Manager/Coach Next Manager

[Wallop]

Tiger is a big fan of Appleton and will have a big say in the appointment.
I wouldn’t expect much, if any, involvement from Horst, Thohir or Bakrie.
Tiger, Ferguson, Williams and Faz will have a say I expect.

Just one thing about Appleton, with people saying how he had incredible knowledge of young players from Premier League academies. Other than Roofe, who he had at West Brom. Craig Dean was the main man behind a lot of the others we had. With Mark Thomas credited more with the likes of Dunkley, Sercombe, Marvin Johnson from Appletons time.

If our majority shareholders are not involved in the most important appointment at the club, that is shocking.

 

[Yellow2K22]

He's won five Scottish league titles, four Scottish cups, one Scottish League Cup, one Scottish Championship (with Hibs) and one Cypriot Cup (with Omonia).

And he's won 18 of his 79 games managing in England!

Definitely one to scrub!

Yes alongside Gerrard he is an example of how easy it is to win the SPL with Rangers or Celtic with their multi million pound budgets and stadia when the rest of the league has dangermen like Jon Obika leading the line.

Funnily Enough it doesn’t translate into being successful in English league football management.

 

[Grumpy Git]

Neil Lennon is exactly the sort of buzzy, high profile signing that I don't want.
Has done literally nothing as a manager in England, other than root Bolton firmly to the bottom of the Championship table.
What he's done at Celtic is not particularly relevant to a job which, in the first instance, is to save us from relegation from League One.

I could manage Celtic, they’re that minted that they can buy the league most years.

 

[Osei Yaw]

Worth pointing out that a DoF is not just "the elder of the two managers I want" or even worse, any manager over a certain age (in what universe is Wilder a DofF)?

It's a specialist role with a unique skill set as much as a manager is.

It's not 'pick a card' from the under 45s as manager and then another from the over 45s for DofF - regardless of their relationship or nouse.

Ohh look, I got Mark Bonner with Nigel Adkins.
Dream ticket!

You lucky bastard.

I got Leon Blackmore-Such with Sol Campbell.

 

[OX14]

If our majority shareholders are not involved in the most important appointment at the club, that is shocking.

Why would they be? They don't employ Grant Ferguson and Tim Williams to sit round drinking tea.

 

[uptheus]

If Appleton is seriously being considered by the board then I wonder if Fazackerley and Brown would be asked their opinion, especially as they both worked with him before (successfully) at OUFC.

It would be like getting the old band back together again!

Just need Chrissy Allen to complete the line up.

Would love him back, thought he seemed a good person in between players/manager. Also, not sure if he was shafted by Karl.

 

[YellowSubmarine]

My thoughts.

Leam Richardson is my number one choice. By a distance.

Would however be happy with any of Neil Critchley, Michael Appleton or Chris Wilder.

Outside of those 4, I see a lot more risk in other names named.

 

[OX14]

Would our fans that refused to watch Oxford while Wilder was our manager last time, do the same this time if he was appointed?

Having Wilder back would be like getting Robinson back in 7 years time. It was toxic before Wilder left just as it was for Karl.

Appleton on the other hand I was upset when it was announced he took the Leicester no2 job and it felt like we missed a massive opportunity to kick on.

 

[YellowSubmarine]

If our majority shareholders are not involved in the most important appointment at the club, that is shocking.

You’d be shocked at how the majority of PL clubs/Championship clubs are run then!!

 

[Nadi-]

Imagine what MAPP would have done with Karl's budget. He was the master of identifying great, young talent. Imagine what he could unlock with double the budget he had.

My head says never go back and try to recreate a great thing. But then I remember that game against Carlisle, the Swansea win, the way we were being talked about in the press at the time.

Mapp gave us the best Oxford United there has ever been during my lifetime. If he wants it he should get it.

And a 100% win rate as caretaker manager in the premiership

 

[Bicester Yellow]

If our majority shareholders are not involved in the most important appointment at the club, that is shocking.

They are the money men, that’s why they pay TW & GF & others to run the club on a day to day basis.

 

[uptheus]

I wonder how attitudes would be different had he left for the manager’s position at Leicester instead of the assistant.

People keep thinking him going to be a number two elsewhere is disrespectful & I have no idea why.

Critchley done the same with mid-table Championship Blackpool.

I think if things hadn’t taken a turn for the worse under Eales’ tenure, then I think he may have stayed, but like a lot of us on here thinking Tiger wasn’t the right man he probably felt he needed to jump ship, so what better way than to join up with a friend who was running a Premiership team on more money.

 

[Belgium Yellow]

Having Wilder back would be like getting Robinson back in 7 years time. It was toxic before Wilder left just as it was for Karl.

Appleton on the other hand I was upset when it was announced he took the Leicester no2 job and it felt like we missed a massive opportunity to kick on.

We all know that about Wilder, but he's gone out of his way to mend things - e.g. came back for the Mickey Lewis thing and something else I think and he's said he regrets the way it ended.

 

[MC Yellow]

Why would they be? They don't employ Grant Ferguson and Tim Williams to sit round drinking tea.

Well, they have for the past few weeks .

Many have said on here that they believed the decision to sack KR was not for GF or TW to make. If that was indeed the case, I would be surprised if appointing a new manager was entirely their responsibility.

 

[dickwalton1964]

Tiger is a big fan of Appleton and will have a big say in the appointment.
I wouldn’t expect much, if any, involvement from Horst, Thohir or Bakrie.
Tiger, Ferguson, Williams and Faz will have a say I expect.

Just one thing about Appleton, with people saying how he had incredible knowledge of young players from Premier League academies. Other than Roofe, who he had at West Brom. Craig Dean was the main man behind a lot of the others we had. With Mark Thomas credited more with the likes of Dunkley, Sercombe, Marvin Johnson from Appletons time.

If it’s the four you say who will likely choose then add Faz, along with Tiger, to the list of Appleton admirers. Looks virtually a done deal on that basis.

 

[OX14]

We all know that about Wilder, but he's gone out of his way to mend things - e.g. came back for the Mickey Lewis thing and something else I think and he's said he regrets the way it ended.

Yes I know he has but the other issue with Wilder was he was always looking to move back up north.

 

[uptheus]

Would our fans that refused to watch Oxford while Wilder was our manager last time, do the same this time if he was appointed?

I just hope Colin’s on the decision panel if Wilder’s in the frame!!

 

[OX14]

Well, they have for the past few weeks .

Many have said on here that they believed the decision to sack KR was not for GF or TW to make. If that was indeed the case, I would be surprised if appointing a new manager was entirely their responsibility.

It won't be entirely their responsibility as previously mentioned by UTO Tiger and Faz will be involved aswell. Bakrie, Horst and Thohir are the money men that employ people to run the show and that includes sacking and hiring. Alot of clubs are run like this higher up the pyramid.

 

[Orkney Islands Yellow]

So just to recap (as it hasn't been done for a while on this thread) the job that Leam Richardson did at Wigan:

- He got the caretaker manager's gig when Sheridan jumped ship to Swindon on 13th November 2020. They were bottom of the table with 8 points from 13 games.
- He kept them up by a point after they won four of their last seven games
- He then had a massive clearout over the summer, bringing in 17 new faces and getting rid of 15
- They then won the league

Sure, he seemingly couldn't hack it at Championship level, but that's a very long way from being a concern right now.

Been looking over the last five seasons or so of League One football, and I can't find anyone else that's done such an effective worst-to-first job. And he's out of work.

He'd be my preference. Love Mapp but never go back.

 

[uptheus]

Yes I know he has but the other issue with Wilder was he was always looking to move back up north.

And I hope he stays there.