Manager/Coach Next Manager

[tonyw]

I can understand Appleton being high on peoples lists but it’d be an appointment just lacking that bit of stardust and wow factor. I’m flitting between Buckingham, Richardson and Lennon. With Buckingham you’d be getting the vibrancy and a sky’s the limit sort of feel. Richardson I think, at last, would give us a robust, strong, athletic, resolute side - a team that would be difficult to play against but good to watch too. Lennon can be a bit confrontational but I just think he’d get hold of this club and have immediate respect - look at what he’s won as both a manager and player.

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.

 

[Made-in-Jericho]

Sometimes things are just meant to be. Appleton’s available and reportedly wants it, we’re in desperate need of a trusted character and a reboot and to some extent there’s unfinished business. Get him in.
What’s not to like?
Or as someone else said earlier get him and Buckingham together as a dream team.

 

[OxfordBoy]

Neil Lennon is an atrocious option

 

[werthersoriginal]

Sometimes things are just meant to be. Appleton’s available and reportedly wants it, we’re in desperate need of a trusted character and a reboot and to some extent there’s unfinished business. Get him in.
What’s not to like?
Or as someone else said earlier get him and Buckingham together as a dream team.

You could cite various reasons to be a bit wary of Appleton but most of us would be very happy to see him back if he is interested. One thing in his favour is that it could be a quick appointment as he’s free, knows the club, and has presumably thought about whether he might be open to returning. To outsiders his stock will be pretty low at the moment so he might well be interested.

 

[UTO]

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.

 

[Canterburyexile]

The one big positive about MApp returning is the number of tunnel bust ups that we’d win.

MApp and Buckingham is the dream ticket.

 

[bdodwell]

I think he would put us back on the MApp

 

[chrisk]

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.

Do you know who he had with him to identify younger players/loans at Lincoln, as he seemed to have a good hit rate there, too?

 

[n1]

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.

I don’t doubt for one second that you’re right, but interesting that he also had loads (if not more) top quality loan signings at Lincoln too. Has he just been lucky with his scouting teams?

 

[Foley]

Blame Likewise, he was always honest in every interview, you could trust him and that team were fantastic that he assembled. Im by no means saying he’s a messiah but he sits far and above that bag of tripe that has just left, even if it’s just getting some order and discipline back into the club.

Problem Appleton will have is trying to get the best out of a depleted, flimsy and incoherent squad with a small number of games remaining.

People would genuinely need to give him time as Robinson has wrecked this team. I would not blame Appleton if the worst happened and we got relegated.

Wilder would turn the team round immediately
He always does. So I would blame the Board/ new manager if we did go down.
We only need a pont a game so we need somebody in to get that

 

[Orkney Islands Yellow]

I don’t doubt for one second that you’re right, but interesting that he also had loads (if not more) top quality loan signings at Lincoln too. Has he just been lucky with his scouting teams?

Not always it seems:

 

[Orkney Islands Yellow]

Wilder would turn the team round immediately
He always does. So I would blame the Board/ new manager if we did go down.
We only need a pont a game so we need somebody in to get that

Think Wilder is too big and expensive for us these days.

 

[tonyw]

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.

 

[dickwalton1964]

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.

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.

Maybe. I’d forgotten his time at Bolton. He just seems to have won a lot and on that basis alone couldn’t be considered a typical lower league journeyman type manager. You’re probably right though, I’ll scrub him off my list.

 

[Foley]

Think Wilder is too big and expensive for us these days.

Agree, but we need to appoint somebody who will keep us up.

 

[tonyw]

Maybe. I’d forgotten his time at Bolton. He just seems to have won a lot and on that basis alone couldn’t be considered a typical lower league journeyman type manager. You’re probably right though, I’ll scrub him off my list.

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!

 

[Jimmycarterxi]

This fixation with Des, I seem to remember he wasnt up to much in Coronation Street.

Decent in Neighbours though

 

[Tomox]

John Sheridan would do a decent job…


I’m joking

 

[SirAndyOfCrosby]

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!

 

[Jimmycarterxi]

Think Wilder is too big and expensive for us these days.

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