steveybadger Posted October 31, 2023 Report Share Posted October 31, 2023 1 minute ago, GrahamC said: They’re in our division. Their owner is sound. He doesn’t get any interference from a DoF. Why on earth would he move here? Well he wouldn’t have to live in Janner land? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozo Posted October 31, 2023 Report Share Posted October 31, 2023 3 minutes ago, Glen hump said: He was just going round in circles We've all been there, sadly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern Red Posted October 31, 2023 Report Share Posted October 31, 2023 Be worth hiring Williams just for the possibility of another 'Conference Manager' thread if he goes on a bad run. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Homer Posted October 31, 2023 Report Share Posted October 31, 2023 I would have Williams here, solely for the fact I can't remember the last time we had a manager/head coach who was follically challenged and had a bit of the extremely light blond in his beard. Would certainly make me feel better about how I have aged anyway! 2 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Popodopolous Posted October 31, 2023 Report Share Posted October 31, 2023 I do quite like the idea of Evatt but I prefer the idea of NP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nomad Posted October 31, 2023 Report Share Posted October 31, 2023 8 minutes ago, GrahamC said: They’re in our division. Their owner is sound. He doesn’t get any interference from a DoF. Why on earth would he move here? I didn't say he would, did I? I said, I'm surprised no-one has mentioned him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
W-S-M Seagull Posted October 31, 2023 Report Share Posted October 31, 2023 Is our aspirations really as low as wanting someone who was managing in non league last season and who'd previously been sacked by Swindon? 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bcfc01 Posted October 31, 2023 Author Report Share Posted October 31, 2023 4 minutes ago, steveybadger said: Did he have cash to spend - perhaps not Wrexham levels but more than the competition? Regardless, 100+ points always impressive. And 117 goals with a +75 goal difference. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beaverface Posted October 31, 2023 Report Share Posted October 31, 2023 18 minutes ago, RobinTuga said: Uses a 3 centre back system, massive focus on possession (Notts has averaged over 60% both last year in the National League and so far this year in League Two). This article is a good read and goes a little more in depth. As others have mentioned he's worked here before with the youth sides so I imagine he'll be somewhat familiar with the lads who've made the step up from the academy. I mentioned it in another thread but he's probably the only realistic option where I'd still be excited to have him on despite all the turmoil that seems to be happening around the club. That'll bring on a few heart attacks with Naismith at the back, and Atkinson due to come back !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheese Posted October 31, 2023 Report Share Posted October 31, 2023 Surprised no one has mentioned Alan Pardew - he's been seen in Clifton apparently! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exAtyeoMax Posted October 31, 2023 Report Share Posted October 31, 2023 The real concern for me is them having to kowtow to BT, regardless of their credentials 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Coach Posted October 31, 2023 Report Share Posted October 31, 2023 Could this be another 6 weeks drag on the cards like Holden? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bcfc01 Posted October 31, 2023 Author Report Share Posted October 31, 2023 1 minute ago, exAtyeoMax said: The real concern for me is them having to kowtow to BT, regardless of their credentials Not sure there'll be any kowtowing unless we get an inexperienced kid as head coach. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxjak Posted October 31, 2023 Report Share Posted October 31, 2023 (edited) 33 minutes ago, bcfc01 said: Lee Johnson at the HPC today apparently.... Are you absolutely certain? It may just have been someone wearing a dodgy Halloween mask? Were they over 5 foot tall? Edited October 31, 2023 by maxjak Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveybadger Posted October 31, 2023 Report Share Posted October 31, 2023 8 minutes ago, bcfc01 said: And 117 goals with a +75 goal difference. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobinTuga Posted October 31, 2023 Report Share Posted October 31, 2023 (edited) 28 minutes ago, mozo said: Thanks. What happened to him at Swindon? From the little I remember hearing from Swindon fans back then, mixture of inexperience and meddling from the chairman at the time. Ultimately it's been 6/7 years since then and he's been at many clubs in the meantime so not sure how much stock do we want to put on that spell (but at least the chairman meddling could end up relevant considering the Lansdowns). 23 minutes ago, steveybadger said: Did he have cash to spend - perhaps not Wrexham levels but more than the competition? Regardless, 100+ points always impressive. I believe this was the case, yes (though unsure how it compared to Chesterfield for example who I think have a good amount of money themselves). Even this year bringing in David McGoldrick, I think I read somewhere that he took less money than what he was getting at Derby to come back to his boyhood club but still having that sort of player at a League Two level is no joke. Edited October 31, 2023 by RobinTuga 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beaverface Posted October 31, 2023 Report Share Posted October 31, 2023 10 minutes ago, bcfc01 said: And 117 goals with a +75 goal difference. Come to City and learn how to turn that into 75goals and a -117 goal difference !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Hunt-Hertz Posted October 31, 2023 Report Share Posted October 31, 2023 4 minutes ago, maxjak said: Are you absolutely certain? It may just have been someone wearing a dodgy Halloween mask? He came as ET. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beaverface Posted October 31, 2023 Report Share Posted October 31, 2023 Just now, Mike Hunt-Hertz said: He came as ET. So he was wearing stilts as well???! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
!james Posted October 31, 2023 Report Share Posted October 31, 2023 13 minutes ago, W-S-M Seagull said: Is our aspirations really as low as wanting someone who was managing in non league last season and who'd previously been sacked by Swindon? Ideally not but from the videos today it looks like they are looking at a younger more hands on training ground 'head coach'... Which should rule a lot of names being banded about and being included on the betting shortlists - Rowett, Dean Smith, Jones, Wilder etc. So it leaves manager such as Eustace, Beale and Williams as more in the mould of what we are after... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Brent Posted October 31, 2023 Report Share Posted October 31, 2023 45 minutes ago, The Dolman Pragmatist said: Well, apart from his win ratio… Say that to Nigel’s face. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
W-S-M Seagull Posted October 31, 2023 Report Share Posted October 31, 2023 6 minutes ago, !james said: Ideally not but from the videos today it looks like they are looking at a younger more hands on training ground 'head coach'... Which should rule a lot of names being banded about and being included on the betting shortlists - Rowett, Dean Smith, Jones, Wilder etc. So it leaves manager such as Eustace, Beale and Williams as more in the mould of what we are after... If they think a league two manager/head coach can lead us to the Premier league this sesson then they are more deluded than I first thought. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exAtyeoMax Posted October 31, 2023 Report Share Posted October 31, 2023 14 minutes ago, bcfc01 said: Not sure there'll be any kowtowing unless we get an inexperienced kid as head coach. I thought that was the intention? "It’s going to stay that way, we’re going to be that way and we’re going to play that way and it’s going to be a long-term thing for the football club. So the coaches will have to come in, and do, and play exactly that way.” 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
!james Posted October 31, 2023 Report Share Posted October 31, 2023 3 minutes ago, W-S-M Seagull said: If they think a league two manager/head coach can lead us to the Premier league this sesson then they are more deluded than I first thought. I agree. I just think they are looking at clubs like Ipswich who appointed Kieran McKenna and think they can copy that model, although they don't all work as well as him! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern Red Posted October 31, 2023 Report Share Posted October 31, 2023 1 minute ago, !james said: I agree. I just think they are looking at clubs like Ipswich who appointed Kieran McKenna and think they can copy that model, although they don't all work as well as him! Definitely, and seeing it first hand the other night will only have confirmed that idea for them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Posted October 31, 2023 Report Share Posted October 31, 2023 1 hour ago, petehinton said: Is he Ten Hag's brother? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davefevs Posted October 31, 2023 Report Share Posted October 31, 2023 1 hour ago, Harry R said: I'd be lumping on Williams if a bookie offered some odds. Would explain why they clearly aren't ready to announce as would take compo and negotiations. But he'd almost certainly want the move so it would happen if we make the approach. was talk in the summer of clubs being quoted £1.5m compo 46 minutes ago, Harry said: Interesting. I posted on another thread last night about how I was impressed by how Rowett set his Millwall side up against us in Dec 2019. I mentioned how it was the first time I’d really seen someone playing a 3-2-5. Williams is similar. I’ve no idea how Rowett went from this exciting 3-2-5 to football that even Millwall fans thought was dull. His 3 CB plan would be buggered here! We only have Rob Dickie. FWIW I listened to quite a few of his interviews last season, I followed Notts Co / Williams on Twitter when James Morton went there on trial hoping to hear any snippets of transfer news (and of course Baldwin is there too). He speaks intelligently, but comes across as very intense (dunno if good or bad). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petehinton Posted October 31, 2023 Report Share Posted October 31, 2023 Just now, Davefevs said: was talk in the summer of clubs being quoted £1.5m compo His 3 CB plan would be buggered here! We only have Rob Dickie. FWIW I listened to quite a few of his interviews last season, I followed Notts Co / Williams on Twitter when James Morton went there on trial hoping to hear any snippets of transfer news (and of course Baldwin is there too). He speaks intelligently, but comes across as very intense (dunno if good or bad). Slight tangent, but Morton was head and shoulders above everyone else on the pitch when I went to Weston Torquay last week. Would be amazed if he’s not at a league side again soon. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon bristol Posted October 31, 2023 Report Share Posted October 31, 2023 44 minutes ago, Finley_Smith10 said: Don’t think they’re stupid enough to do that. Imagine the backlash Im sure they are stupid enough Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cellist Posted October 31, 2023 Report Share Posted October 31, 2023 (edited) The head coach model relies on more than people saying the same catchphrases about "playing on the front foot". You can't just turn around one day and say "we have an identity now" and expect success like Brighton or Brentford. It requires long term planning, but also people being competent in their roles at every level. Sure the head coach model can prevent you having to scrap everything and start again every time the head coach leaves. But haven't we just uprooted ourselves and got rid of the ones who were competent in their roles, who were driving the change in club culture, who were creating some kind of togetherness and planning for the future? Pearson and Euell etc were the answer, Lansdown and Tinnion (as much as it pains me to say it) the problem. He shouldn't be anywhere near the first team squad frankly. He had his go - it's not as if he's gone and had managerial success elsewhere. Any young coach brought in is going to have their work cut out. Edited October 31, 2023 by cellist Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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