New manager

[cayambe]

Of course we don't know who will apply. But I would hope Clint Hill puts his name into the pot - anyone who can work with Joey Barton for more than 3 years must have some trength and he certainly did not let us down as a player. Perhaps with Danny Grainger as assistant.

[Ian_Atkins]

I am free, to do what I specialise in doing.

[griff]

I thought Hill had just gone to Hartlepool as number 2?

[bluebry]

He has

[griff]

My preference would be to get rid of stupid boy Holdsworth and use some of the saving on employing a better manager, the rest might pay the wage of another player. Possibly

[cocopops61]

How many do you get for an average home game,would you call yourselves a big fish in a small pond and in reality be playing higher?

[bluebry]

Hardly think we're a 'big fish in a small pond', not when you have the likes of Bradford in our league. However we have a regular home attendance of around 4,500, but we can, and have had average crowds up to around 8,000 in a decent season, with the potential for more, in a decent league.

[cayambe]

Holdsworth always covers himself .... i.e. Beech got the players he wanted and I got the sales that keep us strong financially. However, he does no state the reason why Bennett and others did not sign a new contract and how much it would have cost to keep Tanner and Hayden - presumably all who Beech would have wanted to maintain last season's potential.

[cayambe]

Barry - who is your money on?

[THE_NORTHERNSOUL]

Barry - who is your money on?

I don't think there's any way you can tell. the big unponderable is whether they go for another Beech type with all the fancy spiel but not a single promotion on his cv or whether they realise they don't have the time for another 3-year project and need to get somebody in now who will get them a promotion now preferably this season.

And with that in mind, i can't see either of the two ex-players currently earning their corn in the lower reaches of the Scottish Leagues having that immediate effect. And the same i.m afraid goes for Skelton too.

Right now i.d love to see Jenkins grow some balls sack Holdsworth and appoint Tashy Mick who after the last week clearly has a great affection for the club and the area in his place and let him choose a couple of coaches to work under him maybe one up and coming and one old head.

Personally, i think its a big shame he.s got health problems because now could have been just the right time to have brought back Paul Simpson.

But the one thing i would do right now would be to persuade Eric Kinder not to walk away because from what i know about the bloke skills and knowledge like his aren't things that come along every day and to lose them because some jumped up **** made him feel sidelined would be a crime.

Having watched what i have [ which this season isn't much i admit ] my prognosis is that the players Beech brought in during the summer have been a total waste of time and money and in no way get anywhere near adequately replacing the players that were allowed to leave. But I think right now might just be the time to throw the kids in and let's find out if they're as good as we think that they might be.

But as i say the really big and bold decision right now would be to dispense with the services of Holdsworth quick enough that he doesn't get the slightest input in the new management decision. His penny-pinching ways have now cost us 3 years and instead of that it really is time that Jenny stepped back to what she's good at ie sorting out the running of the shop, the website is a joke and the range on offer is even worse. Get a commercial manager in who given a half-decent team on the pitch especially with the local lads involved could monetise the fans and get the lapsed lads interested again to the point where you could put the 500k back into the playing budget and then let the transfer fees and sell ons cover the other 500k yearly deficit until success on the pitch brought in the other half a million.

So all in all we. re not just looking for a new first-team manager we're looking for a whole new management structure from CEO downwards and in my oppinion until we get one in that has ambition and success written thru it rather than failiure and mediocrity absolutely nothing will change.