Williams is Favourite [New Head Coach speculation thread]

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Originally Posted by upthemaggies

This is now the most days we've gone without a manager since 1953 - when we last had a spell not having a manager at all (secretary/trainer/committee arrangement)

There were 20 days between Mark Cooper quitting and John Sheridan being announced.
As of today (Friday 12th) it's 21 days since Maynard was sacked.

There were 18 days between Burchnall officially leaving and Luke Williams being announced. Also 18 days between Thordarsson and Steve Thompson.
The only other lengthy gap since 1953 was 13 days between Howard Wilkinson leaving and Larry Lloyd being appointed. Every other manager since 1953 had been announced within 5 days, the vast majority the same day or day after.

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On paper you are correct the owners statement hints we have somebody.

Is the new guy on hols and we are waiting for him to do PR/media video first ?

Nobody has a clue who it is going to be I just hope it isnt some "outside the box" thinking appointment.

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Originally Posted by upthemaggies

As of today (Friday 12th) it's 21 days since Maynard was sacked.

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It is Thursday 12th today. :)

I predicted today but that?s looking doubtful now. I?ve no doubt they?re working very hard on it. It?s like signing players, if your top targets go somewhere else you work down the list, not easy.

Cardiff are apparently appointing either Brian Barry-Murphy or Des Buckingham. Can’t imagine we’ll be in the running for Buckingham even if he doesn’t get the Cardiff job.

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Originally Posted by nw6pie

Cardiff are apparently appointing either Brian Barry-Murphy or Des Buckingham. Can’t imagine we’ll be in the running for Buckingham even if he doesn’t get the Cardiff job.

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Then again how many vacancies are open in the champ and L1, Buckingham, Evatt and Williams must be running out of options or as some say the deal is probably done by us and maybe with one of them?

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Originally Posted by matt_magpie

Then again how many vacancies are open in the champ and L1, Buckingham, Evatt and Williams must be running out of options or as some say the deal is probably done by us and maybe with one of them?

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Correct I doubt any of them get Leicester, Hull or Bristol City job in the champ.

It leaves Cardiff and Plymouth in L1.

Williams has zero chance of Cardiff especially as an ex Swansea man.

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Originally Posted by legs77

Correct I doubt any of them get Leicester, Hull or Bristol City job in the champ.

It leaves Cardiff and Plymouth in L1.

Williams has zero chance of Cardiff especially as an ex Swansea man.

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Think there?s QPR and Middlesbrough too. I think it?s probably done or dusted for us, it?s definitely getting announced tomorrow I reckon. I did say the same about today though 😂

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Originally Posted by legs77

Correct I doubt any of them get Leicester, Hull or Bristol City job in the champ.

It leaves Cardiff and Plymouth in L1.

Williams has zero chance of Cardiff especially as an ex Swansea man.

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Plymouth are reportedly going for Tom Cleverley.

This gap between head coaches feels different to other times, and not just because it has taken so long.

It seems like nobody has a clue who's in the running, even after three weeks. I don't think any of the rumours have been credible. The club seems to have already chosen the coaching team based on the recent communications, but zero intel has leaked from the club.

Then there's the "restructuring the football department" comment, which leads me to think it might not be a simple like-for-like replacement of SM.

We really should hear something today, but I have absolutely no idea what to expect.

Worth waiting if it's for the purpose of getting somebody who had their eye on the Plymouth, Cardiff or another job higher up. There's not a great deal a manager can do before pre-season starts.

If it's somebody like the Swedish guy then I'd have thought they'd have announced it well before now, unless they wanted to butter up the fan base first with news about the training facilities.

Notts have taken their time in the past when they've had a caretaker manager in charge (as long as a year when Wheeler was caretaker) but it does create a sense of unease with nobody whatsoever as the figurehead, even during the close season.