New Manager

Quoted from Teestogreen

In this case - don't agree. The experienced managers available at this level are the losers.

The inexperienced one we took a chance on turned out to be a loser too

Just had a ganders at the Halifax forum.

They are not happy with Pete Wild it seems.

Performances have dropped off after a promising start and he is arguing with the home fans (where have we heard that before)

Of course they could be putting us off the scent.

It should be a great fillip to have a new manager but this time it all feels so depressing - whoever it is is going to have a difficult job.

I give up on all the throw abouts, lets just make history before we fold, and employ a woman manager, at least the toilets will smell fresh, and I bet she wont have her bra searched at Stevenage

Quoted from mariner91

I disagree. What manager who has done well in the EFL would want to come here? The ones who are available and within our reach are the ones who aren't very good. Wild hasn't got much managing experience so I would be wary of that one. But Evatt is in his second season and is leading the league below us with a team playing good football whilst working on a shoestring budget. He's had a good career as a player at higher levels so would presumably have some contacts in the EFL but also would know who to look for from non-league, an avenue Jolley neglected. He would be my choice but I doubt he'd come..

Wow, a few months into his second season of management at a lower level.

Quoted from chaos33

Wow, a few months into his second season of management at a lower level.

A lower level perhaps but the teams in the play off positions in non-league tend to be about the same standard as the lower half of L2. I certainly doubt we'd be at the top if we were playing at that level with this team.

Again, who is available, within our each, has more experience and has been successful elsewhere in the EFL? The only one who has done anything that we would maybe have an outside sniff at would be Paul Tisdale but I would be amazed if he came here. We are not an attractive proposition.

Appoint new manager. Maybe a bit of a lift. Bumble along lower half of L2, have a bad run after flirting with playoffs. Lose manager in odd circumstances < 2 years from departure of last one. Rinse and repeat.

Quoted from mariner91

A lower level perhaps but the teams in the play off positions in non-league tend to be about the same standard as the lower half of L2. I certainly doubt we'd be at the top if we were playing at that level with this team.

Again, who is available, within our each, has more experience and has been successful elsewhere in the EFL? The only one who has done anything that we would maybe have an outside sniff at would be Paul Tisdale but I would be amazed if he came here. We are not an attractive proposition.

Keep talking us down mate and set those sights low then.
We are a big club in L2 with strong support and we need to be ambitious and confident. It is only November and the teams doing well in the conference have achieved nothing yet. Evatt and Wild may show promise but they are undercooked and represent something of a (cheap) gamble. I know all appointments are risky but I’d rather we were more diligent, looked at ticks in more boxes across the range and pushed the boat out for quality. Why shouldn’t Tisdale or Heckinbottom come here? Do we have less L2 or even L1 potential than Exeter?! Blimey - Wycombe are top of L1! We should take note and look for an appointment who is also striving to take us upwards, not someone who’s chuffed to get the chance to manage at this level whilst they learn their trade.

Quoted from Ipswin

The inexperienced one we took a chance on turned out to be a loser too

Agreed - but his experience was inexperience at managerial level in this country - or indeed at the level required for the league we are in

Quoted from chaos33

Wow, a few months into his second season of management at a lower level.

To be fair to M91 it's not down to him to sell the club but our non-chairman has said the budget has gone bar 1 out 1 in in January and he offers 6 month rolling contracts. Is that going to be enough to attract someone like Tidsdale?

Are we really a truly unattractive proposition? This squad as it is can mix it with all but the very best in this division if firing on all cylinders, we are a historic club with a passionate large fanbase and we are told there are 'exciting times' ahead with the new stadium and all the positivity of the Greater Grimsby Project, be that under new ownership or not.

We are a club that's making money to survive so there no risk of a mass offloading of highest earners or risk people will not get paid, unlike many clubs who permanently dicing with danger.