Parkinson Turns Notts Down....

[the_anticlough]

The Bros are going to have to show some real ambition with this appointment, not many will want to be just a coach in this league.

This ^

We're letting go of the rope and sinking into the non-league swamp, 1st season - Lost Final, 2nd - lost Semi final, 3rd - lost Quarter final. Managers and strikers leaving for smaller clubs...
Has this turned into a nightmare for them? If so, they should look to sell on. If not, they should consider the prospect of spending 10 more years going to Dorking, Maidstone and the like and do something about it fast, starting with an ambitious coaching appointment.

[countygump]

This ^

We're letting go of the rope and sinking into the non-league swamp, 1st season - Lost Final, 2nd - lost Semi final, 3rd - lost Quarter final. Managers and strikers leaving for smaller clubs...
Has this turned into a nightmare for them? If so, they should look to sell on. If not, they should consider the prospect of spending 10 more years going to Dorking, Maidstone and the like and do something about it fast, starting with an ambitious coaching appointment.

Very much this. Anyone else thinking that the Broz really don't have the financial clout to take us any further than being an NL club? *waits*

[matt_magpie]

Very much this. Anyone else thinking that the Broz really don't have the financial clout to take us any further than being a NL club? *waits*

They clearly have the clout, Palmer and Cameron were pretty strong statements last year and that squad isn’t on peanuts. Can or do they want to compete with Wrexham is another matter.

[irishpete]

Very much this. Anyone else thinking that the Broz really don't have the financial clout to take us any further than being an NL club? *waits*

Have a gut feeling your spot on gump
I haven't seen anywhere to say that they have big financial clout bar someone saying Les Bradd let it slip they had. Their business don't have much at all from what I had seen. Is their dad a billionaire? seen nothing to say he is or that he is in any way involved at Notts.

[irishpete]

This will make or break the bros. Get it wrong & things could get nasty, as seen before with previous owners. They also need to show a bit of ambition to get out of this tin pot league.

[slack_pie]

This will make or break the bros. Get it wrong & things could get nasty, as seen before with previous owners. They also need to show a bit of ambition to get out of this tin pot league.

I fear you are right. If the next appointment is another 'who?' who says all the right things but gets off to a bad start, it could be the bros Fullarton moment.

For what it's worth, I'm still fully behind them and their approach. It's easy to take for granted the less glamorous stuff they've done, like restoring some dignity and stability to the club. But we need to start seeing some progress on the pitch.

The Altrincham boss turning us down was a bit of a wake-up call. I fear the Notts job is now seen as a poisened chalice - and for good reason. A bit like Man Utd in the Prem, anything but winning the league is seen as a failure, but in reality, they are never going to win it. So any new manager who takes the helm is doomed to fail.

At Notts, Ardley was sacked with us in 5th. Birchnall was taking some heat for the same finish. Realistically, fifth is about what we can hope for next season as well. This is a tough league - incomparable to when teams like Mansfield and Lincoln were down here - and the Notts job is about as unforgiving as it gets.

I think Birchnall realised that. And perhaps Parkinson did as well.

So who's up for the challenge?

[keldsyke]

PS: Forgot to say, the title needs to be changed to ‚Phil Parkinson and Andy Reid both turn down Notts’

[nw6pie]

PS: Forgot to say, the title needs to be changed to ‚Phil Parkinson and Andy Reid both turn down Notts’

The thing the bros are trying to do has never been done at Notts before: identify a group of candidates who are already in jobs they presumably enjoy and are successful in, and then persuade them to give that up to join our project. Maybe they’d underestimated how difficult that might be, or the financial inducement may not be enough?

[slack_pie]

The thing the bros are trying to do has never been done at Notts before: identify a group of candidates who are already in jobs they presumably enjoy and are successful in, and then persuade them to give that up to join our project. Maybe they’d underestimated how difficult that might be, or the financial inducement may not be enough?

We have a relatively narrow set of criteria for the job. Most of the options out there would want more control over off-the-field matters. So that just leaves those who are:

- Happy to be a head coach
- Happy to play a prescribed style of football that has so far proven to be ineffective when it matters most
- Happy to join a club whose fans expect promotion, in a league that is ultra-competitive

Not easy to find someone who fits all three.

The type of coaches that fit the first two will likely have little or no experience of this division, like Luke Tisdale.

[drillerpie]

Why wouldn’t Shaun Derry’s tactics have moved on ? He’s been a high profile assistant / coach at some big clubs since the trews shat on him at Notts. He’s seen how the prem plays it’s football, why would he want to do something different to that ?
I’d take him back in a heartbeat

Maybe they have, I don't know!

I've got a soft spot for Derry by the way and think that what he lacks/lacked tactically and aesthetically he made up for in team spirit and love for the club.