Fgr

[upthemaggies]

If Notts win tonight and Charlie Slater asks him about it after the game, then Charlie is only doing his job, but I kind of hope that he just leaves it for Burch to either come out and flat out deny it (because he feels the need to do so) or doesn't because he knows he's off, rather than sidestepping the question again.

We had this with Warnock at the 2nd Wembley final when Chelsea were expressing interest in him and we still went on to win, though IIRC that only came up a few days before the final and not before the semis. Also, times were different then, we would have still fully expected the team to stick together because players didn't come and go in anything like the same frequency they do now.
Managers must have to go that extra mile to instil a sense of togetherness and fighting for a common cause in the modern game whereas that wold have come naturally in the past with many more players having been around for years and others coming through the ranks, that demand for unity is less likely to come from Burch now, or less likely to be taken as sincere.

[Chicken Balti Pie]

Technically, there are 6 mangers still with active seasons.

They are
Phil Parkinson - Wrexham
Neal Ardley - Solihull
Pete Wild - Halifax
Ian Burchnall - Notts
Paul Hurst - Grimsby
Paul Cook - Chesterfield

I think we can discount Parkinson based on the fact that he's got it good at Wrexham and also style of play.

Hurst is another we can probably discount but that leaves Cook, Wild and Ardley other than IB. I think people are going off betting slips and that is a silly thing to do. Remember, we are very well set up here, if Burchnall gets it right, we have the potential to go a lot further than FGR, and I think Burchnall is a very forward thinker and knows that. I personally think it's Ardley or Cook who is in the frame for it

[OchPie]

Technically, there are 6 mangers still with active seasons.

... in this league, in this country.

There are plenty more managers still with active seasons in other leagues. If I were FGR would I be looking in the NL specifically? Not so sure.

[ReadWarbler]

There are a couple of other playoffs still to be decided, so their season’s aren’t technically over yet either. Clough Jnr anyone or maybe the chap from over the river, unlikely I know.

[laddo]

Why the hell would they be interested in a PE teacher?

[Chicken Balti Pie]

There are a couple of other playoffs still to be decided, so their season’s aren’t technically over yet either. Clough Jnr anyone or maybe the chap from over the river, unlikely I know.

That is a fair point as well. I doubt they'd get the championship teams but league 2 is also an option

[DAZH]

all odds on next fgr manager seem to have been removed !!
something imminent ?

[KintoreMagpie]

all odds on next fgr manager seem to have been removed !!
something imminent ?

Think IB is on his way. Not sure he has done anything to secure a career promotion but so be it. I hope whoever replaces him is someone who has experience of how best to master this league. I think if we can keep hold of CR & RR, find a decent replacement for KW and beef up the midfield and defence we will be ok to go again next season and, here’s hoping, it will be a successful one.

[upthemaggies]

Think IB is on his way. Not sure he has done anything to secure a career promotion but so be it. I hope whoever replaces him is someone who has experience of how best to master this league. I think if we can keep hold of CR & RR, find a decent replacement for KW and beef up the midfield and defence we will be ok to go again next season and, here’s hoping, it will be a successful one.

The average gate this past season will probably persuade the owners to go with an IB clone. I expect they will have convinced themselves that what they've done so far in implementing their plan has worked - that their favoured style of football (presumably the style F.C. Copenhagen had the most success with when they were growing up) is bringing the fans flocking back to ML following the despair of relegation under Hardy and that the only thing left to do now is to improve the results by just a small percentage in order to achieve promotion.

They could be right. Maybe the non-hardcore fans who are swelling the gates way beyond what you'd expect for this level are doing so because they love the style of football and have complete faith in the owners. There's clearly a very significant percentage of regulars on here however who do not feel that way and seeing that we're facing yet another season in tier 5 and having lived through what's worked for Notts and what hasn't in the past, I'm inclined to believe that the doubters are right and that the owners will have to learn the hard way, if promotion is the priority and not match day revenue. No guarantee the gates will hold up indefinitely at this level either.

[jackal2]

Think IB is on his way. Not sure he has done anything to secure a career promotion but so be it.

I think IB is benefitting from being the type of manager 'in fashion' at this moment. It's the current fad where lots of clubs are beguiled by having their own version of Guardiola. I don't bear him any ill will and I was ready to see what he had learnt from this season, but if he's off then so be it.

There was just a hint of an attitude from him in recent weeks where he didn't particularly like fans questioning his style of play, but frankly it was justified. The facts are that he's not yet won anything, and it was frustrating at times to watch a team that seemed more bothered about playing a certain style than actually getting results.

If IB thought that anything other than winning and getting promotion mattered, then it shows a bit of naivety.