Tom Cleverley - Head Coach

Loved Boothroyd's season but not sure I would have him back. Gibbs has coached at the top level and is obviously a Watford legend so must be in the running. I quite like the idea of a young coach, Gosling possibly but I don't know if he's looking at a coaching role. I would go for young over experienced as the game has changed a lot and would like to see new ideas.
Has Gilligan left or been moved?

 

He’s reverting back full time as Academy Technical Head I believe.

 

I’d not be surprised if it was Warren Joyce

 

Prefer James.

 

Prefer Yootha

 

Ah, the Cream of the crop. We can all dream of Tales of Brave Ulysses.

 

Would make a nice change from hearing about Bachmann and Raj being Ulysses, and not brave.

 

Has Pardew ruled himself out yet?

 

I wouldn't complain if we appointed Warren Joyce.

 

He could def "do a job", though not recently as he's been unemployed for the last 14 months. Probably another 18 months to go before he would be tempted and we could snare him.

 

Used to manage CSKA Sofia, he's as good as here

 

....where his assistant was ex watford youth player Alex Dyer. It's as good as done.

 

I was trying to reply to your original message, not knowing you'd deleted it and got the message that I didn't have permission to reply to it. "Christ" I thought, "the power has really gone to his head !"

 

I think Pardew has embedded himself at TalkSport. Latest TS soundbites include Pardew 'SLAMMING the price of the new England kit' and 'BACKING Mark Robins' to replace that Dutch bloke at Man Ewe.

 

If we WANT him we WILL get him.

 

What about 'Curbs' then?

 

I think I'd have to be quite heavily sedated to listen to Pards droning on about anything!

 

Possible dream team, but he hasn't aged so well.....

 

Disagree. He's prettayy, prettayy good.

 

Not sure but better than when he was younger

 

Wow!

 

My reaction too when I first saw whilst looking for an image of him to post.

 

People here joke about Pardew and have regularly listed him as one of those "big name" managers that are currently big in name only (along with Redknapp, Hughes, etc - even Pearson had his doubters on appointment) but he actually did a really good job early in his career at Reading and West Ham, and later on briefly at Newcastle and Palace. Problem is he's really lost his way over the greater part of the last decade and the period before his results go to hell gets shorter with every club (Reading he left on a high - in contrast IIRC he never even got going at WBA).

I still would've preferred Steve Coppell, Alan Curbishley, George Burley or even Redknapp during his earlier years because he's never come across as particularly likeable.

 

Good one.

 

Please tell me this a joke….

 

I have a sense (which is informed but very loosely) that is unlikely any of the names mentioned on here since yesterday.

But the club are far better at keeping things quiet since Giaretta left so who knows.

 

Surely that’s Larry David?

 

My guess and it’s just a guess is Steve Round, been out of work since leaving Arsenal as Artetas no.2

 

Hodgson’s back!

 

Only got the title as I am sensibly not subscribed to his patreon, but Alan Nixon says: 'Watford boss wants old coach to quit Forest for him'