk]

To a man everyone I know is excited by this one. I can’t think of anyone rather have signed so well done the board..and Gao.

 

None of us had heard of him last week though so all on anticipation.

[Cabbage_Face]

Roger Schmidt.

 

That's it.

[ALWAYS_SFC]

Silva............................................

[nta786]

pep guardiola.

[mrfahaji]

Of all the names I heard mentioned, Hasenhuttl was the one I was excited by. Flores would have been a "I like him, hopefully he'll do well" but nothing more. Most of the other names doing the rounds bored and scared me.

[trousers]

I'd have been equally happy with Marcelo Bielsa

 

(would have been little chance of us prizing him out Leeds, I know, but the question seems to be coming from a theoretical/philisophical perspective?)

[supersonic]

Phil Brown

[Pilchards]

I would of given Puel another try or even Hoddle.

[DuncanRG]

I haven't heard of the people I'd have preferred.

[Cabbage_Face]

I've heard of this manager in the spanish leagues doing a really good job on a small budget. Pellegrino or something.

[stthrobber]

I hadn't previously heard of him, but his bio speaks for itself and if he plays high pressing football a la Poch, then I'll be very happy. I'm excited by the prospect of him tbh. Moyes, Allardyce etc would be a sideways move from Hughes. Ralph appears to have a winning mentality and formula, so there was no-one that I know of, currently out of work that fits the bill as well as this bloke appears to

[Bad Wolf]

The ex-Monaco guy that Henry replaced was my first choice but not militantly since I didn't bother learning his name.

[tajjuk]

I didn't realistically think we could get someone of his level to be honest. I'd heard of him before though didn't know much about him except he was manager of Leipzig, who were making waves because they were upsetting the German football elite and were being very successful. I'd presume a manager of a club like that would only be going upwards to bigger clubs.

 

Jardim/Rogers was the best scenario I was hoping for and more realistically expecting QSF

[Heisenberg]

On paper a very decent appointment. One that finally unites us fans.

 

Hope this works out as us fans have suffered enough the past few years.

 

Onwards and upwards and without Les Reed and Hughes I feel positive.

 

[Dark Munster]

Hopefully RH will be a success, and I'm quietly optimistic. If he isn't, or gets prised away by a bigger club, the good news is that Pearson appears to be interested.

[niceandfriendly]

Schmidt would have been exciting, hell Wenger would have been wonderful! But RaHa is pretty much as good as we could have hoped for I think.

[BARCELONASAINT]

I'm very happy with this one and very surprised we have got our man......can only think we have promised him funds

[Baird of the land]

Very excited. After recent appointments I was expecting little and to get someone so exciting on paper is fantastic. Let’s hope it’s the start of a return to better times.

[Saint Without a Halo]

Only the lord Jesus as he has proved he can make miracles Ralph is going for one good luck to him i like all i have read heard and seen so far!

[adrian lord]

Nope. Perfectly happy and excited. Sense of the club and fan base being electrified once again.

[austsaint]

Nope. Perfectly happy and excited. Sense of the club and fan base being electrified once again.

 

That's the thing - there is a sense of hope, excitement and anticipation again; not experienced since the Koeman, Mane, Pochettino, Vic, Morgan, Pelle, Toby, VVD days.

[JustMike]

No.

[Bad Wolf]

That's the thing - there is a sense of hope, excitement and anticipation again; not experienced since the Koeman, Mane, Pochettino, Vic, Morgan, Pelle, Toby, VVD days.

 

You didn't feel that at the Cup Final or when we beat Inter Milan?

[austsaint]

You didn't feel that at the Cup Final or when we beat Inter Milan?

 

I did - the Cup Final was a massive occasion ending in a cruel defeat and the Europa League was a great thing for the Club leading on from Koeman's second season - but the quality of Football and general direction of the Club has been in decline sine Koeman left and Ralph's appointment has turned around the malaise of the past 2 1/2 seasons, whether he can turn things round remains to be seen.