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Post by tomr on May 25, 2025 9:16:12 GMT 1
Think we might need this one 😃
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Post by irverino on May 25, 2025 9:29:42 GMT 1
Brenda from Bristol says......Not another one! (famous election quote).
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Post by Not Fish & Chips on May 25, 2025 9:33:57 GMT 1
Don’t recall hearing the name before so I looked it up. First result on Google, lovely lady, but seems to be a bit too old for the job. Perhaps our OAP owner fancies her. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Grant |
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Post by utttrooper on May 25, 2025 9:41:04 GMT 1
Is most likely a load of bollocks because someone just mentioned him as a suggestion on the new manager thread yesterday and Nixon probably just took it from there
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Post by Million Dollar Babies on May 25, 2025 10:44:48 GMT 1
Is most likely a load of bollocks because someone just mentioned him as a suggestion on the new manager thread yesterday and Nixon probably just took it from there Desertstorm has got plenty right on here in the past and said yesterday that the appointment was very close and it would be a "safe pair of hands". Hints towards a goalkeeper |
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Post by jonbrno on May 25, 2025 10:45:02 GMT 1
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Post by Million Dollar Babies on May 25, 2025 10:48:41 GMT 1
Atleast he can carry on where Worthy left off with the erms
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Post by theterrier42 on May 25, 2025 10:48:56 GMT 1
This is one of the biggest risks in the clubs history. Really hope it works out
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Post by Weasley on May 25, 2025 10:58:38 GMT 1
I will give anyone a chance, this seems an out of the box appointment. Sometimes these are the kind of thing a club in our situation needs.
But if this is coming from Nixon i find it hard to believe, this is a guy who has suggested 4 managers already.
Lets see who it is and what staff they bring in with them also.
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Post by Next Manager coming soon on May 25, 2025 11:03:17 GMT 1
Is most likely a load of bollocks because someone just mentioned him as a suggestion on the new manager thread yesterday and Nixon probably just took it from there Desertstorm has got plenty right on here in the past and said yesterday that the appointment was very close and it would be a "safe pair of hands". Hints towards a goalkeeper for clarity it wasn’t Desertstorm that mentioned the “safe pair of hands.” Not saying the link isn’t right but just saying |
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Post by McCalliog and his hens on May 25, 2025 11:04:48 GMT 1
FLW is almost as reliable as Nixon... |
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Post by Uddersfield on May 25, 2025 11:16:49 GMT 1
Torn on this. It’s good to get a young manager to assemble his own team in the hope of some consistency and build something long term.
Not one that will get season tickets sold however. And if it starts off wrong…
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Post by specialun on May 25, 2025 11:28:13 GMT 1
Torn on this. It’s good to get a young manager to assemble his own team in the hope of some consistency and build something long term. Not one that will get season tickets sold however. And if it starts off wrong… I get that But isn’t the ‘what if it does wrong’ mindset been our problem for years? Small club, risk averse, tinpot mentality. We saw it in the premier league - what if traore doesn’t work out? Nah let’s not risk it What if we appoint new young progressive coach? Nah let’s stick to experienced proven Moore, Duff etc Etc Failed. We’ve been declining without progressive direction ever since Webber left. Maybe we now have a direction…. What about - what if it goes right, we have fresh ideas, play attacking football, implement that approach through the club, create an identity Now and again we have to take a risk. |
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Post by royrace on May 25, 2025 11:35:55 GMT 1
There's absolutely nothing about his record to suggest he'd make a good manager at this level. Seems he's only been coaching for three years at one club.
Appointing him would be about as underwhelming as it gets so it'll probably be him.
I don't think ours is the type of situation you throw a rookie manager into. There's way too much work needed.
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Post by jqhtfc on May 25, 2025 11:40:23 GMT 1
There's absolutely nothing about his record to suggest he'd make a good manager at this level. Seems he's only been coaching for three years at one club. Appointing him would be about as underwhelming as it gets so it'll probably be him. I don't think ours is the type of situation you throw a rookie manager into. There's way too much work needed. And if we do we need to make sure the appointment of the dof is absolutely spot on |
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Post by htafcokay on May 25, 2025 11:41:15 GMT 1
If it's Lee Grant then the meltdown is going to be spectacular 😂😂😂
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Post by Waterloo Terrier on May 25, 2025 11:42:48 GMT 1
Atleast he can carry on where Worthy left off with the erms Bit harsh. He is calm and makes his point, particularly compared to Darren Moore. |
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Post by dxterrier on May 25, 2025 11:43:56 GMT 1
Don’t recall hearing the name before so I looked it up. First result on Google, lovely lady, but seems to be a bit too old for the job. Perhaps our OAP owner fancies her. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_GrantOnly thing I ever saw her in was Omen 2.....Wonder if she will bring Damien the antichrist in as number 2!! Turn the players into demons |
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Post by theterrier42 on May 25, 2025 11:45:05 GMT 1
If it's Lee Grant then the meltdown is going to be spectacular 😂😂😂 This is what happens when you rush an appointment |
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Post by dezzly on May 25, 2025 11:54:56 GMT 1
Atleast he can carry on where Worthy left off with the erms Bit harsh. He is calm and makes his point, particularly compared to Darren Moore. Plus 95% of managers do it,we’ll probably people in general when public speaking.Its just something people do when thinking what they will say next.Some do do it excessively tbf but with stuff like that it’s criticism for criticisms sake in my opinion. |
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Post by Frankiesleftpeg on May 25, 2025 11:56:47 GMT 1
There's absolutely nothing about his record to suggest he'd make a good manager at this level. Seems he's only been coaching for three years at one club. Appointing him would be about as underwhelming as it gets so it'll probably be him. I don't think ours is the type of situation you throw a rookie manager into. There's way too much work needed. Apart from being first team coach with responsibility of working with the strikers at Ipswich, when they won promotion from L1 whilst scoring 101 league goals (121 in all comps). |
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Post by drayltonboy (independent) on May 25, 2025 11:57:29 GMT 1
How come people bite on this, but not my suggestions of Klopp, Strachan and O’Neill? Equally feasible at the moment.
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Post by royrace on May 25, 2025 12:02:50 GMT 1
There's absolutely nothing about his record to suggest he'd make a good manager at this level. Seems he's only been coaching for three years at one club. Appointing him would be about as underwhelming as it gets so it'll probably be him. I don't think ours is the type of situation you throw a rookie manager into. There's way too much work needed. Apart from being first team coach with responsibility of working with the strikers at Ipswich, when they won promotion from L1 whilst scoring 101 league goals (121 in all comps). Which is a miniscule part of the job that we'd be employing him to do! In fact it's probably not a role you'd want the manager doing, hence why it's his job and not McKenna's. |
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Post by theterrier42 on May 25, 2025 12:04:10 GMT 1
Could be another Carlos, but equally as likely to be another Fotheringham
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Post by Frankiesleftpeg on May 25, 2025 12:05:02 GMT 1
Apart from being first team coach with responsibility of working with the strikers at Ipswich, when they won promotion from L1 whilst scoring 101 league goals (121 in all comps). Which is a miniscule part of the job that we'd be employing him to do! In fact it's probably not a role you'd want the manager doing, hence why it's his job and not McKenna's. All managers/head coaches have to start somewhere. Corberan didn't do too badly after an indifferent start. |
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Post by aideybabes on May 25, 2025 12:07:22 GMT 1
Sounds a bit underwhelming, considering the wait.
I can’t see this appointment boosting season ticket sales.
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Post by Top Spot to First Tower on May 25, 2025 12:08:31 GMT 1
Too much of a gamble IMO. We need a Mowbray or a Pearson to sort out the shower of shit players that we have left.
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Post by Captainslapper on May 25, 2025 12:09:46 GMT 1
Im no more excited or disappointed ...or optimistic or pessimistic ...at the prospect of it being this Grant bloke than if it was anyone else we'd be likely to get.
Weve had managers with experience,,,total novices...up and coming managers...merry-go-round managers...british managers...foreign managers....unkowns... and household names...
There doesnt seem to be one group thats more likely to succeed than the others, so IMO people need to stop worrying about being underwhelmed or overwhelmed by an appointment.
Just support whoever it is, give them a reasonable chance and dont get all over their back at the first bad result in some desperate desire to be proved right all along that he was a bad choice.
If its Grant he could be a huge success or be out on his arse before Xmas.
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Post by specialun on May 25, 2025 12:12:34 GMT 1
We are not going to attract a big name successful experienced manager at this level.
We could attract an experienced lower league been around the houses manager - Moore, Duff, Grayson, Ritchie…. Ferguson, Evans etc type expand the list as see fit
Or a less experienced prospect - BBM, Grant… (Wagner, Corberan, Siewert at time of appointing)
The roundabout English C/D grade manager has failed results wise, football wise, connection with fans wise. Every way you look it failed.
As for Grant it’s clear he’s been preparing for the next step for years - he could’ve taken an easy option to be a gk coach but he’s done the opposite
He’d been learning in latter part of his career when not playing - I’m sure money came into going to Man Utd under mourinho somewhere …but I also get the impression he’s not used that solely as final pay cheque but used that time wisely and was a calculated move
He’s open with McKenna who has described his role at Ipswich as a masters degree, he’s known he wants to be a number one and been working to that
I’ve no idea if he’s going to be a good manager or not, but he’s had good experience at the top and league one / championship in successful teams.
If he’s appointed key will be the DOF (becomes more important with a younger manager imo), loan market, his back room staff.
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Post by Frankiesleftpeg on May 25, 2025 12:20:24 GMT 1
Incidentally, Mark Hudson is also a coach at Ipswich. Part of Grant's back room team perhaps? I'll say it first, he knows the club  |
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