Kevin Nolan completes.....

[MAD_MAGPIE]

A full seasons worth of games in Football Management following today's game at Crawley Town. His record is as follows which include both Notts and Leyton Orient;

P46, W24, D8, L14.

That is the equivalent of 80 points which over a season is a guaranteed playoff spot in any league.

Also he boasts an impressive 52.2% win ratio.

As Notts Manager on its own it's even better;

P31, W17, D6, L8. Win Ratio 54.8%

That is equivalent of 57 points, or 1.84 points per game which over a season would be 85 points. So since the turn of the year when he joined we have consistently displayed automatic promotion form.

Kevin Nolan was Alan Hardys WOW signing.

I think we have a very good young Manager on our hands and long may this continue.

[CmonUSexyStylishPies]

Third best win % in our history, that's pretty damn good.

Cotterill has the best stats but you'd have to day he had better players than Nolan who inherited a team in very poor shape.

It won't be long before clubs higher up come sniffing around, hopefully Hardy can get Nolan signed up on a longer contract.

[pravda_plc]

Third best win % in our history, that's pretty damn good.

Cotterill has the best stats but you'd have to day he had better players than Nolan who inherited a team in very poor shape.

It won't be long before clubs higher up come sniffing around, hopefully Hardy can get Nolan signed up on a longer contract.

But significantly Cotterill didn't bring in a single player to Notts - either permanently or on loan - his stats are based exclusively on other people's signings.

Nolan, by contrast, has basically assembled his own squad last season and this season. His stats will 'sink or swim' by his own decision making and his own signings...

[Big Bob]

Third best win % in our history, that's pretty damn good.

Cotterill has the best stats but you'd have to day he had better players than Nolan who inherited a team in very poor shape.

It won't be long before clubs higher up come sniffing around, hopefully Hardy can get Nolan signed up on a longer contract.

Contracts aren't worth the paper they're written on. A manager will still walk if a better offer elsewhere comes along.

[ancientpie]

Contracts aren't worth the paper they're written on. A manager will still walk if a better offer elsewhere comes along.

Yep, but at least we should get more compo if he's on a long term contract & it does work both ways we would get rid if he didn't do his job, contract or not.

[CmonUSexyStylishPies]

But significantly Cotterill didn't bring in a single player to Notts - either permanently or on loan - his stats are based exclusively on other people's signings.

Nolan, by contrast, has basically assembled his own squad last season and this season. His stats will 'sink or swim' by his own decision making and his own signings...

Cotterill had Hughes, Davies, Schmeichel, Bishop, Ravenhill etc.

I don't think he had it too bad.

[CmonUSexyStylishPies]

Contracts aren't worth the paper they're written on. A manager will still walk if a better offer elsewhere comes along.

Obviously. But if it means we get a big settlement then it's better than nothing.

[SolSigns]

Obviously. But if it means we get a big settlement then it's better than nothing.

True, but I'd rather keep a good manager. Important for the club at this stage.

[navypie]

If a club is found guilty of poaching someone's manager the FA could always award any compensation to themselves , that couldn't happen , could it !!

[jackal2]

Kevin Nolan has made a very promising start to his managerial career. We can't say any more than that at this stage, because he has yet to encounter some of the things managers have to deal with during the course of a long career (like a really bad run of losses), but he certainly seems to have taken a leaf out of Sam Allardyce's book in terms of playing effective football and getting the best out of your playing resources.