The ❌Kim Hellberg❌ Non-Managerial Thread

[Glyn1]

This is a serious question to which I don't know the answer but are there any young League 1 managers who we should at least consider? I'd rather be looking there than in the 2nd division of the Portuguese league.

 

[Londonlisa2001]

Is Matos any different to Chris Davies who lots wanted him here he's worked under Klopp and Pep Linders so perhaps it's his time to go it alone

Chris Davies was Brendan’s assistant at Celtic and Leicester and assistant at Spurs as well,

Matos was one of the coaches for Klopp, not assistant. The only time he was assistant he was sacked after three months.

 

[swannage]

This is a serious question to which I don't know the answer but are there any young League 1 managers who we should at least consider? I'd rather be looking there than in the 2nd division of the Portuguese league.

BBM

 

[Swansea93]

Norwich getting someone like Clement in and we go for this guy, sorry but it’s not winning me over, with the candidates out there I’m shocked how he’s ended up in the pile never mind on the verge of getting the job if reports are right.

 

[Swanjaxs]

Norwich getting someone like Clement in and we go for this guy, sorry but it’s not winning me over, with the candidates out there I’m shocked how he’s ended up in the pile never mind on the verge of getting the job if reports are right.

Trust me, Clement isn't someone to be envious of.

 

[sit_down_jack]

This is a big call from the owners. In my eyes, they're under serious pressure to get some big decisions right. They took over last winter, and since then they haven't made the right call on any big transfer window/managerial appointment/managerial sacking.

If this goes wrong (obviously I hope it doesn't but the warning sings are as clear as day) people need to finnaly see past this celebrity buzz and hold them accountable for the awful decisions they've made since they've been in.

The only major decision I recall them getting wrong on the football side is appointing Sheehan, and that’s what most fans seemed to want at the time. As for the summer business, I still don’t believe we’re in a position to judge any of them.

You can argue there’s been a bit of a mess behind the scenes with personnel coming in and out (Montague) but other than that, it’s hardly been a disaster by them. They’ve brought the most positivity down here since relegation or maybe Cooper’s second season.

 

[sit_down_jack]

Chris Davies was Brendan’s assistant at Celtic and Leicester and assistant at Spurs as well,

Matos was one of the coaches for Klopp, not assistant. The only time he was assistant he was sacked after three months.

To be fair to him, Matos seems to have had more success in 12 games than Lijnders has had in his managerial career to date.

Still, I know it’s a very small sample size.

 

[WentToSchoolWith]

Trust me, Clement isn't someone to be envious of.

Think he's a better manager than his Ranger stint implies, won the Belgian League with two different clubs. I'd have taken him, can't lie.

This is a serious question to which I don't know the answer but are there any young League 1 managers who we should at least consider? I'd rather be looking there than in the 2nd division of the Portuguese league.

I'm surprised Challinor is still at Stockport. Taken them from National League to the top of League 1, never finished lower than 8th in the league in his entire career or something mad. Skibula at Lincoln has been impressive for a few years, has them 2nd right now, and they're consistently top scorers in the league

 

[sit_down_jack]

Trust me, Clement isn't someone to be envious of.

Yes, I’m seeing a lot of praise for that appointment but I don’t seem to remember him doing so well at Rangers.

 

[SwanseaBoy123]

Your first paragraph is bit of an over reaction to the current situation.

The summer window was one of the most organised this club has had in years and the decision to pull the trigger with Sheehan was done without a moment hesitation and was done when it was starting look fairly obvious he'd run our of ideas

Its not exactly hard to look "organised" with the windows we've had in the past.

Was it organised or was it just better then the awful windows we had before? ST and RW, Grimes + O'Brien + Darling replacement were the most important positions we needed to address.

Grimes was replaced with Galbraith fair enough great decision. I'll give them that.

The other positions have been very very questionable and bordering on disaster.

Benson doesn't look up to it and will be sent back in Jan imo.

Idah is very very questionable he's looked a bit better in the last couple of games, but for 7mill its very dubious to say the least. Thank God Vip has hit some form (someone they tried selling btw) to cover for him.

Burgess I had my doubts when we signed him and again I think he's looked very shaky. Considering he's alot older then Darling and probably on more wages I'm not convinced its an upgrade.

O'Brien was replaced by Yalcoue who the manager didn't fancy even before his stupid red card. I think he looks promising but he's definitely a huge downgrade.

 

[MrSwerve]

Whoever comes in will have my support (except for Russy), but as I've said before, I've no idea why we try to be clever and appoint an 'unknown' person. We are a very established Championship club and recently an established Premier League club.

Surely we have some pull to us? We are spending money on players, why don't we spend money on the person who is running the show?

 

[Smurph]

Its not exactly hard to look "organised" with the windows we've had in the past.

Was it organised or was it just better then the awful windows we had before? ST and RW, Grimes + O'Brien + Darling replacement were the most important positions we needed to address.

Grimes was replaced with Galbraith fair enough great decision. I'll give them that.

The other positions have been very very questionable and bordering on disaster.

Benson doesn't look up to it and will be sent back in Jan imo.

Idah is very very questionable he's looked a bit better in the last couple of games, but for 7mill its very dubious to say the least. Thank God Vip has hit some form (someone they tried selling btw) to cover for him.

Burgess I had my doubts when we signed him and again I think he's looked very shaky. Considering he's alot older then Darling and probably on more wages I'm not convinced its an upgrade.

O'Brien was replaced by Yalcoue who the manager didn't fancy even before his stupid red card. I think he looks promising but he's definitely a huge downgrade.

Not sure what you're expecting if I'm completely honest apart from miracles.

 

[Londonlisa2001]

To be fair to him, Matos seems to have had more success in 12 games than Lijnders has had in his managerial career to date.

Still, I know it’s a very small sample size.

He is managing a team that is big for that division. They were only relegated the year before last. And the team leading that division is a reserve team.

Look, let’s be honest. This is an absolutely ludicrous decision.

It may turn out brilliantly - In the same way as someone putting five grand on number 17 may turn out brilliantly for someone with a mountain of credit card debt.

It doesn’t mean the decision to take on that gamble wasn’t utterly ridiculous.

We will have an inexperienced head coach, with an inexperienced head of recruitment and a CEO that has never worked at this level and was brought in to do a lower level job.

My biggest worry is that it smacks of someone trying to be bloody clever.

And before anyone starts, yes, I hope he does well, yes, I’d prefer him to Russell Martin (I’d prefer Russell Grant to Russell Martin), no, I won’t change my mind that this is a ludicrous decision if we end up getting promoted and winning the champions league, anymore than I’d suddenly think playing Euromillions is a great way to budget for the future of your family if you happened to win.

 

[SwanseaBoy123]

Not sure what you're expecting if I'm completely honest apart from miracles.

Is it a miracle to expect after 15mill spent to upgrade on more then one position??

 

[Swanjaxs]

Yes, I’m seeing a lot of praise for that appointment but I don’t seem to remember him doing so well at Rangers.

Only slightly better than Russell Martin.