King Luke to Swansea

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Originally Posted by ladyretfordpie

I found his interview profoundly moving and showed the true class of the man. No one can surely resent him bettering his career and moving nearer to his family home and I wish him all the best for everything he has done for this club. He is definitely going to be a hard act to follow

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Well said. A very classy guy indeed.

Watching Lukes interview makes me upset more than a football manager leaving should do. Bloody hell Luke you really know how to pull the heartstrings. Begone and let us move on with a new fancy piece.

Two managers in a row now:

1. Nobody here suggested either of them as a candidate; the brothers basically pulled them out of thin air
2. Did well once they took over (LW obviously did vastly better)
3. Poached by a team two leagues above us

Great trends. I'm sad to see LW go, happy to see his career taking off, and extremely confident our owners will appoint a great replacement soon.

Will the replacement be as good as Luke, especially right away? I dunno, that's a HUGE ask. Hopefully they can get there in a season or two though. Assuming they too don't get poached ;)

I distinctly remember looking at Luke's record prior to notts and thinking there was nothing whatsoever in it that made me think he would do well at the NL level as head coach of a NL team! But the Radar obviously told a different story. In the radar we must trust... yet again.

You can't watch that interview and not love the man. He wants to spend more time with his family especially and who can begrudge anyone that. Thanks Luke.

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Originally Posted by crazyfists

You can't watch that interview and not love the man. He wants to spend more time with his family especially and who can begrudge anyone that. Thanks Luke.

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Did he not know how far Nottm was then & why sign an extended contract knowing he wanted that

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Originally Posted by MapperleyMagpie

Luke is definitely been a great manager for Notts and brought us some wonderful memories. However, some in here getting carried away and putting him in same bracket as Warnock or sirrel. Let's have a reality check! He got us promoted out of a very poor non league. Warnock took us from the 3rd to 1st division and surely from 4th to 1st. He is simply not in the same bracket . Good, and thank you luke ! But no legend

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Nobody has said he is up with Warnock/Sirrel & to younger fans he is going to be held im high regard as he delivered.

As for he isnt as good as the two you mentioned possibly not but you cant say that until his career is done he is a very young manager at 43.

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Originally Posted by MapperleyMagpie

Luke is definitely been a great manager for Notts and brought us some wonderful memories. However, some in here getting carried away and putting him in same bracket as Warnock or sirrel. Let's have a reality check! He got us promoted out of a very poor non league. Warnock took us from the 3rd to 1st division and surely from 4th to 1st. He is simply not in the same bracket . Good, and thank you luke ! But no legend

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No manager other than Sirrel has left us in a higher place from where he found us, +24 places. His PPG 2.07 is also the 2nd best ever behind Cotterill, he has the best ever goals per game ratio, 2nd best win percentage and 3rd lowest loss percentage.

But yes, that all said, the majority of his games were in tier 5, so definitely not in the same bracket as Sirrel, Warnock or Allardyce. At 4th tier level Frank Hill and David Kevan had better PPG records than LW.

If he goes on to do well with Swansea, it will elevate his reputation here as somebody who would have likely achieved much more with Notts had he not been poached (as with Allardyce). The championship being what it is though, I wouldn't be terribly surprised if he's been sacked by this time next year. Time will tell what we've really lost.

I think he may regret this down the line. Last season at Notts he was at an underperforming club at the level we were playing at, Swansea's expectations are (probably) unrealistically high and the pressure will be much greater than with us. I don't think the Swansea fans are overwhelmed by this and if he doesn't get off to a good start then it could turn sour pretty quickly.

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Originally Posted by legs77

Nobody has said he is up with Warnock/Sirrel & to younger fans he is going to be held im high regard as he delivered.

As for he isnt as good as the two you mentioned possibly not but you cant say that until his career is done he is a very young manager at 43.

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I'm comparing his time at Notts, Warnock was a young manager too

Just watched his interview at Swansea and he mentions there's no point scoring lots of goals if you're not resilient in defence....Yeah that worked well at Notts didn't it Luke XD Oh and everyone is Incredible, the tea lady, the ball boys, the floodlights...