I can't be the only one who is amazed by the amount of Chris Wilder suggestions, as if it would be in any way remotely possible?
You're not the only one.
No way a Premier League manager will drop back down to our level.
Hes an out of work manager atm.
Is that really a realistic argument? I'm out of work so may as well go Charlton. We are L1 and an average squad at this level. Wilder would be great but he is gonna be wanted by clubs bigger than us in my opinion
Almost certainly not, but I'd rather we try punch up and fail, than not try.
I would take him because he has proven qualities but for him to join we would have to relocate the Valley to somewhere along the A52!
That is a sticking point but I just wonder whether his children are now grown up and if so whether Thomas could persuade him to come with him on our journey.
I would like to see a young ambitious lower division manager who knows the division and has good contacts in the loan market.So how about Gareth Ainsworth who is a great communicator or Michael Duff at Cheltenham who has built an impressive team with no resources.They will probably have to work with aDirector of Football I.e.Ged Roddy
If he doesn’t find his Plan A this week as he mentioned. Then plan B (interim) should be Jason Euell for me.
He’s a charlton man, and worst case scenario we finish mid table and he gets some vital experience before going back to the under 21s.
I think plan B could be almost anyone already at the club as this season is already over.
But I seriously think that they already have at least 1 definite in mind. Wouldn't surprise me if they have already had talks with a couple of potential candidates before today.
Funny that the successful managers of the modern era have all been sort of accidents. Curbishley, Powell, Bowyer. All first-time managers, two because they happened to have been on the premises at the time, all with decent playing records for us. Impossible to use that as a recruitment model, of course. So I have no idea who it should be. Hope that's helpful.
Funny that the successful managers of the modern era have all been sort of accidents. Curbishley, Powell, Bowyer. All first-time managers, two because they happened to have been on the premises at the time, all with decent playing records for us. Impossible to use that as a recruitment model, of course. So I have no idea who it should be. Hope that's helpful.
Lennie Lawrence didn't play for us, but his path to managing us was like that of Curbs and Bowyer, being around at the right time and grabbing his chance
I don't see an outstanding candidate out there right now.
Howe looks the part, but he seemed to have a chemistry with Bournemouth. I'm not convinced he could reproduce that elsewhere, and didn't really shine when I tried at Burnley.
Wilder, let's not forget, is under contract to a Premier League club. Even if that changed, I'm sure he would have numerous offers from other clubs higher up the food chain than us.
Gareth Ainsworth could maybe be tempted away from Wycombe, and he has worked wonders for them. But how would he cope with much higher expectations, even if the available resources are higher too? Does he have the imagination to cultivate a style of play that the owner has said he wants for our club? To a lesser extent maybe, much the same applies to the Cowleys.
As for Curbs, the great man has been out of the game too long to come back now, even if he would want too.
JJ seems too nice a guy to have that ruthless streak that's sometimes needed to be the one with whom the buck stops.
As for the rest, you know what to expect from them, and that's the problem.
I personally really like the football MK Dons play, and if you look at their stats they dominate possession in pretty much every game they play.
I was thinking if the manager had access to funds and some better players he could blow this league apart. But then I saw that MK Dons may have one of the highest budgets in the league, so maybe he's reached his peak at what he can do!
We do have the possibility of selling the dream/project. TS has his head screwed on and realises its a marathon not a sprint. I think if there was a chance of getting either Wilder or Howe, I would prefer Wilder.
More realistically, I would seriously consider Jason Euell, Curbs as Assistant with Steve Brown and Jacko doing the coaching. Thats not due to the Charlton connection but Euell being hungry and biding his time to get into that position whilst doing a good job with the U23s.
He fits the model of bringing through the youth aswell & would certainly fit the long term approach.
We do have the possibility of selling the dream/project. TS has his head screwed on and realises its a marathon not a sprint. I think if there was a chance of getting either Wilder or Howe, I would prefer Wilder.
More realistically, I would seriously consider Jason Euell, Curbs as Assistant with Steve Brown and Jacko doing the coaching. Thats not due to the Charlton connection but Euell being hungry and biding his time to get into that position whilst doing a good job with the U23s.
He fits the model of bringing through the youth aswell & would certainly fit the long term approach.
Russell Martin 20/1. Excellent young coach, got MK Dons playing lovely football just not particularly got the resources at hand. I wouldn’t be disappointed with that personally.
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But I seriously think that they already have at least 1 definite in mind. Wouldn't surprise me if they have already had talks with a couple of potential candidates before today.
Funny that the successful managers of the modern era have all been sort of accidents. Curbishley, Powell, Bowyer. All first-time managers, two because they happened to have been on the premises at the time, all with decent playing records for us. Impossible to use that as a recruitment model, of course. So I have no idea who it should be. Hope that's helpful.
Howe looks the part, but he seemed to have a chemistry with Bournemouth. I'm not convinced he could reproduce that elsewhere, and didn't really shine when I tried at Burnley.
Wilder, let's not forget, is under contract to a Premier League club. Even if that changed, I'm sure he would have numerous offers from other clubs higher up the food chain than us.
Gareth Ainsworth could maybe be tempted away from Wycombe, and he has worked wonders for them. But how would he cope with much higher expectations, even if the available resources are higher too? Does he have the imagination to cultivate a style of play that the owner has said he wants for our club? To a lesser extent maybe, much the same applies to the Cowleys.
As for Curbs, the great man has been out of the game too long to come back now, even if he would want too.
JJ seems too nice a guy to have that ruthless streak that's sometimes needed to be the one with whom the buck stops.
As for the rest, you know what to expect from them, and that's the problem.
I was thinking if the manager had access to funds and some better players he could blow this league apart. But then I saw that MK Dons may have one of the highest budgets in the league, so maybe he's reached his peak at what he can do!
More realistically, I would seriously consider Jason Euell, Curbs as Assistant with Steve Brown and Jacko doing the coaching. Thats not due to the Charlton connection but Euell being hungry and biding his time to get into that position whilst doing a good job with the U23s.
He fits the model of bringing through the youth aswell & would certainly fit the long term approach.
I suppose Peeters, Fraeye, Luzon, Slade, Gobbo would all be dafter...