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Poll Next Manager. (Poll updated 19/08)

Poll Next Manager. (Poll updated 19/08)

Poll Poll Next manager - who would you choose?

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Mr S said:
Hiccup see what I did there?
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Unfortunately, yes 😂😂

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baldavenger said:
Feck me Bobbage, you’ve just taken me back in time to my work days over 20 odd years ago!🤣 Are you a consultant?😂🤣
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Was a college lecturer, had to do thousands of reviews for the little cherubs.... 😂
 
Wasn’t Lowe only announced in the afternoon? Presumably Heckingbottom is taking training right now, with lots of documentation being taken by the media team, then there’ll be a press conference as well. Plus he supposed to be watching at the central league game isn’t he? That’s at, what, 2pm?!
 
Thracia said:
One what? And when?
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I’ve stated why above. There are flaws within it that would potentially upset people. Better to try and resolve them first. Unless you’d prefer a situation like the coaches situation where information was released which was clearly flawed. No one wants multiple statements to address something that could be addressed prior to release
 
SoccerHQ said:
Better cup runs for a start. Coventry don't have any parachutes given they haven't played in the prem since 2001 but playing Man. United in SF infront of 85k would've helped their summer budget no end.

Boro were also in the league cup SF last season, these are peers at this level.

Cov also signed Gyokeres and Hamer for a couple of million and sold them for vast amounts. I presume they were both given four year deals to maximise value.

You look at Mads constantly getting dropped by the previous manager whenever he had an indifferent game. Hopefully Hecky can put his arm round him and get him playing like N'Diaye as there were glimpses of his talent. He plays well and he should be a 5m player comfortably.

Finally show ambition from a position of strength. The defence was good in Alex Neil's time. The midfield excellent and top 6 standard. The attack bottom half so that was the area to improve and it simply wasn't even when Hugill and Robbo accumulated 20m between them. How much of that was genuinely re-invested into the playing squad in that period?

Coventry sell Gyokeres for 20m and spend most of that on Hadji Wright and Ellis Simms so that to me is a club serious about becoming premier league in the near future.

Not one who spends summers wasting time trying to get in Archer and Tom Cannon and when those deals fall through don't then bother to sign anyone else.
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We’ve no interest in developing players and selling them for profit. We’ve brought in a total of around £2.5m in the 4 years since Robinson left. Ridsdale himself said a couple of weeks ago that we’d not had a single enquiry for any of our players over the summer. It’s not an approach that suits the owners - sell players for million then what we can spent under Financial Fair Play increases. That doesn’t suit the accepted budget on the Isle of Man; they’re happy financially safeguarding the club up to a certain amount. Sell players for million and reinvest in better quality signings (generally speaking), then wages go up, signing on fees go up etc, and therefore the amount they have to potentially cover increases if some of those signings don’t turn a profit when it’s their time to be flogged
 
Press conference will probably be in the afternoon so he can take training and the reserves without being rushed in the presser
 
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