Hartlepool United are delighted to appoint Graeme Lee as the new Manager of Hartlepool United FC with Michael Nelson joining as Assistant Manager.
Lee Turnbull will also join the club in a consulting capacity to lead the club’s scouting and recruitment with an immediate focus on the January transfer window.
The trio of new appointments will join current First Team Coach Anthony Sweeney, Head of Performance Jake Simpson, Goalkeeper Coach Dimi Konstantopoulos and 1st Team Physio Steven Hayward in a new look backroom staff.
Paul Cook... Very successful elsewhere... Fails at Ipswich.
Nigel Adkins... Very successful elsewhere... Fails at Charlton.
That's just football isn't it. No grand conspiracies, outside meddling, or structural issues, etc. Sometimes it just doesn't work out. Good managers can fail on their own doing.
Paul Cook... Very successful elsewhere... Fails at Ipswich.
Nigel Adkins... Very successful elsewhere... Fails at Charlton.
That's just football isn't it. No grand conspiracies, outside meddling, or structural issues, etc. Sometimes it just doesn't work out. Good managers can fail on their own doing.
Adkins' success was a long time ago, Cook's success was far more recent
Paul Cook... Very successful elsewhere... Fails at Ipswich.
Nigel Adkins... Very successful elsewhere... Fails at Charlton.
That's just football isn't it. No grand conspiracies, outside meddling, or structural issues, etc. Sometimes it just doesn't work out. Good managers can fail on their own doing.
Adkins' success was a long time ago, Cook's success was far more recent
And yet Cook had a better team, got a lot of transfer business done early in the window and still failed. Just goes to show.
Ipswich are 7 points off the Play Offs following a start when they picked up just 3 points from the first 6 games. They've also had to play in the last half a dozen games some serious teams in this division - Rotherham (1st), Wycombe (3rd), Plymouth (4th) Sunderland (5th) and Oxford (7th). That run culminated in their most recent win against Crewe. Mind you, the fixture list really hasn't been kind to them because they have to play us, Wigan, Sunderland and Wycombe in their next five games too and it would appear that the Ipswich Board do not believe that they would get the right results with Cook in charge.
I wouldn't mind betting that had Ipswich stuck with Cook then they would have made the Play Offs and/or finished in the top two next season. As it is they have to find someone who will have to start all over again anyway. So what have they gained in sacking him?
For me Cook lost a lot of credibility when he walked out on Wigan, 'the club he loved', when the club was in serious financial trouble. I do wonder if players remember this kind of thing and that managers can lose player's respect for perceived past disloyalties. Outside shout, Carrick for the Tractor Boys ((:>)
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Hartlepool United are delighted to appoint Graeme Lee as the new Manager of Hartlepool United FC with Michael Nelson joining as Assistant Manager.
Lee Turnbull will also join the club in a consulting capacity to lead the club’s scouting and recruitment with an immediate focus on the January transfer window.
The trio of new appointments will join current First Team Coach Anthony Sweeney, Head of Performance Jake Simpson, Goalkeeper Coach Dimi Konstantopoulos and 1st Team Physio Steven Hayward in a new look backroom staff.
https://www.hartlepoolunited.co.uk/news/2021/december/graeme-lee-appointed/
I'm amazed he lasted as long as he did. Doncaster have been shocking this season, when as a club you'd expect them to at least be top half.
New manager bounce
Nigel Adkins... Very successful elsewhere... Fails at Charlton.
That's just football isn't it. No grand conspiracies, outside meddling, or structural issues, etc. Sometimes it just doesn't work out. Good managers can fail on their own doing.
I wouldn't mind betting that had Ipswich stuck with Cook then they would have made the Play Offs and/or finished in the top two next season. As it is they have to find someone who will have to start all over again anyway. So what have they gained in sacking him?
Gary Roberts, Franny Jeffers, Ian Craney and John Keeley depart Portman Road
John McGreal will be in charge of Town for Tuesday night’s trip to Charlton.
https://www.itfc.co.uk/news/2021/december/john-mcgreal-named-interim-manager/One of the coaches sacked was the goalkeeping coach, it seems a bit drastic to sack him as well!