Managerial Merry-Go-Round 2020/21

[Conker]

cannot say I’m particularly concerned about our players being poached by Salford ngl.

 

[dedwardp]

We've got a manager and quite a few players they're welcome to poach if they'd like.

 

[Optipez]

Always a bit of a worry when a club like Salford hit hard times as they are. more. likely to come and poach managers and players from. teams. around them.

Not a worry for us or Stockport, but you others should be a little nervous.

Not worried about Salford poaching from us, I think the manager and our best players are heading a bit higher than the dead end of Salford if they leave.

 

[Conker]

I mean Hiram Boateng is available going off the rumours, some have said Swindon but if Salford wanna start a bidding war then go for it.

 

[Gi Dalor]

I find it hard to say how attractive a job Salford is.
People certainly seem to think they have lots of money. That's about it on the plus side. Possibly lots of money.

On the minus side, they're a small club. They sack their managers too much. (I know they gave Wood a fair try). It's hard to say whether it's a good club culture, but managers do seem to underachieve there.

So, just which managers in L2 would this really be a good move for? You can't really say Pete Wild has achieved all he can at Barrow while they're 4th. I don't think Scott Lindsey should leave Crawley yet, (apart from for Gillingham which would obviously have been somewhere close to his heart). His CV will look a lot more solid with a year's success at Crawley under his belt, especially since lots of people seem oblivious to the fact that they're solidly midtable. Plus he's not moving away from the South.

Looking at every club, the only manager I think might go for it is the Accrington Stanley pair, and that's only if they're not offered something long term at AS.
Obviously non-league managers (Andy Woodman being the obvious name to me) might be very interested.
It's an honest question though. Have I missed any obvious candidates?

Lee Bell at Crewe, maybe. I don't know. My gut tells me that Crewe is a better club to be manager of.

 

[Chris FGR]

Always a bit of a worry when a club like Salford hit hard times as they are. more. likely to come and poach managers and players from. teams. around them.

Not a worry for us or Stockport, but you others should be a little nervous.

One of the advantages for us these days is we don't have to worry about whether anyone will try and poach our manager or players.

 

[Indian Dan]

Our manager needs poaching, or frying, or scrambling, hard-boiled would do.

 

[Bottega Don]

Salford absolutely have a type though, managers from Manchester.

There last 3 managers have been from the Manchester area (4 if you include Scholes interim spell).

Alexander is their only manager since going pro who isn't from Manchester and even he spent the majority of his career in the North West.

 

[Stocky]

Salford absolutely have a type though, managers from Manchester.

There last 3 managers have been from the Manchester area (4 if you include Scholes interim spell).

Alexander is their only manager since going pro who isn't from Manchester and even he spent the majority of his career in the North West.

Dean Holden written all over it. Most Salford manager ever. And Michael Appleton knows he still hasn't done his fateful Salford stint yet, something to fall back on when he gets sacked again.

If I were them I'd consider Phil Parkinson from Altrincham.

 

[TrinidadsNumberOne]

I find it hard to say how attractive a job Salford is.
People certainly seem to think they have lots of money. That's about it on the plus side. Possibly lots of money.

On the minus side, they're a small club. They sack their managers too much. (I know they gave Wood a fair try). It's hard to say whether it's a good club culture, but managers do seem to underachieve there.

So, just which managers in L2 would this really be a good move for? You can't really say Pete Wild has achieved all he can at Barrow while they're 4th. I don't think Scott Lindsey should leave Crawley yet, (apart from for Gillingham which would obviously have been somewhere close to his heart). His CV will look a lot more solid with a year's success at Crawley under his belt, especially since lots of people seem oblivious to the fact that they're solidly midtable. Plus he's not moving away from the South.

Looking at every club, the only manager I think might go for it is the Accrington Stanley pair, and that's only if they're not offered something long term at AS.
Obviously non-league managers (Andy Woodman being the obvious name to me) might be very interested.
It's an honest question though. Have I missed any obvious candidates?

Lee Bell at Crewe, maybe. I don't know. My gut tells me that Crewe is a better club to be manager of.

Can tell you now there's absolutely no way Bell would leave us for Salford. They have absolutely no infrastructure at that club whatsoever and it's evident they're spending less than they were spending a few years back when Richie Towell and Adam Rooney were on obscene wages there. I think that rat Neville has been looking to buy land for a training ground for 5 years and counting without success!

 

[Who Needs Mourinho]

Always a bit of a worry when a club like Salford hit hard times as they are. more. likely to come and poach managers and players from. teams. around them.

Not a worry for us or Stockport, but you others should be a little nervous.

We’re worried that they won’t sell us Odin Bailey now the manager that didn’t rate/play him is gone.

He’s started every league game since the 23rd September except for the one he couldn’t play in against his parent club.

 

[Stocky]

We’re worried that they won’t sell us Odin Bailey now the manager that didn’t rate/play him is gone.

He’s started every league game since the 23rd September except for the one he couldn’t play in against his parent club.

Quality player. If that Wood didn't rate him, he should never work in Football again.

 

[Essex2Wessex]

Odin Bailey is one class player.

Jeez it's been a while since we had many players we could describe in those terms.

 

[Who Needs Mourinho]

Quality player. If that Wood didn't rate him, he should never work in Football again.

To be fair he’s playing in a position he’d never played before joining us but I suppose that’s the difference between Wood and Challinor.

We’ve seen Rydel, Wright, Hippolyte and now Bailey become better players through positional and tactical tweaks.

 

[Who Needs Mourinho]

I find it hard to say how attractive a job Salford is.
People certainly seem to think they have lots of money. That's about it on the plus side. Possibly lots of money.

On the minus side, they're a small club. They sack their managers too much. (I know they gave Wood a fair try). It's hard to say whether it's a good club culture, but managers do seem to underachieve there.

So, just which managers in L2 would this really be a good move for? You can't really say Pete Wild has achieved all he can at Barrow while they're 4th. I don't think Scott Lindsey should leave Crawley yet, (apart from for Gillingham which would obviously have been somewhere close to his heart). His CV will look a lot more solid with a year's success at Crawley under his belt, especially since lots of people seem oblivious to the fact that they're solidly midtable. Plus he's not moving away from the South.

Looking at every club, the only manager I think might go for it is the Accrington Stanley pair, and that's only if they're not offered something long term at AS.
Obviously non-league managers (Andy Woodman being the obvious name to me) might be very interested.
It's an honest question though. Have I missed any obvious candidates?

Lee Bell at Crewe, maybe. I don't know. My gut tells me that Crewe is a better club to be manager of.

Thing that always amuses me is through all the turnover the absolutely useless DOF Chris Casper always keeps his job.

Though that’s obviously because no qualified person would allow Neville, Butt and Scholes to undermine them and takeover whenever they had a quiet day and felt like negotiating a transfer. Bet he’s a proper alpha at home to compensate for having no control at work.

 

[Casey]

We've got a manager and quite a few players they're welcome to poach if they'd like.

Etherington not doing it for you?

Casey

 

[chipmunx]

Club Statement

Colchester United and Matty Etherington part company.

www.cu-fc.com

 

[Luke Imp]

Rinse and repeat with Colchester!

 

[Richard Cranium]

There are some horrifically run football clubs about currently.

 

[Gunit]

Ben Garner?

 

[Conker]

I find it hard to grasp what’s going off at Colchester, the owner backs them pretty well I think?

 

[JJ1990]

He backs them, but they are 30m in debt to him, which I'm sure he'll write off. He hasn't got a clue what he's doing though, last 5-6 appointments have been the wrong ones. They are a club quickly sliding backwards. Not continuity in the dugout, no plan when it comes to signing players, got a weird blend of youth and proven players that don't seem to be working out. I'm sure they'll be ok as they have the talent in place to pull a few wins out as they usually do, but their time will come sooner or later the direction they are going in.

 

[Super_horns]

Maybe it’s the recruitment of the players that is the problem?

 

[Conker]

Feels like one of those if they went down we won’t see em again in a very long time.

 

[Luke Imp]

I find it hard to grasp what’s going off at Colchester, the owner backs them pretty well I think?

From what I recall, he was but then tapered his financial support until it was nothing but then picked it back up a little bit.

I'm surprised they haven't dropped yet given the amount of chopping and changing they do, it'll catch up with them eventually though.

 

[Optipez]

From what I recall, he was but then tapered his financial support until it was nothing but then picked it back up a little bit.

I'm surprised they haven't dropped yet given the amount of chopping and changing they do, it'll catch up with them eventually though.

I've watched them from afar and they seem to have all the ingredients of a relegation team. Decent players but under performance, big debt, high management turnover and just general drift spanning years.

 

[TrinidadsNumberOne]

From what I recall, he was but then tapered his financial support until it was nothing but then picked it back up a little bit.

I'm surprised they haven't dropped yet given the amount of chopping and changing they do, it'll catch up with them eventually though.

When they were in danger 12 months ago they invested heavily in players. They got a seven figure fee for Tchamadeu that offset that spending but they must be paying McGeehan a bomb too.

Always made me laugh they sacked the one manager who got them to the playoffs for the heinous crime of losing a playoff semi final in a COVID year. They've never been contenders since and have always been candidates for the drop.

 

[chipmunx]

Hopefully Wayne Rooney gets the Salford job and completes a successful relegation campaign.

 

[Master D]

Lots of talk that Luke Williams is off to Swansea.

 

[Stocky]

From one Championship squad to another.