Terry Butcher

[Roger Stone]

Is our new manager. Not sure myself but a big name I suppose who did well at ICH - same home crowds as us.

 

[T.A]

England legend

 

[Cheese & Biscuits]

I think I'd rather Pat Butcher.

 

[Richard Cranium]

 

[StagsForLife]

Fucking crying at that

 

[womble76]

Chalk or cheese. Either does well at a club or ruins them. Look into his spell at Sydney FC. His methods were not appreciated downunder.
Very old school and upsets players these days. Good luck.

 

[mowgli]

F*cking brilliant!

 

[Brooksy]

It should be an interesting season for us. Only three players contracted so he will be able to have a mass clear-out. At least he can't say he's inherited a bad side. There will undoubtedly be a lot of "it will take time for the team to gel together" next season.

 

[Brooksy]

... and now we've appointed Russell Osman as Assistant Manager. There's a strong rumour that Pele, Sylvester Stallone and Michael Caine are joining the coaching staff as well.

 

[TheWednesday]

Did a good job at Inverness on a small budget, I expect Newport's budget isn't too bad for League Two so will be interesting to see how he does with it. Made an absolute mess at Hibernian however, took over a mess and made it twice as bad.

 

[womble76]

I see he has started weilding the axe today.

 

[Red Dragon]

I see he has started weilding the axe today.

Lenny Pidgeley
Lee Minshull
Aaron O'Connor
Robbie Willmott
Andy Sandell
All released today and a full list is expected later today.

 

[r1ch1e]

O'Connor scored alot of goals in the conference, no?

 

[Brooksy]

O'Connor scored alot of goals in the conference, no?

I think O'Connor been unlucky and has struggled with injuries over the last two seasons. However, whilst he could still probably bag 8-10 goals a season in L2, he is getting older and he's no Jamie Cureton. I reckon he would still do a job for a Conference side next season.

 

[Brooksy]

So Butcher's axe has fallen as Inverness Caledonian and Hibs fans have told us when he was appointed. Apparently we are now to expect him to assemble a decent team on the cheap (according to the Jags fans), or lead us back to the Conference (if you listen to the a Hibs fans). As ever, the reality will be somewhere in the middle. I wouldn't expect the team to challenge for the Playoffs next season, but I wouldn't expect relegation. A season of team building hopefully. However, this is Newport County and it could all go wrong quite easily.

2015 - The Year of the Butcher. Doesn't sound good does it! Time will tell.