King Luke to Swansea

[matt_magpie]

I think that's rubbish. We as fans are here because we want to be, for many of us it's a lifelong commitment that is set in stone. There could never, ever be any other club for us. But they are doing a job with no guarantee how long it will last, and all we can ask is that while they are doing that job at Meadow Lane they give it all they can. If anyone thinks that Luke Williams didn't give 100% to Notts County from his first day to his last, they must live in a very different world to me.

100% agree, anyone can love their job and do their best every single day and by result they are often the people that are given the opportunity to progress. He’s probably tripled his salary, closer to home and closer to his dream to managing in the Prem.

[durhampie]

I never said he didn't give 100%.

[legs77]

Football managers come and go for one reason or another. Personally I dont adhere myself to them because, like LW and many before him the first opportunity of another job and they are off.. They spout bullsh*t about how good the club is bla bla bla, but in reality they dont really care.. They tell you lies just to make you believe they are committed to the club...
LW is no different to IB or Big Sam...

Why is it bullsh*t you can clearly tell by how he is that he liked our club, I tell you what I never heard him once say he would stay for life either !!!!

[marky]

I think that's rubbish. We as fans are here because we want to be, for many of us it's a lifelong commitment that is set in stone. There could never, ever be any other club for us. But they are doing a job with no guarantee how long it will last, and all we can ask is that while they are doing that job at Meadow Lane they give it all they can. If anyone thinks that Luke Williams didn't give 100% to Notts County from his first day to his last, they must live in a very different world to me.

The bloke looked genuinely drained at the end of last season, I was actually worried about his general health at one point.

[maddogslater]

Jimmy the squirrel left us for the greener grass of Sheffield United then returned because it went tits up there 🙄

[durhampie]

Well, it didn't take him long from saying it was the best club to work for ....

[legs77]

Well, it didn't take him long from saying it was the best club to work for ....

He said it’s a good club to work for and if he says that then why doubt it.

You might work for a company and think it’s good but you then get an offer of something different at another company which you take a risk on, can’t really understand your thoughts on this as if everyone thought like you they’d never leave any job !

[Old_pie]

Football managers come and go for one reason or another. Personally I dont adhere myself to them because, like LW and many before him the first opportunity of another job and they are off.. They spout bullsh*t about how good the club is bla bla bla, but in reality they dont really care.. They tell you lies just to make you believe they are committed to the club...
LW is no different to IB or Big Sam...

What an absolutely negative attitude, have you never had a job you loved but for whatever reason have moved on? LW's attitude here and his leaving us is nothing like IB and certainly not treacherous Fat Sam. How do you know LW jumped at the first opportunity, and if that first opportunity was head coach at a club he previously worked at and is near his wife and family and home why does that make you feel he didn't really care. Oh I get it, you feel jilted. Never mind, it'll just grind you dowin a bit further and give you a bit more venom to your posts.

[upthemaggies]

I never said he didn't give 100%.

To be honest, I doubt he gave 100% towards the end with his mind on Swansea - which likely had some impact on our results.

LW struck me as the type who could not switch off but he would have had to devote a fair bit of his time preparing for the interview and then thinking about the task in hand once he was confident he was in with a good chance of landing the job, which is understandable. I think he was also very interested in the Oxford job, which pretty much coincided with our sudden loss of form. I think the Oxford link came up ahead of the Wrexham game.

I can't say I listened to his pre-match interviews so it's possible I might be wrong about this, but I got the impression he wasn't altogether happy with the business or lack of that Notts did in the summer. There's something to be said for giving a promoted squad the chance to prove themselves, but that wasn't a point that LW seemed to push.
He may well have felt privately that he'd taken us as far as he could with the restrictions placed upon him.

[optipez]

To be honest, I doubt he gave 100% towards the end with his mind on Swansea - which likely had some impact on our results.

LW struck me as the type who could not switch off but he would have had to devote a fair bit of his time preparing for the interview and then thinking about the task in hand once he was confident he was in with a good chance of landing the job, which is understandable. I think he was also very interested in the Oxford job, which pretty much coincided with our sudden loss of form. I think the Oxford link came up ahead of the Wrexham game.

I can't say I listened to his pre-match interviews so it's possible I might be wrong about this, but I got the impression he wasn't altogether happy with the business or lack of that Notts did in the summer. There's something to be said for giving a promoted squad the chance to prove themselves, but that wasn't a point that LW seemed to push.
He may well have felt privately that he'd taken us as far as he could with the restrictions placed upon him.

I thought our form dip coincided with Matty Palmers leg conking, starting against Wrexham.