Next Town manager ?

Quoted from Simon

Lad that works in our office has been today, just posted in our works group chat that he saw danny cowley at the game all i'm asking is did anyone else see him there? He's a good lad so i will be amazed if he's wrong but i wasn't there so just asking the question

Forget that, just been shown a photo and its nothing like him ffs

Quoted from ancientmariner54

Why does a new manager have to come in ? Instead of throwing money at a "NAME "  manager who will need time to take stock of the present squad and still not be able to guarantee success (remember Hollowhead ).why not invest in a seasoned centre back , the only position we need to improve in at the moment imo. Although at the start of the season we were quite solid at the back. I suppose with our more attacking attitude of late something had to give.

Because though Ben & Shaun have done well they haven’t got the experience to fit the role profile Jason described on RH before the Slough game, plus though there’s still a lot of games to play as it stands we’re under threat of relegation, again other than beating a PT side in the cup and 4 points from 6 in the league there’s nothing to tell us they’d keep us up as are p1ssing goals still.

Nathan Rooney still third favourite according to the bookies. I posted some context previously about the size of Gibraltar and the likely standard of football there, but the ‘national’ team are currently losing 13-0 to France. Assuming it gets no worse, it equals the biggest defeat in European qualifying history (Germany v San Marino in 2006).

Finished 14-0, so the record. A goal roughly every 6 minutes.

I don't think Pearson and Davies will get the job, nor do I think they should.

But that doesn't mean we can't say they're doing a decent job. They can be good enough to steady the ship and even get us moving up the league, but also not be appropriate for the full time role.

What we're not privy to is the extent to which the club is being sold by JS, AP and DC. It's a very different beast from when Hurst returned.

We know how much 1878 have invested in the 'little' things around the club. They have also invested in data and may be able to show managers like the Cowleys something that Bradford couldn't, for example. Who knows what Gareth Jennings has implemented or said behind the scenes.

Basically, we feel more like a 'project' than we've ever done before. We're set up for someone to come in and be given the time to implement their ideas.

I can't say for certain what's going on at Bradford but they seem to a be a club with no real plan, and just flit from one manager to the next hoping to strike it lucky at some point.

We don't want to be like that. We've got solid foundations now, and the opportunity is bigger than our current league position. We are probably more attractive to a half decent manager now than we've ever been.

That's putting the positive spin on it. I also thought today's result at Forest Green was decent. We keep them at arm's length (when it looked like they were closing the gap on us) and fighting back from 2-0 down showed bottle.

Would've been nice to have not been 2-0 down in the first place, but their first was never a pen.

We were in freefall but SP and BD have improved us in most areas bar defence. If I knew what I know now, back on the day when Hurst was sacked, I'd have taken it.

In that respect, we're taking baby steps in the right direction. I don't think it's anything more than that, for now. We certainly haven't got worse, even if some fans like us to think that.

We battered the most in-form team in the division, they’ve made pro active and early changes in every game that have changed the game and we’ve shown heart and desire to come from behind and win points.. Something that wasn’t happening.. they’ve done a good job in the circumstances. The defence is a huge concern but that’s not a quick fix. We’ve got a right back and two centre half’s really really low on confidence, I imagine if Michee was fit then he’d be starting. We need a Danny Collins to come in and grab the rest of the back 4 by the balderdash and take charge of it.  

Quoted from HertsGTFC

Because though Ben & Shaun have done well they haven’t got the experience to fit the role profile Jason described on RH before the Slough game, plus though there’s still a lot of games to play as it stands we’re under threat of relegation, again other than beating a PT side in the cup and 4 points from 6 in the league there’s nothing to tell us they’d keep us up as are p1ssing goals still.

Nope, nothing at all that would suggest they could keep us up! oh apart from 4 points in 6!

Quoted from Teestogreen

Lew - your first sentence 🤙 - end of.
Don’t think we need a ‘superstar ‘ manager.
Our current guys are doing a good job - hope they get rewarded.

Not for me, we are in too precarious position to take a chance on two coaches with next to no managerial experience.  We need an experienced manager who knows League Two, and hopefully has the wherewithal to move us up the table.

Quoted from TheRealJohnLewis

Nope, nothing at all that would suggest they could keep us up! oh apart from 4 points in 6!

We're conceding goals for fun and a change from caretaker to permanent would certainly bring added pressure. Shaun and Ben have done great in steadying the ship but I don't think you would ever forgive them (or the owners) if they took over and we got relegated again.

Quoted from MuddyWaters

We're conceding goals for fun and a change from caretaker to permanent would certainly bring added pressure. Shaun and Ben have done great in steadying the ship but I don't think you would ever forgive them (or the owners) if they took over and we got relegated again.

I wasn't suggesting we take a punt on the caretakers, I was mainly pointing out how ridiculous the argument was!