Sack Race - 2018/19

[Master D]

Mid-table bliss incoming and promotion aspirations over. Even sooner than last season which is very pleasing. Pressure off, thank god. Well done to all.

 

[Master D]

Askey is finally available to take the job hes applied for god knows how many times.

We've got plans to move the ground to Cheshire so he is able to manage effectively.

 

[B2TF]

Askey would be the dream appointment for me, maybe he leapt too far in going from Macclesfield to Shrewsbury, would he come back to non league so quickly, who knows.

I can see Phil Brown being interested, recently binned off from Swindon and we'll be linked with the same names that are always linked every 6 months we sack a manager, Lee Clark, Martin Gray, Ronnie Moore, Alun Armstrong, Ainsley at Spenny, that baldy scouser who gets linked to every job going Breadbin?

I'm honestly not that arsed who we appoint, we've tried young and old, mega experience and zero experience, we've tried every sick note ex Boro player and they've all contracted the Pools CURSE and turned out shite.

Edit: When I say not that arsed, that's anyone apart from Martin Gray and his shit eating grin.

When a club is on the slide, the problem is most often to be found in the boardroom, not the dugout. #ProTip

 

[B2TF]

Mid-table bliss incoming and promotion aspirations over. Even sooner than last season which is very pleasing. Pressure off, thank god. Well done to all.

What's happened to Mike Fondue?

 

[Master D]

What's happened to Mike Fondue?

Good start but has became fairly clear that he is in fact crap. Halifax level, as most of us suspected when he signed.

 

[Chief Rocka]

When a club is on the slide, the problem is most often to be found in the boardroom, not the dugout. #ProTip

We've had four totally different owners since 2015, yeah let that sink in.

It's the CURSE, nothing else.

 

[B2TF]

Good start but has became fairly clear that he is in fact crap. Halifax level, as most of us suspected when he signed.

Yeah, like Jamie Vardy. What's Wrexham's level? Louis Moult.

 

[B2TF]

We've had four totally different owners since 2015, yeah let that sink in.

It's the CURSE, nothing else.

Like I said, the boardroom.

 

[Ronaldo to Wrexham]

Like I said, the boardroom.

Most of the ex league clubs are down here for that reason. We were a total basket case a few seasons before dropping into none league and you can say the same about leyton orient, Chesterfield and hartlepool. Could be worse though. .. see Stockport, York and that club 12 miles down the road from us.

 

[chief]

Tonight, it's Graham Barrow's red and white army.

 

[Soup Ladle]

Club are now saying that any new boss has to work with a DOF and probably the same coaches. Narrows things down. They want someone who hasn't been round the block and is still fairly young but with a track record of success at this level. I think they've got someone in mind, maybe someone like Steve Watson or that Ebbsfleet guy whatshisname. He might be a good shout.

PLEASE GOD NO LEE CLARK OR MARTIN GRAY

 

[JJ1532]

As an individual who wants to see clubs local to mine in the same league and a old fashioned person who wants some of the bigger clubs back in the FL, I feel big time for Wrexham to have their manager nicked away from them for a 3rd time. I get life in management is incredibly volatile and Ricketts can't know if he turns this down if he'll ever get this opportunity again. But christ almighty man, why are Shrewsbury turning to a guy that has barely gotten his feet wet in management. It's shit on Wrexham as well for the above reasons. Hopefully this doesn't derail their promotion charge. Askey is surely the top choice right? Decent budget, good squad, great position. Just keep things ticking along and it should be grand.

 

[Master D]

Ricketts officially told to STAY AWAY from tonight's game.

I can't see that we'll be appointing another rookie manager because you'll just get another dumb League club wanting to take him if he wins 2 matches in a row. He's a switched on bloke and is unflappable but there's really no way of knowing if he is any good or just has good staff with him. Our style of play is quite similar to us under Keates.

With the quality in our squad I would always expect us to be in the top 7 of this league so I don't think he's pulled up that many trees here. We still struggle to beat the better sides of the league just like last season.

 

[RLC]

How come Wrexham keep losing managers ? From the outside, it seems there is a naivety on their board with the way contracts are negotiated. Ricketts was offered a three year deal, yet leaves within six months.

Decent managers at National League level are not generally that much in demand higher up; we kept hold of Mellon and Grimsby held on to Hurst long enough to escape, to give two examples. Or have Wrexham just been unlucky with circumstances ?

 

[EnglishRed]

How come Wrexham keep losing managers ? From the outside, it seems there is a naivety on their board with the way contracts are negotiated. Ricketts was offered a three year deal, yet leaves within six months.

Decent managers at National League level are not generally that much in demand higher up; we kept hold of Mellon and Grimsby held on to Hurst long enough to escape, to give two examples. Or have Wrexham just been unlucky with circumstances ?

Definitely unlucky with Keates, who Walsall seemed to court. The Ricketts thing is a bizarre appointment for Shrewsbury. He's literally been a manager for less than 6 months.

If you are Wrexham manager you don't have the luxury of a huge budget, but have to contend with big expectations. Maybe its easier to turn their heads?

Maybe we need to start appointing managers who have failed at league level. Askey it is!

 

[Mr Scooty]

There is logic to that.
Failing at Shrewsbury was perhaps all part of Askey's plan to land his ultimate dream job at Wrexham that he applied for 146 times previously.

 

[Master D]

We must have a fair bit of money at present with the compensation we've received for the last 2 managers as well as over £1m from the Danny Ward transfer. And we've already banked a fair bit from this year's cup run.

The Keates thing was understandable. He's never hidden the fact that he is Mr Walsall and we knew that from the moment he joined us in 2010. It helped that he was somewhat of a legend of a player for us.

How much can Ricketts realistically do at Shrewsbury? Surely it isn't expected for him to gain promotion to the Championship. And the man played in the Premier League for years, I can't see him being short of money.

We should force Askey to apply AGAIN but then just say we're giving him the job anyway.

 

[Chief Rocka]

There's an upcoming manager in the Welsh League seems to be doing quite well as of late...

 

[Soup Ladle]

There's an upcoming manager in the Welsh League seems to be doing quite well as of late...

Was just thinking I hadn't seen Craig round here for a while. How class would it be if he finally gets his just desserts, takes the Wrexham job and posts on here every week?

 

[Ian_Wrexham]

How come Wrexham keep losing managers ? From the outside, it seems there is a naivety on their board with the way contracts are negotiated. Ricketts was offered a three year deal, yet leaves within six months.

Decent managers at National League level are not generally that much in demand higher up; we kept hold of Mellon and Grimsby held on to Hurst long enough to escape, to give two examples. Or have Wrexham just been unlucky with circumstances ?

It's a good question.

I can see why Walsall wanted Keates and I can see why Keates wanted Walsall. The Shrewsbury/Ricketts thing is a mystery to me though (we also "lost" Gary Mills to York - we only sacked him after they tapped him up lol).

From what I can glean, we're paying our managers £60-70k a year and giving them 3 year deals with a one-year release clause. That doesn't seem wildly outrageous to me. Maybe other clubs do shorter deals with higher break clauses? I don't know?

Either way, it doesn't bother me. Biggest worry for me is ensuring this doesn't cause us to lose too much momentum - the board's lack of reaction to Keates' departure cost us a playoff place so we can't make that mistake again.

 

[Master D]

It's better it happens now than after January I guess. There's half the season left and we're in a solid position with a good squad and cash in the bank to spend in January. We won't be short of applicants.

Barrow has said he doesn't want the job permanently but with him in temporary charge for the moment we'll be in much safer hands than when Keates left.

 

[Luke Imp]

ER has answered the question was going to ask.

Unusual for a Club to lose a manager when well placed in the league in consecutive seasons.

Askey or Hurst the standout choices? Both would probably fit in seamlessly as both had sides who were solid defensively, which is what you already have, and both didn't have particularly high scoring sides either.

 

[iesty wfc]

ER has answered the question was going to ask.

Unusual for a Club to lose a manager when well placed in the league in consecutive seasons.

Askey or Hurst the standout choices? Both would probably fit in seamlessly as both had sides who were solid defensively, which is what you already have, and both didn't have particularly high scoring sides either.

Darren Ferguson has also been linked by the fans given his playing history with the club and his current availability. i think every time we have needed a manager previously he has been employed.

however, he was overlooked for the job back in the day when it was given to Carey and left the club as a result, so whether:
a. he would want to drop down the leagues
b. he can be arsed returning to a club he was so revered with as a player who have overlooked him for the job previously

would only be his decision at the end of the day, and while it would be amazing i doubt it would happen.

Askey would be most likely i would imagine

 

[fifaking]

Officially confirmed now. Ricketts has left and taken over at Shrewsbury.
This one really hurts, sick of this happening.

Ricketts was certainly an upgrade on Keates and carried on what he had left.

I hope the coaching staff stay this time, Graham Barrow has indicated he will be sticking around, so the support is in there for whoever comes in.

Difficult time for whoever does take over. Tricky league games against Eastleigh, Solihull and the Salford double-header could soon see us slide down the table; and if we get a favourable draw out the hat tonight, the cup replay vs Newport could also become massive..

Arise Sir John Askey

 

[Dan_Macclad]

John is a no brainer for Wrexham. Proven in the National League and will want to repair his reputation after shrewsbury.

 

[Master D]

He'll be expensive though considering we'll have to pay for his hypnotherapy treatment to convince him he's actually in Cheshire.

 

[Soup Ladle]

Announce it...NOW

 

[Chief Rocka]

Totally outta left field and yes betting markets are always something to take seriously but Lee Bradbury is 2/1 fav to takeover as our manager.

It's gonna be Lee Clark isn't it

 

[The Terminator]

If its Lee Clark I'd worry for you.

Bradbury would be interesting, but I'd be amazed if he left the South Coast for the North East!

 

[GTFCfish]

I can see why Shrewsbury went for Ricketts to be fair, I mean after their last manager with National League experience in John Askey was such a huge success, only natural for them to go the same way again.