Don't want pulis at the club. My choice would be Derek McInnes. Has done really well at both st Johnstone and Aberdeen and only struggled at Bristol rovers under really difficult circumstances. He's a favourite with the fans and would immediately have the fans on side
Actually he was Manager of Bristol City and their fans wouldn't have him near another football club unless it was Bristol Rovers. Played dire football AND lost. Not a good combination. As someone else has said, if he wasn't an ex-player, he wouldn't be mentioned. Great Captain at the time, but certainly not the Proven top-flight Manager we currently need.
A couple of weeks ago Pulis was on Radio 5 Live discussing the role of football managers. He said that he would have a problem working under someone else whilst taking the blame for everything. However he also said that he always had worked with someone who was essentially a Technical Director, albeit without that title, but that it had to be someone he trusted implicitly.
I know the club have said they will not change the structure, but last night people close to the club were saying that Kelly, Downing and possible Kiely were likely to go as well. Is it possible that Pulis could come in to the current structure but bring new trusted colleagues in to those roles? It's a bit of a fudge but would allow him to join and Peace's lauded, continental system to remain.
Peace has always said that in business if one Manager is failing you only get rid of him, not the whole management team, which is true. But if the whole management team are failing, for 2 years now, surely they all need swapping out.