Michael Appleton to West Bromwich?
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Gary Rowett maybe..? But will probably go to Mark Hughes or a similar name who’s constantly getting on and off of the managerial roundabout..
Seeing as they have just sacked a manager while in fourth place you would imagine that the new guy won't be a gamble, i.e. they'll look at someone with a history of promotion whichever which way it's achieved. MAPP may have the history, but has actually achieved pretty much nothing in his managerial career apart from getting us up, and his record at championship level is a car wreck.
Ok. I’ll be the first to say it.. Moore to Oxford anyone..........? ?
Osleroad
Level: Dave Roberts
(176 Apps, 8 Gls)
Ah ha beat me to it!
uptheus
Level: Paul Moody
(197 Apps, 75 Gls)
Will be the ex Fulham guy I think it's Jokanovic
I can see the logic in a way. They’re apparently looking for someone with a promotion from the championship on their cv. Two names being mentioned are Jokanovic and Wagner. Still really harsh on Moore though, I bet he wishes he was lucky enough to have a boss like Robinson’s!
What it does suggest though is Appleton’s chances of landing a plum job - and I bet he’s always had an eye on the WBA situation - are slipping further away with each month. I still don’t really get why he gambled on an assistant manager job. I don’t buy this argument that the premier league is the place to be no matter what the job title.
mooro
Level: Dave Roberts
(176 Apps, 8 Gls)
Hey, thanks guys .... really appreciate the nomination....
Big Ronaldo
Level: John Aldridge
(141 Apps, 90 Gls)
I would much prefer Michael Bromwich to Appleton!?
Still a handsome payoff each month in his bank account from Leicester as well, which would stop if he went back into management in England.
iambungle
Level: Jamie Brooks
(53 Apps, 13 Gls)
Risky business running that down without taking a job though. If a club like WB really wanted him they would compensate him for 'lost earnings' anyway i.e. give him a 'golden hello'.
MJB
Level: Les Phillips
(224 Apps, 15 Gls)
Filthy.
Kind of. But the Championship is a really tough division at the moment, and your best shot at getting back into the PL is in the first two years post-relegation when you've big parachute payments to give you a leg up on the rest of the league.
By the third year, those payments are cut down by more than half, and by the fourth year they're gone - so if you haven't gone back up by then, you're either going to have to slash your wage bill or start getting into financial strife.
So doesn't surprise me that West Brom are getting desperate. And there's still a chance to get up through the playoffs this year if they can capture that new manager bounce. Their form really has stagnated the past few weeks...….
Also, it's a bit of an indictment of the football league pyramid today that a bright, young manager who had success at the League One/League Two level in his previous managerial job, can't even get into consideration for a Championship position.
It's one thing the likes of Man City and Chelsea not considering taking a risk on a young English manager.....it's quite another when the likes of West Brom won't do it either!
It's one thing the likes of Man City and Chelsea not considering taking a risk on a young English manager.....it's quite another when the likes of West Brom won't do it either!
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What is the chance of promotion if you’re receiving premier league parachute payments but playing in league 1? Asking for a friend...
the new manager bounce is a fallacy
Baggie192
Level: Billy Beechers
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Sunderland are still getting them. I think until 2020. The Moore thing is a disgrace, absolute disgrace If he was doing badly next Christmas then maybe start looking. Hopefully Its jokanovic as he's the best of a terrible bunch
MApp interest in WB job
https://www.Oxfordm**l.co.uk/sport/...-appleton-declares-interest-in-west-brom-job/
Baggie192
Level: Billy Beechers
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Nah tried to get him years ago and turned us down
Keep watching that space Michael unfortunately you never been promoted out of the Championship they hire him and he won't get either time or money. It will most likely be Jokanovic
MarkG
Level: Steve Basham
(189 Apps, 51 Gls)
Report: Appleton holds talks with QPR, now Sherwood's closest challenger for job
Queens Park Rangers are reportedly talking to Michael Appleton. According to The Telegraph, Queens Park Rangers have held talks with Michael Appleton about becoming their...
Linked with QPR now
Foley
Level: Colin Harrington
(260 Apps, 30 Gls)
Good luck to him.Report: Appleton holds talks with QPR, now Sherwood's closest challenger for job
Queens Park Rangers are reportedly talking to Michael Appleton. According to The Telegraph, Queens Park Rangers have held talks with Michael Appleton about becoming their...www.hitc.com
Linked with QPR now
I hope that he gets it but expectations seem ridiculously overstated at QPR.
Marked Ox
Level: Mickey Lewis
(351 Apps, 7 Gls)
That is the problem, imo, for MApp. He took time to turn it around at Oxford and looking at QPR he will need similar time or a hell of a lot of luck. I don't think MApp will get that time at QPR but hope he does if he gets the job.
I wanted QPR to come down, even more so if App's gets the job. Would be good to go up against him!
If MApp goes for that, then he’s showing that he’s learned very little from his dusting down from SAF he had after being sacked from Blackburn. You can maybe take on one basket case in your career but to follow up with three in row – Portsmouth, Blackpool, Blackburn – is the reason why he had to drop to League 2 with us. DE and MAsh created the stable environment for him to flourish.
And is he going to have that at QPR? Err, no. It’s a poisoned chalice and the best you can do at present is keep them treading water and out of the relegation zone as Steve McClaren was doing. Unless he knows something all of us don’t, if I were a manager I wouldn’t touch QPR with a barge pole.
should've stayed with us
