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Phil- now the dust has settled a little on Cooks departure… 12:41 - Dec 7 with 3154 viewsBlueastheycome

… did you have any inclination it was coming soon? Or was it out of the blue for you too like it was for most of us ?
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Phil- now the dust has settled a little on Cooks departure… on 12:46 - Dec 7 with 3090 viewsCoastalblue

Not sure if it was the same day or day before he posted in a thread saying he didn't feel Cook's position was in any danger, so expect he was as surprised as the rest of us.

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Phil- now the dust has settled a little on Cooks departure… on 12:51 - Dec 7 with 3007 viewsfooters

Phil- now the dust has settled a little on Cooks departure… on 12:46 - Dec 7 by Coastalblue

Not sure if it was the same day or day before he posted in a thread saying he didn't feel Cook's position was in any danger, so expect he was as surprised as the rest of us.


Aye. I arksed much the same and Lord Ham said he'd heard no rumblings.

It caught me off guard too, if I'm honest. Had thought they'd give him the season. Now seems our owners are as ambitious as they are ruthless. Can't blame them either given the money put in.

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Phil- now the dust has settled a little on Cooks departure… on 12:53 - Dec 7 with 2997 viewsPhilTWTD

McGreal's appointment to an U23s role surprised me, so wondered whether something might be up if there wasn't an upturn but didn't think it would have come as soon as Saturday certainly.
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Phil- now the dust has settled a little on Cooks departure… on 12:55 - Dec 7 with 2916 viewsITFC_Josh

Phil- now the dust has settled a little on Cooks departure… on 12:53 - Dec 7 by PhilTWTD

McGreal's appointment to an U23s role surprised me, so wondered whether something might be up if there wasn't an upturn but didn't think it would have come as soon as Saturday certainly.


Any idea on the managers we’re looking at? Or the type of manager?
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Phil- now the dust has settled a little on Cooks departure… on 12:58 - Dec 7 with 2874 viewsPhilTWTD

Phil- now the dust has settled a little on Cooks departure… on 12:46 - Dec 7 by Coastalblue

Not sure if it was the same day or day before he posted in a thread saying he didn't feel Cook's position was in any danger, so expect he was as surprised as the rest of us.


Think it would probably have been a little bit before that but certainly I didn't think a change was imminent.
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Phil- now the dust has settled a little on Cooks departure… on 13:00 - Dec 7 with 2834 viewsPhilTWTD

Phil- now the dust has settled a little on Cooks departure… on 12:55 - Dec 7 by ITFC_Josh

Any idea on the managers we’re looking at? Or the type of manager?


I'd expect a head coach rather than a traditional manager. Michael Appleton was the man I heard the owners wanted prior to the takeover and the names I subsequently heard that would be potnetial targets were Liam Manning and Ryan Lowe.
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Phil- now the dust has settled a little on Cooks departure… on 13:02 - Dec 7 with 2757 viewsitfcsuth

Phil- now the dust has settled a little on Cooks departure… on 13:00 - Dec 7 by PhilTWTD

I'd expect a head coach rather than a traditional manager. Michael Appleton was the man I heard the owners wanted prior to the takeover and the names I subsequently heard that would be potnetial targets were Liam Manning and Ryan Lowe.


Michael Appleton would feel very deflating.

Only Ipswich would appoint a manager who is performing worse than the one we have just sacked.
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Phil- now the dust has settled a little on Cooks departure… on 13:04 - Dec 7 with 2699 viewsabracaDOBRA_

Phil- now the dust has settled a little on Cooks departure… on 13:02 - Dec 7 by itfcsuth

Michael Appleton would feel very deflating.

Only Ipswich would appoint a manager who is performing worse than the one we have just sacked.


Most of the best Lincoln players were sold prior to this season though, he hasn't exactly got the best squad to work with
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Phil- now the dust has settled a little on Cooks departure… on 13:04 - Dec 7 with 2683 viewsitfcsuth

Phil- now the dust has settled a little on Cooks departure… on 13:04 - Dec 7 by abracaDOBRA_

Most of the best Lincoln players were sold prior to this season though, he hasn't exactly got the best squad to work with


He certainly has squad better than 18th place to work with.

They still have a batch of very good players; Anthony Scully, Chris Maguire, Liam Birdcutt, Lewis Montsma, Cohen Brammall, Tom Hopper, TJ Eyoma.
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Phil- now the dust has settled a little on Cooks departure… on 13:06 - Dec 7 with 2655 viewsabracaDOBRA_

Phil- now the dust has settled a little on Cooks departure… on 13:04 - Dec 7 by itfcsuth

He certainly has squad better than 18th place to work with.

They still have a batch of very good players; Anthony Scully, Chris Maguire, Liam Birdcutt, Lewis Montsma, Cohen Brammall, Tom Hopper, TJ Eyoma.
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yeah I get what you're saying, he isn't my first choice for sure. But think he's a decent manager!
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Phil- now the dust has settled a little on Cooks departure… on 13:09 - Dec 7 with 2608 viewsitfcsuth

Phil- now the dust has settled a little on Cooks departure… on 13:06 - Dec 7 by abracaDOBRA_

yeah I get what you're saying, he isn't my first choice for sure. But think he's a decent manager!


I think he an ok manager, think he is very overrated though - that is mainly based off comments from Twitter I've seen though (which I know isn't the beacon of truth).

The fact that he would probably still be one of the top 3 contenders shows the standard of current options mind you.
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Phil- now the dust has settled a little on Cooks departure… on 13:13 - Dec 7 with 2522 viewsThe_Flashing_Smile

Damn, I should've read the board a bit more before posting similar.

Trust the process. Trust Phil.

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Phil- now the dust has settled a little on Cooks departure… on 13:24 - Dec 7 with 2379 viewsBlueastheycome

Phil- now the dust has settled a little on Cooks departure… on 12:53 - Dec 7 by PhilTWTD

McGreal's appointment to an U23s role surprised me, so wondered whether something might be up if there wasn't an upturn but didn't think it would have come as soon as Saturday certainly.


Cheers Phil
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And more importantly... on 14:02 - Dec 7 with 2023 viewsBlueBadger

...when are you allowing Fishers back on?

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Phil- now the dust has settled a little on Cooks departure… on 14:11 - Dec 7 with 1907 viewsFevsBCFC

Phil- now the dust has settled a little on Cooks departure… on 13:00 - Dec 7 by PhilTWTD

I'd expect a head coach rather than a traditional manager. Michael Appleton was the man I heard the owners wanted prior to the takeover and the names I subsequently heard that would be potnetial targets were Liam Manning and Ryan Lowe.


Allegedly Appleton was the first choice of the board at City when Cotterill was sacked, but Lansdown overruled them and went with Lee Johnson. Ashton would obviously know Appleton from Oxford days. As would O’Leary. According to someone I know who played under Appleton he’s a good manager / head-coach, gets on well with the players. Think his reputation is tarnished from earlier jobs.
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And more importantly... on 14:14 - Dec 7 with 1863 viewsIllinoisblue

And more importantly... on 14:02 - Dec 7 by BlueBadger

...when are you allowing Fishers back on?


There’s not enough global bandwidth for all the “told you I was right” posts he’ll make. Needs at least a 3-month cooling-off period.

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And more importantly... on 14:16 - Dec 7 with 1840 viewshype313

And more importantly... on 14:14 - Dec 7 by Illinoisblue

There’s not enough global bandwidth for all the “told you I was right” posts he’ll make. Needs at least a 3-month cooling-off period.


By which point, he would have gone in early on the new manager.

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Phil- now the dust has settled a little on Cooks departure… on 14:16 - Dec 7 with 1836 viewsStadiumofdark

Phil- now the dust has settled a little on Cooks departure… on 13:04 - Dec 7 by itfcsuth

He certainly has squad better than 18th place to work with.

They still have a batch of very good players; Anthony Scully, Chris Maguire, Liam Birdcutt, Lewis Montsma, Cohen Brammall, Tom Hopper, TJ Eyoma.
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they've all been injured!!!
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Phil- now the dust has settled a little on Cooks departure… on 14:20 - Dec 7 with 1810 viewswkj

Phil- now the dust has settled a little on Cooks departure… on 12:53 - Dec 7 by PhilTWTD

McGreal's appointment to an U23s role surprised me, so wondered whether something might be up if there wasn't an upturn but didn't think it would have come as soon as Saturday certainly.


Everything came as a surprise when Cook was fired, despite many wanting it. I know when J2 said thatNov 28th was going to be D-day for Cook

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If he's still here in 24 hours I think he'll get the season.

There is not a better time to act than now with two meaningless cup games. .



You replied with words to the effect that there were no mutterings about Cook's future.

Going to be an interesting 24 hours. by PhilTWTD 28 Nov 2021 18:39
I don't think there's any chance of PC's job being in any immediate danger.



Was there a sudden change to your understanding of Cook's position before he was fired? Or were you as blindsided as everyone else?

I know Stewart Watson on the EADT video looked/sounded pretty surprised about it.

(No, this isn't a 'This Aged Well' post, but just curious about the nuts and bolts of the timeline between Nov 28th and his last day)

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Phil- now the dust has settled a little on Cooks departure… on 14:44 - Dec 7 with 1676 viewsGuthrum

Phil- now the dust has settled a little on Cooks departure… on 14:11 - Dec 7 by FevsBCFC

Allegedly Appleton was the first choice of the board at City when Cotterill was sacked, but Lansdown overruled them and went with Lee Johnson. Ashton would obviously know Appleton from Oxford days. As would O’Leary. According to someone I know who played under Appleton he’s a good manager / head-coach, gets on well with the players. Think his reputation is tarnished from earlier jobs.


He was also at West Brom, as a player, when both Ashton and O'Leary were involved in that club.

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Phil- now the dust has settled a little on Cooks departure… on 15:32 - Dec 7 with 1435 viewsBlueandTruesince82

Phil- now the dust has settled a little on Cooks departure… on 13:00 - Dec 7 by PhilTWTD

I'd expect a head coach rather than a traditional manager. Michael Appleton was the man I heard the owners wanted prior to the takeover and the names I subsequently heard that would be potnetial targets were Liam Manning and Ryan Lowe.


So we've sacked the manager with 2 particularly managers in mind, been Gazumped by PNE for one and tbe other is pretty clear he's not coming?

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