The delay is caused as they offered it to their first choice, who took their time, but declined the offer. They moved on to the next one, who did the same. They are currently waiting for 569th choice, Mike Bassett to get back to them (apparently he was a decent International Manager and has a star player named 'Tonka' ready to sign as a free agent)
Jorge Costa would certainly sort the defence and some of our bottle jobs out. Would welcome him! Only got his current role in July though and not sure he'd be on their radar.
Oporto Sports Management has recently started following the club's official X (Twitter) page. Two of their clients are Chris Powell and Michael Appleton.
Jorge Costa has managed 16 teams since 2007 but has a decent win ratio. Currently 6 games unbeaten at his current club. a league 2 side founded in May 2023, following the dissolution of União Desportiva Vilafranquense when their stadium condition meant they had to relocate (so dissolved and renamed), apparently.
Either Cowley or Appleton will mark the completion of our transition from one of the bigger League One clubs to an established mid table one. That's why they are depressing appointments.
Both of them would be metaphorically holding a mirror to our face of how far we've sunk.
and Dean Holden and Ben Garner didn’t? Don’t get me wrong I would prefer someone more exciting but I’d say Holden and Garner also showed that we weren’t fishing in the same pond as those at the top of L1
I would actually say that Cowley and Appleton have both achieved more than Holden and Garner have.
Oporto Sports Management has recently started following the club's official X (Twitter) page. Two of their clients are Chris Powell and Michael Appleton.
Either Cowley or Appleton will mark the completion of our transition from one of the bigger League One clubs to an established mid table one. That's why they are depressing appointments.
Both of them would be metaphorically holding a mirror to our face of how far we've sunk.
and Dean Holden and Ben Garner didn’t? Don’t get me wrong I would prefer someone more exciting but I’d say Holden and Garner also showed that we weren’t fishing in the same pond as those at the top of L1
I would actually say that Cowley and Appleton have both achieved more than Holden and Garner have.
So not very much then?
What would you expect someone wanting a league 1 job to have won?
The fact that this man, who was a meme on this site before memes were even a thing is actually going to be our next manager sums up how fucking horrific it is. Piss poor
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As always, I'd give any new manager a fair crack, but Appleton does feel a very underwhelming appointment if it turns out to be him.
Jorge Costa would certainly sort the defence and some of our bottle jobs out. Would welcome him! Only got his current role in July though and not sure he'd be on their radar.
I have no strong opinions about any of the names mentioned, but whoever it is will have their work cut out.
Depends, a mint A4 I could really get behind, something straight out of Barry, significantly less so.
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And Steve Evans... Would be interesting if he applied. Maybe he's exactly the type we need right now..