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New Manager - Is It Just Me 20:39 - Dec 5 with 4149 viewsOsborneOneNil

..who’s a bit ‘meh’ about it all. It’s normally quite an exciting time, see who our next great hope is, but I’m failing to get moved by it at all.

I kinda think that if Paul Cook, who I wanted here for 2 years, couldn’t do it (or wasn’t given the time to) then who on Earth can/will.

Maybe I’m just worn out with the Town saga….years of false dawns and false hope.
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New Manager - Is It Just Me on 20:42 - Dec 5 with 2959 viewsOjc

Yep same, Cooks time here aside from clearing out the dead wood has been a failure but in all honesty the names being thrown around literally fill me with dread and I can’t get excited by any of them.
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New Manager - Is It Just Me on 20:45 - Dec 5 with 2926 viewsPlums

I’ve taken a conscious decision not to get involved in speculation or expectation. After so many recent false dawns, I quite frankly don’t care who it is as long as they deliver on and off the pitch for the club. Whoever it is deserves and needs our backing.

It's 106 miles to Portman Road, we've got a full tank of gas, half a round of Port Salut, it's dark... and we're wearing blue tinted sunglasses.
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New Manager - Is It Just Me on 20:47 - Dec 5 with 2881 viewschrismakin

Problem is. We've had
Keane
Jewell
Hurst
Lambert
Cook

The good news is.. Evans isn't hiring the next one

The bad news is Ashton hired Dean Holden


Fk knows who we will get. But we've not been blessed have we.

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New Manager - Is It Just Me on 20:50 - Dec 5 with 2839 viewsnoggin

New Manager - Is It Just Me on 20:47 - Dec 5 by chrismakin

Problem is. We've had
Keane
Jewell
Hurst
Lambert
Cook

The good news is.. Evans isn't hiring the next one

The bad news is Ashton hired Dean Holden


Fk knows who we will get. But we've not been blessed have we.


Whoever we get, he better start winning by February. or he'll be on his toes.

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New Manager - Is It Just Me on 20:50 - Dec 5 with 2836 viewsnodge_blue

Me too. I can't even think of anyone that would excite me to be here. Frank yallop....really?

Anyone top notch won't come here.

I'd consider Michael Carrick. For no particular reason other than he's been coaching at top level and seems level headed.

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New Manager - Is It Just Me on 20:52 - Dec 5 with 2814 viewsStenvict

The issue is that a lot of our players joined because of Cook, and he hadn't exactly lost the dressing room. I can't see there being much of a new manager bounce.

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New Manager - Is It Just Me on 20:52 - Dec 5 with 2815 viewsRomeo4

Yep I’m with you on this. Just have a really empty feeling today. Gutted that things haven’t worked out for Cook and am a little uneasy that we’ve perhaps wielded the axe a little too soon.

Not one of the potential candidates mentioned on here today excite me as much as the prospect of Cook being appointed when we finally rid ourselves of the dour Scotsman last season.

Cook’s refusal to be flexible with his tactical approach and the appointment of an unconvincing coaching staff have ultimately led to his demise. But his passion and honesty was a breath of fresh air. I’m really disappointed for him and am really concerned about the next appointment.
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New Manager - Is It Just Me on 20:55 - Dec 5 with 2782 viewsSawtrich

More excited than I've been for ages, this ownership didn't mess about with player recruitment and they won't with manager recruitment either. If we can get up they'll make funds available for us to genuinely compete in the Championship. This season has been a huge disappointment but beyond that the future is bright. COYB
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New Manager - Is It Just Me on 20:55 - Dec 5 with 2776 viewsChurchman

New Manager - Is It Just Me on 20:42 - Dec 5 by Ojc

Yep same, Cooks time here aside from clearing out the dead wood has been a failure but in all honesty the names being thrown around literally fill me with dread and I can’t get excited by any of them.


When McCarthy went, the choice was Ross or Hurst. Both highly regarded. What was not to like. When Hurst went, nobody seemed available so we got lumbered Lambert. After Lambert, Cook was the standout choice. What have we now? A load of old has beens, people that will no more come here than fly to Mars and two or three ‘names’ who’ve never done anything in the management game.

All we seem to be left with is McGreal. I hope Ashton, O’Leary know what they’re doing.
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New Manager - Is It Just Me on 20:58 - Dec 5 with 2738 viewsGuthrum

I'm interested to see who the New Regime go for, what kind of person, level of experience, whether UK or overseas, etc.

Good Lord! Whatever is it?
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New Manager - Is It Just Me on 21:01 - Dec 5 with 2688 viewsjeera

It will be a specialised team of coaching staff hand-picked from around the globe.

And a master tactician who'll even have his own marker pen and everything.

You'll see.

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New Manager - Is It Just Me on 21:07 - Dec 5 with 2617 viewsMetal_Hacker

Yep I’m exactly the same

Then I did myself no favours reading some of the FB Fans Forum comments - some real wet melts floating around and just simply being massive fannies

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New Manager - Is It Just Me on 21:08 - Dec 5 with 2600 viewschrismakin

New Manager - Is It Just Me on 21:01 - Dec 5 by jeera

It will be a specialised team of coaching staff hand-picked from around the globe.

And a master tactician who'll even have his own marker pen and everything.

You'll see.


You and footers?

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New Manager - Is It Just Me on 21:08 - Dec 5 with 2620 viewsitfcjoe

In fairness to Cook he came in for one job (under Evans as the old school manager) and ended u with a totally different one (working in a big footballing structure with lots of voices around him)

We are now recruiting a manager to fit in with a structure in place, so it may not be as big a name, and likely won't be a manager with a comparable track record (very few have that) but it *should* be a better fit for the club.

Onwards and upwards

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New Manager - Is It Just Me on 21:12 - Dec 5 with 2543 viewspointofblue

New Manager - Is It Just Me on 20:58 - Dec 5 by Guthrum

I'm interested to see who the New Regime go for, what kind of person, level of experience, whether UK or overseas, etc.


Agreed. Are we really is a position, with this squad, that we think no one can do as 'well' as Cook?

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New Manager - Is It Just Me on 21:12 - Dec 5 with 2539 viewsjeera

New Manager - Is It Just Me on 21:07 - Dec 5 by Metal_Hacker

Yep I’m exactly the same

Then I did myself no favours reading some of the FB Fans Forum comments - some real wet melts floating around and just simply being massive fannies


I had to come off FB a couple of years ago because it was bad for my health!

Do the same and you'll possibly buy yourself an extra 5 years of life.

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New Manager - Is It Just Me on 21:13 - Dec 5 with 2520 viewsjeera

New Manager - Is It Just Me on 21:08 - Dec 5 by chrismakin

You and footers?


Footers can hold the board.

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New Manager - Is It Just Me on 21:27 - Dec 5 with 2411 viewsGuthrum

New Manager - Is It Just Me on 21:12 - Dec 5 by pointofblue

Agreed. Are we really is a position, with this squad, that we think no one can do as 'well' as Cook?


It's not just that. More if it is not one of the "usual suspects" or a "steady hand", but someone interesting from abroad, or an up-and-coming young manager. Or a manager somehow enticed from a higher level.

Good Lord! Whatever is it?
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New Manager - Is It Just Me on 21:27 - Dec 5 with 2399 viewsstonojnr

New Manager - Is It Just Me on 20:52 - Dec 5 by Stenvict

The issue is that a lot of our players joined because of Cook, and he hadn't exactly lost the dressing room. I can't see there being much of a new manager bounce.


but I dont get the "they only came here for Cook" angle, when they havent exactly been busting a gut to help him keep his job in the first place.

we havent heard anything from these players in recent months that they are really hurting that it hasnt clicked yet and were doing everything to turn it around, its just been the usual say nothing platitudes about going again.
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New Manager - Is It Just Me on 21:28 - Dec 5 with 2410 viewsjayessess

New Manager - Is It Just Me on 21:12 - Dec 5 by pointofblue

Agreed. Are we really is a position, with this squad, that we think no one can do as 'well' as Cook?


Indeed. The idea that 11th in L1 is some terrifyingly difficult standard to improve upon is just bizarre.

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New Manager - Is It Just Me on 21:34 - Dec 5 with 2342 viewsChurchman

New Manager - Is It Just Me on 21:12 - Dec 5 by jeera

I had to come off FB a couple of years ago because it was bad for my health!

Do the same and you'll possibly buy yourself an extra 5 years of life.


It is a most peculiar environment. I haven’t been on it for a very long time and you are right. Avoid for well being!
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New Manager - Is It Just Me on 21:56 - Dec 5 with 2216 viewsSwansea_Blue

The recent changes, failures and false dawns must affect interest. I'm very meh. It doesn't bother me in the slightest who they'll pick*. I can't influence it and I'll just see how it develops and continue to support us whoever it is. Too many people get far too wedded to individual managers and then make themselves look silly by desperately trying to defend them when it goes wrong or gloating when it goes right.

I hope whoever we get has a good go at the job and gets us playing decent football and up the league. But if not, I'll lose no sleep when they're sacked.


*(Having said that, I'm not keen on Warnock. But if it was to be him then so be it).

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New Manager - Is It Just Me on 22:00 - Dec 5 with 2187 viewsOsborneOneNil

New Manager - Is It Just Me on 20:55 - Dec 5 by Churchman

When McCarthy went, the choice was Ross or Hurst. Both highly regarded. What was not to like. When Hurst went, nobody seemed available so we got lumbered Lambert. After Lambert, Cook was the standout choice. What have we now? A load of old has beens, people that will no more come here than fly to Mars and two or three ‘names’ who’ve never done anything in the management game.

All we seem to be left with is McGreal. I hope Ashton, O’Leary know what they’re doing.


Yes, that’s pretty much it.

It’s now a case of fingers crossed, or so it seems!
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New Manager - Is It Just Me on 22:11 - Dec 5 with 2123 viewsFtnfwest

Yes that about sums it up, I liked cook and broadly what he was trying to do in the context of it being a bit of a project. I’m totally patient in terms of the longed for success as merely existing in the championship doesn’t excite me that greatly compared with where we are now. Having said all that whilst I preferred him out of the short list we came to I haven’t any great allegiance to him but like you hadn’t even thought about an alternative at this point or a way forward, so whatever.
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New Manager - Is It Just Me on 22:15 - Dec 5 with 2076 viewsunstableblue

New Manager - Is It Just Me on 21:08 - Dec 5 by itfcjoe

In fairness to Cook he came in for one job (under Evans as the old school manager) and ended u with a totally different one (working in a big footballing structure with lots of voices around him)

We are now recruiting a manager to fit in with a structure in place, so it may not be as big a name, and likely won't be a manager with a comparable track record (very few have that) but it *should* be a better fit for the club.

Onwards and upwards


Joe - Perhaps you could explain the big footballing structure to me, as I am really struggling to see when and where a clear management system has been put in place that means that we only need a head coach?

If Andy Rolls and Ashton are forming a joint technical/footballing director role, then that’s not been very well communicated.

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