If you were a football manager 09:52 - Dec 9 with 1305 views | clive_baker | What would be attractive in a club? I quite like 1 club towns. Not sure why, but there's something cool about the whole town supporting the same side. Area would be high on my list. Opportunity to live in a nice part of the country, perhaps coastal or failing that some nice countryside / market town. Not too bothered about history particularly, but a decent fan base is important and the 2 often go hand in hand. I wouldn't want too big a club where the role was too limited just to the football, I would quite enjoy getting slightly into the commercial elements and community stuff. Wouldn't fancy a Newcastle type gig for example. I think Exeter City would be up there, maybe Plymouth. Swindon Town. Oxford maybe, although a little twee for me, more so than Exeter. Contrary to my first point Bristol Rovers, I worked for them coaching for a bit, love that club. Where are you sending your CV and why? |  |
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If you were a football manager on 09:53 - Dec 9 with 1121 views | Kieran_Knows | Who's paying me the most money. |  |
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If you were a football manager on 09:57 - Dec 9 with 1086 views | clive_baker |
If you were a football manager on 09:53 - Dec 9 by Kieran_Knows | Who's paying me the most money. |
Oh I wouldn't want money, just brings more expectation. A little for me, sure, sort me out a few k a week, but I want to be hustling my way around the non leagues signing gems for peanuts. I'm not a wheeler dealer, I'm a faaackin football manager |  |
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If you were a football manager on 09:59 - Dec 9 with 1074 views | Kieran_Knows |
If you were a football manager on 09:57 - Dec 9 by clive_baker | Oh I wouldn't want money, just brings more expectation. A little for me, sure, sort me out a few k a week, but I want to be hustling my way around the non leagues signing gems for peanuts. I'm not a wheeler dealer, I'm a faaackin football manager |
Joking aside of course, I think I'd look to go abroad. Eerste Divisie in The Netherlands or maybe the 2/3.Bundesliga in Germany. |  |
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If you were a football manager on 10:00 - Dec 9 with 1058 views | Herbivore | Forest Green. |  |
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If you were a football manager on 10:00 - Dec 9 with 1059 views | Mookamoo | Job security, which rules a sleepy little Suffolk club out. |  | |  |
If you were a football manager on 10:02 - Dec 9 with 1039 views | belgablue | Union St Gilles. They’re my local club (when in Belgium), community focussed, run by a couple of Brits, considered small but historically a ‘big club’, currently top of the Belgian league so could lead them into the champions league, got an old school ground. They’re basically pretty cool. |  |
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If you were a football manager on 10:07 - Dec 9 with 1015 views | hype313 | Swindon? |  |
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If you were a football manager on 10:08 - Dec 9 with 1002 views | Kieran_Knows |
If you were a football manager on 10:02 - Dec 9 by belgablue | Union St Gilles. They’re my local club (when in Belgium), community focussed, run by a couple of Brits, considered small but historically a ‘big club’, currently top of the Belgian league so could lead them into the champions league, got an old school ground. They’re basically pretty cool. |
Owned by the chap who also owns Brighton aren't they? A few English players there now as well. |  |
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If you were a football manager on 10:11 - Dec 9 with 986 views | itfcjoe | I wouldn't want to be at an outpost like those you've suggested in South West - just so much travelling to do anything. Realistically same could be said here. |  |
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If you were a football manager on 10:14 - Dec 9 with 960 views | clive_baker |
If you were a football manager on 10:07 - Dec 9 by hype313 | Swindon? |
I hate Swindon, and it's a sh1t hole, I'm not really sure why I suggested them! 1 club town though, decent stadium, get to live in Wiltshere, ex Premier League. I was just thinking South West really. Should probably broaden my search area. Lincoln? York City! Nailed it. |  |
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If you were a football manager on 10:17 - Dec 9 with 942 views | clive_baker |
If you were a football manager on 10:11 - Dec 9 by itfcjoe | I wouldn't want to be at an outpost like those you've suggested in South West - just so much travelling to do anything. Realistically same could be said here. |
Perfect for some pub crawl bus trips home. I'll be like a throw back, sh1thousing wins on a Saturday afternoon with my crazy gang esque squad, and getting the pints in on the way home. Pre season tour of Guernsey will be like a stag do. |  |
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If you were a football manager on 10:22 - Dec 9 with 916 views | monty_radio |
If you were a football manager on 10:00 - Dec 9 by Herbivore | Forest Green. |
Love the scenery, hate the salad. |  |
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If you were a football manager on 10:23 - Dec 9 with 916 views | TJS | I've always quite fancied winning the Scottish league with Hearts or Aberdeen. Doing that with a club other than Rangers or Celtic is about the only achievement left in the Scottish League. [Post edited 9 Dec 2021 10:26]
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If you were a football manager on 10:58 - Dec 9 with 837 views | Swansea_Blue | I'd like one that's by the seaside. Or mountains. That's about it really. |  |
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If you were a football manager on 11:02 - Dec 9 with 825 views | mylittletown | Helsingborgs. Meets all of your criteria, plus you'd have a serious chance of getting them into Europe, which is fun. |  | |  |
If you were a football manager on 11:05 - Dec 9 with 806 views | J2BLUE | Southampton, Sheff Wed, Plymouth, Newcastle, Tottenham, Colchester, |  |
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If you were a football manager on 11:05 - Dec 9 with 799 views | Churchman | A huge wodge of cash. A barrow load. Seriously, the largest single town/club I could find south of the Wash and east of Birmingham. I like Newcastle as a place, but it’s the a–e end of nowhere. Sunderland, the same but the town is a hole too. That leaves Leicester, Brighton, Southampton and ok, not in their league, Portsmouth, Ipswich. On the margins, Derbyshire is lovely so DCFC would do and I like Leeds the city and the dales so I’d consent to manage them for 45 days. |  | |  |
If you were a football manager on 11:53 - Dec 9 with 735 views | GeoffSentence |
If you were a football manager on 10:58 - Dec 9 by Swansea_Blue | I'd like one that's by the seaside. Or mountains. That's about it really. |
Barrow is your dream club then |  |
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If you were a football manager on 12:10 - Dec 9 with 708 views | eastangliaisblue | C.D.Nacional of Madeira or a northern Spanish team. It would be absolute bliss. |  | |  |
If you were a football manager on 12:12 - Dec 9 with 704 views | wkj | If I could work for any club in the World, it would be Norwich. Think South Stand... but bigger! |  |
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If you were a football manager on 12:39 - Dec 9 with 627 views | gordon | Utrecht, St. Pauli, Real Oviedo, Tromsø IL. Somewhere uber-cool. No disrespect to Swindon. |  | |  |
If you were a football manager on 12:44 - Dec 9 with 605 views | Sharkey | It's not the same question, but I don't think a city is a proper city until it's got two clubs. For all that Malmö matches Gothenburg culturally in almost every other way, it feels kind of lame that everyone is cheering on the same team. The best thing about Bercelona is Espanol. |  | |  |
If you were a football manager on 12:50 - Dec 9 with 589 views | wkj |
I mean something like this |  |
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