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I see on SkySports this morning that Paul Buckle has been appointed Bristol Rovers Manager.  He could have done a job for us.

DOh, crossover. I posted the following in the Di Canio thread. Better off here I think:

Buckle has left Torquay to go to Bristol Rovers.

Out of Di Canio and Buckle, I'd have probably gone with the latter believe it or not. Still, if he didn't apply for our managers position its a non issue. We weren't poaching managers.

Same here :nod:


That was weird ???

I'm surprised he went there.  Rovers are a poor long term prospect, in my view.  They'll never leave City's shadow.  Buckle's next move could well be career defining and, if I was him, I would have aimed a little higher than that.

Apparently Buckle had this wrapped up before the the Final was played.

Rovers are a bigger club than Torquay. There's no way he'd have been able to do the same thing every year on Torquay's budget.

deffo a step up for him.i agree with batch too

You've got to fancy a punt on Paul Trollope replacing Buckle.

I'd have gone with Buckle. I was hoping we'd moved past the not poaching managers stuff but maybe we haven't.

I wonder how many faux-applicants Torquay United will receive?

http://www.torquayunited.com/page/News/0,,10445~2368935,00.html

I love how they don't have official club email addresses.

Whilst i'd have probably been happy with Buckle here part of me does wonder if he really is as good as people make out. He's done a great job at Torquay but let's see how he does on a slightly bigger budget. Rovers may be a bigger club but i'm surprised he's gone there as well. I would have thought he'd be looking at a L1 side really. I just think Rovers' financial situation probably isn't the best when you look at other clubs in the league but then again he's had to work with a poor budget at Torquay.

I suspect he looks at the Brizzle Rovers side and thinks that it ain't all that bad and just needs a little tweak to push on.

just to clarify,  I'm far from upset at di canio. I just have reservations on long term being here, lack of experience and lower league knowledge.

he will provide bigger excitement about the club though.  he may turn out better than buckle.

Buckle would have provided more scope for puns though...

Where did that come from?  Big shock!!

Not really. The deal was supposidly agreed 2 weeks ago. He's been heavily linked with them since the end of the season.

I sensed sarcasm.

Bloke on radio 5 this afternoon kept saying, buckle has gone to division 1 rovers after failing in the playoff final so he got his promotion after all.  I didnt have time to text in the news that rovers were also now in division 2.

Who will get more time in their job, di Canio or Buckle i wonder?

Buckle was interviewed by Swindon as well as Rovers, but the board preferred Di Canio and I respect that choice.

I would have been fairly happy with Buckle at the Town but I am very happy with Di Canio so far, he hasn't lost a game while manager fo Swindon, currently no other manager in Swindon's illustrious history can say that!

Buckle going in there for the long term. 17 players released by Rovers so they'll be a huge re-building job on. I don't think Rovers will be up there next season to be honest.

Di Canio's coming in more for the short term.

apparently Zebroski will be going to wovers aswell

That Tuttle guy that never lost a game?

You have to manage a game to lose one :D