Can you see top players being attracted to play for a manager with such a limited cv as Cooper's?

Before the season ended I took a cursory look at the options and thought Steve Cooper would be a good fit for us - knows the Championship where he could direct Dougie where to pick up the 4/5 of the players we need

Of course had he got through the playoffs he’d have stayed put and there lies the conundrum - how do we pick an eligible Championship level manager? The only ones available will have failed to have secured promotion and so be tainted in the eyes of many.

It’s a similar situation for the likes of Scott Parker.

I always thought Lampard wasn’t experienced enough as a manager full stop. I want someone who’s done the job for 5-10 years minimum. If Southampton can get a manager like Ralph Hasenhuttl - why can’t we? Maybe Cooper is that man but the club obviously need to sort this. It’s long…

Getting to the point where anyone is better than no one.

Raised on a diet of broken biscuits

Rubbish,
With the squad he had Swansea should have walked that division last season. Instead he barely scraped into the play offs. By the end they were awful.
There is zero to like about Cooper. He is an inexperienced version of Roy Hodgson. I'd rather have Dyche and I never wanted him!

Agreed, He'll have a go, he'll use the kids and he has a point to prove after his Chelsea experience.
I would have had Favre or even Nuno but if we are running out of options its Lampard for me.

With the greatest of respect, that is absolutely baseless horses***. "With the squad Swansea have"?? Have you seen the squad they have?

Swansea were not one of the favourites for promotion in either of the last 2 seasons. Since Cooper came in they’ve sold around £60m worth of players. Graham Potter had the team with the £60m worth of players and finished 10th. Cooper also lost the likes of Brewster and Gallagher in his second season. He still pushed for promotion the whole campaign and finished 4th.

Frank Lampard was given money at Derby. He also had amount & Tomori. As I said, he equalled Gary Rowetts record. At Chelsea, he stumbled into the top 4 one season - granted. But that was with a world class team that finished 3rd and won a European trophy the year before. The season after he spent over 200m and left them in 9th.

The only reason Lampard has managed in the PL is because he is Frank Lampard. The only reason he is linked to this job is because he’s Frank Lampard.

The truth is, there are plenty of managers in world football but if our reported list of candidates are accurate - Lampard is about the least suitable man for the job.

But other than that, yeah let’s get Lampard.

Edited by Mstrobez (27 Jun 2021 6.00pm)

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