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Post by Paul Cannell on Jun 18, 2017 12:26:14 GMT
Absolutely. Appleton has assembled a style of play which would fit Westley perfectly. Quite. Apples' teams have been naive in their desire to play pretty football. Westley is exactly the man to make them street-wise and add a much-needed element of nous. And he'll being out the nice side in Slippery too. Pints and hot dogs all round!
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Post by Barts on Jun 18, 2017 12:34:05 GMT
There can only be one man.... Agent Tim Sherwood...
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Post by sussox on Jun 18, 2017 12:35:37 GMT
I'm sure da will appreciate how important continuity is, to have a manager with all of those bullet points. Allen has non of those qualities as yet, hence would be a huge mistake. Does Faz have an extensive management to have these, I'm not sure. We would look look an attractive prospect to managers, if, a big if, Eales has the funds that would have been available to Appleton. The way talk has been cheap over the last 6 months, I wouldn't believe a thing he says, until it was backed up by positive action. I don't believe the money is there, or we would not be spending every waking hour as Oxford fans, looking at this site or the Oxford Mail site, to see what Appleton has decided to do. Even the Eales diehards, heads in the sand, must be wanting questions answered and fast. I'm not proposing Chrissy Allen for the job, nor anyone else for that matter as we don't know the job is vacant yet, but what you have said makes no sense to me at all. You say he has non(e) of these qualities? - Somebody who is extremely good and likes developing younger players. That was his job for us for years and he did a bloody good job of it. So much so Mapp brought him into the first team set up. - A manager who wants to continue 'a project' and not go at the first opportunity. Who could possibly want to continue the 'project' more than someone involved in it's start and he has already shown himself to be a very loyal servant. - A manager who does not want to chnage everything , bring in his backroom staff etc. Again, he is already involved, knows everyone and would only maybe bring in one to take his place. Couldn't be more suited to that specific criteria, in fact couldn't be more suited to all the criteria mentioned apart from contacts, and with a great recruitment team, that is less of an issue really. As someone else has just posted, "Can anyone explain to me the obsession with promoting a youth coach with zero management experience?
It's one of those curious drums most football fans love to bang"
That hits the nail on the head. It can be spun for allen to get the job, but on your first point, he was working with youth players, organising the youth games. Completely and utterly different from a promotion chasing Div.1 outfit, and the pressure that goes with it. The stage is something he may be ready for in a few years time. He doesn't have the tactical knowledge of setting league teams up to win, how to deal with Div.1 pros, the man management and everything that goes with that, contacts in the game to bring in quality loan signings Appleton was able to attract. The list goes on.
eales will see it as the cheap option though, as did nick merry. How close we came to conference south under Patterson, should remind fans how close that came to destroying the club.
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Post by Paul Cannell on Jun 18, 2017 12:37:37 GMT
We won't be a promotion-chasing league 1 side, though.
Might as well get used to it.
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Post by RCYellowRC on Jun 18, 2017 12:39:43 GMT
If Appleton goes then Eales needs to react just like the way Portsmouth reacted to losing Cook. We need to get them in 5 days in my opinion. This is the worst time to lose someone Players will be back in training in the next two weeks. It would've been ideal to have majority of business wrapped up. For me its has to be Cotterill.
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Post by bigronaldo on Jun 18, 2017 12:52:26 GMT
Not sure if we could prise him from scunny, but Graham Alexander would be a good fit for us!
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Post by oufcyellows on Jun 18, 2017 12:55:02 GMT
Gary Rowett would have been perfect
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Post by scotchegg on Jun 18, 2017 12:59:31 GMT
we need to pray the gaffer stays as this ain't as appealing a job if you are looking outside in as we've had a failed takeover (hardly screams owner being committed) and a newspaper story saying our budget has been slashed and we've lost gaffer and 3 other key people who run club in months. dont paint a stable picture for a new boss does it? also its known the ground is a huge issue due to ka££am and weve boasted we need to sell a key player every summer as our business plan add that to the fact weve lost players like Connor, dunks, mags, and sercs and we dont look like that great an option to manage sadly. havin said that if eales does the right thing and sells to satori (if that is even possible now) then things change straight away. sadly this is the worst time to change manager as by the time we get one all the out of contract players who arent sh*t will have been snapped up. basically we aint got a top 6 budget and the owner has said he cant afford to run club in championship not much of a project for a new boss! I hope a responsible adult is looking after you? Don't worry, life really isn't as bad as you think!!!
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Post by arthurturner on Jun 18, 2017 13:11:39 GMT
Absolutely. Appleton has assembled a style of play which would fit Westley perfectly. and it shortens the queues for drinks at half-time as we all get a chance to nip out to the kiosk during the match. I don't see that at all. He's failed at the clubs he's been to since he left Stevenage and his form of gamesmanship has no place at our club.
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Post by timwaters on Jun 18, 2017 13:14:18 GMT
Alan Pardew....assuming there is a decent budget and he wants a challenge (although Mapp compensation would presumably boost that considerably and even before Johnson signing for Leicester).
I am unsure whether we would have the time to go through a proper recruitment process, given where we are in pre-season now. Pompey seem to have adopted that approach when appointing Kenny Jackett, although that was a few weeks ago now.
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Post by MJB on Jun 18, 2017 13:20:57 GMT
and it shortens the queues for drinks at half-time as we all get a chance to nip out to the kiosk during the match. I don't see that at all. He's failed at the clubs he's been to since he left Stevenage and his form of gamesmanship has no place at our club. He's just misunderstood. Natural successor to Holland's total football style.
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Post by Robin Shater on Jun 18, 2017 13:30:48 GMT
I am amazed that no-one has suggested PDC after the wonderful job he did down the A420. After all every game he had against us ended in a win, for us.
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Post by Paul Cannell on Jun 18, 2017 13:32:59 GMT
The one man who can adapt catenaccio to the modern game.
Westley obvs. Compared to him di Canio's a tactical nincompoop.
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Post by gilgy on Jun 18, 2017 13:33:07 GMT
Jimmy flloyd hasselbaink? Got Burton up from league 2 and set them well on their way towards the championship the season after.
You jest but PDC had the scum in and around the playoff places before his departure...
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Post by bullytheox86 on Jun 18, 2017 13:35:47 GMT
Pointless thread mapp is staying
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Post by gofish2 on Jun 18, 2017 13:40:32 GMT
Pointless thread mapp is staying And you know this because......?
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Post by lambchop on Jun 18, 2017 13:48:43 GMT
I asked My Mrs and she reckons it's going to be a foreign manager. Someone called Icudntgiv Atoss I think he's Russian or Greek
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Post by oufcyellows on Jun 18, 2017 13:50:47 GMT
Pointless thread mapp is staying Cool 👍 how about these Maguire McAleny Darryl
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Post by themightyaldo on Jun 18, 2017 13:51:42 GMT
Is Gary Monk available at the moment
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Post by gilgy on Jun 18, 2017 13:56:17 GMT
Is Gary Monk available at the moment Think he went to another club straight away
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Post by oufcyellows on Jun 18, 2017 13:59:12 GMT
Middlesbrough
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Post by Robin Shater on Jun 18, 2017 14:36:41 GMT
The one man who can adapt catenaccio to the modern game. Westley obvs. Compared to him di Canio's a tactical nincompoop. Exactly, that is why PDC is perfect for most posters on this thread.
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Post by haventgotakalou on Jun 18, 2017 14:42:34 GMT
Paul Simpson would be my best pick, recent success with England u20 can have the same player/ trading model and he is ex oufc.
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Post by milburn on Jun 18, 2017 14:42:36 GMT
I got a feeling the next manager will not be appointed by Mr Eales
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Post by malcolmsmoustache on Jun 18, 2017 14:47:06 GMT
The Cowley brothers from Lincoln please!
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Post by bullytheox86 on Jun 18, 2017 15:01:12 GMT
Pointless thread mapp is staying And you know this because......? Only my expectation
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Post by uptheus on Jun 18, 2017 15:01:37 GMT
Tisdale.
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Post by oufcyellows on Jun 18, 2017 15:03:20 GMT
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Post by taffyewe on Jun 18, 2017 15:11:30 GMT
Can anyone explain to me the obsession with promoting a youth coach with zero management experience? It's one of those curious drums most football fans love to bang Really? Michael Appleton already had his philosophies, etc in his mind pre the disaster jobs that he had taken. None of which lasted long, so effectively this was his first proper job in management, where he had chance to impose himself. He did ok, yes? There are hundreds who have done well in first jobs. We have not a good experiences, but what does that mean? Chris Allen has done brilliant at youth level and has been in the setup long enough to offer the continuity. The only question I would have is "Is he strong enough?". You have to be mentally strong and very sure of what you want and how you want to make it work. Only those inside would know this. Paul Lambert is a good shout if he would drop down.
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Post by outsidethebox on Jun 18, 2017 15:18:16 GMT
Pointless thread mapp is staying News reports seem to suggest diffently. What do base your assertion on?
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