Steve Evans

[millavanilla]

Some of the best coaches cant get players to perform..ive always thought that if they like you theyll play for you...

[flourbasher]

Bit puzzled after some of the comments on this thread.
If some people are saying the players didn't like SE and therefore didn't want to play for him them how did he manage to win all those matches, get us promoted twice and extract every ounce out of the players to keep us in the C'ship.
If the players hated him and couldn't be bothered then how did he turn it around after HT at Wembley?

There might be some P'boro players who are dreading his appointment and that's because they've been underachieving since autumn (they were top for quite a few weeks I seem to recall) and he's been brought in to give them a kick up the rear

[Ericsladkilnhurst]

Steve Evans now saying, he wasn't stopping at Mansfield, he had a job abroad to go to, but happens to be now with his old mate Fry.

Love or hate Evans, he did a job for the Millers, also got Mansfield up the league into heading for a promotion spot.
Evans way seems to work, he carries on perhaps leaving a few crashes on his way, but gets the results from his managerial attitude.

[KerrAvon]

The Evans way of working achieves results, but it comes at a price - the large turnover of players can be expensive and is a very short term approach, with the team needing regular rebuilds.

I don't know how much truth there is in the rumours about his style of man management, but, in my experience, the hairdryer approach can cause a lot of resentment, which can be very divisive and counter productive over time.

I'm grateful for what he did here, but wouldn't want to have him back at any point (there is no prospect of that happening, in any event).

[great_fire]

Has made it a habit to leave teams on the verge of promotion, suppose it's better than leaving them near the bottom.

[frogmiller]

Interesting read this. Something Zippy once said. Warne sat next to him away from the rest of the staff and players at an away match. He spoke of how much he disliked The way SE went about his work.

Can there be more than one way to my way or highway? Certainly the players look to have a simular bond to what they had under Evans yet I still feel that it's a friendlier enviroment with Warne.

[frogmiller]

Has made it a habit to leave teams on the verge of promotion, suppose it's better than leaving them near the bottom.

Yep... And they generally go backwards and fast when he leaves them.

[great_fire]

Yep... And they generally go backwards and fast when he leaves them.

When you've been on a tight leash and then it's relaxed you're going to slack off.

[Amanda_Hugg_n_Kiss]

TS fell for his sh!te as well though and it left us with not much to spend, that's more Tony's daft fault though.

What pisses me off though is that he would probably be a better manager if he didn't fall out with so many people as his skills really showed when the transfer windows were shut and he couldn't fall out with players.

[mikemiller]

Flitcroft has left Swindon to take over as Mansfield manager, according to TalkSport Radio