Jon Dahl Tomasson - Officially No Longer Our Head Coach

[Mashed Potatoes]

1 minute ago, rigger said:

The question was not about if another club came in for JDT, but if JDT has the option of just quitting the Rovers.

He could quit - he could not be forced to work - but I doubt he could walk in to another job without compensation.

[briansol]

2 minutes ago, rigger said:

The question was not about if another club came in for JDT, but if JDT has the option of just quitting the Rovers.

Going to another club, yes, but can't see him quitting. When he was hired he knew it was a project that would rely on the Academy and not much for transfers. Don't think January fuck-up is enough for him to walk. I very much hope he stays and continues what he started. 

[simongarnerisgod]

5 minutes ago, rigger said:

The question was not about if another club came in for JDT, but if JDT has the option of just quitting the Rovers.

course he can,just like you or i could walk out of our jobs,we just would`nt get our salary for the last month or week

[chaddyrovers]

 

 

[alex l]

35 minutes ago, rigger said:

If JDT quit, we would still have him contracted,  so I assume he would not be able to go to any other club until that contract expires ? 

Don't know about the legal implications, I assume we wouldn't be required to pay up the remainder. Thankfully the matter appears to have been clarified anyway, no indication he is planning to go.

[Sweaty Gussets]

50 minutes ago, Mashed Potatoes said:

Do Prem clubs approach managers who have finished 7th in the Championship ?

What a ludicrous question.

[rigger]

37 minutes ago, simongarnerisgod said:

course he can,just like you or i could walk out of our jobs,we just would`nt get our salary for the last month or week

Even if he has signed a timed contract. Not many people have signed a timed contract for their jobs. I don't know about you, but certainly no comparrison to any job I have had.

[Sweaty Gussets]

22 minutes ago, chaddyrovers said:

 

 

A bit of common sense at last. No guarantee he stays, but he's not going to talk about next season at a heart-breaking finale to this season. JDT doesn't give much away at the best of times. It was a question that was always going to get a non-committal answer. 

[Mashed Potatoes]

8 minutes ago, Sweaty Gussets said:

What a ludicrous question.

Why ?

[Hasta]

1 hour ago, Mashed Potatoes said:

Do Prem clubs approach managers who have finished 7th in the Championship ?

Fat Frank finished 6th and got the Chelsea gig !!!

Dean Smith finished 9th and got the Villa job.

Edited May 8, 2023 by Hasta

[Sweaty Gussets]

[Hasta]

Carvalhal was in the bottom half when he went to Swansea.

[Sweaty Gussets]

1 minute ago, Mashed Potatoes said:

Why ?

What position would he have to have finished to merit PL interest? You clearly think finishing 7th is in some way relevant. 

[Mashed Potatoes]

5 minutes ago, Hasta said:

Fat Frank finished 6th and got the Chelsea gig !!!

Dean Smith finished 9th and got the Villa job.

Villa weren't in the Prem when they hired Smith.

Lampard was hired because he was a chelsea legend.

[Mashed Potatoes]

4 minutes ago, Sweaty Gussets said:

What position would he have to have finished to merit PL interest? You clearly think finishing 7th is in some way relevant. 

I think the sort of people who own Prem clubs these days are looking for something better than 7th in the Championship.

[Hasta]

Graham Potter (finished 10th at Swansea)

Luton we’re only 9th when Nathan Jones left for Southampton this season.

Edited May 8, 2023 by Hasta

[Mashed Potatoes]

2 minutes ago, Hasta said:

Graham Potter (finished 10th at Swansea)

Yes, that's a good one.

[Sweaty Gussets]

1 minute ago, Mashed Potatoes said:

I think the sort of people who own Prem clubs these days are looking for something better than 7th in the Championship.

Ludicrous, and without context. You don't know how owners of Prem clubs, or people in football generally,  view JDT. He may be viewed as an up-and-coming manager with the ability to manage at the highest level, just like those luminaries such as Gary O'Neil, or indeed any of the dross that has been sacked by Prem clubs this season. 

[Mashed Potatoes]

5 minutes ago, Sweaty Gussets said:

Ludicrous, and without context. You don't know how owners of Prem clubs, or people in football generally,  view JDT. He may be viewed as an up-and-coming manager with the ability to manage at the highest level, just like those luminaries such as Gary O'Neil, or indeed any of the dross that has been sacked by Prem clubs this season. 

Increasingly the owners take short term views and will judge on recent results.

[Sweaty Gussets]

13 minutes ago, Mashed Potatoes said:

Increasingly the owners take short term views and will judge on recent results.

That must be why Lampard, Gracia, Dyche and Smith are all current or very recent PL managers. 

Edited May 8, 2023 by Sweaty Gussets

[Darrenbot]

34 minutes ago, Mashed Potatoes said:

Villa weren't in the Prem when they hired Smith.

Lampard was hired because he was a chelsea legend.

Luton were 9th when Southampton took Jones off them

[Mashed Potatoes]

1 minute ago, Darrenbot said:

Luton were 9th when Southampton took Jones off them

Yes ! And I think what happened afterwards will be fresh in the minds of owners of Prem clubs.

[Mashed Potatoes]

9 minutes ago, Sweaty Gussets said:

That must be why Lampard, Gracia, Dyche and Smith are all current or very recent PL managers. 

2 of those are interim managers. Garcia had some record in the Prem as of course did Dyche.

[Hasta]

1 minute ago, Mashed Potatoes said:

Yes ! And I think what happened afterwards will be fresh in the minds of owners of Prem clubs.

He hadn’t cleverly built his reputation on sexy possession based football though.

[Sweaty Gussets]

1 minute ago, Mashed Potatoes said:

2 of those are interim managers. Garcia had some record in the Prem as of course did Dyche.

You said it was based on recent results? Dyche didn't get sacked from Burnley because he was getting good results. 

Anyway, you've been given good examples by others of why your comment about Championship managers 'only' finishing 7th wouldn't get Prem jobs was a bit wide of the mark. To save you further embarrassment we'll leave it there.