Anyone who tells his team mates to call him the Governor has got to be a class act !!!! Sign him up for division 2 here we come
http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/blackpool-face-fifth-managerial-change-1807406
Link above, please tell me this isn't true......
No no no no no no no no no no no no no.
If its true then the owners have completely lost it. Or they are still being advised by Mandaric. Either way it would be the worst appointment possible aside from Roy Keane
I reckon Inces agent wrote it
To offset the mirror I present this much more balanced assessment, from what is normally the doom bringer, the daily mail http://footballleagueblog.dailymail.co.uk/2013/04/the-talking-point-foxes-snared-by-winless-run-but-theres-still-time-in-this-whacky-league.html
All speculation and mischief making.We all know pearson will be gone soon,problem is where are all the decent managers.Same old names on a managerial merry go round.
So do the owners risk an up and coming manager, cant see it?
There are a lot of poor managers always available.
This a very worrying time.
If it does happen the only ones to blame are those "supporters" who have not stopped going on about Pearson should be sacked BS.
I thought April 1st was 3 days ago!
Don't be so quick to blame the supporters JL, if Pearson wasn't such an arrogant disciplinarian who had a plan B and perhaps was doing his job then we wouldn't be even having this conversation.
If the owners go down this route then I will be amazed but its highly likely someone is on the way in. There is still a good few decent managers around.
With Adkins now in work the only other possible candidate would be McDermott who was a constant success at Reading in the Championship and was having a reasonable go at staying in the Premiership.
Ince has not had success as a manager and as Malling says no no no no no no no no no no and NO!
No way to ince, stays out of work for too long which says it all. Only success is from a team he inherited that was already good (Mkdons) awful at best with Blackburn. A proven manager is not necessarily important, and is be happy with a young up and coming one but ince is in his 3rd job I believe and has done nothing so far to tell me he could cope with the expectations at leicester.
Get michael Owen in see if he wants a pop in managment.
The Gillingham manager is starting to get noticed. Perhaps a bigger club should take a punt on him.......If they already haven't in the past
If Ince is made manager of my club i will ride my camel naked around the KP stadium.
Paul Ince
"Get michael Owen in see if he wants a pop in managment."
"If Ince is made manager of my club i will ride my camel naked around the KP stadium."
Nev - In joy or exasperation? (After all, that may be commoplace in Dubai...)
If there's any truth in this (about 1% probability), Nev's camel won't be the only one with the hump.
Though Nev's Lady Godiva impression would be an interesting side show.
Flip78 – I'm still in shock from reading the words 'balanced' and 'Daily Mail' in the same sentence – and doubly so because in this instance, it's true.
Vulpes, it's not a shock. If you put a Daily Mail an average-sized piece of elephant dung on opposite sides of a large pair of scales, you would find that they balanced.
No thanks, I'd rather put myself forward for the blasted job.
I thought that article was quite reasonable when I read it before.
Be careful what you wish for Thorney et al!
Warnock anyone?
Swapping Pearson for Ince would be, at best, a sideways move. Ince has one promotion from League 2 to shout about and very little else. And, most importantly, we would have the same issue with Ince that we do with Pearson - he has never achieved promotion to the Premier League. Next season we need an experienced manager who has achieved promotion, not a young, up-and-coming guy who MIGHT be a success. Added to that will be the likely need to rebuild the squad as I suspect we will lose many players due to FFP, with Nugent, Schmeichel and Konch at the front of the queue. My hope is that Hull don't go up and we can nab Steve Bruce from them. If not, somebody like Coyle or McDermott. Anyone but Pearson, or Ince, or any other inexperienced, unproven punt.
Ah Foxello - you are indeed describing Warnock!
Foxello, it's very difficult to find someone who:
a) Has experience getting a team promoted to the Premier League;
b) Has not since become a failure; (I'm sure you don't want Peter Reid or Roy Keane)
c) Is available.
There are very few around like that - McDermott is perhaps the obvious one, although Coyle is definitely pushing at (b). Steve Bruce was as well, but has managed to re-energise.
Even so, there are many teams that have gone up in recent times with managers who have not experienced promotion from this league before - Reading, Southampton, Swansea, Norwich, West Brom and Newcastle all off the top of my head. Plus Cardiff have been top of the league for most of the season, again under a manager who hasn't achieved promotion from this league before.
Experience of getting promoted is not a prerequisite. What we're looking for is quality, in whatever form that comes.
You're right, it is very difficult to find a manager who has achieved promotion and is available right now. Which makes the fact that there are a few candidates that fits that criteria available at this very moment all the more desirable.
Out of those currently out of work, and who fit the criteria, my first choice would be Coyle, my second choice would be Di Matteo and third McDermott. If I thought there was the slightest chance of getting O'Neill, he'd blow the 3 of them out of the water, though.
You do make a valid point regarding inexperienced managers who have achieved promotion. However, except the latter two, none of those teams had immediate expectations of a promotion. Newcastle had the strongest squad in Championship history, and WBA were perennial automatic promotion chasers. Malky Mackay inherited a very strong squad and has added well to it. But for a club with such a burning desire for promotion, like ours, I think we need a manager with a proven track record of achieving success from this league. Unfortunately, Pearson has failed to show he's got the necessary skills to achieve this, albeit with a good squad left from Sven and a very substancial budget.
As for Warnock, he'd be my 4th choice of available managers, but I'm not sure he has the fight for another promotion push. My worry with Keane would not be so much his ability, but rather his managerial style.
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posted on 4/4/13
Anyone who tells his team mates to call him the Governor has got to be a class act !!!! Sign him up for division 2 here we come
posted on 4/4/13
http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/blackpool-face-fifth-managerial-change-1807406
Link above, please tell me this isn't true......
posted on 4/4/13
No no no no no no no no no no no no no.
posted on 4/4/13
If its true then the owners have completely lost it. Or they are still being advised by Mandaric. Either way it would be the worst appointment possible aside from Roy Keane
posted on 4/4/13
I reckon Inces agent wrote it
posted on 4/4/13
To offset the mirror I present this much more balanced assessment, from what is normally the doom bringer, the daily mail http://footballleagueblog.dailymail.co.uk/2013/04/the-talking-point-foxes-snared-by-winless-run-but-theres-still-time-in-this-whacky-league.html
posted on 4/4/13
All speculation and mischief making.We all know pearson will be gone soon,problem is where are all the decent managers.Same old names on a managerial merry go round.
So do the owners risk an up and coming manager, cant see it?
There are a lot of poor managers always available.
This a very worrying time.
posted on 4/4/13
If it does happen the only ones to blame are those "supporters" who have not stopped going on about Pearson should be sacked BS.
posted on 4/4/13
I thought April 1st was 3 days ago!
posted on 4/4/13
Don't be so quick to blame the supporters JL, if Pearson wasn't such an arrogant disciplinarian who had a plan B and perhaps was doing his job then we wouldn't be even having this conversation.
If the owners go down this route then I will be amazed but its highly likely someone is on the way in. There is still a good few decent managers around.
posted on 4/4/13
With Adkins now in work the only other possible candidate would be McDermott who was a constant success at Reading in the Championship and was having a reasonable go at staying in the Premiership.
Ince has not had success as a manager and as Malling says no no no no no no no no no no and NO!
posted on 4/4/13
No way to ince, stays out of work for too long which says it all. Only success is from a team he inherited that was already good (Mkdons) awful at best with Blackburn. A proven manager is not necessarily important, and is be happy with a young up and coming one but ince is in his 3rd job I believe and has done nothing so far to tell me he could cope with the expectations at leicester.
Get michael Owen in see if he wants a pop in managment.
posted on 4/4/13
The Gillingham manager is starting to get noticed. Perhaps a bigger club should take a punt on him.......If they already haven't in the past
posted on 4/4/13
If Ince is made manager of my club i will ride my camel naked around the KP stadium.
posted on 4/4/13
Paul Ince
"Get michael Owen in see if he wants a pop in managment."
"If Ince is made manager of my club i will ride my camel naked around the KP stadium."
posted on 4/4/13
Nev - In joy or exasperation? (After all, that may be commoplace in Dubai...)
posted on 4/4/13
If there's any truth in this (about 1% probability), Nev's camel won't be the only one with the hump.
Though Nev's Lady Godiva impression would be an interesting side show.
posted on 4/4/13
Flip78 – I'm still in shock from reading the words 'balanced' and 'Daily Mail' in the same sentence – and doubly so because in this instance, it's true.
posted on 4/4/13
Vulpes, it's not a shock. If you put a Daily Mail an average-sized piece of elephant dung on opposite sides of a large pair of scales, you would find that they balanced.
posted on 4/4/13
No thanks, I'd rather put myself forward for the blasted job.
posted on 4/4/13
I thought that article was quite reasonable when I read it before.
Be careful what you wish for Thorney et al!
Warnock anyone?
posted on 4/4/13
Swapping Pearson for Ince would be, at best, a sideways move. Ince has one promotion from League 2 to shout about and very little else. And, most importantly, we would have the same issue with Ince that we do with Pearson - he has never achieved promotion to the Premier League. Next season we need an experienced manager who has achieved promotion, not a young, up-and-coming guy who MIGHT be a success. Added to that will be the likely need to rebuild the squad as I suspect we will lose many players due to FFP, with Nugent, Schmeichel and Konch at the front of the queue. My hope is that Hull don't go up and we can nab Steve Bruce from them. If not, somebody like Coyle or McDermott. Anyone but Pearson, or Ince, or any other inexperienced, unproven punt.
posted on 4/4/13
Ah Foxello - you are indeed describing Warnock!
posted on 4/4/13
Foxello, it's very difficult to find someone who:
a) Has experience getting a team promoted to the Premier League;
b) Has not since become a failure; (I'm sure you don't want Peter Reid or Roy Keane)
c) Is available.
There are very few around like that - McDermott is perhaps the obvious one, although Coyle is definitely pushing at (b). Steve Bruce was as well, but has managed to re-energise.
Even so, there are many teams that have gone up in recent times with managers who have not experienced promotion from this league before - Reading, Southampton, Swansea, Norwich, West Brom and Newcastle all off the top of my head. Plus Cardiff have been top of the league for most of the season, again under a manager who hasn't achieved promotion from this league before.
Experience of getting promoted is not a prerequisite. What we're looking for is quality, in whatever form that comes.
posted on 4/4/13
You're right, it is very difficult to find a manager who has achieved promotion and is available right now. Which makes the fact that there are a few candidates that fits that criteria available at this very moment all the more desirable.
Out of those currently out of work, and who fit the criteria, my first choice would be Coyle, my second choice would be Di Matteo and third McDermott. If I thought there was the slightest chance of getting O'Neill, he'd blow the 3 of them out of the water, though.
You do make a valid point regarding inexperienced managers who have achieved promotion. However, except the latter two, none of those teams had immediate expectations of a promotion. Newcastle had the strongest squad in Championship history, and WBA were perennial automatic promotion chasers. Malky Mackay inherited a very strong squad and has added well to it. But for a club with such a burning desire for promotion, like ours, I think we need a manager with a proven track record of achieving success from this league. Unfortunately, Pearson has failed to show he's got the necessary skills to achieve this, albeit with a good squad left from Sven and a very substancial budget.
As for Warnock, he'd be my 4th choice of available managers, but I'm not sure he has the fight for another promotion push. My worry with Keane would not be so much his ability, but rather his managerial style.
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