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GrimRob
January 13, 2018, 6:48pm

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Assuming Slade goes, and only a madman would keep him on, who should get the caretaker job? I don't want Wilko I can just see more of the same. Maybe a player if Dave Moore is not up to a long stint as we need to take our time and do our "due diligence" this time.


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Slade AND Wilco need to go we’ll get to the rest once Fenty has done task 1 on his to do list.


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Most businesses have contingency and succession plans. If a key member of staff leaves or has to be fired suddenly they know exactly who steps into the breach, and who their key targets are.
GTFC isn't a normal business so I suspect chaos will ensue
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Quoted from buckstown
Most businesses have contingency and succession plans. If a key member of staff leaves or has to be fired suddenly they know exactly who steps into the breach, and who their key targets are.
GTFC isn't a normal business so I suspect chaos will ensue


Step forward chaos33...your turn in the hot seat!!


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Buckley


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Buckley just to try and steady the sinking ship.
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Ok, i'll do it. I'm a bit busy, but I'm professional


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Quoted from Bentley
Buckley just to try and steady the sinking ship.


No no no please no I'd rather Slade stayed



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A.B should be sounded out for a director of football job..little responsibilities but given the task of finding a new manager. No way should a man of his experience not have anything to do with gtfc.
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The position were in now, I can't see how we can keep slade for another 3+years?!
He might as well sack him now hadn't he. 3 more years......


Christ you all wanted him sacked a few months ago. 6th place finish and he's now the messiah and can do no wrong  
Update:  I think I've got this right - He was the messiah. He then wasn't. He then was again. Then it turned out he actually wasnt. He turned into one big huge messiah again. Now he's not actually the messiah we thought he was . Now I'm hoping he rises again quickly
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Actually that is a good call I think - using Buckley as a consultant in the recruitment of a new manager.


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Is it? I agree keeping our non-Chairman miles away from it is a great idea but what qualifies Buckley to do it?
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Slade had his day, so did Buckley, but Buckley's day was so long ago it was before any of the players were born.


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Let me tell you, there isn’t a single person that follows Grimsby that is a bigger fan of Alan Buckley than what I am. He is my all time favourite person in football. A player that idolised from when I was the age of 4, where I watched him score goals for for fun at Fellows Park for fun. As a manager at Walsall to. Then when my parents moved us to Lincolnshire, we started to watch Grimsby, then to my delight he became Grimsby’s gaffer.

But can I just say right here and right now, I categorically would not want Alan as our long term manager again. Absolutely not.

However, since the team is the team now for this season, if Slade got the bullet, I would have no problem at all with Alan steadying the ship for a while, in a caretaker capacity, why we go in search of a new permanent manager. Whether that be a two week spell or even until the end of the season. However long it takes so the board don’t rush the next appoint. But absolutely not a permanent role for Alan.
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Quoted from Rodley Mariner
Is it? I agree keeping our non-Chairman miles away from it is a great idea but what qualifies Buckley to do it?


You're asking what credentials Buckley might have in judging a good manager, yeah?
Would he be a better judge than Fenty? I'm talking about him having a consultative role.


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Yes I am asking that. He has never appointed a manager before and hasn't worked in professional football for pretty much 10 years. He hasn't really worked successfully in football for pushing 20 years. He'd be a better judge than Fenty but that list of people wouldn't be a short one would it?!
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I understand what you're saying but assuming Slade gets the sack sometime soon, then might Buckley have some knowledge about successful management to impart to present GTFC employees, who will be responsible for hiring a new manager?


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Give the job to Ben Davies until the end of the season with help from Collins,

At the very least we would try and play proper football,

You never know they might be the future.

They can not do any worse and it would not cost Fenty much extra cash


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Why don't we act like a professional club and pay somebody who has recruited managers successfully to find us a proper manager with a proper plan? I have great respect for Buckley and Davies but we need to start doing things like a proper business would.
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Quoted from Rodley Mariner
Why don't we act like a professional club and pay somebody who has recruited managers successfully to find us a proper manager with a proper plan? I have great respect for Buckley and Davies but we need to start doing things like a proper business would.


This.

It's not a lucky dip. We need someone who knows football involved.
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Nancy from the kit room, shes sends the lads out impeccably, haha. But in truth, I reckon we should give Cockers a call, now he was a hero. Its gonna be someone who is close to the club I reckon, someone with the black n white blood. Enter John Cockerill, he was offered it years ago but walked away from it, maybe its the time for him.
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Cockers?

Christ, the suggestions get worse by the minute.
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maybe you should learn about the past history wigwig. Cockers was a hero here, and wqs up for the job years ago, and turned it down. perhaps u have a better idea and knowledge since getting grown out of your nappies !!
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maybe you should learn about the past history wigwig. Cockers was a hero here, and wqs up for the job years ago, and turned it down. perhaps u have a better idea and knowledge since getting grown out of your nappies !!


Well dicko, i'm a lifelong Town fan since the age of 12 and i'm nearing 60, so i don't need a history lesson thanks. Known John since he was in the Mariners youth team with my younger brother. I was in the same school team as Glenn, so i know a bit about the Cockerill's.

John was caretaker manager 18 years ago, so what would you say makes him a candidate for the job?
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Nancy from the kit room, shes sends the lads out impeccably, haha. But in truth, I reckon we should give Cockers a call, now he was a hero. Its gonna be someone who is close to the club I reckon, someone with the black n white blood. Enter John Cockerill, he was offered it years ago but walked away from it, maybe its the time for him.


[img]https://i.imgur.com/aam3d2S.gif[/img]

Cockers was caretaker manager on 3 separate occasions 94, 96 and 2000 after being assistant manager, in fact he was the only one as caretaker manager who won games and deserved to be offered the job but it was given I think to Lennie Lawrence.

Cockers was never offered the job and only left sometime after.


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I'd be happy enough with Dave Moore until the end of the season. He has the respect of this group of players who don't know Buckley from Adam (no pun intended).

According to wiki he's managed 105 games and has a win % of 37%. The players certainly put a shift in for him away at Bolton last season.
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Quoted from Marinerz93


[img]https://i.imgur.com/aam3d2S.gif[/img]

Cockers was caretaker manager on 3 separate occasions 94, 96 and 2000 after being assistant manager, in fact he was the only one as caretaker manager who won games and deserved to be offered the job but it was given I think to Lennie Lawrence.

Cockers was never offered the job and only left sometime after.


Didn't he say he would only take the job on if he was sanctioned around £1 million to spend on players.



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Quoted from Rodley Mariner
Why don't we act like a professional club and pay somebody who has recruited managers successfully to find us a proper manager with a proper plan? I have great respect for Buckley and Davies but we need to start doing things like a proper business would.


After 15 years of muddling along chucking good money after bad you mean?
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1m 63 wigs, and adopted the boys stand next to barrets at the age of 8, and I do have a clue too with john, as Ron often took me round to Brian Cliftons home down Robson Rd and George Higgins house off Clee Road.Johns a great guy and he wouldn't take the offer,wasnt ready for it, but I bet he would be now>I bet many ex town guys would help out in these dire times, lets see what develops Monday, I still cant see the Clown going,hes here for the duration. I bet Charlie Shaw is turning in his grave having these cabbages playing on his beloved pitch.
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Fair enough dicko, i personally don't think an ex player who has been out of the game for years is what we need right now, but we definitely need something, that's for sure.
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We definitely need someone who eats and sleeps GTFC Ginny, maybe not Cockers, but someone  who will breathe life into the lads. I wish Laurie Mac was around,hes the type we need right now, he cared for the Town, brought the players to us at work etc,gave the area a real buzz,they broke the mould when he left, that's the kind of guy we need right now.
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Quoted from dicko995
We definitely need someone who eats and sleeps GTFC Ginny, maybe not Cockers, but someone  who will breathe life into the lads. I wish Laurie Mac was around,hes the type we need right now, he cared for the Town, brought the players to us at work etc,gave the area a real buzz,they broke the mould when he left, that's the kind of guy we need right now.


We said that Paul Wilkinson would offer that. He’s turned out to be absolute crap.


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Quoted from promotion plaice


Didn't he say he would only take the job on if he was sanctioned around £1 million to spend on players.



I don't recall that, can you remember where you heard or saw it?


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I spoke with Ron Cockerill down the ave, one day.
Superb man, always had time to speak with Town fans, and what a great player he was, nicknamed Cannonball Cockerill. Crossbars at BP had testament to that.
He confirmed that John had turned down the manager's job, because of lack of money, but the amount wasn't £1 million pounds, it was £250,000.
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The amount of money for what?


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For new players.
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Yes I am asking that. He has never appointed a manager before and hasn't worked in professional football for pretty much 10 years. He hasn't really worked successfully in football for pushing 20 years. He'd be a better judge than Fenty but that list of people wouldn't be a short one would it?!


Yes but unlike an agent or recruiter he would do it without prejudice as his motivations would not be money based.


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Quoted from dicko995
We definitely need someone who eats and sleeps GTFC Ginny, maybe not Cockers, but someone  who will breathe life into the lads. I wish Laurie Mac was around,hes the type we need right now, he cared for the Town, brought the players to us at work etc,gave the area a real buzz,they broke the mould when he left, that's the kind of guy we need right now.


Why?
What's wrong with sourcing a manager from outside the club?
As previously posted earlier,follow a sensible recruitment plan.
By all means use ex players/mangers as advisors but get away from the idea of employing an ex player who "gets" GTFC.
It's laughable people suggesting AB and the like.




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So people would want a up coming manager/managers why not go for Salford pair then ?


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I'm in favour of Dave Moore until the end of the season, he would steer the ship safely to mid table.

As for a new man (or anyone giving Fenty advice on who to pick) pleeeeeeease don't let that doddering old fart Buckley anywhere near it. He's past it, out of touch, last century's never mind yesterday's news, leave him to throw in the odd dreary obvious remark as a co-commentator when you're struggling to doze off.


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So people would want a up coming manager/managers why not go for Salford pair then ?


Because we couldn’t afford them, and they have been used to working with big budgets at their level.

Caretakers - if he went this week it would surely be Dave Moore, personally I’d get Collins or Davis involved in an interim set up.





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Quoted from OllieGTFC
So people would want a up coming manager/managers why not go for Salford pair then ?


The amount of money they've been throwing at their squad for that level, it's a travesty that they aren't further ahead than they are.


Looking forward to a brighter future now Fenty has gone.
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Personally I don’t think there’s many appealing out of work managers or any up and coming ones below us that would be interested in coming here after the Bignot debacle.

So I’d be asking either Ben Davies or Danny Collins if either of them is interested in taking the reigns with Dave Moore’s assistance at least until the end of the season. I’m not sure if either has any coaching badges or not but both have bags of playing experience at a much higher level and surely couldn’t do worse than Slade. At least they would have the respect of the dressing room. We might already have a good up and coming manager from within.

Another option could be to give a top ex-pro a first chance in management. There’s plenty of them interested in starting somewhere, Phil Neville and Sol Campbell are purely just examples and I doubt they’d be interested but someone like that, someone who commands respect. It’s certainly working for Notts County with Kevin Nolan.

It’s probably all futile anyway as I doubt JF will be sacking his mate anytime soon.


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Will Antwi highly thought of as a coach by Tottenham,did a good job when he was here.


Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day,teach a man to fish and you give him an excuse for him to escape from the wife and kids for the weekend and drink lots of beer.
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monkeyboy
January 14, 2018, 6:12pm
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Billy Heath at Halifax certainly has a decent record so there are gems out there waiting.

Only worry is do we have the players that someone can work with. i wouldnt like to see a caretaker, someone permanant would be better to get half the season to suss out what is needed and potentially have an end of season cull.
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Billy Heath with Dis as assistant?


I've wasted my life in black and white, a pathetic act for a worthless cause
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Why are people interested in Billy Heath? Did well at North Ferriby because he had a lot of money to spend thanks to the Allams. Got promoted at Halifax last season but hardly setting the world alight. Plays a horrible long ball game as well. I would be seriously, seriously disappointed if he came in.


Looking forward to a brighter future now Fenty has gone.
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