So, interested on people's thoughts on how yesterday's announcement re: Carlos Hernandez affects their view of whether Ricki should stay or go as coach.
If before yesterday you thought he should definitely go does this sway your view at all? If so, how much? What else would he need to do to convince you he's worth keeping? Are things just too far gone now or is there life in an old dog yet?
For me, I had definitely moved into the "he should go as coach" camp but the Carlos recruitment gets him at least a stay of execution, maybe even back to 50/50 chance. A lot still depends on results for the rest of the season and maybe hearing about a couple more good signings.
I can't deny yesterday was a "wow" though. Without getting stupid and throwing ridiculous names from the EPL about, it's hard to think of another A-League level player signing that could have increased his stocks by so much in one hit.
His job is still to coach the team so in the end I don't really get how signing a very much known quantity player really changes anything. It's great he got him to come - but I don't really see how this increases Ricki's stocks. I don't really get the angle here - you say Ricki pulled this one out of the bag, but what do you see as his part in the signing? He identified him as a good player he'd like to sign - but couldn't most of us have said yeah, sign him, if someone offered the club Carlos Hernandez? Doesn't really prove he has the ability to spot a player does it