The BELEAGUERED Carlisle Utd Thread

[EnglishRed]

Mike Keegan at the mail is reporting that we're considering going for Steven Gerrard.

Gerrard lined up for a shock return to England by relegation battlers

MIKE KEEGAN: Gerrard, who has managed Rangers and Aston Villa, left a lucrative role with Saudi Arabian side Al-Ettifaq last week after 18 months in charge.

www.dailymail.co.uk

I really hope they don't go that route for all your sakes.

 

[hellogregory]

Seen the Daily Mail (I know) reporting Steven Gerrard in the frame. I’m not sure what Carlisles owners think the question is if that’s their answer.

Just been reading that.

Steven Gerrard did work with our sporting director at Rangers. So I wonder if they have got that link and are just plucking the story out of the sky.

Anyway I can't see Gerrard wanting to touch a League 2 job.

 

[Stocky]

Carlisle's owners are a great science experiment into having the richest owners and yet the most stupid. A very entertaining combination.

 

[Scum.]

I see Dan Micciche has decent odds... that would certainly be an interesting one.

LOL, all our rejects. I think Carlisle aren't that stupid...maybe they can give us a fee for this too?

 

[hellogregory]

The issue with bringing in a dinosaur is the same sort of issue as bringing in MW in the first place, you’re asking the players to rip up everything and start anew.

Exactly. I hope we aren’t considering this.

 

[hellogregory]

Shame for Carlisle. Brilliant club. Looked pretty doomed on Saturday - we weren't great ourselves.

Twice in 3 years you’ve come to Brunton park and got a manager the boot.

 

[hellogregory]

Has to be Ian Evatt I'm my opinion.

Yeah, he’d be my choice.

His style would suit the recruitment we’d done. So we wouldn’t be back to square one. Done at this level and looking ahead to next season done it at conference level.

Whether he’d come to the worst team in the football league is a different matter. I have my doubts, but I’d love to be surprised.

 

[WilsdenBantam]

Step aside Salford, Wrexham, and other generic famous club owners; we could have Steven Gerrard's Carlisle United as the new poster boys of lower-league football. Until he's sacked for the disaster, it would be, of course.

 

[Moonie]

Looking to make an appointment in the next day or two, according to a couple who are usually there or thereabouts with their info. Supporters Trust (who own a minority stake in the club) have scheduled a membership meeting for Wednesday.

 

[hellogregory]

Looking to make an appointment in the next day or two, according to a couple who are usually there or thereabouts with their info. Supporters Trust (who own a minority stake in the club) have scheduled a membership meeting for Wednesday.

Stuart Kettlewell (recently quit Motherwell) now the firm favourite.

Don’t really know that much about him.

 

[Moonie]

Stuart Kettlewell (recently quit Motherwell) now the firm favourite.

Don’t really know that much about him.

Kettlewell and Evatt have allegedly been approached.

 

[hellogregory]

Kettlewell and Evatt have allegedly been approached.

Had a quick read up on kettlewell and I don’t like what I’ve found to be honest.

Negative football, quit because he couldn’t handle a bit of fan stick. Not really what you need when you’re rock bottom of the football league. You have to have thicker skin than that.

 

[Moonie]

Had a quick read up on kettlewell and I don’t like what I’ve found to be honest.

Negative football, quit because he couldn’t handle a bit of fan stick. Not really what you need when you’re rock bottom of the football league. You have to have thicker skin than that.

Have to say, I agree. Evatt for me, though I understand others have reservations. I think he'd be suited to these players (or they'd be suited to him), and he has experience at this level. Give him the gig to the end of the season, with a big old wedge thrown in as a staying up bonus.

 

[Moonie]

Robinson gone.

 

[thewwfc]

In other news: is Fin Back as good as the rest of the Carlisle team? Cos we’ve just signed him.

 

[hellogregory]

In other news: is Fin Back as good as the rest of the Carlisle team? Cos we’ve just signed him.

He was good in his first season with us.

But he is made of glass. He started picking up lots of long injuries. He’d recover from one then come back for a game then pick up another one. Then we signed him on loan again last season and the same thing happened, more long injury layoffs.

If he can stay fit he’s good. Big if.

 

[hellogregory]

Failure of a transfer window for us.

I’d rather we hadn’t bothered. 11 players signed but we’ve failed to adequately strengthen our crap defence and useless attack. Midfield looks improved but that alone won’t keep us up.

The new head coach whoever it is, shouldn’t be crucified for failing to keep us up. He needs to start assessing and planning for the national league next season.

 

[thewwfc]

He was good in his first season with us.

But he is made of glass. He started picking up lots of long injuries. He’d recover from one then come back for a game then pick up another one. Then we signed him on loan again last season and the same thing happened, more long injury layoffs.

If he can stay fit he’s good. Big if.

Ah, fair enough, thanks. We’ve got lots of broken right backs already though so the “made of glass” bit doesn’t sound great.

 

[BigDaveCUFC]

Sorry I don’t want a manager who is going to play 3 at the back currently even if it seems the ‘in thing’ our centre backs have constantly been unable to play 3 at the back now for nearly 2 years and we still persist with it week after week.

Need to try something with a flat back 4 if that is a disaster then fine but this same old same old hasn’t worked.

Granted we’d have no full backs but we have hardly had wing backs either during this season just play centre backs or midfielders or wingers there