Bristol City aim for more experienced head coach as they look for Dean Holden's successor Robins have no manager in place are all options are open as they weigh up hugely important decision. Bristol City are looking for a more experienced head coach to come in and take the reins at Ashton Gate after Dean Holden left BS3 on Tuesday evening. Following the 0-2 defeat to Reading, Holden was summoned to boardroom level and told that he was to step down, before the players were gathered and notified, with official confirmation at 10.59pm that City were replacing their summer appointment, following six losses in a row. Bristol Live understands that no manager has been lined up and that all options are open as the club looks at the best way forward. No approaches have yet been made and it may even be that the club waits until the summer to bring in the best candidate. The club does not conduct business behind anyone's back so no appointment is imminent. City are minded to bring in an experienced and steady hand on the tiller to try and push the club onwards in their mission to make it to the Premier League, after the then caretaker manager Holden had won over the board in the summer with a clear pitch that made reference to the club's talents in the academy and with the idea on what was needed to get more positive results. However, nothing is set in stone. Eddie Howe would be an ideal candidate but City are realistic that they might not be able to attract such a head coach currently. The Robins spoke to Paul Cook in the summer and he will be considered again, though the former Wigan man was deemed as not the right fit culturally back then and the club's view on the former Portsmouth boss may not have changed since. Michael Appleton has been mentioned to Bristol Live, who has experience of working with CEO Mark Ashton and who is doing sterling work with Lincoln City top of League One. While Mark Robins was also considered by the club in the summer, with the Coventry City boss having admirers on the City board still. It remains to be seen if Nigel Pearson would be interested. The search for a way forward begins now and despite a poor run of form and five injured left-backs, the managerial hot-seat should remain an enticing prospect. Many young talents have been blooded this season by Holden and the Robins are set to move in to their state of the art training ground next month. The foundations are there to go on and push up the Championship with a few tweaks. The next days and weeks will be compelling viewing. https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/bristol-city-aim-more-experienced-5014872
Two standouts and we all know who they are. Get the cheque book out and sign one of them if they are interested.
So again we sack a Manager, like we did with LJ, but this time it's because for once Mr Smug can actually see the Championship relegation trap door standing wide open whilst we continue our slow descent down the league, and we start again with a blank sheet of paper. We must be the only club at this level or above who have no forward plan under such circumstances. Being a businessman, presumably Lansdown might have heard of Succession Planning ? i.e you have a successor lined up BEFORE you get rid of the previous incumbent ? And if the club dither like they did whilst appointing Holden, and take another 6 weeks, it could be too late. You couldn't make this club up sometimes.
Days, weeks or a month or more, I wonder how long Ashton will flip, flop across the limelight before we appoint a candidate this time, he has got history remember, I hope SL has takes control and speeds the system up.
The Robins spoke to Paul Cook in the summer and he will be considered again, though the former Wigan man was deemed as not the right fit culturally back then and the club's view on the former Portsmouth boss may not have changed since. Hes won three league titles. last two City head coach managers have zero titles or promotions. their football was boring. their football was confused. no success and confused and boring. what is the culture SL wants????
"We know a song about that, don't we Johnny" Baa, baa, HEAD COACH Have you any BULL? Yes, sir, yes, sir Three bags full One for YOU master And one for YOUR dame One for YOUR little boy Who lives down the lane
The Robins spoke to Paul Cook in the summer and he will be considered again, though the former Wigan man was deemed as not the right fit culturally back then and the club's view on the former Portsmouth boss may not have changed since. If this is true, and I was Paul Cook, and City came back asking, I would give us a wide berth. Paul Cook would be on a hiding to nothing if MA and SL feel he doesn't fit the culture of the club. I have severe doubts that he will be the new manager now.
Quite so !! What's changed since last Summer ? Nothing ! Other than the CEO and owner think they can just backtrack and people will fall at their feet ? If I was Paul Cook I'd tell them where to go, publicly.
Surely the question needs to be, what is the culture of the club? Cook IMHO is in a very strong position this time around, he will get a job he has a good CV, in fact I am surprised Sunderland never went for him. If I was him and Ashton phoned, my first question would be "are you prepared to move on my red lines over taking this job and if the answer is no, I would hang up".
9. Cook among favourites for Robins job Ex-Wigan Athletic boss Paul Cook has been named among the bookies' favourite to become the next Bristol City manager. He held talks over taking the Sheffield Wednesday job last month, but didn't secure the role. (SkyBet) https://www.thestar.co.uk/sport/foo...-challenge-stoke-city-defender-3138567?page=3 He apparently had the same response from Sheffield Wednesday, there must be some reason?
RobinsAtTheGate @RobinsAtTheGate Lots of rumours flying around. It’s our understanding that the club are interested in speaking to just a couple of head coaches about the available role. Bit of info here from Michelle Owen's podcast?
‘I know that owner’ – Exclusive: Jamal Campbell-Ryce hints at key factors in Dean Holden sacking Former Bristol City winger Jamal Campbell-Ryce has suggested that the fear of a relegation scrap and owner Steve Lansdown’s ambitions to reach the Premier League were key factors in the sacking of Dean Holden, speaking exclusively to Football League World. Holden was sacked by the club after their defeat to Reading on Tuesday evening, with the Robins having lost six on the bounce and won just three of their last 13 Championship games. That run had seen City slip down into 13th in the league table – 10 points back from the play-offs and 10 points above the relegation zone – but with a difficult run of fixtures ahead and a congested schedule, they could fall further quickly. The 41-year-old coach was Lee Johnson’s assistant for four years before being appointed as his permanent replacement last summer but his time with the South West club has now come to an end, something Campbell-Ryce indicated is a reflection of the modern game. Speaking exclusively to Football League World, he said: “I just think in this day and age, you have a run of 6 defeats and anybody’s job is up for grabs. You’re struggling. I don’t think the game gives you time to right your wrongs. “If you look at high profile managers that have left recently like Frank Lampard, for example. Chairmen will now look at things like that and think if the top clubs aren’t doing it, why should a Championship club like Bristol City allow results like that. “They’re languishing down in mid-table, 13th in the league now, and Lee Johnson got sacked when they were 12th, so if you look at that, the chairman is probably thinking I let Lee go last year and he was in a better position, so why would I not do the same now. “At the same time, Bristol City had that fantastic start to the season. Near the top of the league for quite a while and they’ve just had a bad run of form. It’s unfortunate but chairmen and owners don’t give managers time to put things right but that is football nowadays.” The former Robins winger, who has made his first steps into coaching himself over the past few years, suggested that the fear of a relegation scrap and Lansdown’s Premier League ambitions were factors in Holden’s dismissal. “I think it’s a bit of both,” he explained. “I think it’s partially fear of falling into a relegation scrap because everybody in the Championship believes that everyone can beat everyone. That is how the Championship is. “Nobody is safe from going down. Look at the teams that have been relegated down to League One like your Leeds, Sheffield United, Sheffield Wednesday, these are clubs with a huge history of being Premier League sides that dropped down into League One. “Sunderland are in League One now, they’re definitely a Championship club if not a Premier League club. Nobody is safe. “But at the same time, I know that owner, I know that he’s extremely ambitious, and I know that the one thing that he’s hoping for is to guide Bristol City into the Premier League. Like I said, with Bristol City languishing in 13th at the moment, I think he feels he’s got no time to waste and he’s acted.” For the second time in a year, City are now on the lookout for a new manager with assistant coaches Paul Simpson and Keith Downing taking charge of training at the moment. https://footballleagueworld.co.uk/i...-hints-at-key-factors-in-dean-holden-sacking/
This was my point, way back when fans were calling for LJ to go......Lining up a replacement that would enable us to progress was always key. Problem was and probably still is, the good ones already have a club, the one's doing the rounds were probably failures.. Working out who was out there and more important would they want to come here....Not the sort of thinking ahead this club is renown for..
God help us, another member of the old, yes men club, we need another Ashton buddy like a hole in the head.
Seems this is the way it’s going, Cook would say it as it is, would love him to get it, but not gonna happen is it, Appleton it is then
