I find it quite unbelievable that Jeff Shi has somehow managed to demonstrate year on year that he is completely incompetent in his role (and somehow getting worse!) but here we are.
I was also all for Julen Lopetegui, but I think now he's done us over twice, I'd stay well clear moving forwards. I can see a scenario in the future where it's "third time lucky" and we eventually employ him, but I'm not sure I'd go back again. Obviously we all know Mendes will make it happen at some point, be it 2-3-4 years from now.
I don't mind Dyche, but certain managers would work at certain clubs with certain squads; and there's no way the likes of Nunes, Neves, Guedes, Podence etc respond positively to Dyche yelling in their faces. That's a hard pass for me.
Nuno would be the proverbial "safe pair of hands". He knows the club, the area, the fans, the importance of the connection between all three. He knows many of the players, and I would trust him to set us up in a way where we are hard to beat but also capable of scoring goals. It's very, very likely he would come here and play with a back 4 too. I think he's got unfinished business here. The football under him in the final season was atrocious but there were so many factors to consider and I reckon he wants to come back to right those wrongs. I genuinely didn't think it would happen because in order for Nuno to come back, it would mean Jeff Shi has to admit to being wrong, and we know he doesn't do that; but I've just seen the tweet that Kenny has shared from Nash and it actually looks like it might happen!
Finally, I went to a Miller & Carter that has opened 2 minutes from my house last weekend (they closed a very popular Harvester and opened a M&C there instead). I can confirm it was shite. Had to send the steak back. Asked for medium rare, but it came out dripping in blood. Then heard the waitress moaning because I'd sent it back. Still left a tip, cos I'm a mug.
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