By poaching Manning and his staff from Bristol, in mid-contract, we have caused the Robins to incur expense additional to what they would have otherwise incurred. The correct remedy for that is compensation. Just pay it and move on.
What if they are considering offering the top job to Hogg?
Yes, I wondered about that too 1950. Didn't Hogg hold the fort while Manning was on leave? For what it's worth, Hogg's Wikipedia entry currently describes him as Manning's Assistant at Norwich.
Yes he did and quite successfully. One or two on their board have suggested that Hogg should be given the job.
Ultimately none of know what’s going on. It just seems rare that this type of thing drags on, normally, from my understanding, you pay the compensation figure for the manager and the rest of his team are released with him.
I seem to remember a similar situation with Culverhouse after Lambert was appointed.
And for an example of a club "being awkward" over assistants following the main man when he switches clubs, look no further than McNally-run Norwich when Lambert resigned and Culverhouse and Karsa sought to go with him to Villa!
I agree, and am not surprised at Bristol's stance. It will be sorted in time and only becomes a problem if it isn't resolved by the time the players return on 20 June.
I fully agree. The goalposts were moved halfway through last season causing major problems for Thorup who ended up getting the sack. Now everything seems to have changed again. It took ages to sort out the appointment of Manning but despite all that fiddle farting about we still have not sorted out the backroom staff let alone squad composition for next season which is not that far off. Yes, I am very critical of the new regime and wouldn't trust the new owner any further than I could throw him. I hope and pray that I am wrong but I fear I will be proven right. Robbie is sometimes too blunt for his own good but he often speaks a lot of sense as in this case.
