Chris Hughton Has Held Discussions.

Well not sure about Tom and Harry but I know who the Dick wants

 

love you too

 

If the appointment turns out to be Paul Cook, compared to someone who has achieved promotion from the Championship previously, then I'd say that was a resounding YES ! Or, we genuinely don't attract candidates with the experience.
So this leads on to me asking again, is this due to the way the club is run and the restrictions that the owner/CEO wish to impose on any newcomer. Or despite the money, revamped stadium, potential (that word again), does no one of a higher calibre want to manage Bristol City ?

 

Wouldn't call it restrictions more likely philosophies. Also how many managers in this seasons top 6 has achieved promotion from the Championship prior to this season?.

 

Either way, do you believe that the clubs 'philosophies' are a deciding factor which prevents us from attracting a better class of candidate ?

 

Absolutely not. Better fit = more likely to play youth, plays more attractive football, buys more into the clubs philosophy.

For all the gushing over Hughton's record, he doesn't play youth all that much and his style of football is criticised. So by that logic, Cook is a 'better fit' so to speak. I'd still prefer Hughton mind you.

 

Paul Cook left Portsmouth in 2018 as he wanted to return to the North. Does he know that Bristol, when compared to Wigan, is 'down south' ?

 

Depends what you mean by better class of candidate. For Instance I would take Paul Cook over Chris Hughton so if we appoint him we are attracting a better class of candidate

 

Might as well kept Streaky

Aston said proven at championship level and beyond-that ain't Cooke is it.

Another gamble same road different side.

 

Oh its Ashton who said we wanted proven at Championship level, last week it was Lansdown, who will it be next week? The Tea lady?

 

Paul Cook's CV is far ahead of LJ's imo.

 

Rob lower league though not championship compare championship stats.

 

Very true, but LJ had that affinity with our club which Cook doesn't, which allowed our fans to buy into his appointment when he probably wasn't quite ready. I think Cook COULD be a good appointment, and if he is appointed, I will fully support him, as I have all of our managers...
I don't see he will have the luxury of trying youth all that much if the board wants top 6 or bust, if that is not the aim, why dispense with LJ.
LJ did a great job in stabilising the club, making us an established Championship, and until this season a top 7-10 side, which for us is success, as well as turning a good profit on a vast number of players, and helping a lot of younger players realise their potential (Bryan, Brownhill, Tammy, Reid etc.)
The next guy has to build on that, and that build has to be the play-offs as a minimum, is that Cook - who knows, there are no certainties in this game, not even appointing Hughton will guarantee a top 6 finish.

 

Apart from return after lockdown, which wasn’t proper football IMO, his record this season at wigan was
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Not great
So think it would be a backward step
especially with all the players we are going to loose
Don’t think he will have the pulling power of a higher profile manager

 

If it's Cook then so be it and we have to give him a chance.
I'm sure a lot of people will agree that he's not the higher profile Manager/Head Coach/Head Cook/Yes Man or whatever they want to call the position this week that we might have wanted, but there's nothing we can do about it.
Wigan's wage bill is £19m which put the prospective new buyers who were ready to take it forward off. Any idea what our wage bill is by comparison ?
Cook's run of results at the end of the season was very impressive but I imagine a lot of that was a group effort of players and Manager to try and stay up despite the looming 12 point deduction.
And they so nearly made it.

 

Well, i did say, when everybody wanted LJ out and saying we need a new manager......who is out there, that is much better and is available....And I think there lies the problem..............Let's all hope is doesn't end in tears!!

 

Or is the problem Lansdown and Ashton.

 

We'll probably end up with the Bristol Manor Farm Manager. Well at least he's local, and cheap

 

They may be the problem - but they are also the source of the funding!!!!!

 

And.