Not managerial news, but a nice interview with Neil Warnock. Expect to see him back in the dugout after Christmas!
The Yorkshireman expects to be back in a job after "a nice Christmas" because he is enjoying his new routine of working from February until the end of the season.
He was sacked by the Terriers in the middle of September despite signing a one-year deal in the summer after saving them from relegation.
"It was a great time to get the sack," he added. "The Ryder Cup was coming up, the Rugby World Cup was starting and it was the Cricket World Cup."
Grimsby Town have appointed former Crewe Alexandra boss David Artell as their head coach on a deal until the end of the 2025-26 season. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/67542827
Grimsby Town have appointed former Crewe Alexandra boss David Artell as their head coach on a deal until the end of the 2025-26 season. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/67542827
"We've spoken before about playing attractive football in the 'Grimsby way', and we believe that we have secured a head coach who can work to produce that for our fans."
As they're 21st in L2, survival might be more important at the moment!
Bonner leaving Cambridge just feels weird. Will be interesting to see what direction they go in because he seemed to have a real connection with the fans and the club.
I wonder if he was someone we approached before Appleton?
Lyon are part of some weird multi club network with Palace, Molenbeek in Belgium and Botofogo. Was an interesting long read on The Athletic about the situation at Lyon and there's genuine fears they will be relegated to Ligue 2.
All seems a long way from the side of the 00s with Juninho , Coupet and Benzema.
In regards to Bonner, it seems a lot of their fans don't mind he's gone if you go by social media.
Suppose they've had a few real shocking results. Since he signed the new contract last ten games, 1 win in the league, 3 draws, 6 losses. Smashed by Peterborough 5 nil probably done him no favours.
A club like Cambridge though I am not sure what they can expect in league 1, don't imagine their budget is too high and he probably would have managed to keep them up.
A slightly surprising appointment, as Swansea have previously been a possession and passing team, which wasn't so much his style at Cheltenham and Barnsley.
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Not managerial news, but a nice interview with Neil Warnock. Expect to see him back in the dugout after Christmas!
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/67542827
As they're 21st in L2, survival might be more important at the moment!
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/67564799
"See... Liam Manning, and Mark Bonner"
Imagine Bonner will either go on to better things than Cambridge, or he'll be like Michael Flynn when he left Newport
https://www.cambridgeunited.com/news/2023/september/mark-bonner-new-contract-cambridge-united-sky-bet-lague-one-efl-english-football-league-thursday-14-september-2023/
I wonder if he was someone we approached before Appleton?
All seems a long way from the side of the 00s with Juninho , Coupet and Benzema.
Suppose they've had a few real shocking results. Since he signed the new contract last ten games, 1 win in the league, 3 draws, 6 losses. Smashed by Peterborough 5 nil probably done him no favours.
A club like Cambridge though I am not sure what they can expect in league 1, don't imagine their budget is too high and he probably would have managed to keep them up.
Bit of a gamble
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/67579931
Seems a weird one to go back to a manager they decided wasn't good enough for the PL, and who failed at his next two jobs, but there we are.
One eye on the Championship next season I guess and he got the club promoted twice before.
Thought he did well at Barnsley and very well at Cheltenham.
Seemed to create well drilled and effective teams.
Birmingham - 1
Blackpool - 2
Bristol City - 1
Cardiff - 2
Huddersfield - 2
Leeds - 1
Leicester - 1
Millwall - 1
Norwich - 1
QPR - 2
Reading - 1
Rotherham - 1
Sheffield Wednesday - 2
Southampton - 1
Sunderland - 1
Swansea - 2
Watford - 2
Wigan - 1
The only clubs that have been in the Championship since last December and that still have the same Manager in situ are:
Blackburn
Coventry
Hull
Middlesbrough
Preston
Stoke
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