Swans make Appleton approach to replace Cooper?

[A4Jack]

https://www.footballinsider247.com/sources-swansea-city-make-appleton-approach-as-crystal-palace-close-in-on-cooper/

 

[bakajack]

Not sure how I feel about this link, from memory Appleton was rarely an inspiring manager that had teams playing exciting football. That said though much could have changed since his Blackburn days.

 

[A4Jack]

Not sure how I feel about this link, from memory Appleton was rarely an inspiring manager that had teams playing exciting football. That said though much could have changed since his Blackburn days.

WBA were put off by his £2m price tag for compo but paid that for Ismael instead. Done very well for Lincoln but can't say I like the hardman Vin Diesel look.

He's been linked with every job of ours since about 1999 I'm sure

 

[Swanseaborn]

Done well and is a good option for me. Worked on a budget in the past but experienced enough

 

[bakajack]

I would rather give the likes of Cameron Toshack a shot. He had the u23s playing good stuff and a lot of the players in our first team squad will know him.

 

[Swansea93]

From my understanding is he actually turned West Brom down to stay at Lincoln.

 

[A4Jack]

From my understanding is he actually turned West Brom down to stay at Lincoln.

Apparently correct. Tremendous loyalty if so. Leave him there let's be different

 

[Swansea93]

From my understanding is he actually turned West Brom down to stay at Lincoln.

Apparently correct. Tremendous loyalty if so. Leave him there let's be different

Yeah fair play to him, I remember Tisdale turning us down repeatedly to stay at Exeter.

 

[LeonWasTheDog's]

As long as he doesn't pretend to be the underdog and park the bus he's worth a look. Mind you, we are probably underdogs now, or at least we've lost the financial advance the parachute payments gave us over the last 3 years. I'm worried about that, but then I always worry about us.

 

[eteb]

nathan jones???

 

[monmouth]

We tried, but he never wrote us, he never called.

 

[Captain_Sham]

I shudder at the surname Appleton. Dark days. That being said I hope the afterlife is treating Colin well.

 

[JackBaston]

Think Appleton will be an uninspiring appointment, has done poorly everywhere apart from a spell with oxford and now lincoln, but that lincoln team was created by Cowley and Appletons done worse with them than he did
Im not against giving someone a chance, but id rather take a risk at a young hungry manager who has refreshing ideas than someone whos been average their entire managerial career
Jack Collison has been managing over in America, 32, welsh and retired early cause of injury, probably too early for now but you can see his desire

 

[jruss]

In what world has he done worse than Cowley? Hes only managed them for a year and a half in L1. Simply not comparable. And no his team was not created by Cowley. It's been rebuilt.

He was brought in to change their style of play from hoof to passing and bring down the average age of the squad. Which he has done and got them into the L1 play-off final in his first full season. That's quite an achievement for Lincoln. Especially in that context.

That's adding to a brilliant job he did at Oxford.

His early career was a disaster but more due to bad choices. The Pompey job was a write off due to their financial issues. Blackpool and Blackburn were short spells with poor owners.

If we want a manager committed to passing attacking football, who can operate on a budget and is very good on the loan market we won't do much better.

 

[JackBaston]

In what world has he done worse than Cowley? Hes only managed them for a year and a half in L1. Simply not comparable. And no his team was not created by Cowley. It's been rebuilt.

He was brought in to change their style of play from hoof to passing and bring down the average age of the squad. Which he has done and got them into the L1 play-off final in his first full season. That's quite an achievement for Lincoln. Especially in that context.

That's adding to a brilliant job he did at Oxford.

His early career was a disaster but more due to bad choices. The Pompey job was a write off due to their financial issues. Blackpool and Blackburn were short spells with poor owners.

If we want a manager committed to passing attacking football, who can operate on a budget and is very good on the loan market we won't do much better.

His win rate at Lincoln is low 40% while Cowleys there was near 55%, thats my basis
Lincolns average possesion was 51% and lost as many as they won at home, mainly getting their points away from home
They also faced more shots than they took themselves
So i fail to see where the passing attacking football is?