Managerial Merry-Go-Round 2020/21

[thewwfc]

He's not exactly set anywhere on fire after leaving Wycombe though has he.

I wouldn’t judge him on the QPR job.

Even their own fans admitted that that was an absolute poisoned chalice, and that Ainsworth was mad to take it.

Although it is fair to note that GA’s replacement kept them up, which Ainsworth didn’t look like doing.

His experience has mostly been in the bottom two tiers though, so there’s that. And he’s delivered promotions on a limited budget.

That said he was given time to really shape everything about the club at Wycombe, I don’t know if he’d be given that much leeway at Gills.

 

[Richard Cranium]

He's not exactly set anywhere on fire after leaving Wycombe though has he.

He’s a football manager not an arsonist

 

[WhiteRussian]

He’s a football manager not an arsonist

I suppose if I had said he hasn't torn many trees up anywhere else you would have said 'he's not a lumberjack'?

 

[Richard Cranium]

I suppose if I had said he hasn't torn many trees up anywhere else you would have said 'he's not a lumberjack'?

Can’t spell that mate

 

[GTFCfish]

Can’t spell that mate

It’s easy, T-H-A-T

 

[EnglishRed]

You be a crap lumberjack if you were tearing up trees. They are meant to cut them down.

 

[GFC4EVA]

Mark Bonner set be announced as Gills new manager

 

[GFC4EVA]

Mark Bonner set be announced as Gills new manager

Now Confirmed

Welcome Mark Bonner

 

[Laker]

Best of luck to him, I hope it works out well for you.

 

[Boz]

Seemed to do a decent job at Cambridge and looks a sound appointment for Gillingham.

 

[クレイグ]

Aye, good appointment. Expecting Gills to do well next season.

 

[SVH]

I suspect Bonner will be in for a few of his old favourite players. Adam May, Jack Lankester, Jabril Okedina all available for transfer.

I can also see him bringing Barry Corr in as his number two.

 

[Casey]

I'm rather happy about this.

It means we don't have to worry about Gillingham nicking our managerbwho lives very close to the place.

Casey

 

[dedwardp]

That is a big test for Bonner though, isn't it? He was a Cambridge fan who had worked there for years and was basically part of the furniture, working his way through many roles before landing the top job.

This will be a totally different proposition, going into an entirely new club and with a bit of pressure/expectation on him too as Gillingham will no doubt expect to be mounting a challenge for the top three. Could go either way for me.

 

[joethegill]

He'll do for me, not a name that has tried and failed 5 times at this level but still gets a gig as they were a decent ex-pro, he's had success at both this level and keeping a side in the league a level up, he played decent football in this league before and with an entire pre-season to get going we start off in a good position. We have a good core already, and everyone and their dog knows what our issue was last season - add some goals into an already reasonable side and things will go better next season.

I think next season is up for grabs for anyone, I don't see a standout obvious promotion favourite like we had this year.

 

[Laker]

That is a big test for Bonner though, isn't it? He was a Cambridge fan who had worked there for years and was basically part of the furniture, working his way through many roles before landing the top job.

This will be a totally different proposition, going into an entirely new club and with a bit of pressure/expectation on him too as Gillingham will no doubt expect to be mounting a challenge for the top three. Could go either way for me.

I think this is a fair take. He should have a more competitive budget at Gillingham than he had with us - even when we were in League 2 our budget wasn’t amazing. But expectation will be higher - it was pretty non existent when he began with us and then covid hit so he was sheltered from a vicious crowd.

He’s very thorough and also very positive. He will immerse himself in the town and he sees the “ambassadorial” side of a club to be very important too. It’ll be whether results come on the pitch quickly enough, at least he’s got a whole summer to mould his squad rather than having to pick up the pieces part way through.