Who will be next Arsenal coach (Wenger's still hanging on)

[ekhibee]

Joachim Loew is best price 7/2 fav at the moment, I know it's not Hibs-related, but it's a tasty price in my opinion..

[SChibs]

Gunnersaurus

[GreenNWhiteArmy]

Ancelloti with maybe Patrick Vieira as assistant till end of next season before the latter takes over full time?

Or Sol Campbell. He'll fancy his chances :)

[Monts]

Craig Levein - He knows what it takes to not win anything

[hfc rd]

Ian Cathro will be a very good appointment.

[Thecat23]

Mikel Arteta is the name going about.

[The_Horde]

Arsene Wenger

[Mibbes Aye]

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Joachim Loew is best price 7/2 fav at the moment, I know it's not Hibs-related, but it's a tasty price in my opinion..

Loew has long been considered a favourite. He will be busy with Germany in the summer and still has a couple of years left on his contract.

Thomas Tuchel has also been cited in the past and he's currently without a club. Arsenal recently appointed Sven Mislintat as their Head of Recruitment however - Mislintat became available after falling out with Tuchel at Dortmund, so whether the two can bury their differences would be the question.

The outside bet might be Leonardo Jardim, the Monaco manager.

But perhaps there might be neatness in Loew going to Arsenal and Tuchel taking on the Germany job? The only problem with this is that Bayern Munich are expected to announce next season's manager in a few weeks, with the current interim boss, Jupp Heynckes, stepping down at the end of this season. Tuchel would be a natural favourite given how he likes his teams to play though there are suggestions that he isn't popular with the Bayern hierarchy. Regardless, Bayern are on record as saying they want a German-speaking manager, which narrows the pool.

Regardless of who gets it, the key to arresting Arsenal's decline lies in strengthening in a number of areas but perhaps none more so than the 'Patrick Vieira' role. Gilberto Silva replaced Vieira very successfully but after he left, Wenger has auditioned everybody and their dog in that position without ever finding a truly top-class solution. That's perhaps because the players he has tried out were often playmakers like Wilshere, Ramsey, Arteta and Cazorla or industrious but unimposing types like Song. Wenger firmly believed Abou Diaby was the player and showed a lot of faith in him but Diaby only managed two good seasons out of his nine full ones at Arsenal due to chronic injuries.

A player Arsenal have long been linked with but never seemed to have approached is William Carvalho, at Sporting CP. I saw him in a Primeira Liga game at the end of January and he looked like the kind of player they so desperately need (and have done for so long now) - imposing but technically refined, comfortable with both feet, adept at breaking up play in front of his own box and and spreading play in front of the opposition box.

[Sauzee16]

Big Carlo with Henry assisting.

Saying that it will be partially Wegners decision so you ar probably looking at Laurent Blanc or Didier Dechamps perhaps an outside bet of Zizzi?

[Lago]

Billy Brown, he's been places you know!

[Billy Whizz]

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Joachim Loew is best price 7/2 fav at the moment, I know it's not Hibs-related, but it's a tasty price in my opinion..

Can’t see him taking the job before the World Cup

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Joachim Loew is best price 7/2 fav at the moment, I know it's not Hibs-related, but it's a tasty price in my opinion..

Eddie Howe must be due a bigger job worked wonders at Bournemouth

[Sauzee16]

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Can’t see him taking the job before the World Cup

Would he have to?

[Danderhall Hibs]

Is Brendan Rogers in the mix?

[Sauzee16]

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Is Brendan Rogers in the mix?

No chance.

[Scouse Hibee]

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Is Brendan Rogers in the mix?

Yes he is, no surprise to see him there either.

[RoslinInstHibby]

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No chance.

don't think it would be a bad appointment tbh

[hibsbollah]

Maurizio Sarri from Napoli is the one they should be looking at. Fantastic style of football, gets the most out of veteran players (Hamcik, Mertens) like Arsenal have, and wins a helluva lot of games. Lots of other moneyed clubs will be after him as well, but Arsenal would be a good fit. There are lots better candidates than Brendan Rogers out there for Arsenal.

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Maurizio Sarri from Napoli is the one they should be looking at. Fantastic style of football, gets the most out of veteran players (Hamcik, Mertens) like Arsenal have, and wins a helluva lot of games. Lots of other moneyed clubs will be after him as well, but Arsenal would be a good fit. There are lots better candidates than Brendan Rogers out there for Arsenal.

would the better candidates want to go to arsenal though? they are way behind the other "big sides"

[snooky]

If they wait till we're about to play The Rangers, then Neil Lennon will become the hot favourite.

[Iggy Pope]

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would the better candidates want to go to arsenal though? they are way behind the other "big sides"

Are there many other "big sides" the scale of Arsenal looking for a manager? Massive club.

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Are there many other "big sides" the scale of Arsenal looking for a manager? Massive club.

if you believe some of the press then Real Madrid, Chelsea and Man Utd need new managers....

[Mibbes Aye]

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would the better candidates want to go to arsenal though? they are way behind the other "big sides"

Pluses - based in London; massive salary; outstanding facilities for coaching your team; sizeable transfer kitty (though not in the top, top bracket); nucleus of a decent team, all around a good age; crop of very promising youngsters just breaking through; culture of playing very attractive football

Minuses - increasingly harder to compete financially with EPL competitors; knock-on effect on scope for CL qualification; internal wranglings at Board level causing uncertainty; number of positions needing strengthened; with ageing players in defence in particular

For a lot of managers, they're a very attractive opposition IMO. I can actually see Jardim being the right potential option.

[HibbyAndy]

Diego Simone

[Iggy Pope]

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if you believe some of the press then Real Madrid, Chelsea and Man Utd need new managers....

I don't.....

[Captain Trips]

Joachim Low would be an excellent appointment for any club, he has an excellent record at both club and country. I think he would work well at Aresnal whom need to be challenging for titles not drifiting away from them. Arsenal are in danger of becoming what Liverpool have been in last 25yrs and living on the glory of the late 90s early 00s as Liverpool did in the 80s.

[Colr]

Won 2 of the last three trophies they were up for and was a finalist in the other. No wonder they want rid of him.

They deserve to go into terminal decline.

[hibsbollah]

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would the better candidates want to go to arsenal though? they are way behind the other "big sides"

That's the question

One of the upsides to that Kronke guy's much-pilloried patience with Wenger's chronic underachievement is that Sarri or similar well thought of candidates might feel they won't have a threat of being sacked hanging over their shoulder every five minutes. Job security must matter to these people as well as the annual salary...

[hibsbollah]

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Pluses - based in London; massive salary; outstanding facilities for coaching your team; sizeable transfer kitty (though not in the top, top bracket); nucleus of a decent team, all around a good age; crop of very promising youngsters just breaking through; culture of playing very attractive football

Minuses - increasingly harder to compete financially with EPL competitors; knock-on effect on scope for CL qualification; internal wranglings at Board level causing uncertainty; number of positions needing strengthened; with ageing players in defence in particular

For a lot of managers, they're a very attractive opposition IMO. I can actually see Jardim being the right potential option.

Jardims blotted his copybook a bit by getting papped out of the Champions league this season. He got lucky with a fantastic group of young players at Monaco last year. I think the juries still out on him.

[sauzee=legend]

Stubbs!!!!