Successful 'stop-gap' managers?

[Noggin The Nog]

Bob Paisley.

Good shout, but he came in after Shankley quit, rather than coming in as a caretaker.

 

[Chazz Rheinhold]

Good shout, but he came in after Shankley quit, rather than coming in as a caretaker.

Polly said
"Wewere trying to think if there had ever been an assistant manager, or a coach, at a top-flight club, who had been given the manager's job when the incumbent resigned or was sacked, and had gone on to make a long-term success of it. "

 

[Kempton]

People always seem to ask 'who is available?', but does it have to be a manager who is out of work? Granted our last 3 managers have been (save for Phelan who was already here), but it doesn't mean they are the only ones we are looking at. Alexander would be a great shout, Paul Hurst at Shrewsbury or Danny Cowley at Lincoln would also be decent.

It needs to be someone out of work yes. Otherwise we'd have to pay compensation. That isn't going to happen.

 

[Steven Toast]

It needs to be someone out of work yes. Otherwise we'd have to pay compensation. That isn't going to happen.

I can see your point of view, but as I said before, the cost of getting another manager out of their contract, especially ones further down the pyramid, is a five figure sum at best. It doesn't break the bank.

 

[Kempton]

I can see your point of view, but as I said before, the cost of getting another manager out of their contract, especially ones further down the pyramid, is a five figure sum at best. It doesn't break the bank.

I know mate. [HASHTAG]#Ask[/HASHTAG] **** though.

 

[TigerMarv]

They paid for Pearson. Compensation for managers isn't anything near what it is for players, it would barely cost them anything.

But that was before they decided they wanted out or at least wanted all their money out

 

[Chillo]

It is all conjecture and opinion I guess, but I always felt that if Browny had stayed until the end of the season we would have had a better chance of survival than under Dowie.

Moreover the 2nd season Browny was victim of a similar situation, after Turner was sold for peanuts to pay the wage bill he got left by taking Sonko on loan from Stoke who was awful, as was Garner who was forever injured. Always felt that he never had a squad that was good enough to stay up, and so it proved.

Having said all that he didn't help himself hen he got wrapped up in his own hype, and of cause the Bullard situation didn't help.

and he got sacked after failing at Preston before he went to Southend

 

[SydneyTiger14]

Garry Monk did ok at Swansea and probably shouldn't have been sacked, it's been downhill for them since.

 

[kingoftheheath]

Brown completely lost the plot when the team lost the initial adrenalin rush and teams worked us out.
Up to the day he left he was full of plans that he hadn't had a chance to put in place after patently having more than enough time to sort the trouble we had got into.
He did great but then had no more ideas. Time to go when he did.
People tend to just remember the good times not the cack handed tactical awareness when the pressure built. The Man City finger wagging was all down to his bizarre team selection and its obvious ripping to shreads.

 

[Kevin Francis]

So they are, even so, I don't think that's really 'doing well', he's done alright. He got them out of League 2. I wouldn't want him back here.

I would. I think he will have learned a lot. If he came back I would like to think you would still have the same loveable character minus some of the arrogance. Hopefully his time in the lower leagues have taught him a bit of humility. Even if not it would still be a right ****ing laugh.

 

[Barchullona]

Bobby Brown, assisted by Chillo, did well after the sacking of Mike Smith.

 

[originallambrettaman]

Garry Monk did ok at Swansea and probably shouldn't have been sacked, it's been downhill for them since.

He's probably about to be sacked again.