Managerial Merry-Go-Round 2020/21

[1862]

He's the favourite for every job, I wouldn't worry about if I was a Notts fan unless a big Championship club comes sniffing.

Sounds like a particularly lazy link just because of the Rodrigues connection.

It's pretty rare he goes odds on like this but it's easily explainable after Rodrigues said he would want LW there at the weekend.

Or that he's going and people know

 

[jacobncfc]

He's the favourite for every job, I wouldn't worry about if I was a Notts fan unless a big Championship club comes sniffing.

Sounds like a particularly lazy link just because of the Rodrigues connection.

It’s basically because Ruben, being Ruben, decided to say he’d love Luke Williams when asked about it after scoring twice for them at the weekend. Not heard anything our end to suggest it’s actually a thing, but obviously he’s going to move on up at some point.

 

[The_Viking_Magpie]

Hes brilliant.

 

[Pilot_Phonic]

Do you think Oxford would take Poundland Pep, given the links to Swindon?

 

[WilsdenBantam]

Has Alexander been sacked yet?

i know he turned down the chance to manage Bradford when he was still at Halifax....

Lol. Strange he applied for our job now then.

 

[クレイグ]

Lol. Strange he applied for our job now then.

I heard he walked into the interview and fist pumped every question.

 

[Indian Dan]

Do you think Oxford would take Poundland Pep, given the links to Swindon?

I’m convinced Luke Warm is the right man at the right club right now.

Im doubtful he’d replicate it elsewhere.

 

[The_Viking_Magpie]

Dan is that view on Strange Luke based purely on his time at Swindon or on his time coaching at other clubs in general?

 

[Indian Dan]

Obviously he was awful with us - but, tbf, had excuses in the shape of Tim Sherwood.

He reminds me of Wellens, not his style, but I thought Wellens would manage at the highest level when he was with us. Subsequent events proved that wrong.

Williams seems, to me, be in that mode.

 

[The_Viking_Magpie]

Fair enough but wasn't the club an absolute Circus when he was in charge? So the head coach was always going to look like a clown?

 

[Indian Dan]

Yeah. Some things never change!

 

[BarraMatt]

Lol. Strange he applied for our job now then.

Strange it was never reflected in the betting then. It isn't really difficult for sources find and leak who has applied for what.

 

[The_Viking_Magpie]

Yeah. Some things never change!

Come on Dan, STFC are a unpleasant iffy circus now criminally charging away fans in my L2 football fans eyes , and they were a Circus when Strange Luke was asked to take the lead. But I remember the 90s , I remember Jan Åge Fjøtoft bent in a beauty at Meadow Lane in the championship having witnessed him do the same in the warmup.

Not a circus then surely? History is important, some clubs have already made any impact in football

 

[Youpies]

If Luke Williams was to fit straight in at a League One club without having to do too much work it would be Oxford

It's closer to his home and they're doing well in League one. I wouldn't be surprised if he fancied it.

Think it would be a big Sam leaving moment. Not sure we'd maintain our play off challenge if he leaves

 

[Indian Dan]

Come on Dan, STFC are a unpleasant iffy circus now criminally charging away fans in my L2 football fans eyes , and they were a Circus when Strange Luke was asked to take the lead. But I remember the 90s , I remember Jan Åge Fjøtoft bent in a beauty at Meadow Lane in the championship having witnessed him do the same in the warmup.

Not a circus then surely? History is important, some clubs have already made any impact in football

Come on, all fans are really interested in is the here and now. We’ve had a succession of dodgy owners for 10+ years now - it gets tiresome when any little bit of success isn’t built upon. We’re getting the best crowds for years atm due entirely to getting rid of Lee Power. That’s now on the wane as the present incumbent is proving to be no better - maybe not dodgy (the jury is out on that atm) but running the club into the ground. There’s rumours he’s up for selling - but to whom?

Sometimes you just get fucked off with it all.

 

[The_Viking_Magpie]

Not true but that's fine that we have very differing views.

Every fan of every club gets fucked off with it all at times , and it can be tiresome but it never lasts. It's a rollercoaster.

Oh and never try guessing who will buy a football club. The vast majority who buy are unheard of by even the most committed of clubs fans. Us being a prime example after plenty of unsurprisingly inadequate, inept, unsuitable and on one occasion purely made up owners.

Chin up chap.

 

[クレイグ]

Wouldn't describe Bradford City as a rollercoaster, more like a log flume. And someone has replaced the water with piss.

 

[Richard Cranium]

Not true but that's fine that we have very differing views.

Every fan of every club gets fucked off with it all at times , and it can be tiresome but it never lasts. It's a rollercoaster.

Oh and never try guessing who will buy a football club. The vast majority who buy are unheard of by even the most committed of clubs fans. Us being a prime example after plenty of unsurprisingly inadequate, inept, unsuitable and on one occasion purely made up owners.

Chin up chap.

Inadequate. That’s got to be big Al Hardy in the bath hasn’t it

 

[Conker]

They all stood up for Big Al remember because he did some great ticketing offers and he spent over half a milly on transfer fees in the summer, one of those that was obvious from the outside, but the County fanbase was delusional, a very expensive relegation that one was.

 

[AdamStag]

They all stood up for Big Al remember because he did some great ticketing offers and he spent over half a milly on transfer fees in the summer, one of those that was obvious from the outside, but the County fanbase was delusional, a very expensive relegation that one was.

He tried to compare and compete with the radfords - he failed miserably.

Sadly it was the employees of his business who really lost out, though i suspect his heart was in the right place.

 

[The_Viking_Magpie]

Hold on is this Mansfield fans talking about Notts County yet again? I'm shocked and Conks and Adam too who would have thought it?!

Love it when a fan from another club (especially one who isn't bothered about Notts obvs) says "All Notts fans...." .

Let's have a more accurate recap...

Why wouldn't you stand up for your chairman who turned us from bottom 5 to top 5 in next to no time and took us from struggling to a playoff semi final, increased attendances, got the local community involved and a real buzz around the place.

Trust me being a season ticket holder surrounded by Notts fans every other week there were plenty of them saying early doors that he didn't have enough money to run a club. One old boy directly behind me said it from day one. But forget them let's go with what two young Stags fans say instead, they know.

But what can you do as a fan? Stop going? Same with the made up munto millions, you can only enjoy the ride before it crashes.

I agree that Hardy's heart was in the right place and he did some good but never had enough money got carried away and probably tried to compete with Uncle John Radford. He was disaster overall and the main reason we got #stained. Owners so often are as Mansfield know better than most.

There are loads of local businessman done good and supporter of their local team get carried away and make a mess of a club up and down the country. These types aren't good for the club but you can get far worse owners for example an owner of your club who does nothing but allegedly siphon money from the club into your own pocket, screw the fanbase and slowly kill a club for almost 20 years. Those types of chairmans hearts' are definitely not in the right place. Ring any bells chaps?

Alan Hardy was in charge less than 2 years

 

[Indian Dan]

All you need is for an owner’s business to start flatlining and the clubs are always collateral damage. It’s the chance you take. A few years in the sun followed by a decade covered in shit. Always been thus.

 

[WilsdenBantam]

Strange it was never reflected in the betting then. It isn't really difficult for sources find and leak who has applied for what.

Jobs get over 100 applications, you expect that to be reflected in the betting? Ok.

 

[BarraMatt]

Jobs get over 100 applications, you expect that to be reflected in the betting? Ok.

Obviously not to that extent. What I'm saying is that if someone who's employed and doing a decent job elsewhere applies for a vacant position and an ITK catches wind of it (depending when), it isn't unreasonable to think some may lay some money on it and therefore the odds shorten slightly. I can't recall seeing that and there was never any mention of it on our side. Our forum usually shit themselves and start a new manager thread whenever Wild (or Evatt in seasons gone by) appear in the top ten of a bookies list.

I have no idea if he applied or not, I'm just arguing that it's strange to not to hear anything more than the odd ITK comment on a forum the way social media etc operate these days, if he did apply.

 

[Ellis]

Would be a very good move for Williams. Reckon he might go for it, very ambitious club with a good owner.

 

[Monkey Tennis]

Bradford approached Pete Wild but he wasn’t interested. An ITK told me.

 

[Stocky]

Would be a very good move for Williams. Reckon he might go for it, very ambitious club with a good owner.

I think he probably would go because that's the way football seems to work but I would like him to stay at Notts as a football supporter. The amount of jumping ship is getting worse and worse. And yes I know loyalty doesn't work the other way either, if Williams did shit he'd be thrown out the door.

With Notts being a promotion rival, I only really see it as good news if he leaves them in that regard however.

Funny old game fooball though, he'd be taking over a team doing well, if they slipped down a bit or didn't cotton on to his style of play it could take a slow start and he'd be in the firing line. Bolton and Peterborough will knock on those L1 Automatic doors IMO.

On balance, I think I'd wait for a Championship job if I was him. But I think he would choose Oxford if he gets offered it.

 

[Son of Cod]

Funny old game fooball though, he'd be taking over a team doing well, if they slipped down a bit or didn't cotton on to his style of play it could take a slow start and he'd be in the firing line. Bolton and Peterborough will knock on those L1 Automatic doors IMO.

Top of L1 is always fierce, isn't it? Could see Barnsley, Derby and Blackpool pushing higher than they are too.

 

[GTFCfish]

Bradford approached Pete Wild but he wasn’t interested. An ITK told me.

The same in the know told me in a bit more detail, Wild had accepted the job but then upon drawing up the contract Sparks said that there would be no fist pumps after victories “not on my watch” so Wild did a u turn and told him to get fucked.

 

[The_Viking_Magpie]

Would be a very good move for Williams. Reckon he might go for it, very ambitious club with a good owner.

Some clear similarities between the two clubs. They have the advantage of being a division higher and we have the advantage of having a bigger stadium with 4 stands like proper clubs should.