📝 New Manager [Luke Williams Appointed]

[LaxtonLad]

The fans on the whole I image won’t be happy initially with a rookie but who else out there is there? Probably the best experienced/successful and possibly would come is Kenny Jacket and that says it all about what’s currently available.

He would be my choice, matt. None of this cobblers about 'knowing the league', he knows what football managership is all about - been there, done that.

[jacobncfc]

He would be my choice, matt. None of this cobblers about 'knowing the league', he knows what football managership is all about - been there, done that.

I know a few Leyton Orient fans and they’re absolutely scathing about Jackett after his spell there last season. Think he might be quite a long way past his best.

[jacobncfc]

The issue is who can we get that has managed full time senior teams at a reasonable level and got a couple of promotions or more? I would say Askey is the closest.

Mark Cooper, but not sure he’d be welcomed back haha.

[PedroTheFisherman66]

Give Jim O'Brien the job...

This has to be the most bizarre post of the century !!! It looks like Durham has picked the wrong day to give up sniffing Glue..! Again...x

[SwalePie]

This has to be the most bizarre post of the century !!! It looks like Durham has picked the wrong day to give up sniffing Glue..! Again...x

Is that a clue Pedro? Are you hinting that we're close to appointing renowned coach Schnawtin Kopideks from the Albanian Premier League?

[matt_magpie]

Mark Cooper, but not sure he’d be welcomed back haha.

Yes I thought about Cooper too. I think people are getting too wrapped up with it being a Head Coach role, as I said some managers may well be happy with relinquishing being in charge of recruitment and vice versa some talented coaches may not apply if they have to get involved in it, if they just want to coach and develop. The important thing obviously is we get the right person, it worked for FGR, I just want someone who is talented and can lead the team.

[SwalePie]

Following on from the historic Burchnall Bandwagon, I'm considering starting a Williamson Wheelbarrow.

[slack_pie]

The issue is who can we get that has managed full time senior teams at a reasonable level and got a couple of promotions or more? I would say Askey is the closest.

Yeah, I'd say Askey is the closest. My point is, I doubt someone like him would be willing to join as a head coach. So if we want a manager who has already been successful, it's likely we'd have to make some concessions about the whole head coach thing.

[slack_pie]

Following on from the historic Burchnall Bandwagon, I'm considering starting a Williamson Wheelbarrow.

When was the last time we actually enjoyed jumping on an idiomatic managerial vehicle? The Cotterill Cart was fun.

[jacobncfc]

Yeah, I'd say Askey is the closest. My point is, I doubt someone like him would be willing to join as a head coach. So if we want a manager who has already been successful, it's likely we'd have to make some concessions about the whole head coach thing.

Maybe he wouldn’t, but much more successful managers/coaches than Askey work as head coaches much higher up the leagues. It’s new for Notts, but not for English football really, I reckon a good third or so of Prem/EFL ‘managers’ actually have ‘head coach’ as their role/job title, and that’s going up all the time.