Managerial Merry-Go-Round 2020/21

[Sestonpoolie]

It's gotta be Pete Wild but no suggestion he's applied. I'd be delighted if we got him, not that it will happen.

He was apparently interviewed last week,don't know what's happened though.

 

[Sestonpoolie]

What about Chris Beech? Knows the club etc

No thanks.
Look at the mess he left you lot in.

 

[MadJohn]

What about Sir Richie Barker.

I wouldn't say no, though I imagine he would.

 

[Chief Rocka]

I wouldn't say no, though I imagine he would.

Only if he dual reg's so he can start himself upfront.

 

[AdamStag]

So what’s the deal at hartlepool?

You had a new manager in as temporary manager after the last one went to stockport until a new one came in or you’ve fucked off the new manager you’ve just got in?

Please forgive the ignorance

 

[MadJohn]

Antony Sweeney, first team coach and former player (400+ appearances for club) has been in caretaker charge since Dave Challinor left to take the Stockport job four weeks ago. It's understood that he doesn't want the job permanently, and is being linked with a possible reunion with Challinor at Edgeley Park anyway.

We are rumoured to have at least enquired about taking the managers from Woking, Bromley, and Halifax but have had no joy. Our cause has probably not been helped by a recent videoed interview in which our chairman effectively boasted about having withheld a significant portion of the agreed budget from Challinor in an attempt to get him to sign a new contract (on terms that Challinor described as "derisory"). I doubt such behaviour would go down well with potential candidates, and it undoubtedly had a detrimental effect on a summer recruitment programme already hindered by the late finish to our season. We have a weaker squad than a year ago.

We were expected to unveil Gavin Strachan today. He's another former player and currently first team coach at Celtic. He has now turned us down. The only other name who is rumoured to have been interviewed last week is Michael Nelson, yet another former player, recently sacked by struggling NLN side Blyth Spartans.

It's not pretty.

 

[AdamStag]

Antony Sweeney, first team coach and former player (400+ appearances for club) has been in caretaker charge since Dave Challinor left to take the Stockport job four weeks ago. It's understood that he doesn't want the job permanently, and is being linked with a possible reunion with Challinor at Edgeley Park anyway.

We are rumoured to have at least enquired about taking the managers from Woking, Bromley, and Halifax but have had no joy. Our cause has probably not been helped by a recent videoed interview in which our chairman effectively boasted about having withheld a significant portion of the agreed budget from Challinor in an attempt to get him to sign a new contract (on terms that Challinor described as "derisory"). I doubt such behaviour would go down well with potential candidates, and it undoubtedly had a detrimental effect on a summer recruitment programme already hindered by the late finish to our season. We have a weaker squad than a year ago.

We were expected to unveil Gavin Strachan today. He's another former player and currently first team coach at Celtic. He has now turned us down. The only other name who is rumoured to have been interviewed last week is Michael Nelson, yet another former player, recently sacked by struggling NLN side Blyth Spartans.

It's not pretty.

it’s a shame he left as you were flying and sadly our form has dropped, if someone has said you’d been below us a month ago i’d have laughed my arse off.

still, you’ve a competent side and whereas i appreciate earlier results might have promised more, youre much to good to go down which is the staple of any side coming up.

I’ve a mate at work who supports hartlepool in manchester, which isn’t quite odd! and he’s as frustrated as you, that your chairman seems a bit giddy and you were hindered by the late finish to the season you're doing alright!

 

[Gassy]

Tisdale is a great appointment for Stevenage at this level.

No doubt he’ll be given time and will have less expectation that we or MK Dons had, his record at L2 is excellent.

 

[AdamStag]

Tisdale is a great appointment for Stevenage at this level.

No doubt he’ll be given time and will have less expectation that we or MK Dons had, his record at L2 is excellent.

Certainly gone down in the world, should have stayed with exeter, MK didn’t work for him sadly - a good man.

 

[BRFC_Gas]

Tisdale is a great appointment for Stevenage at this level.

No doubt he’ll be given time and will have less expectation that we or MK Dons had, his record at L2 is excellent.

He had the whole of January with us and only brought in a RB (Joe Day was forced really). That was unforgivable given the state we were in after Garner

 

[GEORGE]

What about Tommy Widderington for Hartlepools.

 

[Sestonpoolie]

still, you’ve a competent side and whereas i appreciate earlier results might have promised more, youre much to good to go down which is the staple of any side coming up.

We were too good to go down a few season ago,but managed it by dropping into the bottom two in the last game of the season.
We are on shocking losing run & if it doesn’t stop soon,the 8 point cushion we have will soon be gone.

 

[MadJohn]

Two ex CBs incoming....?

 

[Chief Rocka]

Two ex CBs incoming....?

Graeme Lee and ??

Nelse?

Graeme Lee manager, Micky Nelson assistant, Lee Turnbull recruitment apparently.

 

[Gassy]

He had the whole of January with us and only brought in a RB (Joe Day was forced really). That was unforgivable given the state we were in after Garner

Oh I completely agree. He absolutely deserved to go and made horrendous mistakes.

However at L2 level he has a lot more success and probably contacts

 

[Cas]

Hopefully we'll be looking for another manager in the near future. Truth be told, I wouldn't be too disappointed if I woke up tomorrow and Bradford City had been liquadated.

 

[Valeite]

Hopefully we'll be looking for another manager in the near future. Truth be told, I wouldn't be too disappointed if I woke up tomorrow and Bradford City had been liquadated.

Surely its not that bad , Exeter reserves are a good side.

 

[Soup Ladle]

Graeme Lee and ??

Nelse?

Graeme Lee manager, Micky Nelson assistant, Lee Turnbull recruitment apparently.

This is what you get when you run the club on a shoestring. Predictable ex smoggy yes man appointment on the cheap.

A month to appoint a sacked Blyth manager and Borer U23 manager. I'm not even surprised to be honest.

No choice but to support them. Two good lads but it really is a very poor appointment.

Where's the relegation thread?

 

[Chief Rocka]

I'm maybe not as downbeat as most about this potential appointment, certainly wouldn't of been close to first choice, a non league manager doing well should've been (was?) the target but as I said earlier I'd much rather give it to someone on their way up than another sacked manager on the way down, we've had manager's with experience out the wazoo who've turned out to be catastrophic for us.

Still, this is a big task for the pair of them, DC is a hard act to follow and we need this run of L's to end sharpish, really can't afford time for them to find their feet in management, a big gamble from Raj, hopefully he unleashes the DC blackmail funds to the recruitment team and we can buy some quality in January, we certainly need it.

 

[Sestonpoolie]

I’m quite staggered by these appointments to be honest.
We’ve heard about Woodman,Wild,Dowson & end up with a poor under 23 manager & a bloke sacked by a team bottom of the NLN,with 8 consecutive defeats under their belt.
We’ll be a laughing stock & quite rightly so.

 

[Trapdoor]

We’ve heard about Woodman,Wild,Dowson & end up with a poor under 23 manager & a bloke sacked by a team bottom of the NLN, with 8 consecutive defeats under their belt.

You never know, they may turn out ok. We signed Tisdale when he was working as a PE teacher at Bath uni, one of his first signings was to bring in a southern league goalkeeper and then play him at center back. A lad on exeweb described him as "a southern league oil tanker, with a turning circle wider than the pitch".
That bloke turned out to be Matt Taylor.

 

[denzel ecfc]

Might turn out to be a good appointment, I'm sure people were asking questions about Michael Duff and Rob Edwards when they were appointed.
Experience is not always a good thing.

 

[Soup Ladle]

You never know, they may turn out ok.

And that's true, I have a lot of time for both Nelse and Spike, great players for us. Lee was well liked everywhere he played, Nelse grew hair, moved to Norwich and flopped.

I wish them all the best and I'll be behind them but very underwhelming bearing in mind the time taken, the fact the club isn't doing badly financially but the owner puts everyone off.

I didn't want a Curle type but someone like Wild or another up and coming manager should've been easy to attract.

 

[RiftHouseLad]

If Spike turns out half as good as his Dad (Tony) He will be fine.

To be honest i don,t have a problem with him. He definitely has pools best interest at heart.
Conections, recruitment( extremely important), And most importantly i believe he will have
Total respect from the squad.

 

[Stocky]

Hopefully Hartlepool can move on now and begin a new era under this Gary Lee and kick on.

Challinor has laid some great foundations there and hopefully someone else can take that on.

And by move on, that means stopping their obsession with our football club as it is not healthy for them. They also need to move on from Challinor and appreciate what he did. Never be in the Football League without him.

 

[RiftHouseLad]

Hopefully Hartlepool can move on now and begin a new era under this Gary Lee and kick on.

Challinor has laid some great foundations there and hopefully someone else can take that on.

And by move on, that means stopping their obsession with our football club as it is not healthy for them. They also need to move on from Challinor and appreciate what he did. Never be in the Football League without him.

Thank you, For the insight.

No really.

 

[Soup Ladle]

All the chew was on the socials with Stockport going on like they're Real Madrid and our lot perplexed why he'd go to non league. Its amazing what money does to fans of small clubs.

I can understand his reasons, he is much nearer home, better backed there with the owner giving him what he never got here. But club and league status wise it's not a really the step many expected him to take.

The shite on twitter etc will die down eventually.

 

[Chief Rocka]

All the chew was on the socials with Stockport going on like they're Real Madrid and our lot perplexed why he'd go to non league. Its amazing what money does to fans of small clubs.

I can understand his reasons, he is much nearer home, better backed there with the owner giving him what he never got here. But club and league status wise it's not a really the step many expected him to take.

The shite on twitter etc will die down eventually.

Aye we're still getting Stockport muppets with the 'Cheers, Thank you' tweets, queer bunch.

 

[MadJohn]

All the last month or so has done is to illustrate that Hartlepool and Stockport both have some weird obsessive deluded bellends on social media. I already knew that we did, but I suppose it's good to see that we're not alone.

 

[shoddycollins]

All the last month or so has done is to illustrate that Hartlepool and Stockport both have some weird obsessive deluded bellends on social media. I already knew that we did, but I suppose it's good to see that we're not alone.

There are some wierdos on there. For a while there was some Spurs fan I'd see comment on almost every tweet put out by Carlisle United, and many other L2 teams and NL teams I saw saying something like 'tinpot club' or 'shit club no fans'. I had a look at his profile and it was just him bragging about how many clubs had blocked him.