[Nerima Spireite]

JonB, on 14 March 2019 - 11:31 AM, said:

Random search for a wigan forum and this is the second thread on the front page currently at 9 pages long :-
Cook needs to go!

Also on the front page we have :-
Cook out or keep faith
Cook have you any Dignity
We are doomed!
Give us a reason why Cook should stay

And not sure if this is related to our resident poster TROLL but :-
Walton. What's going on?

[Lincs Spireite]

JonB, on 15 March 2019 - 10:03 AM, said:

Sounds like its all going very well at Oldham currently...apologies for Daily Mail link!!

https://www.dailymai...IAL-REPORT.html

Christ on a bike what a circus. And I thought we were badly run but they take the biscuit.

[h again]

Bowzer spirey, on 15 March 2019 - 12:58 PM, said:

Christ on a bike what a circus. And I thought we were badly run but they take the biscuit.

It's going to happen more and more as foreign businessmen buy clubs and seek to have the same input as they have into their other businesses. The tradition that owners didn't interfere with player selection has gone out of the window, if it ever existed.
Don't talk to any Swansea fans if you haven't a few hours to spare.

[Paul stanley]

Never been a big fan of scholars but after reading that i can sympathise with him, make Mike ashley look like a good chairman

[60s 70s Spireite]

From the BBC, football managers, what are their interviews like?
https://www.bbc.co.u...otball/47603536
Worth a read, who would have thought Cookie had his interview for the Wigan job in a Majorcan poolside bar? There again.....
Some of the points about how not to appoint a manager seem to have come from a case study of CFC.

This post has been edited by 60s 70s Spireite: 21 March 2019 - 11:04 PM

[Looker-on]

60s 70s Spireite, on 21 March 2019 - 11:03 PM, said:

From the BBC, football managers, what are their interviews like?
https://www.bbc.co.u...otball/47603536
Worth a read, who would have thought Cookie had his interview for the Wigan job in a Majorcan poolside bar? There again.....
Some of the points about how not to appoint a manager seem to have come from a case study of CFC.

Interesting stuff. Can you imagine that anyone appointing at this club has ever asked themselves this? "The starting point is: are you looking for a manager to come into a philosophy you already have at the club, a style of play, a recruitment strategy, or are you looking to appoint someone to develop their own strategy?" Our starting point is more likely to be "Who was that guy who told the one about the three nuns on a tandem at the last Senior Spireites lunch?"

Sam Allardyce clearly failed because he failed to prepare. If the job was that important, I'd have taken by own screen, laptop and projector for the powerpoint!

This post has been edited by Looker-on: 22 March 2019 - 08:31 AM

[60s 70s Spireite]

Looker-on, on 22 March 2019 - 08:29 AM, said:

Interesting stuff. Can you imagine that anyone appointing at this club has ever asked themselves this? "The starting point is: are you looking for a manager to come into a philosophy you already have at the club, a style of play, a recruitment strategy, or are you looking to appoint someone to develop their own strategy?" Our starting point is more likely to be "Who was that guy who told the one about the three nuns on a tandem at the last Senior Spireites lunch?"

Sam Allardyce clearly failed because he failed to prepare. If the job was that important, I'd have taken by own screen, laptop and projector for the powerpoint!

I particularly liked these quotes:
“In football, appointing a manager on an emotional response is often a recipe for disaster - but it happens all the time,". See Dean Saunders.
“It hardly seems worthwhile appointing a manager who swears by playing 3-5-2 if you only have one striker and no wing-backs.” See Gary Caldwell.

[valemadness]

Darren Way sacked at Yeovil

[valemadness]

Stuart McCall sacked by Scunthorpe

[spireitetoo]

valemadness, on 24 March 2019 - 04:56 PM, said:

Darren Way sacked at Yeovil

Hope whoever is put in charge gets them firing, it would be nice to have macc and notts county down here for the local games.

This post has been edited by spireitetoo: 24 March 2019 - 05:10 PM

[Spire-Power]

Hope it's Keith Hill

[Trigger]

Oldham more likely maybe?

[Spire-Power]

Anywhere but Mansfield hopefully

[JonB]

Chris Powell sacked by Southend....

[gordon_brittas]

JonB, on 26 March 2019 - 10:30 AM, said:

Chris Powell sacked by Southend....

Absolutely horrendous run, dropped from 5th to 22nd in 4 months...

[JonB]

gordon_brittas, on 26 March 2019 - 12:16 PM, said:

Absolutely horrendous run, dropped from 5th to 22nd in 4 months...

Bottom of league one is very tight as well, think anyone in the bottom half could still in theory go down. Not a great time to be in the middle of a shocking run of form.

[gordon_brittas]

JonB, on 26 March 2019 - 12:25 PM, said:

Bottom of league one is very tight as well, think anyone in the bottom half could still in theory go down. Not a great time to be in the middle of a shocking run of form.

I think the owners of Southend had hopes of a promotion push next season, thing is probably the wrong league to the one they wanted.

[JonB]

Seems the Southend fans are venting their fury at this tweet by a guy who is apparently a football\celebrity agent and friend of Powell :-

Martin Cockshaw #FBPE
‏@martincockshaw 2h2 hours ago
Chris Powell sacked at Southend, terrible to see, he's a friend of mine and a great guy. One can't help but think race was a factor in the sacking at such a white working class club. We need to drive racism out of the game and support BAME coaches, guys!

[Siberian Spireite]

JonB, on 26 March 2019 - 12:58 PM, said:

Seems the Southend fans are venting their fury at this tweet by a guy who is apparently a football\celebrity agent and friend of Powell :-

Martin Cockshaw #FBPE
‏@martincockshaw 2h2 hours ago
Chris Powell sacked at Southend, terrible to see, he's a friend of mine and a great guy. One can't help but think race was a factor in the sacking at such a white working class club. We need to drive racism out of the game and support BAME coaches, guys!

If he's been sacked for poor form, I don't think it is helpful for anyone to play the race card, if indeed the above is not a wind-up bit of stirring.

[DIFH]

JonB, on 26 March 2019 - 12:58 PM, said:

Seems the Southend fans are venting their fury at this tweet by a guy who is apparently a football\celebrity agent and friend of Powell :-

Martin Cockshaw #FBPE
‏@martincockshaw 2h2 hours ago
Chris Powell sacked at Southend, terrible to see, he's a friend of mine and a great guy. One can't help but think race was a factor in the sacking at such a white working class club. We need to drive racism out of the game and support BAME coaches, guys!

What hogwash, look at their results.