If he is one of our higher earners then I suspect it might rule out a few, Preston included.

His performances in the last couple of years have regressed with age and he wouldnt get in our team with Dack so not for me.

We are aside from some horror shoes usually well drilled although we have started to quite regularly throw away leads. Defensively Tomasson is definitely better as a manager than attacking because we havent really carried a threat all season, we havent created many chances all season and we often over work the defence because the ball comes straight back. We have a tough summer ahead with Brereton going for free. The likes of Dolan, Hedges, Gallagher and Szmodics dont score many.

What is Lampard's style? I am not convinced that Schreuder would be a wise appointment. For example Dusan Tadic is a left winger who was often played ineffectively on the right at Ajax, and an aging Klaasen was often played over Kudus who is a really talented attacking player who impressed for Ghana at the World Cup. He didnt last very long at Ajax with them off the pace.

It was merely a question I thought was a very valid one considering how chaddy rated Lampard at Everton, whether he thought fellow relegation battlers looking for a manager would consider him.

Its not about the formation, our tactics are very passive and we are always very deep. Wingers should track back but not spend most of the game on the toes of the full back. We are a negative team under Tomasson and offer minimal attacking threat.

If it is deemed that he isnt trying then id get it but I dont swallow that. We will be a better side if we can get him scoring and the key is to get him further forward. He is our player now, just like Thomas, Ayala, Dack etc who also should be jettisoned if we arent interested in players not contracted into next season.

Why is it, in a Premier League thread? He was a manager from a Premier League so presuming you felt it was a harsh dismissal it seemed a reasonable question to wonder whether another club would consider appointing him in your opinion if you rate him. Circumstances/suiting squad seem like half arsed excuses, what even is his style as having seen Everton numerous times under his management, I didn't see one. Southampton appointing Marsch would be hilarious, may aswell start planning away travel to Championship sides. I went to see Ajax this season and kept half an eye on them, their fans hated Schreuder, not sure he is the answer.

He shouldnt be dropped just because he wants to move on, its our owners fault for refusing to sell him. If he isnt contributing then drop him to the bench, and there is an argument for that. I dont think he merely is just not trying though and none of our attacking players are flourishing in these defensive tactics so for me Tomasson needs to look deeper and try to get him further forward. He will score more goals than any of our other forwards if we play to his strengths as the previous manager did for all of his faults. No point cutting our nose off to spite our face.

They are negative. We had a back 6 for much of a home game v bottom of the league. Yes wingers need to track back but we are often penned in like you wouldnt believe with no plan regarding getting the ball and keeping the ball in attacking areas.

@chaddyrovers you have always been consistent in praising Frank Lampard and his ability as a manager. Would you employ him if you was in power at either Leeds or Southampton?

I dont expect Big Sam to be appointed but he would be the ideal short term solution.

Because we didnt manage to sign a striker. Therefore I am saying that it is worth trying him up top rather than being a second left back in Tomasson's negative tactics, especially as the standard of the alternatives isnt high.

Big Sam would be the obvious appointment.

You must at least find it a little wasteful that our assets value has declined by over £8m as his form falls off a cliff. Surely Brereton is our best bet for a striker who offers a threat in behind? In the absence of a functioning recruitment team, its worth a go.

People must be at a real loose end to repeatedly message Alan Nixon on twitter, especially asking him for betting tips and speaking to him like he is their mate!

He has barely played there, surely it's worth a go. In Tomasson's really negative tactics, the wingers end up playing in a back 6. We couldn't sign a striker and none of the alternatives offer much goal threat, Brereton does usually and would not need to run back as much in areas that he isn't dangerous in. The current set up going forward isn't working, so there is no onus on keeping it as it is. I expected a comfortable home win yes because we have been appalling since Tomasson had a month with the players during the World Cup. Watford were the dominant team and we didn't create much, it was backs to the wall (not sure how you can say well deserved when you didn't see the game) and it was frustrating to not keep a winning position but it showed some good spirit and is a good point overall.

But my point is that he is wasted being played so deep in the first place. It is a more defensive role than playing as left of essentially a front 2 (with Buckley floating) when he scored loads of goals under Mowbray or even as left of a front 3 in a 433 where again he offerer a goal threat. If Dolan swapped with him, his work rate could be used to get up and down whereas out of the 2 Brereton is the one likely to score if near the opposition goal. To be honest, we play too defensively and don't seem to know what we do when we have the ball. Watford's goal was coming because there is only so long you can just defend without any idea of how to attack.

He is out of form but isn't helped by his manager playing him so far away from goal. His tactics are leaving him milew away from goal.

My point still stands.

He can score goals so yes.

There may be an element of the imminent move in his mind but its an oversimplification to put everything on that. Tomasson's current tactics and usage of him does not lend itself to getting Brereton in areas to score goals. @chaddyrovers do you stand by the decision to keep him?

It is at least worth trying to get him further forward in positions where he can get into goalscoring positions rather than just assuming that it is beyond Tomasson's control.

Very few decent quality chances in those games. It doesnt help playing Brereton as a second left back so deep. I dont doubt the failings above the manager but I refuse to accept that the attackers we do have couldnt offer more of a goal threat or at least create better chances. They have before and did under Mowbray.

Gerrard is a crap manager. That being said, I refuse to believe that there is no willing manager in world football that couldnt improve on the terrible results that would have led to relegation under Marsch.