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'He needs to walk before he can run' as the saying goes. He seems to be a good motivator but not sure his tactics are likely to make the top clubs sit up and notice but if he is successful at Notts, then who knows. Good luck to him.Originally Posted by Footymad
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I think most managers would like to reach the top level one day, even more so if they've sampled playing at top level.
Based on what I've seen so far, I can see many attributes that could take Nolan a long way. The comparisons with Big Sam have become a bit of a cliché, but there are similarities in the way he has identified a fairly simple system, combined with a reasonably direct style of play, which he sticks to fairly rigidly. I've never been a fan of managers who chop and change systems between games to suit the opposition. Pick the system which best suits your staff and challenge the opposition to find the solutions. Also, when you have a rigid system, you can target your signings for the specific qualities they will bring to it. A player who has struggled elsewhere could fit perfectly into your system. Both Warnock and Allardyce knew exactly which players would do a job for them.
If Nolan carries on the way he has been going so far, the offers from bigger clubs will come. The same is true for Paul Hurst, who was linked with our job but eventually went to Shrewsbury and is proving the ability I already knew he had from his days at Boston, before he went to Grimsby.
If we've learned one thing from the way Sam Allardyce left us, it's that there's no point standing in a manager's way if a big opportunity comes along. If they want to go, they will go. Indeed, your best chance of persuading them otherwise is to treat them fairly, let them speak to the bidding club, but ask for one last conversation to see if you can change their mind. If not, then publicly wish them well. By acting this way, at least your club gets a reputation as a good place to come for the next up-and-coming manager you are seeking. Burton Albion have had several good managers poached, but have kept attracting quality replacements who have taken them surely as high as a club that size could ever imagine going.
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It would be a concern if that wasn't his aim, likewise for players, what's the point in doing it if you don't want to aim for the highest level?
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He is managing at the top level he will never be as clever as laxative lad who posts on here tho !
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Article about Nolan:
https://www.theguardian.com/football...ampions-league
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Sure, it's healthy he's got ambitions to manage in the top flight, but I don't think I'd be alone in being totally gutted if he left before getting us out of L2
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