Next Rovers manager

[Herbie6590]

I’m reading all this anti-Coleman diatribe & I think we all need to remember, he did a decent job at Stanley for many years…👀

[broadsword]

Seeing pictures of steve kean while I'm eating breakfast is not doing my gut any favours.

[RevidgeBlue]

I spent a little bit of time last night trying to spot the best up and coming managers from the lower Leagues with outstanding records in the hope of identifying the next Ken Furphy or Gordon Lee who can get a tune out of an ordinary group of players and who might be able to thrive on a budget.

The three that caught my eye in terms of age profile and record were

1) Dave Challinor at Stockport, (already flagged up by Merce and another poster on here) the oldest of the 3 at 50 but with a 51% win record over an extended career

2) The manager at Lincoln Michael Skubala - younger 43 but with a similar win percentage (45%) over a much shorter career. Seemingly stood in at Leeds for 3 games as caretaker manager before that which I dont recall.

3) One that really intrigued me was a 40 Yr old centre back Jimmy Mcnulty acting as player manager for Rochdale and who seemingly has them streaking away with the Conference leaving the likes of Sparky and Savage in his rear view mirror at the moment. Again hovering around the 50% win ratio. (47% over 151 games)

I know he probably couldnt play at that age at CB in the Championship but Howard Kendal vibes? Anyone know anything about him? Is it Tyrone who has Rochdale links?

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[G Somerset Rover]

22 minutes ago, broadsword said:

Seeing pictures of steve kean while I'm eating breakfast is not doing my gut any favours.

You'll be seeing him in the stands sat next to Pasha and Rudy whilst Cookie is in the dug-out. They'll need to be giving out sick buckets with each ticket.

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[RevidgeBlue]

Double post sorry

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[Exiled_Rover]

Any manager currently in employment (or with designs on gainful employment in the near future) will steer well clear of this club.

In the past we could trick them by promising them a hands-off approach from the owners and a decent budget.

We've proven that we're trying to operate with a mid-table L1 budget this season - and that appears to be only getting worse (once they get the likes of Tronstad, Cantwell et al off the wage bill). 

We're searching through the dregs of the unemployed managers. 

[JHRover]

8 minutes ago, Exiled_Rover said:

Any manager currently in employment (or with designs on gainful employment in the near future) will steer well clear of this club.

In the past we could trick them by promising them a hands-off approach from the owners and a decent budget.

We've proven that we're trying to operate with a mid-table L1 budget this season - and that appears to be only getting worse (once they get the likes of Tronstad, Cantwell et al off the wage bill). 

We're searching through the dregs of the unemployed managers. 

Indeed. At best we get a Watford-esqe succession of foreign head coaches who want to get into English football and perhaps don't mind working under a structure like we are trying (and failing) to impose with recruitment handled upstairs. With such a model you get a new head coach every 12 months at best.

More likely that they go for a cheaper option than that which is to give it to someone like Coleman who knows he won't get back into English football any other way than accepting what we are offering. 

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

53 minutes ago, RevidgeBlue said:

I spent a little bit of time last night trying to spot the best up and coming managers from the lower Leagues with outstanding records in the hope of identifying the next Ken Furphy or Gordon Lee who can get a tune out of an ordinary group of players and who might be able to thrive on a budget.

The three that caught my eye in terms of age profile and record were

1) Dave Challinor at Stockport, (already flagged up by Merce and another poster on here) the oldest of the 3 at 50 but with a 51% win record over an extended career

2) The manager at Lincoln Michael Skubala - younger 43 but with a similar win percentage (45%) over a much shorter career. Seemingly stood in at Leeds for 3 games as caretaker manager before that which I dont recall.

3) One that really intrigued me was a 40 Yr old centre back Jimmy Mcnulty acting as player manager for Rochdale and who seemingly has them streaking away with the Conference leaving the likes of Sparky and Savage in his rear view mirror at the moment. Again hovering around the 50% win ratio. (47% over 151 games)

I know he probably couldnt play at that age at CB in the Championship but Howard Kendal vibes? Anyone know anything about him? Is it Tyrone who has Rochdale links?

McNulty doesn’t play anymore. He was a decent lower level centre half in his day. The Dale fans blow a bit hot and cold with him to be honest. At the moment they’re blowing hot obviously. Previously he got a lot of grief because of his insistence of playing passing football with players who weren’t quite up to it. Now they’ve dropped down the league and have bought better players courtesy of a local billionaire they can play that way successfully. 
 

Challinor is interesting but I wonder if he’s a bit like Coleman was at Accy Stanley ? 
 

Skubala, I know nothing about.