Thought I'd let the dust settle (somewhat) before commenting on here, but have read every comment in this thread with interest - even the Huddersfield lads.
Firstly, good luck with whatever stop the crazy Walter Zenga bus arrives at next. Genuinely likable guy who I wanted to do well. Completely left-field at the time, and has been very quickly proven to be what most of us thought initially, the wrong appointment.
I'll look back on his short stint here with a "what if?". We were really close to being a very good team with him in charge, and I felt that had we turned a couple of those early draws in to wins (which in the majority of games we deserved), things could have been very different. We played Villa off the park and, despite being poor verses Leeds, had a lot of the play. The Championship is a funny old league and games are often won & lost with fine margins - if we'd had the run of the ball in a few more games this season, we'd have been in a much stronger position and Walter would still be here. That's football.
Ultimately he was found out and struggled tactically at this level. We have some good footballers here but we often started games too slowly and also seemed to be a little unsure of exactly *what* our system was. Zenga didn't correct these issues quick enough (a lot of the time not helped by the individual players), and would have known more than anyone that Fosun were going to be unforgiving owners.
I would genuinely like to see Walter go on and do well somewhere else. I can't imagine that will be in England.
As for our next appointment, I've no issues bringing in another foreign manager. I don't get the "must know the Championship" mentality - go and sign a good manager with a good record and chances are he'll do well.
I would like us to go all out to bring in Silva.
