...and so it begins.

The lunatics are out in force already.

Sean Dyche or John McGinlay my favourites so far

 

 

2 hours ago, Dr. Feelgood said:

Veloso is  manager at Dynamo Kviv.  He MUST be thinking Great Lever is a better option.

 

Would he be interested in signing a shire horse to wear a few of our tiaras?

7 hours ago, mickbrown said:

I always quite like this period of time.  It’s all quite exciting but bar Rioch, Lennon and Coyle (yes I know!!) I’ve always been massively underwhelmed by any appointment. 
 

Even Big Sam was a disappointment at the time 

It's the innate pessimism of leftie politics my mate Mickey.

Join the aspirational side FFS. 😉

Liking towards Schumacher & O’Neil they’re the standouts. All the fans would mostly get behind, would be seen as coups for the level & there would be genuine excitement.

Middle ground who I’m not sure about would be the likes of Rob Edwards. Did give it a good go in the prem but Luton literally have no expectation whatsoever, even in L1 he’d be under more pressure here. Richie Wellens an absolute gobshite & another prick but would be funny to see if he could actually do what he thinks is so easy to do with our squad however I think it would be recipe for disaster. Buckingham I can’t really buy into it as it’s really based on one bloody game where he out coached a tactically inept manager, not much depth to go on as he had multiple spells where Oxford wanted rid.

No go. Richardson just no. Will be toxic from the off with the Wigan bs, agent Richardson undercover blah blah. Stunk out the place at Rotherham in his recent spell with just two wins in over twenty games. Did win the league with Wigan but they bought there way out the league with the insane wages they had that specific squad on, it was a given they’d go up.

 

 

I'll start a coup if it's schumacher! He's the one I really really don't want

I still think the best man for the job is Ian Evatt if only he could lose some of that stubbornness and ego. Such a shame really because there’s a very good manager in there if only he could see it himself.

I wonder if the players are as relieved as much as we are. My last memory of him is walking off the pitch thinking he was going to be involved in an altercation with another opposition player. I can't say I know anything about the qualities of the managers already suggested. However, it would be great to have someone who is calm, resolute and willing to admit or learn from their mistakes.

25 minutes ago, TroySwoosh said:

I'll start a coup if it's schumacher! He's the one I really really don't want

Why ? 

32 minutes ago, Whitesince63 said:

I still think the best man for the job is Ian Evatt if only he could lose some of that stubbornness and ego. Such a shame really because there’s a very good manager in there if only he could see it himself.

Great for the first 3 and a half years, there was a real buzz around our club & it was a breath of fresh air considering we’d just avoided oblivion.

Since Jan 2024 however, IE has blown just about every opportunity possible

Failed to gain Auto promotion last season, despite being in the top 3 for much of the season & having games in hand ( which we fucked up)

Lost almost every local derby & games against decent opposition.

Blew the play off final v Oxford.

Bad purchases in the transfer windows.

Baffling team selections/ formations & substitutions.

Lets face it, the bloke has been in self combust mode for the last 12 months & looks like he needs time to get his head straight before he even contemplates management again.

I wish him well though & thanks for some great memories.

Edited January 22, 20251 yr by Burndens Bogs

28 minutes ago, Whitesince63 said:

I still think the best man for the job is Ian Evatt if only he could lose some of that stubbornness and ego. Such a shame really because there’s a very good manager in there if only he could see it himself.

Jeez, no. There's a list as long as Chorley New Road of his faults ... tactically, man management  selection, buying, tactics, smugness, boastfulness, inflexibility ... before we start on his many personal foibles.

19 minutes ago, Ani said:

Why ? 

he had a miracle season when he took plymouth up, we battered them home and away in the league (results aside, we battered them) and then failed to manage the final and we battered them again.

went up, got sacked, went to stoke, got sacked. Not for me

Edited January 22, 20251 yr by TroySwoosh

1 hour ago, bolty58 said:

It's the innate pessimism of leftie politics my mate Mickey.

Join the aspirational side FFS. 😉

Realist 😁

28 minutes ago, TroySwoosh said:

he had a miracle season when he took plymouth up, we battered them home and away in the league (results aside, we battered them) and then failed to manage the final and we battered them again.

went up, got sacked, went to stoke, got sacked. Not for me

He didn’t get sacked by Plymouth tbf. Left them in 16th place to take the Stoke job, which is a poisoned chalice. 

I'm surprised that Gareth Ainsworth hasn't had a mention. His teams not only play attacking football, but are tough. Something that we've been missing for a while.

2 hours ago, mickbrown said:

Realist 😁

Thanks pal. I knew you'd eventually arrive at the correct conclusion about me 

6 hours ago, nantwichwhite said:

I wonder if the players are as relieved as much as we are. My last memory of him is walking off the pitch thinking he was going to be involved in an altercation with another opposition player. I can't say I know anything about the qualities of the managers already suggested. However, it would be great to have someone who is calm, resolute and willing to admit or learn from their mistakes.

Thought he was going to pop at that point, 

Wonder what the guy said.  

7 hours ago, TroySwoosh said:

he had a miracle season when he took plymouth up, we battered them home and away in the league (results aside, we battered them) and then failed to manage the final and we battered them again.

went up, got sacked, went to stoke, got sacked. Not for me

The Plymouth job was a massive success. It’s hard to get lucky for 2 years and just pass it off as a miracle.  And, as Green Genie confirmed, they wanted him back.

Most people realise that Stoke are trigger happy with all their managers. In Schumachers case, the Stoke fans themselves were surprised and many disappointed, they were 13th, close to the play-offs at the time and had just bought some good young players in (many of whom are still there playing well) 

Do you not think you are setting the bar too high? When you are saying “he’s the only one I really don’t want”when he hasn’t failed and has got a promotion from L1 under his belt?

O’Neill had a poor ending at Wolves, as did Dyche at Everton, as did Edwards at Luton. A foreign manager or L2 manager would be untried trying to get promotion from L1. Allardyce is bent and past It.

Not my perception, but things I’m reading.

I know we are not going to find a manager that is everybody’s number 1 choice, but surely we shouldn’t be dismissing managers for things not working out at one club or in this case on a whim of passing away a promotion season as “a miracle”?

Edited January 23, 20251 yr by desperado

According to the BEN we're looking for a quick appointment to give the new manager some time in this transfer window, pretty much rules out bringing in a manager currently in employment I'd imagine.

8 hours ago, Deanu said:

Richardson just no

He wouldn’t be my first choice.

But if he doesn’t have that poor spell at Rotherham I think I’d have a more positive perception.

When he was riding high at Wigan and Evatt was coming out saying “we were the best side in the league” (when we were mid-table), I was in admiration of the way he was going about his job. He was everything Evatt wasn’t; calm, understated, playing exciting winning football.

He was really respectful when we played each other too.

As someone said above “it would be great to have someone who is calm, resolute and willing to admit or learn from their mistakes”

If we got that Richardson, who took a L1 side to promotion, then I could get behind him understanding the reasons behind his appointment.
 

Edited January 23, 20251 yr by desperado

9 hours ago, wakey said:

Fuck off. Peter's a right wanker.

(at least "Peter out" sounds funnier than "Evatt out")

But not as funny as when Sunderland wanted Arthur Cox sacked.

1 hour ago, only1swanny said:

Thought he was going to pop at that point, 

Wonder what the guy said.  

"You're getting sacked in the morning".

31 minutes ago, Blondi said:

According to the BEN we're looking for a quick appointment to give the new manager some time in this transfer window, pretty much rules out bringing in a manager currently in employment I'd imagine.

If they have had an eye on someone, they could have made an approach yesterday. 

Depending upon the response of the club, it could be done relatively quickly.

31 minutes ago, Blondi said:

According to the BEN we're looking for a quick appointment to give the new manager some time in this transfer window, pretty much rules out bringing in a manager currently in employment I'd imagine.

Not having anyone sort of lined up adds to the view that Sharon would have ploughed in, regardless. She had no intention of moving on him.

I love her for what she has done for our club but this blind spot really brings her judgement into question. Loyalty is one thing, but being blind to severe failings is not good.

12 minutes ago, FrancisFogarty said:

But not as funny as when Sunderland wanted Arthur Cox sacked.

... iirc they chanted for Dicks to return. So "Cox out, Dicks in" was accompanied by numerous inflatable knobs being waved around.

I hope that's true.

4 minutes ago, Dr. Feelgood said:

Not having anyone sort of lined up adds to the view that Sharon would have ploughed in, regardless. She had no intention of moving on him.

I love her for what she has done for our club but this blind spot really brings her judgement into question. Loyalty is one thing, but being blind to severe failings is not good.

I think she might sell up in the summer, which I think would be a sad thing

Iles reporting that Schumacher is interested in speaking to us