Martin Patterson

[the_anticlough]

Not keen on Stoke or Smooth Radio but he does seem a lot tougher than SM

[marshall55]

Notts Mad alive and kicking, as for the coach God knows one thing for sure the bookies didn't have a clue.

[durhampie]

Where does Jao Alves fit into this new set up. I thought he was the assistant head coach ...

[Lullapie]

Pogo out!

Here, you heard it from me first .

[queenslandpie]

the only conclusion i draw from the appointment is that its an unproven coach and is a gamble. Hope he does well. Can't understand why we have gone down this route of an unproven coach yet again.

[crazyfists]

Abit underwhelmed with the new manager, apparently his assistant though is very highly thought of. Feel like we've got no money thesedays.

[Poultonmagpie]

So the new footballing strategy is to be run by committee using computer data, which will be given to the coach to implement changing down to individual matches

[Poultonmagpie]

Mesg posted before I finished crap site. As I was saying this strategy will change per game, I have been in business long enough to know that success is r

[Poultonmagpie]

I give up !!

[SmiffyPie]

I give up !!

Get your bum across to the other site then. Everyone else has.

[legs77]

Where does Jao Alves fit into this new set up. I thought he was the assistant head coach ...

Good question no mention of him perhaps his new role is carrier pigeon sending messages to the "coaching team" on match days !

Seriously we dont have a head coach we have a puppet somebody who is going to be told what tactical decisions are made during the match no wonder it took a month as this bloke first to agree to it.

It is a complete shambles we're going to be a laughing stock might as well plug a Dell laptop in the dugout.

[marshall55]

Alves will probably revert back to date analyst.

[legs77]

Alves will probably revert back to date analyst.

Probably or the team selection meeting room isnt big enough to fit everyone in !

[LeftPeg_Pie]

I?d assume Alves would run the in-game data stuff. Would suit his background.

[the_anticlough]

Abit underwhelmed with the new manager, apparently his assistant though is very highly thought of. Feel like we've got no money these days.

Me too CF, quite a bit underwhelmed

We shouldn't have been surprised though. Were the Burchnall, Williams hires any different to Maynard and Paterson's really? They were all obscure, unexpected picks.

The Bros have the right to run the club, make these crucial picks...and then they'll have to live with the results. We are the same club that appointed Kiwomya, Fullarton, Ince, Branson - nobody would want a return to those days.

But Paterson's hire is not in the same category as Maynard's, which really was nuts, in one crucial sense.

Maynard played his football at Aylesbury and places like that, coached part-time at L6 and L5. It was always going to difficult to be the boss of seasoned pros like Didzy, JJ, Crowley, Nemane etc who had been on the books of bigger clubs. He would have to ingratiate himself to them to coach them, such a position of weakness really.

Paterson will think the opposite. He's an international capped 20+ times and plied his trade at Championship level. He'll have no inferiority complex dealing with L2 players and will be able to lead from a position of authority. He seems like his a tougher character anyway. And that make sense. It takes a winner to build a pro career, something the club missed with the last hire.