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Haven't seen folks this excited about a manager since Mike Newell.
Yes. Just because we’ve heard of them doesn’t mean they’ll do any good. I’m not sure Holloway is the answer to our current predicament although Limbrick has tried and has proven that he isn’t.
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I suspect we were nothing more than a bargaining chip in his negotiations with Bristol Rovers. I also suspect neither party had any serious intention of completing this deal and the story is being allowed to snowball to make it look like we’re ambitious. There’ll be a report that “we tried our best” and Holloway will carry the can for asking for too much money. In the meantime Limbrick will have taken 3 points from either Crawley or more likely Salford and he’ll get to the end of the season.
This. Exactly. I don’t think there is any real interest from either party for this deal. The budget both for the managers salary and for player acquisition isn’t big enough for Holloway and with the club being up for sale I can’t see Fenty wanting to put any more in to get a name in the managers seat. The story much like the Sol Campbell one last time we were manager less does benefit both parties. For Holloway it gets his name mentioned and he’s in peoples minds again as a manager and not just a pundit. It’s almost reminding those in football that he is a manager and available. For Grimsby it’s a statement of intent. We can say we looked at all candidates and that we tried to get a name in but we couldn’t get it over the line or we couldn’t get our ducks in a row or whatever. Or even that we decided that Limbrick was the cheaper preferred option due to his knowledge of the club, his ability to lift a cloud and the improved performances (or some other rubbish). The Holloway story also removes some of the pressure off Fenty. By having this out there it looks as though we’re actually considering what is best for the club rather than what is the bare minimum required. I remain convinced that we’ll give Limbrick the job, will sell Max Wright and Mattie Pollock for £4.20 and a bag of footballs in January and replace them with a couple of completely underwhelming loan signings or journeymen and limp into a relegation battle come the end of the season. Still, at least we’ve got a nice portacabin eh?
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December 28, 2019, 9:22am |
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The thing is with this story is this
1. The club HAVE interviewed him. They would be aware of his modus operandi before doing so.
2. There seems to be precious little other news about possible contenders for the job.
3. If they now don't say "It's yours, Ian" they'll leave themselves wide open to accusations of not acting in the best interests of the club, perferring instead to take money out rather than investing in.
4. I understand that Macclesfield are in financial trouble, and Sol Campbell's wages might play a very small part in that (£180k) but their board took the view last season that they needed somebody with something to keep them up. He did that. Why would we settle for less?
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December 28, 2019, 9:53am |
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Haven't seen folks this excited about a manager since Mike Newell.
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December 28, 2019, 10:29am |
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Spoken to a QPR supporting mate about Holloway.
To summarise, excellent man manager, players would run through walls for him and some that were not in the picture before he got there turned into the better players under him. Passion, passion, passion.
Sometimes got found out tactically but in championship and thinks would be a really good option at our level. Football style was mixed but mainly decent quality played at good pace.
Main negative (and this would not go down well with a lot of people) is that he had a tendency to play players out of their best positions. Think we might have heard that before!
UTFM
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December 28, 2019, 10:41am |
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The thing is with this story is this
1. The club HAVE interviewed him. They would be aware of his modus operandi before doing so.
2. There seems to be precious little other news about possible contenders for the job.
3. If they now don't say "It's yours, Ian" they'll leave themselves wide open to accusations of not acting in the best interests of the club, perferring instead to take money out rather than investing in.
4. I understand that Macclesfield are in financial trouble, and Sol Campbell's wages might play a very small part in that (£180k) but their board took the view last season that they needed somebody with something to keep them up. He did that. Why would we settle for less?
1. I think you are giving our board too much credit there. 2. The club have all but stated AL is the man, reinforced by the trust statement. If he gets 4 points from the next two games or score draws he will cement the position. 3. As that is already their known position then what difference would one more example make ? 4. We actually pay bills, so if we hired Holloway or any other high profiler we can expect to actually pay the bill...which we dont have the funds for....increasing the burdon on you know who.
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December 28, 2019, 10:43am |
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Haven't seen folks this excited about a manager since Mike Newell.
that first at Cheltenham we were like Brazil the rest of the tenure we were like braziers
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This. Exactly.
I don’t think there is any real interest from either party for this deal.
The budget both for the managers salary and for player acquisition isn’t big enough for Holloway and with the club being up for sale I can’t see Fenty wanting to put any more in to get a name in the managers seat.
The story much like the Sol Campbell one last time we were manager less does benefit both parties.
For Holloway it gets his name mentioned and he’s in peoples minds again as a manager and not just a pundit. It’s almost reminding those in football that he is a manager and available.
For Grimsby it’s a statement of intent. We can say we looked at all candidates and that we tried to get a name in but we couldn’t get it over the line or we couldn’t get our ducks in a row or whatever. Or even that we decided that Limbrick was the cheaper preferred option due to his knowledge of the club, his ability to lift a cloud and the improved performances (or some other rubbish). The Holloway story also removes some of the pressure off Fenty. By having this out there it looks as though we’re actually considering what is best for the club rather than what is the bare minimum required.
I remain convinced that we’ll give Limbrick the job, will sell Max Wright and Mattie Pollock for £4.20 and a bag of footballs in January and replace them with a couple of completely underwhelming loan signings or journeymen and limp into a relegation battle come the end of the season.
Still, at least we’ve got a nice portacabin eh?
I hate optimists.
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December 28, 2019, 11:08am |
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It can be summed up in one word...………….. AMBITION. Weve either got it, or we haven't, I fear the latter .
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December 28, 2019, 11:12am |
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It's been confirmed he had positive talks with the club last week Swin. Time to get off that bench of negativity matey and hope this is for once of a ray of light that Fenty needs to try and turn the tide of apathy and distrust..
I was all excited and completely positive about Newell - say no flipping more! At least Holloway has managed more than a Swedish subbuteo team and a bunch of bank employees Just can't understand why for the life of me GTFC would appeal to him, not saying I'm not in favour but the Fishy is doing it again getting all excited and pushing one particular name forward I'm still convinced Fenty appointed Jolley partly because of Fishy pressure and the tide of apathy and distrust you mention was turned at that point - look where it got us!
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