Very good article. I notice in The Athletic's coverage of the Chelsea firing of Rosenior, they include a long list and some portraits of possible successors. 9 candidates on the list starting with Iraola and Fabregas, then Filipe Luis, Simeone, Nagelsmann, Glasner, Lampard, Enrique and Emery. BUT there is a name very well-known to Fulham fans not on it. Guess who? In the portraits, the football writers make good arguments for all of the candidates and with the Chelsea owners no price is too high. Why is Marco missing? Maybe his estimation of his ability to move up does not match what the rest of the world sees.
Thanks for this Ray. It is true that Marco may think himself above Fulham. My hope is that he can take himself to that next level, and that Fulham can go with him. If not, Fulham owe him a great deal, and we can both grow, albeit separately if it comes to it.
At some point, Marco will no longer be the manager of Fulham and the club, players and fans will have to deal with that. This summer or in a decade; who can say? There's an old quotation that goes something like - the cemeteries are full of indispensable men.
All that said, I am not looking forward to Marco leaving - that will be a time of stress and uncertainty. As Alex writes, losing Marco will instantly become secondary to who and how good is this new manager. We can all see what our long imagined replacement is doing down the road and ... yeah, not so great, eh?
This is going to be a summer of much change for Fulham. I imagine Wilson will be someplace new come August with a full wallet and place on the bench far warmer than he is expecting now - as is often the case with our most talented departees. If Silva is gone as well, we might benefit from minimizing the other changes, just to keep the amount of churn from becoming destabilizing. I often feel like AliMac, the Khans and the front office have limited bandwidth and struggle to fill too many squad slots at one time. Counterintuitively, I bet if they can get Silva to stay we'll end up with more new players for next season. Is that alone a reason to keep Marco?
If Marco is playing Robinson to get him back to fitness then is he not planning for the future suggesting he will stay...?
To me it seems that Marco is just waiting to see if a better opportunity comes his way, I feel like one will not and he will end up signing a new contract HOWEVER is that what the fan-base currently want?
Very good article. I notice in The Athletic's coverage of the Chelsea firing of Rosenior, they include a long list and some portraits of possible successors. 9 candidates on the list starting with Iraola and Fabregas, then Filipe Luis, Simeone, Nagelsmann, Glasner, Lampard, Enrique and Emery. BUT there is a name very well-known to Fulham fans not on it. Guess who? In the portraits, the football writers make good arguments for all of the candidates and with the Chelsea owners no price is too high. Why is Marco missing? Maybe his estimation of his ability to move up does not match what the rest of the world sees.
Thanks for this Ray. It is true that Marco may think himself above Fulham. My hope is that he can take himself to that next level, and that Fulham can go with him. If not, Fulham owe him a great deal, and we can both grow, albeit separately if it comes to it.
Smart and insightful piece.
At some point, Marco will no longer be the manager of Fulham and the club, players and fans will have to deal with that. This summer or in a decade; who can say? There's an old quotation that goes something like - the cemeteries are full of indispensable men.
All that said, I am not looking forward to Marco leaving - that will be a time of stress and uncertainty. As Alex writes, losing Marco will instantly become secondary to who and how good is this new manager. We can all see what our long imagined replacement is doing down the road and ... yeah, not so great, eh?
This is going to be a summer of much change for Fulham. I imagine Wilson will be someplace new come August with a full wallet and place on the bench far warmer than he is expecting now - as is often the case with our most talented departees. If Silva is gone as well, we might benefit from minimizing the other changes, just to keep the amount of churn from becoming destabilizing. I often feel like AliMac, the Khans and the front office have limited bandwidth and struggle to fill too many squad slots at one time. Counterintuitively, I bet if they can get Silva to stay we'll end up with more new players for next season. Is that alone a reason to keep Marco?
Lovely Article Alex. Really good thought process
If Marco is playing Robinson to get him back to fitness then is he not planning for the future suggesting he will stay...?
To me it seems that Marco is just waiting to see if a better opportunity comes his way, I feel like one will not and he will end up signing a new contract HOWEVER is that what the fan-base currently want?
Very thoughtful and insightful article Alex