leadman Posted January 15, 2016 Report Share Posted January 15, 2016 I think a decent manager would see it as a decent job. plenty of cash in the kitty to buy someone.(wages might be a problem). most managers have 2 or 3 players they can get in who want to play for them. new stadium next season, the new manager needs championship experience, we also need a squad who wont spit there dummy out and we need new blood quick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCFC_Dan Posted January 15, 2016 Report Share Posted January 15, 2016 No. I tried it on Football Manager and I was worse than Sean O'Driscoll. I shall wait until the Rovers job comes up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Major Isewater Posted January 15, 2016 Report Share Posted January 15, 2016 Yes , i'd sign a nice contract , have a blast and be sacked in next to no time with a fat pay off . Now , when do they hold the interviews ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fordy62 Posted January 15, 2016 Report Share Posted January 15, 2016 Yes. I'd hire Steve Cotterill as my assistant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roadrunner Posted January 15, 2016 Report Share Posted January 15, 2016 Looking down this pages,looking at the betting pages. There are so many good managers who are sat at home, hoping for a phone call from a club in the premiership. If not in the Championship. Getting them back in the game. Of course if they do well here, who knows where that could lead to. What are the chances we will get one. Very small I should think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HLR Posted January 15, 2016 Report Share Posted January 15, 2016 Based on the way board dismissed Steve, I wouldn't touch it with a bargepole. Saying that, the club now want a "Head Coach" rather than a "manager"......plenty of puppets out there that would dance to the tune of the Lansdowns', Dawe and their merry men I am sure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZiderEyed Posted January 15, 2016 Report Share Posted January 15, 2016 yes, without a second thought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BS4 on Tour... Posted January 15, 2016 Report Share Posted January 15, 2016 1 minute ago, HLR said: Based on the way board dismissed Steve, I wouldn't touch it with a bargepole. Saying that, the club now want a "Head Coach" rather than a "manager"......plenty of puppets out there that would dance to the tune of the Lansdowns', Dawe and their merry men I am sure How do you know 'the way the Board dismissed Steve'? Genuinely interested, not having a pop. There are conflicting stories out there - eg over the phone, face to face - but you know the manner in which he was sacked? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gillies Downs Leeds Posted January 15, 2016 Report Share Posted January 15, 2016 No, I am busy tomorrow but thanks for asking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Posted January 15, 2016 Report Share Posted January 15, 2016 No i'm not taking a pay cut. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HLR Posted January 15, 2016 Report Share Posted January 15, 2016 Just now, BS4 on Tour... said: How do you know 'the way the Board dismissed Steve'? Genuinely interested, not having a pop. There are conflicting stories out there - eg over the phone, face to face - but you know the manner in which he was sacked? To me it isn't just as simple as how he was told, it was the manner in which the board have gone about it. End of last season, more than happy to come out and take the praise, be in the limelight, take credit for how efficiently the club are run. This season, not a squeak. No public support of Cotterill, no answering of worries held by fans, suddenly they all scurried off back under their rocks. The reason for this seasons failure ultimately stops at the summers' recruitment / lack of squad depth. He has given everything to this club, I just don't feel it was fair he took the bullet with no one else taking any kind of responsibility - there is very little chance he was solely responsibly for the debacle. The fact he also was charged with taking the presser yesterday is unprofessional as in my opinion. It is unlikely that the decision to sack him was made in the few hours between him taking it and statement being released - it will have already been pretty much agreed i'm sure. That in itself is just daft to me. If, and it is a big if, the rumours of him being dismissed via phone are true, that just tops it off. Anyway, he's gone, hope he is remembered at BCFC for all the right reasons Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roe Posted January 15, 2016 Report Share Posted January 15, 2016 9 minutes ago, BS4 on Tour... said: How do you know 'the way the Board dismissed Steve'? Genuinely interested, not having a pop. There are conflicting stories out there - eg over the phone, face to face - but you know the manner in which he was sacked? All I know is that he did a press conference as usual yesterday afternoon where he mentioned how he'd spent 5 hours with a potential signing only for it to be announced that he had been "relieved of his duties" just a few hours later. Reminds me of when the board let McInnes buy Liam Kelly then sacked him just a few days after. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charliesboots Posted January 15, 2016 Report Share Posted January 15, 2016 No, but I'd have a crack at being on the board. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mihai Posted January 15, 2016 Report Share Posted January 15, 2016 Yeah, If I have a chance I will love to haha. In Football Manager 15 i am like in 2022 with Bristol City and I have the best team in the world haha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pongo88 Posted January 15, 2016 Report Share Posted January 15, 2016 39 minutes ago, Major Isewater said: Yes , i'd sign a nice contract , have a blast and be sacked in next to no time with a fat pay off . Now , when do they hold the interviews ? Can I be your assistant? I know plenty of useless players we could sign to ensure we're sacked ASAP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Brent Posted January 15, 2016 Report Share Posted January 15, 2016 42 minutes ago, BCFC_Dan said: No. I tried it on Football Manager and I was worse than Sean O'Driscoll. How on earth? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Brent Posted January 15, 2016 Report Share Posted January 15, 2016 I'd take it. Seriously, who wouldn't love the chance? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedYoshi Posted January 15, 2016 Report Share Posted January 15, 2016 Ah, didn't see this. Yes. Yes I would. Next question. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fiale Posted January 15, 2016 Report Share Posted January 15, 2016 40 minutes ago, HLR said: Based on the way board dismissed Steve, I wouldn't touch it with a bargepole. Saying that, the club now want a "Head Coach" rather than a "manager"......plenty of puppets out there that would dance to the tune of the Lansdowns', Dawe and their merry men I am sure I wonder why ? When we appointed SC as Manager and people commented on it as we had dropped the new "head coach" principle put in place they told us there was no difference, it's just a name. Of course one of the first things the new manager mentions is how he demanded full control... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colemanballs Posted January 15, 2016 Report Share Posted January 15, 2016 Of course I would. But then I'm unemployed and would take almost any job. If I were I competent football manager with reasonable prospects and ambitions, I wouldn't go near us right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HLR Posted January 15, 2016 Report Share Posted January 15, 2016 23 minutes ago, Fiale said: I wonder why ? When we appointed SC as Manager and people commented on it as we had dropped the new "head coach" principle put in place they told us there was no difference, it's just a name. Of course one of the first things the new manager mentions is how he demanded full control... I don't personally believe in the idea of a head coach - not sure fc boards really even have a basic understanding of how to run a football club day to day.Therefore to me, "managers" make more sense than "head coach's". fair play to SC coming in and wanting day to day full control - i don't have an issue with that in the slightest. I worry more for the club if a head coach is appointed rather than a manager, I don't trust the board to make decent footballing decisions at all. There is definitely a difference jn job spec between two roles lets be fair.Too much control from the board will see us in even more of a mess personally. Only time will tell though I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lack of Action Man Posted January 15, 2016 Report Share Posted January 15, 2016 Haha what a thread. Sure I'd take it, but even on football manager the board are hard work. My city team are 13th, having just beat Preston 4-1. We play using 4-2-3-1. But it's all just a game remember. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slippin cider Posted January 15, 2016 Report Share Posted January 15, 2016 Not for all the tea in China!!...the pressure can be immense....look at Cotts now and 9 months or so months ago....different bloke! ....thin and gaunt now poor guy....looks bleedin ill... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alessandro Posted January 15, 2016 Report Share Posted January 15, 2016 I think it is a desirable job, but I fear, as Swansea showed, it's difficult to get the right sort of manager. They ended up plumping for the assistant right?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BS4 on Tour... Posted January 15, 2016 Report Share Posted January 15, 2016 2 hours ago, HLR said: To me it isn't just as simple as how he was told, it was the manner in which the board have gone about it. End of last season, more than happy to come out and take the praise, be in the limelight, take credit for how efficiently the club are run. This season, not a squeak. No public support of Cotterill, no answering of worries held by fans, suddenly they all scurried off back under their rocks. The reason for this seasons failure ultimately stops at the summers' recruitment / lack of squad depth. He has given everything to this club, I just don't feel it was fair he took the bullet with no one else taking any kind of responsibility - there is very little chance he was solely responsibly for the debacle. The fact he also was charged with taking the presser yesterday is unprofessional as in my opinion. It is unlikely that the decision to sack him was made in the few hours between him taking it and statement being released - it will have already been pretty much agreed i'm sure. That in itself is just daft to me. If, and it is a big if, the rumours of him being dismissed via phone are true, that just tops it off. Anyway, he's gone, hope he is remembered at BCFC for all the right reasons Nice post. I suppose it is difficult for a board to publicly support a manager who has won just four out of 28 games and ultimately at every club the manager is held responsible for the results. It's as simple as that. Managers should sort out all the parameters of their role when they are first interviewed for the job, so they know the boundaries in which they have to work. We will never know what Cotts was or wasn't promised when he took the job or whether he has been let down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shelton’s Love Gravy Posted January 15, 2016 Report Share Posted January 15, 2016 No, because I have never played the game at any level other than the school playground, and I would therefore never win the respect of the players. They might even start fiddling with my bits. To humiliate me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRISTOL86 Posted January 15, 2016 Report Share Posted January 15, 2016 3 hours ago, BCFC_Dan said: No. I tried it on Football Manager and I was worse than Sean O'Driscoll. I didn't realise there was a cheat that allowed you to be that bad! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mighty Squirrel Kingdom Posted January 15, 2016 Report Share Posted January 15, 2016 No, because you shouldn't manage a team you support. If the Florist or Wolves jobs came up I'd apply :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leadman Posted January 15, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 15, 2016 I took us to the prem on fifa, was about 17th after 3 months in 2nd season and won my last 2 games, then they sacked me. though I did get the feyenord job and took them to the semis in the champ lge, also won dutch trophys for fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finbarr_in_z Posted January 15, 2016 Report Share Posted January 15, 2016 7 hours ago, HLR said: Anyway, he's gone, hope he is remembered at BCFC for all the right reasons Going to split the fanbase as much as SOD & Gary J. Have we ever had a gaffer that everone agreed on?? Hold on, surely EVERYONE hated Pulis? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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