Williams is Favourite [New Head Coach speculation thread]

[irishpete]

In the context of him following Maynard, it would be way worse than appointing Maynard in the first place. We clearly need someone with experience managing a team at this level successfully. If they appoint Alves, I'll sadly think for the first time that they don't know what they're doing. He wasn't even a coach until a couple of years ago.

I'm 99% sure they won't though. It'll be someone not even on the list yet.

Odds Checker show last club coached &, Alves shows Servette I think 2012. Don't know how true the info is but the ones we know are correct on there for previous club

[slack_pie]

Odds Checker show last club coached &, Alves shows Servette I think 2012. Don't know how true the info is but the ones we know are correct on there for previous club

According to his LinkedIn profile, he was a scout in Portugal, then the coach of a university side in England, then worked for Football Radar for seven years, then joined Notts as an analyst before being joining the coaching team a couple of years ago. No mention of Servette.

[magpie_mania]

Odds Checker show last club coached &, Alves shows Servette I think 2012. Don't know how true the info is but the ones we know are correct on there for previous club

His linked in profile includes:

Football Coach
Brunel University AFC
Sep 2015 - Mar 2021 5 years 7 months

London, United Kingdom

To plan and deliver football sessions to Brunel University's football teams.
To manage teams on matchdays.
To recruit on trial days, and assess players performances. These are then used to assess if players are in the right teams on a weekly basis.

That was while working for Football Radar. Before that it says that he was a scout at VSL, Madeira Portugal 2012 - 13.

I really hope that we wouldn't appoint him - Maynard was a calculated risk I think (and imo not that far off being successful) but Alves would be a huge risk. Having said that, all assistant head coaches have to start somewhere .......

For me, if possible, Des Buckingham.

[SmiffyPie]

Seems pretty obvious in hindsight but SM had his days numbered when there was no replacements for the Saunders and I don't think for one minute he said he could do it on his own. He had been given targets and had admittedly failed to achieve them for whatever reason. Wouldn't be a shock if the new person was announced pretty quickly.

[upthemaggies]

We've been here before, wildcard names decreasing in odds to become the favourite, dismissed as being the result of a handful of jokers putting money on or their agents trying to raise their profile, only to see them appointed within 24 hours. I'll never forget the disbelief at Fullarton when they stopped taking bets and then it was announced.

I might be wrong, but I don't think the Faeroe Islands pub team manager was ever favourite, always an outsider but became a talking point when he was rising above more sensible candidates.

You wouldn't put it past them, as that's where we've been at for some time. We don't employ people to be managers in the real sense of the word and that must put a lot of people off applying.

[carnthepies]

I might be wrong, but I don't think the Faeroe Islands pub team manager was ever favourite, always an outsider but became a talking point when he was rising above more sensible candidates.

He was 4/6 favourite at one point: https://www.nottinghampost.com/sport...r-odds-7145225

[upthemaggies]

He was 4/6 favourite at one point: https://www.nottinghampost.com/sport...r-odds-7145225

Let's hope it's a repeat of that scenario then. If he's not appointed by the end of tomorrow (today being a bank holiday), then we can probably breathe out.

[SwalePie]

Reading many of the posts on various threads in the last few days, I'm surprised one 'Mike Bassett' isn't in the betting odds.

[Elite_Pie]

Reading many of the posts on various threads in the last few days, I'm surprised one 'Mike Bassett' isn't in the betting odds.

He would soon be hounded out.

[Lullapie]

I'm not sure if this name has cropped up or been discussed, but the manager who would really do it for me is Rob Edwards. I didn't even know that he was out of work. Young and also been successful with FGR and Luton.

40-1 currently, but would be a huge coup for the club.