I will never understand how an interview is going to help you find the right manager. It just makes the people doing the interviews feel important. Different skills are required to do a good interview and be a good football manager.
To make sure the manager isn't a dick? To make sure the manager fits in To make sure the manager is aware of the clubs vision To learn the managers strengths To learn the managers weaknesses To discuss the managers previous successes and how the skills used in that success can be transfered To ascertain the managers salary expectations i could go on
how would you select a new manager? Win ratios from wiki?
Typical as out of all the names mentioned he was the least favourable for me..
IF true then it’s scrapping the bottom of a very bad barrel. I’ve got zero time for Appleton. Got a bit of credit for managing Pompey during their financial crisis many years ago, and since then has done pretty nothing other than take Oxford up from league two about 10 years ago now.
I think we’re catching the Cowley’s on the way down from the peak of their managerial career and they will struggle, but if we’re appointing Appleton, we’re picking someone up off the bottom of the basement floor in terms of what he can offer and I predict he’ll be out by March next year, if he can even last that long.
Obviously just a rumour, but we’ve reached rock bottom if this is who we get from CM and co
I will never understand how an interview is going to help you find the right manager. It just makes the people doing the interviews feel important. Different skills are required to do a good interview and be a good football manager.
To make sure the manager isn't a dick? To make sure the manager fits in To make sure the manager is aware of the clubs vision To learn the managers strengths To learn the managers weaknesses To discuss the managers previous successes and how the skills used in that success can be transfered To ascertain the managers salary expectations i could go on
how would you select a new manager? Win ratios from wiki?
I will never understand how an interview is going to help you find the right manager. It just makes the people doing the interviews feel important. Different skills are required to do a good interview and be a good football manager.
To make sure the manager isn't a dick? To make sure the manager fits in To make sure the manager is aware of the clubs vision To learn the managers strengths To learn the managers weaknesses To discuss the managers previous successes and how the skills used in that success can be transfered To ascertain the managers salary expectations i could go on
how would you select a new manager? Win ratios from wiki?
Agree with all this and suspect one of the important questions will be ‘how will they feel being a head coach and working with players they are provided, rather than choose themselves?’ Head coach vs manager has been referenced more than it’s fair share. Only consolation now vs previous regime is that I do believe Scott has a network and will be trying to bring as much talent and various styles to the squad as he can. The black box will either merely support the process or act as a doorstop.
Andy Scott has hardly proven himself in two transfer windows to date.
Whether that's the restrictions he's working under or all his own doing doesn't matter - that's what the new Head Coach will find himself working under.
This is looking more and more like a shit sandwich.
Whoever the new manager is I hope he's a proper no nonsense hard bustard. Some of our players are just going through the motions and not giving anywhere near 100%.
We need a Bowyer type manager who will come in and kick arse.
I don't think the softly softly approach will get us anywhere with this lot. Some of our so called experienced players are setting a poor example to the youngsters who are being thrown in too soon.
Perhaps 🤔 we are being filmed for a new Netflix documentary and the managers interviewed are saying no way I’m putting myself out there I’ll never get a job again ! ! !
My view on Parker as a manager is deeply affected by how he ended at Bournemouth. Threw the club under the bus after the Liverpool game, and was shown how wrong he was by what Gary O’Neill did after him. Just gives me the feeling he isn’t emotionally mature enough when there are difficult times
Gary O'Neil was given money to spend in January tho...
I will never understand how an interview is going to help you find the right manager. It just makes the people doing the interviews feel important. Different skills are required to do a good interview and be a good football manager.
To make sure the manager isn't a dick? To make sure the manager fits in To make sure the manager is aware of the clubs vision To learn the managers strengths To learn the managers weaknesses To discuss the managers previous successes and how the skills used in that success can be transfered To ascertain the managers salary expectations i could go on
how would you select a new manager? Win ratios from wiki?
Why didn't Powell have to do any of that then?
Because they were offering him the role on an interim basis while they went through that process with potential permanent managers. He would have effectively been doing what Jason has done for the last 2 weeks. Albeit with the potential to stay on if he did well.
Typical as out of all the names mentioned he was the least favourable for me..
IF true then it’s scrapping the bottom of a very bad barrel. I’ve got zero time for Appleton. Got a bit of credit for managing Pompey during their financial crisis many years ago, and since then has done pretty nothing other than take Oxford up from league two about 10 years ago now.
I think we’re catching the Cowley’s on the way down from the peak of their managerial career and they will struggle, but if we’re appointing Appleton, we’re picking someone up off the bottom of the basement floor in terms of what he can offer and I predict he’ll be out by March next year, if he can even last that long.
Obviously just a rumour, but we’ve reached rock bottom if this is who we get from CM and co
They gave us Holden as their first choice, not nearly as experienced as Appleton in L1. He's enjoyed moderate success in it too, enough for a championship club to take a gamble on, his most recent job where he was sacked following a poor run of form.
Interesting to note that Mick McCarthy took over from him there to lose 9 out of 14 games in charge and then his job, effectively sealing their relegation.
He's not my pick, but I don't regard Appleton as basement floor and think there are far worse and less qualified managers out there for the job in hand here.
Someone at the game is just watching the bookies odds…
We’ve had Bowyer, Cowley, Challinor and Appleton all go very short odds and then immediately drift back out as soon as the next whisper comes along and someone sticks £20 on.
Not from bookies’ odds. But if they’re still interviewing perhaps the person who told him has got the wrong end of the stick. Personally I’d like it to be someone from left field that we’ve overlooked, or know little about (so long as it makes sense of course). Not massively inspired by any of those being talked about. Moore and Bowyer are my favoured options I suppose.
I will never understand how an interview is going to help you find the right manager. It just makes the people doing the interviews feel important. Different skills are required to do a good interview and be a good football manager.
To make sure the manager isn't a dick? To make sure the manager fits in To make sure the manager is aware of the clubs vision To learn the managers strengths To learn the managers weaknesses To discuss the managers previous successes and how the skills used in that success can be transfered To ascertain the managers salary expectations i could go on
how would you select a new manager? Win ratios from wiki?
Why didn't Powell have to do any of that then?
Ineptness from the board, going on name and previous achievements only. Picking a name to appease a disheartened fan base
would you ever employ someone without interviewing them
Andy Scott has hardly proven himself in two transfer windows to date.
Whether that's the restrictions he's working under or all his own doing doesn't matter - that's what the new Head Coach will find himself working under.
This is looking more and more like a shit sandwich.
He hasn't proven himself? You do realise that the window closed less than a week ago and 4 of the last day signings are yet to make their league debuts?
are you really judging on little run outs in the pizza cup?
does c Campbell look terrible? Has maybscored 4 in 6? Is Jones improving game by game? Does edun look good? Did mid field watson get positive reviews last night?
the others are not match fit and haven't been given a chance, especially seeing some signed less than a week ago.
can you explain what your expectations are for players that signed a week ago? 6 goals in their debut?
Andy Scott has hardly proven himself in two transfer windows to date.
Whether that's the restrictions he's working under or all his own doing doesn't matter - that's what the new Head Coach will find himself working under.
This is looking more and more like a shit sandwich.
He hasn't proven himself? You do realise that the window closed less than a week ago and 4 of the last day signings are yet to make their league debuts?
are you really judging on little run outs in the pizza cup?
does c Campbell look terrible? Has maybscored 4 in 6? Is Jones improving game by game? Does edun look good? Did mid field watson get positive reviews last night?
the others are not match fit and haven't been given a chance, especially seeing some signed less than a week ago.
can you explain what your expectations are for players that signed a week ago? 6 goals in their debut?
The first window was awful with the likes of Penney and Bonne. This window has seen us bring in players who aren't fit and has left us short in key positions for the opening 6 matches. Now everyone else is still trying to get up to speed and it's hardly been a roaring success thus far. We are also still weak at CB and are pinning all our hopes on a teenager who may or may not be good enough. Our senior squad next season consists of about 8 players, meaning we haven't built for next year and will have to go through another total rebuild in the summer, and will likely again be short in key positions for the opening games. I wouldn't say he's proved himself.
There is, or will be, only one defence for this Shamocracy regime.
Wins and points.
We can recruit a team of Matt Penney’s managed by Mike Bassett playing park the bus for all I care as long as we win, win, win.
Up to now everything has been about 95% crap.
So far Scott, Rodwell, and Oxford United fanatic Methven have been useless rubbish.
Football progress at Charlton matters little to Methven because the football progress at Oxford United is what he follows with his heart, and if Charlton Athletic crashes and burns under this regime he and they will all get a juicy pay off anyway.
The way to shut up a critic like me is footballing success, but so far what has been delivered is abject failure.
Stevenage away WIN IT. Wycombe home WIN IT Shrewsbury away WIN IT Exeter home WIN IT Blackpool home WIN IT Derby away WIN IT Reading home WIN IT Lincoln away WIN IT
Andy Scott has hardly proven himself in two transfer windows to date.
Whether that's the restrictions he's working under or all his own doing doesn't matter - that's what the new Head Coach will find himself working under.
This is looking more and more like a shit sandwich.
He hasn't proven himself? You do realise that the window closed less than a week ago and 4 of the last day signings are yet to make their league debuts?
are you really judging on little run outs in the pizza cup?
does c Campbell look terrible? Has maybscored 4 in 6? Is Jones improving game by game? Does edun look good? Did mid field watson get positive reviews last night?
the others are not match fit and haven't been given a chance, especially seeing some signed less than a week ago.
can you explain what your expectations are for players that signed a week ago? 6 goals in their debut?
January window The complete Summer window We have lost 6 of our 8 games so far, winning only two, by the odd goal against a side who are a bottom and a newly promoted side If you want to think it's not bad planning to sign unfit/recently coming back from injury players who aren't fit a month into the season and that our final week signings are enough to propel us into being able to compete with Bolton, Barnsley, Pompey, Derby etc etc then that is your choice but I don't agree If you think our back 4 - who we only have a 19 year old who has had 2 first team appearances for his current club to add to - is sufficient to enable this side to make top 6 and win the play offs, I am going to sadly disagree.
I ALSO said that Andy Scott may only be able to do what he can working under the conditions he can.
If it's the conditions are really poor - and they might be - then the manager will be stuck with the same conditions also.
Are you refusing to agree that in the 8 games we have played - there is not a body of work that suggests our defence is just not good enough and we won't be able to outscore better teams in this division (let alone losing to two league 2 sides in the cups so far also).
Andy Scott has hardly proven himself in two transfer windows to date.
Whether that's the restrictions he's working under or all his own doing doesn't matter - that's what the new Head Coach will find himself working under.
This is looking more and more like a shit sandwich.
He hasn't proven himself? You do realise that the window closed less than a week ago and 4 of the last day signings are yet to make their league debuts?
are you really judging on little run outs in the pizza cup?
does c Campbell look terrible? Has maybscored 4 in 6? Is Jones improving game by game? Does edun look good? Did mid field watson get positive reviews last night?
the others are not match fit and haven't been given a chance, especially seeing some signed less than a week ago.
can you explain what your expectations are for players that signed a week ago? 6 goals in their debut?
The first window was awful with the likes of Penney and Bonne. This window has seen us bring in players who aren't fit and has left us short in key positions for the opening 6 matches. Now everyone else is still trying to get up to speed and it's hardly been a roaring success thus far. We are also still weak at CB and are pinning all our hopes on a teenager who may or may not be good enough. Our senior squad next season consists of about 8 players, meaning we haven't built for next year and will have to go through another total rebuild in the summer, and will likely again be short in key positions for the opening games. I wouldn't say he's proved himself.
The first window had to conform to Sandgaard’s budgetary requirements - he was hardly likely to push the boat out given he was looking to exit.
Typical as out of all the names mentioned he was the least favourable for me..
IF true then it’s scrapping the bottom of a very bad barrel. I’ve got zero time for Appleton. Got a bit of credit for managing Pompey during their financial crisis many years ago, and since then has done pretty nothing other than take Oxford up from league two about 10 years ago now.
I think we’re catching the Cowley’s on the way down from the peak of their managerial career and they will struggle, but if we’re appointing Appleton, we’re picking someone up off the bottom of the basement floor in terms of what he can offer and I predict he’ll be out by March next year, if he can even last that long.
Obviously just a rumour, but we’ve reached rock bottom if this is who we get from CM and co
They gave us Holden as their first choice, not nearly as experienced as Appleton in L1. He's enjoyed moderate success in it too, enough for a championship club to take a gamble on, his most recent job where he was sacked following a poor run of form.
Interesting to note that Mick McCarthy took over from him there to lose 9 out of 14 games in charge and then his job, effectively sealing their relegation.
He's not my pick, but I don't regard Appleton as basement floor and think there are far worse and less qualified managers out there for the job in hand here.
We absolutely shouldn’t be looking at another Holden or Garner, but at the same time, this appointment just says, ‘he’ll do’.
I appreciate we are fishing in a small pond, but him over the Cowley’s would be a mistake for me. If that’s who it’s down to
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To make sure the manager fits in
To make sure the manager is aware of the clubs vision
To learn the managers strengths
To learn the managers weaknesses
To discuss the managers previous successes and how the skills used in that success can be transfered
To ascertain the managers salary expectations
i could go on
how would you select a new manager? Win ratios from wiki?
I think we’re catching the Cowley’s on the way down from the peak of their managerial career and they will struggle, but if we’re appointing Appleton, we’re picking someone up off the bottom of the basement floor in terms of what he can offer and I predict he’ll be out by March next year, if he can even last that long.
Obviously just a rumour, but we’ve reached rock bottom if this is who we get from CM and co
Whether that's the restrictions he's working under or all his own doing doesn't matter - that's what the new Head Coach will find himself working under.
This is looking more and more like a shit sandwich.
Some of our players are just going through the motions and not giving anywhere near 100%.
We need a Bowyer type manager who will come in and kick arse.
I don't think the softly softly approach will get us anywhere with this lot.
Some of our so called experienced players are setting a poor example to the youngsters who are being thrown in too soon.
A proper sergeant major type manager please.
Interesting to note that Mick McCarthy took over from him there to lose 9 out of 14 games in charge and then his job, effectively sealing their relegation.
He's not my pick, but I don't regard Appleton as basement floor and think there are far worse and less qualified managers out there for the job in hand here.
Personally I’d like it to be someone from left field that we’ve overlooked, or know little about (so long as it makes sense of course). Not massively inspired by any of those being talked about. Moore and Bowyer are my favoured options I suppose.
would you ever employ someone without interviewing them
are you really judging on little run outs in the pizza cup?
does c Campbell look terrible? Has maybscored 4 in 6? Is Jones improving game by game? Does edun look good? Did mid field watson get positive reviews last night?
the others are not match fit and haven't been given a chance, especially seeing some signed less than a week ago.
can you explain what your expectations are for players that signed a week ago? 6 goals in their debut?
Wins and points.
We can recruit a team of Matt Penney’s managed by Mike Bassett playing park the bus for all I care as long as we win, win, win.
Up to now everything has been about 95% crap.
So far Scott, Rodwell, and Oxford United fanatic Methven have been useless rubbish.
The way to shut up a critic like me is footballing success, but so far what has been delivered is abject failure.
Stevenage away WIN IT.
Wycombe home WIN IT
Shrewsbury away WIN IT
Exeter home WIN IT
Blackpool home WIN IT
Derby away WIN IT
Reading home WIN IT
Lincoln away WIN IT
Then we can reassess everything.
If it is right to take one game at a time, then take the next eight games one at a time, and win them one by one.
The complete Summer window
We have lost 6 of our 8 games so far, winning only two, by the odd goal against a side who are a bottom and a newly promoted side
If you want to think it's not bad planning to sign unfit/recently coming back from injury players who aren't fit a month into the season and that our final week signings are enough to propel us into being able to compete with Bolton, Barnsley, Pompey, Derby etc etc then that is your choice but I don't agree
If you think our back 4 - who we only have a 19 year old who has had 2 first team appearances for his current club to add to - is sufficient to enable this side to make top 6 and win the play offs, I am going to sadly disagree.
I ALSO said that Andy Scott may only be able to do what he can working under the conditions he can.
If it's the conditions are really poor - and they might be - then the manager will be stuck with the same conditions also.
Are you refusing to agree that in the 8 games we have played - there is not a body of work that suggests our defence is just not good enough and we won't be able to outscore better teams in this division (let alone losing to two league 2 sides in the cups so far also).
I would need a hell’ve a lot of convincing to believe that.
I appreciate we are fishing in a small pond, but him over the Cowley’s would be a mistake for me. If that’s who it’s down to