| Jimmy Walker gone... on 10:39 - Apr 15 with 1186 views | PhilTWTD |
| Jimmy Walker gone... on 10:31 - Apr 15 by Steve_M |
I would agree with you on Gill, just that with Richardson likely to join plus Roberts and Dyer apparently impressing Cook that might be one coach too many.
Walker was spot on with his comment that it's a crap league but, yes, that isn't really how a coach should be interacting. |
Richardson sounds increasingly likely to stay at Wigan, so might have to be someone else for the assistant manager's role. Maybe one of the others you mention. Not sure how big a staff he'll want and only room for so many first-team coaches, so wouldn't surprise me if Gill does go in the summer. Nice bloke as others have said. He may well want to try his hand at managing himself, that has long been his ambition. |  | |  |
| Assuming this happened yesterday..... on 10:40 - Apr 15 with 1158 views | Bloots |
....which was "International Goalkeeper Day"
(apparently)
Don't they have any respect for the history and traditions of football!!??!!
Cruel. |  |
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| Jimmy Walker gone... on 10:40 - Apr 15 with 1148 views | chrismakin |
| Jimmy Walker gone... on 10:39 - Apr 15 by PhilTWTD |
Richardson sounds increasingly likely to stay at Wigan, so might have to be someone else for the assistant manager's role. Maybe one of the others you mention. Not sure how big a staff he'll want and only room for so many first-team coaches, so wouldn't surprise me if Gill does go in the summer. Nice bloke as others have said. He may well want to try his hand at managing himself, that has long been his ambition. |
So Mcgreal in as Assistant then.
Gutted bout Leam, but it would be Ipswich who employ a manager without his assistant. |  |
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| Jimmy Walker gone... on 10:41 - Apr 15 with 1148 views | Kieran_Knows |
| Jimmy Walker gone... on 10:39 - Apr 15 by PhilTWTD |
Richardson sounds increasingly likely to stay at Wigan, so might have to be someone else for the assistant manager's role. Maybe one of the others you mention. Not sure how big a staff he'll want and only room for so many first-team coaches, so wouldn't surprise me if Gill does go in the summer. Nice bloke as others have said. He may well want to try his hand at managing himself, that has long been his ambition. |
If that's the case, I think it will be McGreal.... |  |
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| Jimmy Walker gone... on 10:44 - Apr 15 with 1138 views | Steve_M |
| Jimmy Walker gone... on 10:39 - Apr 15 by PhilTWTD |
Richardson sounds increasingly likely to stay at Wigan, so might have to be someone else for the assistant manager's role. Maybe one of the others you mention. Not sure how big a staff he'll want and only room for so many first-team coaches, so wouldn't surprise me if Gill does go in the summer. Nice bloke as others have said. He may well want to try his hand at managing himself, that has long been his ambition. |
That would be quite an interesting decision to make if it isn't Richardson, especially given the changed circumstances of the club. Feels like it might be a bit much for Dyer but that would be rather nice.
I don't buy the idea that Cook without Richardson is rubbish as some have been claiming in recent weeks anyway. |  |
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| Jimmy Walker gone... on 10:45 - Apr 15 with 1123 views | PhilTWTD |
| Jimmy Walker gone... on 10:41 - Apr 15 by Kieran_Knows |
If that's the case, I think it will be McGreal.... |
May well be, I've heard at the very least he's in with a shout of a role. | | | |
| Jimmy Walker gone... on 10:45 - Apr 15 with 1124 views | JDB23 |
| Jimmy Walker gone... on 10:39 - Apr 15 by PhilTWTD |
Richardson sounds increasingly likely to stay at Wigan, so might have to be someone else for the assistant manager's role. Maybe one of the others you mention. Not sure how big a staff he'll want and only room for so many first-team coaches, so wouldn't surprise me if Gill does go in the summer. Nice bloke as others have said. He may well want to try his hand at managing himself, that has long been his ambition. |
Do you have any insight into how Gill is received as a coach? He seems to be well liked, even on here, but he’s a big part of a coaching setup for a team that looks like it hasn’t been coached in years. Obviously the ultimate responsibility lies with the manager so its hard to say how much, if any, influence he’s had on training. |  | | |
| Jimmy Walker gone... on 10:45 - Apr 15 with 1118 views | chrismakin |
| Jimmy Walker gone... on 10:44 - Apr 15 by Steve_M |
That would be quite an interesting decision to make if it isn't Richardson, especially given the changed circumstances of the club. Feels like it might be a bit much for Dyer but that would be rather nice.
I don't buy the idea that Cook without Richardson is rubbish as some have been claiming in recent weeks anyway. |
No one can say if he is or isn't yet as he's never managed long term without Leam
But we've not had a great history with managers who didn't have their 'normal' assistants with them | |
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| Jimmy Walker gone... on 10:47 - Apr 15 with 1106 views | PhilTWTD |
| Jimmy Walker gone... on 10:45 - Apr 15 by JDB23 |
Do you have any insight into how Gill is received as a coach? He seems to be well liked, even on here, but he’s a big part of a coaching setup for a team that looks like it hasn’t been coached in years. Obviously the ultimate responsibility lies with the manager so its hard to say how much, if any, influence he’s had on training. |
I've heard people say they think he's a decent coach. He's obviously he's had this spell to give himself a chance to impress Cook. | | | |
| Assuming this happened yesterday..... on 10:48 - Apr 15 with 1098 views | PhilTWTD |
| Assuming this happened yesterday..... on 10:40 - Apr 15 by Bloots |
....which was "International Goalkeeper Day"
(apparently)
Don't they have any respect for the history and traditions of football!!??!!
Cruel. |
Walker wasn't an international goalkeeper. | | | |
| Jimmy Walker gone... on 10:50 - Apr 15 with 1059 views | Fixed_It |
| Jimmy Walker gone... on 10:39 - Apr 15 by PhilTWTD |
Richardson sounds increasingly likely to stay at Wigan, so might have to be someone else for the assistant manager's role. Maybe one of the others you mention. Not sure how big a staff he'll want and only room for so many first-team coaches, so wouldn't surprise me if Gill does go in the summer. Nice bloke as others have said. He may well want to try his hand at managing himself, that has long been his ambition. |
Although Richardson gave up the managers role at Chesterfield (?) to join Cook at Wigan. Not everyone wants to be a manager, so even if they want him to stay its not a foregone conclusion that he will. |  |
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| Assuming this happened yesterday..... on 10:51 - Apr 15 with 1040 views | Fixed_It |
| Assuming this happened yesterday..... on 10:48 - Apr 15 by PhilTWTD |
Walker wasn't an international goalkeeper. |
Nor was he Mervyn Day... | |
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| Assuming this happened yesterday..... on 10:53 - Apr 15 with 1025 views | Steve_M |
| Assuming this happened yesterday..... on 10:40 - Apr 15 by Bloots |
....which was "International Goalkeeper Day"
(apparently)
Don't they have any respect for the history and traditions of football!!??!!
Cruel. |
So, International Goalkeeper Day is the same day as Bryan Gunn's most famous moment? That's good to know. | |
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| Jimmy Walker gone... on 10:55 - Apr 15 with 1002 views | GlasgowBlue |
| Jimmy Walker gone... on 10:10 - Apr 15 by Coco |
saw that coming. Can fully concentrate on West Ham now. |
That's the thing that annoys me about him. Fair enough that he is a West Ham fan but it's all he ever tweets about. |  |
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| Jimmy Walker gone... on 10:56 - Apr 15 with 995 views | Keaneish |
| Jimmy Walker gone... on 10:12 - Apr 15 by Steve_M |
Not really a great surprise, I would imagine Gill will be gone at the end of the season too.
He may have improved Holy's kicking a bit but there's not too much of anything else - although it might just be that there isn't enough there to improve much. |
I think even that's a bit of a stretch in truth.
Not disappointed with this announcement in the slightest. We used to bring through good, promising goalkeepers. Our answer to that in recent seasons was to bring in Cornell or rotate Norris and Holy. |  |
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| Jimmy Walker gone... on 10:57 - Apr 15 with 989 views | JammyDodgerrr |
| Jimmy Walker gone... on 10:55 - Apr 15 by GlasgowBlue |
That's the thing that annoys me about him. Fair enough that he is a West Ham fan but it's all he ever tweets about. |
Not really sure you can criticise him for tweeting about a club he supports. |  |
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| Jimmy Walker gone... on 10:57 - Apr 15 with 987 views | Steve_M |
| Jimmy Walker gone... on 10:45 - Apr 15 by chrismakin |
No one can say if he is or isn't yet as he's never managed long term without Leam
But we've not had a great history with managers who didn't have their 'normal' assistants with them |
A good manger finds people with a skill set to complement their own, there's no law that it has to be the same person all the time and, in many cases, fresh input is healthy. If Cook is good enough to succeed here then he will build a coaching team that works effectively.#
If he can't do the job without one particular person with him then he isn't very good at his job anyway. | |
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| Stop trying to join in.... on 10:58 - Apr 15 with 976 views | Bloots |
| Assuming this happened yesterday..... on 10:48 - Apr 15 by PhilTWTD |
Walker wasn't an international goalkeeper. |
....with the #bantz please Phil.
You're above such silliness. | |
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| Jimmy Walker gone... on 11:00 - Apr 15 with 968 views | chrismakin |
| Jimmy Walker gone... on 10:57 - Apr 15 by Steve_M |
A good manger finds people with a skill set to complement their own, there's no law that it has to be the same person all the time and, in many cases, fresh input is healthy. If Cook is good enough to succeed here then he will build a coaching team that works effectively.#
If he can't do the job without one particular person with him then he isn't very good at his job anyway. |
Burley was an excellent manager, however when we sadly lost Roberts, Burley had lost his right arm. It happens alot with managers... Lambert/Culverhouse. etc | |
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| Jimmy Walker gone... on 11:01 - Apr 15 with 954 views | chrismakin |
| Jimmy Walker gone... on 10:57 - Apr 15 by JammyDodgerrr |
Not really sure you can criticise him for tweeting about a club he supports. |
If you worked for Coral, I bet they wouldn't like you tweeting about Ladbrokes | |
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| Jimmy Walker gone... on 11:03 - Apr 15 with 931 views | JammyDodgerrr |
| Jimmy Walker gone... on 11:01 - Apr 15 by chrismakin |
If you worked for Coral, I bet they wouldn't like you tweeting about Ladbrokes |
Hardly the same is it. That's just tweeting about a rival company. West Ham are having the season of their life and he's supports them.
Contrary to popular belief - people who work in football are also allowed to enjoy things outside of the job with us. | |
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| Jimmy Walker gone... on 11:05 - Apr 15 with 905 views | chrismakin |
| Jimmy Walker gone... on 11:03 - Apr 15 by JammyDodgerrr |
Hardly the same is it. That's just tweeting about a rival company. West Ham are having the season of their life and he's supports them.
Contrary to popular belief - people who work in football are also allowed to enjoy things outside of the job with us. |
But it's not about enjoyment, he could go watch west ham outside of his work hours etc
Social media is a powerful tool, it's a positive and a negative
The fact people associate Walker with talking about west ham more than his work at Town only shows how he's used it incorrectly | |
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| Jimmy Walker gone... on 11:05 - Apr 15 with 910 views | PhilTWTD |
| Jimmy Walker gone... on 10:50 - Apr 15 by Fixed_It |
Although Richardson gave up the managers role at Chesterfield (?) to join Cook at Wigan. Not everyone wants to be a manager, so even if they want him to stay its not a foregone conclusion that he will. |
Accrington, I think. But that was around a decade ago so his ambitions may have changed. | | | |
| Jimmy Walker gone... on 11:08 - Apr 15 with 884 views | fabian_illness |
| Jimmy Walker gone... on 10:34 - Apr 15 by Muncher |
Malcolm is a legend, I was coached by him for years, great coach, lovely bloke. When we was presumably earning good money coaching the town keepers by day, he would travel down from Cambridge a couple of nights a week to coach a load of enthusiastic kids at Kesgrave/Northgate. You won't find many top coaches doing that in their spare time. [Post edited 15 Apr 2021 10:35]
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I remember that.
A guy called Malcolm Brown was the link, he was a really lovely chap, not seen him for years.
I used to help MW and Ben at Cambridge on a Saturday morning. |  | | |
| Assuming this happened yesterday..... on 11:11 - Apr 15 with 858 views | PhilTWTD |
| Assuming this happened yesterday..... on 10:51 - Apr 15 by Fixed_It |
Nor was he Mervyn Day... |
When is Mervyn Day this year? | | | |
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