next swindon manager

[DV]

hmmm because im bored im looking at ex pros who have played in the Premiership done their badges done some coaching but havent entered management yet!

We have a manager but the next one needs to be ala Paul Ince....former player everyone has heard of starting off his managerial career in the lower leagues. He wont stay here long if hes any good....but the sort of name people will be happy with.

So someone like Dean Saunders (current wales number 2) Gary Speed, Teddy Sheringham, Mark Walters(!) or Francis Benali!

Also, according to Wiki Phil Thompson is dead

[edit] Death
He died of 'Scousers Syndrome', where someone gets so deluded and up themselves that their brains ceases to function

[STFC Village]

In an ideal world, i'd like Lawrie Sanchez, proven he can work wonders with shit! He'll be wanting too much money after his foray at the Cottage though, unfortunately.

In the real world, i'd expect someone like Cotterill, Holloway or Ling

[DV]

Joe Royle!

[wiggy]

Bryan Little?

[DV]

David Wetherall, should have his UEFA A license by now...coaching at Bradford with his mate Nigel Martyn as goal keeper coach

[Peter Venkman]

Holloway for me.

[BANGKOK RED]

Bart

[Lumps]

dave bassett with joe kinnear as assistant...maybe we could get howard wilkinson in as director of football...that could be the ultimate shit collection of managers

That's two managers who kept clubs with probably the least resources in the top flight for the best part of a decade, and one who won the fucking thing with a club fresh out of the second division with a playing staff that on paper didn't come close to it's rivals in Man U and Liverpool.

Fuck me I wouldn't want any of them anymore, in the same way that I wouldn't want Lou back, because I think the game's moved on and they haven't, but to just dismiss managers as shit when they've got those sort of records is a bit daft.

[sonic youth]

[edit] Death
He died of 'Scousers Syndrome', where someone gets so deluded and up themselves that their brains ceases to function

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[Lumps]

And the list of potential candidates on here makes me wonder whether we might be better off sticking with what we've got.

Cotteril and Holloway FFS. Is that really the limit of our ambitions and imaginations.

And Calderwood and Ling. Jesus! Both are happily installed in other jobs. One at a club where he's spent the best part of a decade as player and manager, and the other at a Championship club with a fanbase twice the size of ours. Obviously both would drop everything just to be associated with Swindon again because both of them are local lads who grew up in the Townend aren't they?

The only name that's been mentioned that makes me think is Reg's suggestion of Gary Waddock. Tidy little midfielder that played the game the right way, is relatively local and has a bit of managerial experience and success with Aldershot. And a former player. I like that idea.

Otherwise we push the boat out and get Glenn and John the 'tache back together. Put them in overall charge of every aspect of the playing side of the club. Give them a decent sized budget for transforming the player development and coaching set up. Allow them too bring people in and make investment in establishing a youth academy. The chance to have complete control of a club in that way might appeal to them and keep them for the longer term.

It would cost but I think that pair might bring a few back through the turnstiles.

[sonic youth]

wouldn't appointing hoddle, who has been out of the game for years, be a little bit like newcastle appointing keegan? pure sentiment.

i still think penney and davies are the best options. waddock is an interesting shout though.

[@MacPhlea]

Calderwood for me it wouldt take much to prise him away,or wait as he could be on borrowed time and put bodin in temp charge.

Least they got red and white flowing through their veins.

Calderwood is on borrowed time at Forest... Forest made the mistake in their relegation season of waiting too log to sack their previous manager so they won't make the same mistake again...  However be advised that Calderwood is a defensive manager and so may well give us some wins but they won't be exciting.

As for our current management team Malpas is as organised as they come but for me lacks the visible passion that every visiting manager has shown this season.

 I should also point out that Williams is NOT the defensive coach (maybe he should be as for as much as he was getting on a bit when he was playing he kept the back four in line and they were never as bad as they are at the moment!!), he's the reserve team manager and on the whole they've been performing pretty well as a unit considering no-one actually wants to be playing reserve team football...

Fitton and Watkins were at the game yesterday and they left at the same time as the whole management team which was long after most of you had gone...

[Sippo]

George Graham. Is he still alive?

[Lumps]

wouldn't appointing hoddle, who has been out of the game for years, be a little bit like newcastle appointing keegan? pure sentiment.

i still think penney and davies are the best options. waddock is an interesting shout though.

Not really. Keegan's not a good coach, and does little hands on stuff on the training field, and has admitted that tactically he's not really that great when he quit the England job.

[Tails]

Bit early isn't it?! Malpas is still here!

But I'd like Calderwood. If only for my sanity, the fans would actually give him a chance!