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Next Manager Search - August 2023
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NabySarr said:For Heaven's sake, don't set these clowns a target like that! You know that's likely to be the only target they hit.
Even if we gave it to Pearce there is no way we get relegated.
NabySarr said:They haven't played us yet.There is some proper shit in this league, Cheltenham haven’t even scored a goal yet.
NabySarr said:We're only a month into the season ... plenty more injuries to come yet. All we need is an injury to the skipper and we're well and truly shafted. If teams below us start picking up points, which some will do eventually, we're sliding down the table and into the drop zone.Our squad is far too good to get relegated, we’ve had 1 striker, no depth, been playing loads of teenagers and a load of players injured yet are still 16th.
NabySarr said:A competent appointment will be able to sort out our sieve-like defence so that we stop shipping pathetic goals every match. A competent appointment will have us playing at an acceptable level away from home instead of the now-traditional slow, out-fought and overrun efforts that characterise our first periods away from The Valley with the inevitable head-drop when we're a goal or two down by HT. A competent appointment will ensure we have our players switched on going past the 80'-mark of matches; we've conceded goals in the last 10 minutes of too many games already this season.A poor appointment would have us bottom half and still a low point in our history. Anyone half decent will be able to match Holden/Jackson mid-table achievements and anyone good should get this team in or near the top 6
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Richard Cawley confirmed a final shortlist was drawn up after last week’s interviews and there were second interviews on Tuesday and Wednesday this week.valleynick66 said:
I see.ButtleJR said:
Second interviews were yesterday and Tuesday. Not sure if those two progressed to that stage. Though was told Cowley's interview went well.valleynick66 said:
ThankButtleJR said:
Was told by him he was there the same day... 30th August.valleynick66 said:
Met Cowley ? I wouldn’t recognise him in passing personally.ButtleJR said:
The club won't confirm who was interviewed. A mate of mine literally met Cowley at the valley... And Appleton was there the same day. Not been fed this by anyone senior!killerandflash said:
Not confirmed from the club though. It's all indirect information, where Cawley and the ilk are told stuff or hear stuff.ButtleJR said:
Appleton and Cowley definitely have...killerandflash said:
It's not been confirmed that anyone has applied for the role.RC_CAFC said:We’ve talked a lot over the period about Leam Richardson. (He would be my first choice)
Has it ever been confirmed or denied that he applied to the role?Did he also meet Appleton or are you saying you understand he was there the same day?
you.Surprised we have taken this long to reach a decision if ‘interview’ was last Wednesday.In my head I didn’t really envisage second round interviews as you might in the corporate world.What are you going to learn second time around in an interview where in truth most is evident on their CV and the football grapevine?
Likewise given our structure I don’t see they are going to meet someone different to nod it through.
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Appointing a new manager now is an open door anyway to excuse crap results.
Sod that.
Getting to know the group, impose my style, loads to take on board, moving in the right direction….all that guff.
No.
New bloke, keep your mouth shut, get your head down, and win the next eight in a row.(After that you can try the introductions and hail fellow well met stuff).
There might well be reasons given for not winning but that’s whinging, there are no excuses for not winning the next eight in a row.
The reason will be because the next manager is crap and should then be sacked.
Or what do they say in interviews huh?
‘Give me the job but I may or may not win’.
(Methven won’t mind our results will he, as long as his lifelong passion Oxford United keep on winning?)
Apply somewhere else then if you can’t guarantee promotion. Don’t be a plastic front man whilst our remaining decent players are sold off.2 -
Uboat said:
‘We’ve got our Charlton back’AFKABartram said:At the end of the day no matter who get appointed, win two league games in a row, go over to the fans and throw a few passionate clenched fists around, and then tell Terry in the interview afterwards how amazing the fans were, everyone will be positive about them no matter who it is.
Gets us
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Are the players good enough to win the next game, no ifs no buts?seth plum said:Appointing a new manager now is an open door anyway to excuse crap results.
Sod that.
Getting to know the group, impose my style, loads to take on board, moving in the right direction….all that guff.
No.
New bloke, keep your mouth shut, get your head down, and win the next eight in a row.(After that you can try the introductions and hail fellow well met stuff).
There might well be reasons given for not winning but that’s whinging, there are no excuses for not winning the next eight in a row.
The reason will be because the next manager is crap and should then be sacked.
Or what do they say in interviews huh?
‘Give me the job but I may or may not win’.
(Methven won’t mind our results will he, as long as his lifelong passion Oxford United keep on winning?)
Apply somewhere else then if you can’t guarantee promotion. Don’t be a plastic front man whilst our remaining decent players are sold off.0 -
No rush for a new manager, as long as they get a few days to pre script their cliched response after we lose 7-6 to Stevenage.1
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Well if I was correct, they forgot to announce pre-deadline. Dickheads.To_Be_Franck said:What if...all these names being leaked is to lengthen the odds on our actual appointment...Charlie and his mates all lump on someone at 33/1, appoint them and...bingo...funds for a striker on deadline day0 -
I was going to like this post until I saw your last line and realised that you would be offended had I done so 😉golfaddick said:
That might win over some of the fans but not all. Certainly not this one.AFKABartram said:At the end of the day no matter who get appointed, win two league games in a row, go over to the fans and throw a few passionate clenched fists around, and then tell Terry in the interview afterwards how amazing the fans were, everyone will be positive about them no matter who it is.
I remember cringing on the opening day of the season when Holden & the players were giving it the big 'un to the Covered End like we had just won the league. Too much falseness & fakery. SM like Insta has made people "like" things at a drop of a hat.4 -
Yes they are.
It is eleven against eleven taken one game at a time.
What is the alternative? Go into a game not expecting or trying to win?Expect to win, try to win, and then blimmin well win.
Or what?A two season project, a three transfer window strategy, a four manager experiment?
Sod all that malarkey.
The Shamocracy want patience, understanding, and forgiveness from mug punters whilst they trash us?
Not from me.
Start the charm offensive with three points at Stevenage and the mood softens slightly.3 - Sponsored links:
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Can't wait for the meltdown on here when after this extensive managerial hunt, Andy Scott decides to appoint himself.4
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Was Holden trying not to win then?seth plum said:Yes they are.
It is eleven against eleven taken one game at a time.
What is the alternative? Go into a game not expecting or trying to win?Expect to win, try to win, and then blimmin well win.
Or what?A two season project, a three transfer window strategy, a four manager experiment?
Sod all that malarkey.
The Shamocracy want patience, understanding, and forgiveness from mug punters whilst they trash us?
Not from me.
Start the charm offensive with three points at Stevenage and the mood softens slightly.0 -
The alternative would be to set a realistic target. 17 points from the next 8 games. Maintain that average and you are on course for 90+ points for the season and a chance of automatic promotion.seth plum said:Yes they are.
It is eleven against eleven taken one game at a time.
What is the alternative? Go into a game not expecting or trying to win?Expect to win, try to win, and then blimmin well win.
Or what?A two season project, a three transfer window strategy, a four manager experiment?
Sod all that malarkey.
The Shamocracy want patience, understanding, and forgiveness from mug punters whilst they trash us?
Not from me.
Start the charm offensive with three points at Stevenage and the mood softens slightly.
Playoffs is a more realistic target still and 2 points per game average will comfortably put us there given there are still 40 games to go!
As it stands, I don't see either target being met.
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The way we're defending, getting 17 points even before christmas looks ambitious.IanJRO said:
The alternative would be to set a realistic target. 17 points from the next 8 games. Maintain that average and you are on course for 90+ points for the season and a chance of automatic promotion.seth plum said:Yes they are.
It is eleven against eleven taken one game at a time.
What is the alternative? Go into a game not expecting or trying to win?Expect to win, try to win, and then blimmin well win.
Or what?A two season project, a three transfer window strategy, a four manager experiment?
Sod all that malarkey.
The Shamocracy want patience, understanding, and forgiveness from mug punters whilst they trash us?
Not from me.
Start the charm offensive with three points at Stevenage and the mood softens slightly.
Playoffs is a more realistic target still and 2 points per game average will comfortably put us there given there are still 40 games to go!
As it stands, I don't see either target being met.6 -
With the team he put out at Oxford I'm not sure.Cafc43v3r said:
Was Holden trying not to win then?seth plum said:Yes they are.
It is eleven against eleven taken one game at a time.
What is the alternative? Go into a game not expecting or trying to win?Expect to win, try to win, and then blimmin well win.
Or what?A two season project, a three transfer window strategy, a four manager experiment?
Sod all that malarkey.
The Shamocracy want patience, understanding, and forgiveness from mug punters whilst they trash us?
Not from me.
Start the charm offensive with three points at Stevenage and the mood softens slightly.0 -
Anyone who seriously thinks the end goal of our new owners is the wilful destruction of the Club is more deluded than they or any of our previous owners.
Incompetence, negligence, stubbornness, greed, and simple bad luck are the reasons why we are where we are. It isn't the result of some deliberate plan of destruction.
If fans believe their owners to be their enemies and only in it to see it's ruination, is it any wonder our support base is shrinking. Reputationally, we've become a hard sell to players and managers. Being fans, as ever all we can do is get behind the players, although some don't and it sounds as though others won't if xxx gets the job 🙄
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Ideally, I would like to see a recent image of Cowley's little beard before coming to any hasty judgments.
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I still think it will be Appleton, to be announced when his core back up team is sorted 😉3
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I think Cowley may pip him to the post.2
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I think we will go on a good run when we get our best players back but then they or other key ones will get injured again. There seems to be a malaise over our beloved club and it needs somebody, maybe the next manager will do it, to shake us out of it. The problem with that is when you see a Powell or a Bowyer do this in recent years, they are then not properly backed to take the next step which means we fall back again. Sorry to sound so depressing but it is hard at the moment in terms of Charlton.3
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Anyone heard the noise about Mumbai City boss Des Buckingham and the link to the job?
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It did spawn "death by curry jokes-gate"dmccart32 said:Anyone heard the noise about Mumbai City boss Des Buckingham and the link to the job?5 -
Still can’t get my head around sacking Holden without having someone else lined up, the new manager could have had 2 full weeks with the majority of the squad before the next game.Such an amateur, clownish outfit.18
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Holden was trying to win but failing.Cafc43v3r said:
Was Holden trying not to win then?seth plum said:Yes they are.
It is eleven against eleven taken one game at a time.
What is the alternative? Go into a game not expecting or trying to win?Expect to win, try to win, and then blimmin well win.
Or what?A two season project, a three transfer window strategy, a four manager experiment?
Sod all that malarkey.
The Shamocracy want patience, understanding, and forgiveness from mug punters whilst they trash us?
Not from me.
Start the charm offensive with three points at Stevenage and the mood softens slightly.0 -
Presumably his backing team will be the Pips? And we can call him Gladys.swordfish said:I still think it will be Appleton, to be announced when his core back up team is sorted 😉0 -
I suspect something happened with Holden. He probably offered some home truths. Owners never like that.3
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We got a new Manager yet?2
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Or they thought he was doing more damage than good, who knows?Plaaayer said:Still can’t get my head around sacking Holden without having someone else lined up, the new manager could have had 2 full weeks with the majority of the squad before the next game.Such an amateur, clownish outfit.0
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