New Head Coach

If he’s the man they believe can take the club forward, then it’s a bargain for under £1m. We could easily waste that on a gamble of a young player who may or not make it, whereas a half decent manager could easily transform the whole squad into promotion challengers.

 

Upthere on RTG “there will be some big news tomorrow” on the KLD statement thread

 

He's usually worth listening to ...

... I wonder if it's to say the club isn't actually for sale, it isn't.

 

Honestly...if we manage to get Cifuentes for under 1m then that's a huge bargain.
Ha'way man Sundland!

 

I’m frustrated at how long it’s taken and the club deserve criticism for that but I don’t buy the model is to blame and we’re scraping the barrell.

We could still come out with a good choice or worst case a steady if uninspiring choice. We don’t know who’s currently in the frame but we can confidently say Still and Jansen have been targets , both of which are ambitious appointments. Our ability to get them over the line is the issue but in both cases they have gone to big clubs in others leagues.

I think Cifuentes would be a good option and, although he wouldn’t be my choice, Heckingbottom would be a safe and steady choice. Arguably similar to Mowbray and an upgrade on Beale. Lampard is the one name linked and not denied that worries me the most. He was poor at Derby and scraped in the playoffs with a top 2 squad.

I want someone who follows a similar style of football to Mowbay and who is suited to the squad we have, hence why Heck wouldn’t be my choice. I think Cifuentes could be that guy. I’d also consider Jokanovich (ex Watford, Fulham & Sheff Utd). 2 promotions from the Championship with two different clubs, great football, multi-lingual and develops players.

 

Cifuentes would be great, the same as Rohl maybe even better, however I don’t see why he would come

 

hopefully a new head coach or Speakman leaving

 

Tomorrow the tfr window opens. And the Euros start.

Are those who keep saying there is no rush and we can wait are still of that opinion? We are already far too late.

Beginning to feel like we have Nero in charge.

I am sure people at the club are working hard. But at this stage I find it impossible to imagine how they are working effectively. They have either identified candidates that are above their ability to attract, or not been prepared to give credible coaches what they need to do the job they want to be able to do.

I have no doubt the club want the premier league. They seem completely unaware of what is needed to get there at this stage however. Or those telling them what is needed are cast aside as idiots. This started last summer. The tfrs made, to build on a side close to promotion, were awful. Mowbray knew it, and paid with his job. The players were simply not up to the job. They may well have needed to sack him, if he was grumbling too much, but they failed in their responsibilities to replace him, and decided to have a snooze after sacking Beale. Where we find ourselves now is frankly unfathomable. It smacks of a complete lack of experience and know how in the club.

They can keep going about this process and eventually somebody will say yes. Maybe they get lucky and he turns out to be perfect. There are bright coaches in this country who would come here. Somebody earlier mentioned Evatt who would be a good fit. Or they change what and how they are doing things to get someone they actually want, assuming that ship hasnt sailed. Bite the bullet, and get Rosenior.

As it stands we are being put on the back foot for the coming season. And it may well be a period we look back on as a what might have been. If, as I think, this is a pivotal time for KLD plan, we appear to be on the wrong end of it so far.

 

Marti's party!!

Cif to come in and clean the club up!

 

We're spectators mate ... waiting is all we can do.

Seriously, how many times can all these Mowbray, Pritchard, Alex Neil stories be repeated ...

... it's more Groundhog Day than the managerial Groundhog Day

...

 

He eats paella he drinks estrella he hates ****ing magpies

 

The announcement will be that we’ll have a look again after the Euros. Busy time and they don’t think they’ll get much done during the group stage at least.

 

Cifuentes, £1m compensation. 3 year contract.

£333,333 per year deplete-able value.

Approx 33,000 seasons ticket holders.

Let's say he gets sacked a year in, to the loss of £665,000, if we have 33,000 season ticket holders that's an additional charge of £20 each on your bank details.

 

I rate Rohl as much as I do Cifuentes.
That's a massive compliment to Cifuentes!

 

Don't know anything about him . Can you enlighten please. Have you come across him in your role.

 

That’s definitely how it works in terms of season ticket pricing

 

Of course. But we can also believe not having a coach by a certain point is poor fr senior management.

Whoever it is has already missed out on key things like end of season reviews, retained list, early sight of free tfrs, video analysis time, player 1 to 1s, assessment of player fitness levels from last season, detailed reviews with existing coaches, working with Murty on who might join pre season. All of which leads into help plan pre season and help plan targets for incomings. They are failing to help their coaches deliver in my opinion. I know this is a grim picture, but in my opinion it is entirely fair to call out, and reasonable. Whoever gets the gig I am behind 100%, and I give them a lot more time due to how much catch up they will have to do.

 

Have people heard something about Marti or is just hoping?

 

Got Barrow into the Football League playing very pretty football. I think people (jokingly) said it was like watching Barcelona. Got Bolton up from League 2 playing a similar way. Loves to attack.
I think he might have shares in Bolton though so I don't know if that would be a problem. Only 42 ish

I've vaguely followed his career because his first spell at Chesterfield coincided with a time when I used to go and watch them from time to time.

Here's an interview with him https://www.coachesvoice.com/cv/ian-evatt-bolton-barrow-blackpool-derby-qpr/

 

Of course we can believe it but it's pretty much conjecture tbh.

Saying things like 'Or those telling them what is needed are cast aside as idiots' is a bit strong imo.

No offence but you're not actually telling the club what's needed and you don't have all the facts.

I haven't seen anyone call you an idiot either, you have an opinion just like the rest of us ... fair enough.