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How has he got that job

He's a career coach who's more than put his time in tbf, ten years doing a great job at Birmingham ...

... then 4 years at Sunderland having to operate under various managers and traumas.

He's earned the chance to manage and I hope he does so well that we eventually want him back at Sunderland :emoticon-0105-wink:
 
Not really. He has been in the outside for a bit. The new guy is the number 2

Dodds alwayd seemed to have great relationship with the players which might be a miss? Will we massively miss his coaching side. I know he is well thought of but will he be easy to replace?

No idea myself like which I why I'm asking! <laugh>
 
Not really. He has been in the outside for a bit. The new guy is the number 2

Wasn't Dodds concentrating on individual player development?
When you look at how much certain players have improved he appears to have done a good job.
He also appears to have been well liked by the players, so he will be missed.
Good luck to the lad and hope he does well.

We now have to consider how we replace him. The "model" should dictate that we already have his replacement at the club and that someone steps straight into the role. It will be interesting to see what happens.
 
Have to hope this is the case and the contract gets sorted.

Hopefully. I can imagine him being keenish on a move to the prem and us being ok with selling for the right price but the timing doesn't seem right.

The interest in him will still be there at the end of the season regardless of how we finish and it doesn't feel like it's in anyone's best interest for him to move on now. If we let him go we're very weak on that side and we're already weak on the right which should be the priority.
 
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Yet some of the experts, among the Sunderland fans, see him as the weakest link <laugh>

If they want him right now that’s what they’ve got to pay to us

I ****ing respect what the club is doing, our ownership is so good now

It's only recently we were paying players off to get them out of the club ...

... what's happened is nothing short of incredible.
 
Out of curiosity (although likely minimal) is there a compensation for Doddsy

As it was only the Wycombe manager leaving suddenly, that triggered this, I'd think there will be compensation ...

... Dodds was under contract and going nowhere until this happened.

I think Barcherini will move up a notch now, RLB seems to really trust him.
 
As it was only the Wycombe manager leaving suddenly, that triggered this, I'd think there will be compensation ...

... Dodds was under contract and going nowhere until this happened.

I think Barcherini will move up a notch now, RLB seems to really trust him.
Wasn’t that long ago some fans wanted us to get wycombes manager (Ainsworth). How times change