Not sure who the manager is that Airman is referring to but let's say it's either Bonner or Brady.
Brady has been in charge for 2.5 years Bonner for not far off 4 years.
Both are well valued and in very stable jobs. You'd think that even if their clubs were in and around relegation this season their jobs would still be safe. Both clubs however are currently above us.
Unless we were offering silly wages (which i doubt we are), why would either want to leave their current clubs? Both likely looked at our recent churn of managers and thought fuck that.
I think they’d jump at the chance. Realistically we will offer far more money than Northampton and Cambridge. We have much better players. Plus if they do become another sacking they get a nice pay off and will easily be able to get a job back at the level they were previously managing at. We are a free hit
Clearly not.
Well we don’t know do we? If we had tried to appoint Bonner or Brady I think they’d join. They might be above us at the moment but I’d bet good money we finish well above both in May. All we know is Brady was on the shortlist not whether we actually approached/tried to interview him, and Bonner hasn’t been mentioned yet
You're right we don't know for sure. My assumption that it was either Bonner or Brady was based on Airman's post that a manager in our league at a smaller club had turned us down despite being given permission to talk to us.
I really want us to have a playing style identity. I actually enjoyed the playing style under Garner but I guess I'm on my own in that respect.
There should be a poll of fans views on this by Andy Scott before they appoint anyone. Probably too late now. That would be proper marketing. Then recruit to that brief.
There really shouldn't. If we're trying to get a sensible, professional recruitment process completed then appointing a manager off the back of fan polls is not the way to do it. We need to appoint the best manager available, not the one who fans think they'd most enjoy seeing the style of. The second we go X-Factor in hiring a manager we've got even worse than Roland at appointing staff
Not sure who the manager is that Airman is referring to but let's say it's either Bonner or Brady.
Brady has been in charge for 2.5 years Bonner for not far off 4 years.
Both are well valued and in very stable jobs. You'd think that even if their clubs were in and around relegation this season their jobs would still be safe. Both clubs however are currently above us.
Unless we were offering silly wages (which i doubt we are), why would either want to leave their current clubs? Both likely looked at our recent churn of managers and thought fuck that.
I think they’d jump at the chance. Realistically we will offer far more money than Northampton and Cambridge. We have much better players. Plus if they do become another sacking they get a nice pay off and will easily be able to get a job back at the level they were previously managing at. We are a free hit
Clearly not.
Well we don’t know do we? If we had tried to appoint Bonner or Brady I think they’d join. They might be above us at the moment but I’d bet good money we finish well above both in May. All we know is Brady was on the shortlist not whether we actually approached/tried to interview him, and Bonner hasn’t been mentioned yet
You're right we don't know for sure. My assumption that it was either Bonner or Brady was based on Airman's post that a manager in our league at a smaller club had turned us down despite being given permission to talk to us.
Probably approached Scott Brown before kick off last Saturday
I'd like a manager who is pragmatic, and isn't wedded to one particular style of formation, but is flexible. I don't want to see defenders forced to play out from the back all the time when the other team play an effective press, and when the players aren't really technically gifted enough to it. With the players at our disposal we can play more balls up to the front men, either for Leaburn/Tedic to flick on for May, or over the top for them to run on to. Vary it, play out from the back sometimes, and then the opposition won't know to press or not. And there's still the Corey option, but we need two or three bombing into the box to get on the end of the crosses. And get them motivated. I'd like to see more players learning from the example of May, who just never stops trying.
The squad isn't good enough The new owners got rid of their own man less than a month into the season We have some promising youngsters Defensively we are terrible We are out of two cup competitions Andy Scott has say over who you can and can't sign We appear to not have significant budget to overhaul a mid table league one squad
That's not attractive on paper
Correction the manager / Coach still has major say in recruitment working with Andy Scott …. And we do have sufficient funds but not wasting it on over priced league one and two players .. we will look again in Jan
Your constant defence of the new regime got me thinking as to whether you've ever had a bad word to say about anything to do with the club.
So i checked the thread when Karel Fraeye was appointed. Here's a comment from you under one of your previous usernames about him:
"People are saying about the players well they know him they spoke very highly of him and is training methods before so this not a problem"
Not sure who the manager is that Airman is referring to but let's say it's either Bonner or Brady.
Brady has been in charge for 2.5 years Bonner for not far off 4 years.
Both are well valued and in very stable jobs. You'd think that even if their clubs were in and around relegation this season their jobs would still be safe. Both clubs however are currently above us.
Unless we were offering silly wages (which i doubt we are), why would either want to leave their current clubs? Both likely looked at our recent churn of managers and thought fuck that.
I think they’d jump at the chance. Realistically we will offer far more money than Northampton and Cambridge. We have much better players. Plus if they do become another sacking they get a nice pay off and will easily be able to get a job back at the level they were previously managing at. We are a free hit
Clearly not.
Well we don’t know do we? If we had tried to appoint Bonner or Brady I think they’d join. They might be above us at the moment but I’d bet good money we finish well above both in May. All we know is Brady was on the shortlist not whether we actually approached/tried to interview him, and Bonner hasn’t been mentioned yet
You're right we don't know for sure. My assumption that it was either Bonner or Brady was based on Airman's post that a manager in our league at a smaller club had turned us down despite being given permission to talk to us.
Brady feels the most likely to have turned it down. Bonner I haven't seen mentioned outside this thread really whereas Brady was mentioned by Rich.
Our current squad is one of the best in League One on a player by player basis, especially when Camara and Fraser are fit. I don't see why a manager wouldn't want to work with these players?
It isn't though. Since our relegation back here in 16/17 and now in our latest stint, we haven't had a single player make team of the year/season in league 1. Now you could argue that's cause we have only been promoted once, but even in Bowyers team not one player made it, of course you could argue that was harsh on the likes of Cullen, Bauer and Taylor but that's what happened.
Supposedly every season we have one of the strongest squads but none of our players are rarely ever mentioned by neutral fans and we have bad season after bad season. It's a false perception we have one of the best squads.
Certainly not one of the worst and a team capable of play offs, but no way one of the best.
I understand why you are miffed people don't want to manage us though as it's hardly a bad team and could have potential. My guess is there are money issues and a lack of guarantees
Who has a better squad than we do? Would say Bolton, Portsmouth, Oxford, Derby and Peterborough are probably the only contenders and I’d say our squad is at least on par with some of those.
And of course Crawley. Just as well they're in League Two.
Des Buckingham is a winning coach in India and is totally untested in English club football as a number 1 so even if another club came in for him from EFL would he leave a well paid Job in India. Spent time in NZ and Aussie coaching at various levels.
Does having good players in the Indian leave dovetail to having a problematic squad in League 1? We will never know now.
The rise of the British Coaches who will travel far and wide for football and life experiences is really large now.
Ben Garner did a spell as an assistant to Steve Coppel in the Indian super league at ATK.
Michael Beale (one of our own) spent near on 20 years coaching U7's to coaching in Brazil. Famous for Liverpool and Aston Villa coaching roles with great praise.
Left QPR for Rangers so would've definitely done the same if he had even a modicum of success at Cafc if the sliding door world had occured.
Thomas Sandgaard comments that we are more ambitious than Michael Beale was just another weird comment in his long list of weird comments.
Our squad is nowhere near one of the best in the league and hasn't been for 3 seasons. Hence no one wants to buy any of them from the division above, apart from loanees returning to their club
The squad isn't good enough The new owners got rid of their own man less than a month into the season We have some promising youngsters Defensively we are terrible We are out of two cup competitions Andy Scott has say over who you can and can't sign We appear to not have significant budget to overhaul a mid table league one squad
That's not attractive on paper
Correction the manager / Coach still has major say in recruitment working with Andy Scott …. And we do have sufficient funds but not wasting it on over priced league one and two players .. we will look again in Jan
Your constant defence of the new regime got me thinking as to whether you've ever had a bad word to say about anything to do with the club.
So i checked the thread when Karel Fraeye was appointed. Here's a comment from you under one of your previous usernames about him:
"People are saying about the players well they know him they spoke very highly of him and is training methods before so this not a problem"
Mr Plum that sounds about right. Some good players as opposed to the whole squad. Worthy of a Tony Blair soundbite. Education, education, education for not only our Under 21's but the whole team of individuals who just don't play as a team over the 112 minutes of a match in 2023. They do need a bright, lucid thinker who can educate a plan, Strategy and give confidence to the players.
I want a manager/Head coach who can think on their feet and utilise the 16 players who may be needed to out wit the opposition head coach. Use the three sub windows wisely and FFS keep the last window and 5th player until the added time as keeping a player on when he is injured, Fraser, just makes the injury worse.
Mate at Sparrows Lane has just messaged me to say a new training schedule has gone up today courtesy of the Cowley's:
Monday - Football Tuesday - Cross Country Wednesday - Rounders
The Dowies want their training schedule back
The last or one of the last training sessions that Iain Dowie took had 30 seconds shown on ITV London news. Darren Bent was superb, he did a cover drive that went all the way to the boundary. Does anyone remember this ?
This 100%. But a good manager, with a bit of time, would be able to create a good team out of them. Our problem is we probably won’t get a good manager or give them time to do it
I think this appointment is much more about who is willing to do it than who the club wants.
Any manager that walked into the club today and said, today is the anniversary of that leaflet telling us we are moving to Selhurst Park, would be good enough for me.
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Tuesday - Cross Country
Wednesday - Rounders
I'd like a manager who is pragmatic, and isn't wedded to one particular style of formation, but is flexible.
I don't want to see defenders forced to play out from the back all the time when the other team play an effective press, and when the players aren't really technically gifted enough to it.
With the players at our disposal we can play more balls up to the front men, either for Leaburn/Tedic to flick on for May, or over the top for them to run on to.
Vary it, play out from the back sometimes, and then the opposition won't know to press or not.
And there's still the Corey option, but we need two or three bombing into the box to get on the end of the crosses.
And get them motivated. I'd like to see more players learning from the example of May, who just never stops trying.
So i checked the thread when Karel Fraeye was appointed. Here's a comment from you under one of your previous usernames about him:
"People are saying about the players well they know him they spoke very highly of him and is training methods before so this not a problem"
My god.
Brady feels the most likely to have turned it down. Bonner I haven't seen mentioned outside this thread really whereas Brady was mentioned by Rich.
Does having good players in the Indian leave dovetail to having a problematic squad in League 1? We will never know now.
The rise of the British Coaches who will travel far and wide for football and life experiences is really large now.
Ben Garner did a spell as an assistant to Steve Coppel in the Indian super league at ATK.
Michael Beale (one of our own) spent near on 20 years coaching U7's to coaching in Brazil. Famous for Liverpool and Aston Villa coaching roles with great praise.
Left QPR for Rangers so would've definitely done the same if he had even a modicum of success at Cafc if the sliding door world had occured.
Thomas Sandgaard comments that we are more ambitious than Michael Beale was just another weird comment in his long list of weird comments.
Every player we sign gets worse. The only exception to that has probably been Dobson.
I'm sorry that Chuks isn't well enough to do PE today, as he has a pain in his leg.
Yours
Mrs Aneke
I don't think you can comment on how the situation was handled from that clip. Player was dropped, didn't like it.
Mr Plum that sounds about right.
Some good players as opposed to the whole squad.
Worthy of a Tony Blair soundbite.
Education, education, education for not only our Under 21's but the whole team of individuals who just don't play as a team over the 112 minutes of a match in 2023.
They do need a bright, lucid thinker who can educate a plan, Strategy and give confidence to the players.
I want a manager/Head coach who can think on their feet and utilise the 16 players who may be needed to out wit the opposition head coach. Use the three sub windows wisely and FFS keep the last window and 5th player until the added time as keeping a player on when he is injured, Fraser, just makes the injury worse.
The last or one of the last training sessions that Iain Dowie took had 30 seconds shown on ITV London news. Darren Bent was superb, he did a cover drive that went all the way to the boundary.
Does anyone remember this ?
If you don’t understand ask your dad.