EFL Cowley brothers

[EastStandKieran]

Could the Cowley brothers finally be leaving Lincoln city apparently of to sheff weds or maybe Huddersfield would that derail Lincoln or are they an attractive team now where an up and coming manager could go in and carry on the job maybe super sol lol

 

[Jerome'SAle]

They've done well but their brand of long ball football isn't what I'd want to watch.

 

[gingerox]

Nathan Jones probably regrets leaving Luton for Stoke, would be brave to turn down a move but I'd argue better in the long run. Neither club in great shape at the moment, whereas Lincoln seem to have momentum + put a decent team together

 

[Lincoln.yellow1]

To be fair, Lincoln City are playing some nice stuff this season, most of the sloggers and long ball hoofers have departed the club and play the ball around quite crisply, my work has a hospitality box at the ground so I went along to the Everton match last week, they pushed them all the way, I left the ground thinking we will have our work cut out if they play like that against us in a few weeks, however I am so looking forward to us taking 3 points from The Imps.

 

[Didcotox]

Sheffield Wednesday would be a good move but I’d steer clear of Huddersfield. New owner who isn’t as invested as the predecessor and I think they could drop again.

 

[Marked Ox]

Sheffield Wednesday would be a good move but I’d steer clear of Huddersfield. New owner who isn’t as invested as the predecessor and I think they could drop again.

The Huddersfield owner used to own Southport and according to some of their supporters he is a loon.

 

[Peterdev]

Sheffield Wednesday looks a good move for them. They originate from around Braintree and did phenomenally well before making the break at a professional club.
Good luck in whatever they choose to do. I thought Ipswich would be right for them but I think they are on the way up with Lambert in charge

 

[Oufcad30]

Been appointed then.. will that disrupt Lincolns momentum?

 

[m]

Been appointed then.. will that disrupt Lincolns momentum?

Let's hope so.

 

[dickwalton1964]

They had to get out of Lincoln. it was becoming to risky to stay, results then begin to fall away and before you know it stagnation sets in. They could have easily gone off the radar of championship clubs if Lincoln had hit the slippery slope.

 

[Lincoln.yellow1]

Apparently their £140,000 a year salary at Lincoln City was put into perspective now Huddersfield Town are paying them £750,000 a year for their services, seems everyone has a price.
To be fair two promotions in 3 years, a run in the FA cup that brought the club in a tidy sum of money and a winner at Wembley in The Check-a-trade trophy, they have certainly earned their move, the hope now is that the team they left behind may be de-railed for a few weeks.....

 

[werthersoriginal]

Apparently their £140,000 a year salary at Lincoln City was put into perspective now Huddersfield Town are paying them £750,000 a year for their services, seems everyone has a price.
To be fair two promotions in 3 years, a run in the FA cup that brought the club in a tidy sum of money and a winner at Wembley in The Check-a-trade trophy, they have certainly earned their move, the hope now is that the team they left behind may be de-railed for a few weeks.....

Yes I can believe those figures, incredible isn’t it?

 

[Sarge]

Apparently their £140,000 a year salary at Lincoln City was put into perspective now Huddersfield Town are paying them £750,000 a year for their services, seems everyone has a price.
To be fair two promotions in 3 years, a run in the FA cup that brought the club in a tidy sum of money and a winner at Wembley in The Check-a-trade trophy, they have certainly earned their move, the hope now is that the team they left behind may be de-railed for a few weeks.....

Imps at home to Gasss today

 

[Steve Gilbert]

Lost at home today 1-0.

 

[NottsYellow]

Apparently their £140,000 a year salary at Lincoln City was put into perspective now Huddersfield Town are paying them £750,000 a year for their services, seems everyone has a price.
To be fair two promotions in 3 years, a run in the FA cup that brought the club in a tidy sum of money and a winner at Wembley in The Check-a-trade trophy, they have certainly earned their move, the hope now is that the team they left behind may be de-railed for a few weeks.....

Is that £140k / £750k each or for the pair?

 

[tonyw]

They had to get out of Lincoln. it was becoming to risky to stay, results then begin to fall away and before you know it stagnation sets in. They could have easily gone off the radar of championship clubs if Lincoln had hit the slippery slope.

Course, the danger is that, if you pick the wrong job, you do a Nathan Jones.

Stunning success at Luton; moved to Stoke and now they've netted one point from seven Championship games, and he seems to be struggling to keep the big egos of a bunch of former Premiership players in check.

If he gets canned there - and he can't have too long left, because with their parachute payments, they were planning on competing for automatic promotion this season, not a relegation battle - then he's probably a lower league manager for life from then on.

The Cowleys may do better - but it sounds like the owners at Huddersfield are a bit bonkers, and the team is struggling every bit as much as Stoke.

 

[Sir Winston]

 

[Foley]

Course, the danger is that, if you pick the wrong job, you do a Nathan Jones.

Stunning success at Luton; moved to Stoke and now they've netted one point from seven Championship games, and he seems to be struggling to keep the big egos of a bunch of former Premiership players in check.

If he gets canned there - and he can't have too long left, because with their parachute payments, they were planning on competing for automatic promotion this season, not a relegation battle - then he's probably a lower league manager for life from then on.

The Cowleys may do better - but it sounds like the owners at Huddersfield are a bit bonkers, and the team is struggling every bit as much as Stoke.

Huddersfield seem to be in freefall so the Cowleys will do very well to keep them up
As you mention, there is Nathan Joned and dont forget Paul Hurst who went from Shrewsbury to Ipswich as well.

 

[tonyw]

Huddersfield seem to be in freefall so the Cowleys will do very well to keep them up
As you mention, there is Nathan Joned and dont forget Paul Hurst who went from Shrewsbury to Ipswich as well.

Very true - and he's now struggling badly at Scunthorpe as well. Doubt he'll be in any serious consideration for a Championship job again.

Even Eddie Howe didn't do anything when he moved from League One Bournemouth to Championship Burnley.

I really think that for a Lower League manager, the 'Wilder' model is better.
Rather than jump from a league you're performing well in, with a small club, to a higher league that you've never experienced before - instead find the bigger club, in the division you know, that really has hit rock bottom and build them up from there.

 

[Peterdev]

Agree. I see Michael Appleton is being interviewed by Lincoln

 

[m]

Agree. I see Michael Appleton is being interviewed by Lincoln

That's them ruled out of promotion for this season then what with the 'transitional period'.

 

[RyanioBirdio]

Appleton now clear favourite for the Lincoln job. Press are saying he was watching their game at Rochdale last night. Would be very ‘us’ if he went there and his first game was this Saturday.

 

[horseman]

with the greatest respect to Lincoln i am very surprised he has even considered it.

 

[RyanioBirdio]

with the greatest respect to Lincoln i am very surprised he has even considered it.

Good club, Lincoln. New training ground, huge number of season ticket holders (they have more of them than our total average home attendance), financially stable and the entire city is behind them. There’s a Lincoln season ticket holder at my work who goes back up from London every other weekend. I went to a game with him in their Conference promotion season away at Solihull, and it was electric even on a Tuesday night. Constant noise and more than 1,000 of them travelled. They take 2,000 - 3,000 fans to away games multiple times per season. It all reminds me of our club during the promotion season, only they’ve had it for three years and have huge momentum.

Appleton always said he learned from his mistakes in picking bad clubs at bad times. He cares a lot about the state of a club and the structure of it all, and right now Lincoln is in a great spot.

 

[PottersRightBoot]

Don’t agree - they’re at their upper limit whoever takes over. Appleton would be better off going for a club like Bolton or Blackpool . ( yes i knows he’s managed their before.)

Bet Lincoln end up in the bottom half.

Appleton would be best off coming back here!

 

[Peterdev]

It doesn’t make sense Lincoln. Two quick promotions, and may get another but whoever manages at the moment surely wouldn’t be tasked with promotion this season.
Bolton would be a challenge if they could afford his wages after all that has gone on there.
I felt sure his next challenge would be higher up the leagues not in L1

 

[ubermeistervonmeat]

but a lot of this will be pure envy from us if he goes there won't it
and needless to say the result on Saturday will be inevitable if its MAPP v KR - tactical nous v lack thereof

 

[OxfordBoy]

Appleton would be best off coming back here!

Think that’s a very biased view, doubt many people in football would take that view

 

[MarkG]

It doesn’t make sense Lincoln. Two quick promotions, and may get another but whoever manages at the moment surely wouldn’t be tasked with promotion this season.
Bolton would be a challenge if they could afford his wages after all that has gone on there.
I felt sure his next challenge would be higher up the leagues not in L1

Tend to agree, I thought his next challenge would be a bigger club looking to get into or already in the Championship and staying there. Coventry, Ipswich, Sunderland, Portsmouth from our division. Or any of the top 19 in the Championship.

 

[RyanioBirdio]

Don’t agree - they’re at their upper limit whoever takes over.

If Brentford can get promoted and become an established Championship club, and Burton can have a couple of seasons up there, Rotherham can be a yo-yo club etc, there's no reason why Lincoln can't strive to get beyond this division even if only for a season or two, which is all any manager is tasked with initially. They sold out of season tickets in 48 hours this summer - nearly 6,500 of them - without a single player signing by that point. We had around 5,600 home fans total at the weekend. The same day, they had well over 8,000 home fans at theirs. They're riding the crest of a wave, and that counts for a lot.

A lot of yellow tinted glasses on this forum.