Last chance Saloon for King

[larwood]

it will be an internal appointment

Reg,you are spot on[as usual],it is going to be one of the three of them,it has to be as they are on the books and on a wage already.Money is the big concern, we can't afford any big names,and i can't see the board being to adventurous and looking outside of the club.To be honest,i wouldn't mind anyone of them.

What about Shaun Taylor?thats the [obvious]rumour i heard.

[fatbury]

Chalkie was quoted last week as saying hes lookin to come back into management but NOT at non league level ... :old:

[adje]

I reckon we should go down the same route as Watford have - Adi Boothroyd came from the coaching setup at Leeds and no-one had heard of him, now he's one of the best prospects outside the Premiership.

We have a history of managers coming here for their first job in management and doing well - no reason why we can't find that magic again (apart from Sandy Gray that is).

Quite agree with that Kinky.Oh how they all laughed when we appointed Hoddle!

[DV]

We will appoint internally, and knowing Swindon I really wouldnt be surprised if we promoted the manic depressed guy in the ticket office with the annoying mono tone voice to manager :shock:

[adje]

Yea-he's a real wheeze!

[Kinky Tom]

I'm sure that when King is sacked we will appoint from outside the club, otherwise there is no point at all.  

We may well interview the current coaches, but I doubt they'll get the job - anyone coming in will probably be told they will have to keep the current coaching set up, and will also probably be paid less than King is being paid at the moment - so they will cut costs anyhow.

I feel that a corner is about to be turned for the better at this football club, call me deluded if you like.

[larwood]

the manic depressed guy in the ticket office with the annoying mono tone voice to manager

 

[Ben Wah Balls]

chalkie white - please no.  :x

[Boeta]

We will appoint internally, and knowing Swindon I really wouldnt be surprised if we promoted the manic depressed guy in the ticket office with the annoying mono tone voice to manager :shock:

When you say manic deppressed are you sure you really mean manic depressed? Or do you mean unipolar depression, ie. when they're just depressed? If not what's his mania like?

[adje]

His mania surfaces when you ask him how the ticket sales are going.He always says"really well"

[sonicyouth]

nice one adje  

I've heard strong(ish) rumours that Shaun Taylor and Paul Bodin approached the board to alert their availability and that they would like to step in as a manager/assistant duo if King was to leave.

Don't believe it myself but appointing Taylor as manager wouldn't be a terrible move, he's got a great deal of coaching and assistant managerial experience, doesn't mean he'd be a success but would be worth a shot.

However, as Reg says any appointment would be from within and I wouldn't have any objections if Reeves/Woan/Iffy were promoted to manager.

Anybody saying we should try and attract people like Paul Ince or Martin Keown is off their rocker. Not only could we not afford them but I highly doubt they'd be interested in coming to a struggling League One club anyway.

[McLovin]

I know Bodin's daughter, i'll ask if she knows anything at all.  Seems unlikely though.

[STFC Village]

nice one adje  

I've heard strong(ish) rumours that Shaun Taylor and Paul Bodin approached the board to alert their availability and that they would like to step in as a manager/assistant duo if King was to leave.

Don't believe it myself but appointing Taylor as manager wouldn't be a terrible move, he's got a great deal of coaching and assistant managerial experience, doesn't mean he'd be a success but would be worth a shot.

However, as Reg says any appointment would be from within and I wouldn't have any objections if Reeves/Woan/Iffy were promoted to manager.

Anybody saying we should try and attract people like Paul Ince or Martin Keown is off their rocker. Not only could we not afford them but I highly doubt they'd be interested in coming to a struggling League One club anyway.

I don't know about that Sonic, didn't Tony Adams go to Wycombe, a struggling League 2 side? I agree with everything else, and I don't think we would get anyone of the ilke(sp) of Ince, but I don't think guys like that, who are looking to take a first step into management, are thinking that they'll go in at a high level (Prem or Championship)....

[sonicyouth]

Good point but Adams made no impact whatsoever at Wycombe from what I saw. Furthemore, Wycombe are in a much better position financially than us and could probably offer Adams a fairly tempting offer, we'd be scraping the barrel to even afford him or anyone similar.

It seems more and more common that ex-players make the step up into management at a higher level as opposed to working their way up from the bottom, as somebody else said it's partially because there's so much money in the game now and the difference between leagues is becoming even bigger. Stuart Pearce is a prime example although he retired from playing a few years ago now.

I'd dearly love to see a young manager desperate to get into management come to the club and drag us forward kicking and screaming but I can't see it happening.

[Kinky Tom]

Keith Curle is doing a good job in the basement division - he's an ex-premmer.

There's plenty of people out there who would like to try their hand at management, and I'm sure there are much less attractive options around than us.