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Post by wildhogg on Feb 4, 2024 1:11:27 GMT 1
Rowett (a safe pair of hands) would still me by choice out of what's available UK-wise, but the German guy Baumgart who was mentioned on here last week would be a really interesting appointment. Probably no likelihood whatsoever of him even being spoken to, but he looks like a character who'd really gel with the fans and create some excitement.
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Post by aksaiblue on Feb 4, 2024 2:53:19 GMT 1
Jon Worthington anybody?
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Post by Gold Coast Terrier on Feb 4, 2024 3:49:52 GMT 1
I really couldn’t care what managers are like in press conferences. I didn’t understand a word of Corberan’s and it didn’t do us any harm.
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Post by dbterrier32 on Feb 4, 2024 8:48:51 GMT 1
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Post by Metch on Feb 4, 2024 9:04:59 GMT 1
If we beat Southampton, I'd think about giving it to him till the end of the season. Unlikely I know! He's certainly bought another weeks breathing space for the club to appoint the right manager. I just don't want the club to appoint another average Joe.
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Post by dezzly on Feb 4, 2024 9:38:51 GMT 1
If we beat Southampton, I'd think about giving it to him till the end of the season. Unlikely I know! He's certainly bought another weeks breathing space for the club to appoint the right manager. I just don't want the club to appoint another average Joe. He doesn’t want it.
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Post by Next Manager coming soon on Feb 4, 2024 10:01:30 GMT 1
Nixon saying it’s gonna be Duff. They just couldn’t let me be excited for more than 24 hours could they.
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Post by Metch on Feb 4, 2024 10:04:09 GMT 1
If we beat Southampton, I'd think about giving it to him till the end of the season. Unlikely I know! He's certainly bought another weeks breathing space for the club to appoint the right manager. I just don't want the club to appoint another average Joe. He doesn’t want it. I never said appoint him permanently but if he can manage the caretaker role until we get the right appointment, all the better for all of us. If we'd lost yesterday there would have been huge pressure to announce a new manager immediately, right now, he's bought us one more week to get it right.
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Post by iangreaves on Feb 4, 2024 10:08:56 GMT 1
Nixon saying it’s gonna be Duff. They just couldn’t let me be excited for more than 24 hours could they. Is it Duff who commutes from down south? I lose track.
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Post by Waterloo Terrier on Feb 4, 2024 10:11:11 GMT 1
Nixon saying it’s gonna be Duff. They just couldn’t let me be excited for more than 24 hours could they. Story says he’s been interviewed. We’ve interviewed everyone. Could be Duff, but probably not worth reading too much into it.
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Post by terrier10 on Feb 4, 2024 10:24:06 GMT 1
By Alan Nixon
Michael Duff is in talks with Huddersfield Town about becoming their boss - at the second time of asking.
Duff has spoken to the Terriers about the vacancy weeks after leaving Swansea City following a brief spell.
Huddersfield wanted Duff when Kevin Nagle took over but his compensation was huge at Barnsley at the time.
Now Duff is available and seems keen on the post unlike rival Paul Heckingbottom who has also been approached but is willing to wait on other offers.
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Post by dezzly on Feb 4, 2024 10:25:37 GMT 1
I never said appoint him permanently but if he can manage the caretaker role until we get the right appointment, all the better for all of us. If we'd lost yesterday there would have been huge pressure to announce a new manager immediately, right now, he's bought us one more week to get it right. Ah right,yeh fair point.Would a new manager coming in want the Southampton away game anyway first up?Certainly like you say yesterday has bought time. That said we play midweek after the Southampton game so maybe they would want to be in this week 🤷🏻
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Post by rothwellterrier on Feb 4, 2024 10:30:30 GMT 1
I never said appoint him permanently but if he can manage the caretaker role until we get the right appointment, all the better for all of us. If we'd lost yesterday there would have been huge pressure to announce a new manager immediately, right now, he's bought us one more week to get it right. Ah right,yeh fair point.Would a new manager coming in want the Southampton away game anyway first up?Certainly like you say yesterday has bought time. That said we play midweek after the Southampton game so maybe they would want to be in this week 🤷🏻 I guess they could announce the new bloke on Friday and say Worthy will still be in charge for Soton.
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Post by terrier17 on Feb 4, 2024 10:31:02 GMT 1
By Alan Nixon Michael Duff is in talks with Huddersfield Town about becoming their boss - at the second time of asking. Duff has spoken to the Terriers about the vacancy weeks after leaving Swansea City following a brief spell. Huddersfield wanted Duff when Kevin Nagle took over but his compensation was huge at Barnsley at the time. Now Duff is available and seems keen on the post unlike rival Paul Heckingbottom who has also been approached but is willing to wait on other offers. Oh dear….
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Post by ceephax on Feb 4, 2024 10:31:50 GMT 1
Duff is represented by Beswicks Sports, who Cartwright worked as an agent for in the past. Duff is an OK candidate but going off his time at Swansea I don't think he fits the 'longer-term strategy of building an attack-minded, progressive style of football' particularly well.
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Post by Yuta be a terrier on Feb 4, 2024 10:37:42 GMT 1
Don't find Duff particularly exciting but I think some context is needed for that Swansea tenure. The type of football and style of play they insist on and expect makes it a very niche appointment needed to fit in. Duff was never ever in that niche and it was a really odd choice. He didn't do too badly all things considering and surely we are much better fit for him and his style. Feels like one we could have a long term vision with as well.
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Post by workshyfop on Feb 4, 2024 10:38:04 GMT 1
I don’t know what happened at Swansea, but he’d done really well at Cheltenham and Barnsley. Think it would be a decent appointment. In terms of style of football, I thought he was attacking but quite direct.
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Post by rothwellterrier on Feb 4, 2024 10:47:31 GMT 1
I don’t know what happened at Swansea, but he’d done really well at Cheltenham and Barnsley. Think it would be a decent appointment. In terms of style of football, I thought he was attacking but quite direct. I think the Swansea fan base have been indoctrinated into the “pass teams to death” style of football. Duff was never that type of manager and seemed a strange fit from the start, and it’s probably the reason they gone back to that style with Luke Williams. I think Duffs style is more “get in their faces and press”, feeding off the oppositions mistakes. To me that seems to fit in with how the Town fans like to see the game played.
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Post by dezzly on Feb 4, 2024 10:50:34 GMT 1
I don’t know what happened at Swansea, but he’d done really well at Cheltenham and Barnsley. Think it would be a decent appointment. In terms of style of football, I thought he was attacking but quite direct. Just wasn’t the right fit for the style they always play with.They’ve recruited players and still are for years to fit into a heavy possession based passing side.Duffs teams have never played like that.it was a strange appointment to begin with and no surprise they got rid as don’t think the fans ever took to him.
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Post by Million Dollar Babies on Feb 4, 2024 10:50:49 GMT 1
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Post by VLP Fan Club on Feb 4, 2024 11:42:27 GMT 1
Very uninspiring if so
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Post by Baby Ate My Eight Ball on Feb 4, 2024 11:49:38 GMT 1
Plenty on here were very keen on Duff in the summer. I don’t know enough about him to say whether it would be a good appointment or not, but he seemed to do really well at his previous clubs. Seems a risk given he’s been recently sacked for a ‘failure’ however.
If his style is to be aggressive, press high and play decent yet direct football I’d say that’s the blueprint of what the squad is capable of and the fans want.
We also need a relatively straightforward plan for the rest of the season rather than sophisticated tactics that take too much time to bed in.
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Post by DATM Travel Agent on Feb 4, 2024 11:53:58 GMT 1
Did I miss the memo where the meaning of "speaking to" a manager changed to "the decision has been made to appoint that manager" ?
Correct me if I'm wrong, but did/do we not have a shortlist of about 10-12, meaning all of that number will have spoken to the club? Or does Nicko (who gets plenty wrong) saying we've spoken to Michael Duff mean that he has been appointed as the new manager? Also, why do so many of our fans seem to be so narrow minded to completely exclude anybody who isn't European, under 40 and unheard of?
Do we have unrealistic expectations from Wagner and Corberan that young, unknown European managers are all amazing with super entertaining, attacking football, but all British managers are boring, have no personality and just play crap defensive football?
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Post by Walton-on-the-Hill Terrier on Feb 4, 2024 11:55:31 GMT 1
I think it was in the summer that I proposed Duff as the new manager for Town, so I’d maybe be a bit hypocritical if I didn’t want him now.
I contacted a former work colleague who is well connected at Swansea and he said the same as what we all know, that Duff’s style of play didn’t suit Swansea’s philosophy. He also downplayed the importance of the South Wales Derby with Cardiff City, which didn’t go down well.
Some clubs just don’t work for some managers. We all know that. If it is Duff then he will get my support based on what he did and how he came across when he was at Cheltenham and Barnsley. I never got that impression with DM with the Wendies.
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Post by htfcterry on Feb 4, 2024 12:02:49 GMT 1
Duff is represented by Beswicks Sports, who Cartwright worked as an agent for in the past. Duff is an OK candidate but going off his time at Swansea I don't think he fits the 'longer-term strategy of building an attack-minded, progressive style of football' particularly well. If that’s the case, and we do get him could you argue that Cartwright is doing what so many people are slating Warnock for? I’d be happy with Duff as it happens, I think the fit and Swansea was wrong but suits a club like us.
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Post by Dillinger on Feb 4, 2024 12:08:25 GMT 1
I don’t know what happened at Swansea, but he’d done really well at Cheltenham and Barnsley. Think it would be a decent appointment. In terms of style of football, I thought he was attacking but quite direct. I think the Swansea fan base have been indoctrinated into the “pass teams to death” style of football. Duff was never that type of manager and seemed a strange fit from the start, and it’s probably the reason they gone back to that style with Luke Williams. I think Duffs style is more “get in their faces and press”, feeding off the oppositions mistakes. To me that seems to fit in with how the Town fans like to see the game played. Good analysis, and yes I think you're correct. We also don't have players who are good enough on the ball to play possession football... So horses for courses, and I do like a direct, counter attacking style of play..
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Post by King Neil on Feb 4, 2024 12:12:06 GMT 1
Nixon saying it’s gonna be Duff. They just couldn’t let me be excited for more than 24 hours could they. The same Nixon who predicted a Wednesday win yesterday 🤣 I would take anything he says with a large pinch of salt
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Post by irverino on Feb 4, 2024 12:15:04 GMT 1
I'd be tempted to stick with Worthy till the next international break, we have four huge home games v teams who will sell out away end & create a great atmosphere with Town fans now filling the seats again, plus away at Rotherham where a win would be a massive boost......JW knows what's required to get us over the line, together with Hoggy the two JONS will have Town on 40+ points @5pm March 16th.
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Post by ram on Feb 4, 2024 12:16:29 GMT 1
Back to the carousel then?
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Post by dbterrier32 on Feb 4, 2024 12:21:18 GMT 1
I said at the end of last season, I would have gone for Duff if Barnsley didn’t go up (this was before and we re appointed NW).
But I just don’t think Duff’s style suits what KN has said he wants. More and more I think we need to go foreign coach
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