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Stranger in the Park
February 21, 2018, 12:38am
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The significant point about his success is that it's the Macc squad of players doing the business.Could he achieve the same success with Towns squad in a higher league? - that is the big question.Does he have any experience of our league? As we saw with Bignot coming from the lower leagues ,previous success means nothing at this level. Be careful what you wish for!
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You can make a case for and against any manager you care to name. None of them come with guarantees.
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My point is that he's got a good squad working for him at Macc but he would not have the chance to do anything about changing Towns poor squad for the better .Silk purses and sows ears spring to mind. If I were him I would stay put and get the promotion first ( and retain a good squad).
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Quoted from Stranger in the Park
My point is that he's got a good squad working for him at Macc but he would not have the chance to do anything about changing Towns poor squad for the better .Silk purses and sows ears spring to mind. If I were him I stay put and get the promotion first ( and retain a good squad).


It takes more than a good squad though doesn't it? You still have to organise them into a cohesive unit. If he has spent most of his time there on a shoestring budget, he must be good at getting the best out of players. They always gave us a good game whenever we played them.
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February 21, 2018, 2:57am
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One thing I didn't realise is Maccs are struggling to pay their players and staff. Could be a big factor to play, being garentueed to be paid will be a big plus for him.
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Quoted from Stranger in the Park
My point is that he's got a good squad working for him at Macc but he would not have the chance to do anything about changing Towns poor squad for the better .Silk purses and sows ears spring to mind. If I were him I would stay put and get the promotion first ( and retain a good squad).


That will be the case for whoever takes the job on.
So you are saying that nobody decent should take the job. ??
We don’t know what they have been promised for the summer.
A confident person would (and probably will) keep us up.
Yes, still stuck with a few of the current squad. But if told that he could get some reasonable players of his own choice in the summer. Aim for a top half finish next year.  Then the following season would be all his own squad, with a promotion push expected.

If they don’t think they can do that, I don’t want them in the job !!


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February 21, 2018, 6:34am
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He has 6 months FL management experience, ten years ago, and  no promotions or trophy wins up to this point even though he's in his 50's. He didn't get the Port Vale or Wrexham jobs. Does he have the right kind of FL quality player connections given that he's spent almost all of his career with one club at a league below ours? Just making the points and asking the questions, that's all. He might be a brilliant appointment. If we were preparing for a season in the conference then he'd be the man to appoint wouldn't he, but for a league club that wants to survive and then try to get promoted...?


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He has 6 months FL management experience, ten years ago, and  no promotions or trophy wins up to this point even though he's in his 50's. He didn't get the Port Vale or Wrexham jobs. Does he have the right kind of FL quality player connections given that he's spent almost all of his career with one club at a league below ours? Just making the points and asking the questions, that's all. If we were preparing for a season in the conference the he'd be the man to appoint wouldn't he, but for a league club that wants to survive and then try to get promoted...?


That Macc team he as now would smash us to pieces built on a budget of 2 and 6, the league below top half wise all of them would compete in our league
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February 21, 2018, 7:17am
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That's probably correct


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A fairly impressive win percentage of 39% since 2013 and a decent record in the cups in that time too. I was sceptical but he looks fairly good on those records. Fully expect Town to name Wilkinson as manager now I’ve said that.
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