Another Manager Poll

[vcmazz]

Horses for courses. Regardless of who becomes manager, I reckon there is a huge luck element involved. A manager might be a world beater at one club and look a complete tool at another. Examples: Terry Butcher, Darren Ferguson, and although it's early days to be fair - Gary Johnson. No wins in nine games?

On the other side of the coin, Phil Holder hardly had the track record of Shralex Ferguson when he became the only manager in my lifetime to get us into the second tier. And before anyone utters that old 'Perryman's team' chestnut, neither did he! Nor, come to think of it, did Andy Scott when he dragged us back up from the fourth,

Point is, previous experience and success is, in a way, kind of irrelevant. Gus Poyet, Keith Hill, Neil Warnock, Ian Holloway, Bob Di Matteo - pick whoever you like. Just because they have had great success at their clubs doesn't necessarily mean they won't be a disaster here. On the other hand, there are no doubt rookie managers out there in non-league itching for a chance at the big time who would come in and be sensational and we'd storm the division.

Pot luck if you ask me. It either clicks or it doesn't and spending £100k or £400k ain't going to change the odds. And that's exactly why I'd give Nicky Forster at least one complete season to see how he does. My hunch is that he'd do rather well actually :shrug:.

 

[shouldbee]

Horses for courses. Regardless of who becomes manager, I reckon there is a huge luck element involved. A manager might be a world beater at one club and look a complete tool at another. Examples: Terry Butcher, Darren Ferguson, and although it's early days to be fair - Gary Johnson. No wins in nine games?

On the other side of the coin, Phil Holder hardly had the track record of Shralex Ferguson when he became the only manager in my lifetime to get us into the second tier. And before anyone utters that old 'Perryman's team' chestnut, neither did he! Nor, come to think of it, did Andy Scott when he dragged us back up from the fourth,

Point is, previous experience and success is, in a way, kind of irrelevant. Gus Poyet, Keith Hill, Neil Warnock, Ian Holloway, Bob Di Matteo - pick whoever you like. Just because they have had great success at their clubs doesn't necessarily mean they won't be a disaster here. On the other hand, there are no doubt rookie managers out there in non-league itching for a chance at the big time who would come in and be sensational and we'd storm the division.

Pot luck if you ask me. It either clicks or it doesn't and spending £100k or £400k ain't going to change the odds. And that's exactly why I'd give Nicky Forster at least one complete season to see how he does. My hunch is that he'd do rather well actually :shrug:.

Good post. We have seen how a "Nicky Forster" team would play and most people like it ?
I think if he was given the opportunity to bring in his own players, get rid of the ones who are past their best and aren't going to get better next season, I think he may do very well.

 

[Steve G]

I can imagine him to play like Brighton have played under Poyet this season as well as having contacts still at Chelsea to possibly secure some loan deals.

That's a really mouthwatering prospect. Tremendous boost for the fans and a massive statement of intent by the board. The Bees are on the march!!!

 

[beebopalula]

Horses for courses. Regardless of who becomes manager, I reckon there is a huge luck element involved. A manager might be a world beater at one club and look a complete tool at another. Examples: Terry Butcher, Darren Ferguson, and although it's early days to be fair - Gary Johnson. No wins in nine games?

On the other side of the coin, Phil Holder hardly had the track record of Shralex Ferguson when he became the only manager in my lifetime to get us into the second tier. And before anyone utters that old 'Perryman's team' chestnut, neither did he! Nor, come to think of it, did Andy Scott when he dragged us back up from the fourth,

Point is, previous experience and success is, in a way, kind of irrelevant. Gus Poyet, Keith Hill, Neil Warnock, Ian Holloway, Bob Di Matteo - pick whoever you like. Just because they have had great success at their clubs doesn't necessarily mean they won't be a disaster here. On the other hand, there are no doubt rookie managers out there in non-league itching for a chance at the big time who would come in and be sensational and we'd storm the division.

Pot luck if you ask me. It either clicks or it doesn't and spending £100k or £400k ain't going to change the odds. And that's exactly why I'd give Nicky Forster at least one complete season to see how he does. My hunch is that he'd do rather well actually :shrug:.

 

[Ambrose_1889]

Forster's a top bloke and has done well here with a mediocre squad. It is of course questionable how much of that is down to Warburton. He will be a decent manager one day but it is NOT the right time here for either party. Considering the weight of expectation for next season, it would be wrong to give Nicky that responsibility... and that budget.

I can't believe some here would turn down Di Matteo for Forster. His record speaks for itself. His teams play great football and has achieved largely success throughout his career. Unlucky not to go straight up with MK Dons, Peterborough and Leicester were a cut above that season. Took West Brom into the Premier League and was doing alright with them when he got the sack. Would be an incredible appointment if the club made it happen. I think some on here don't share MB's ambition

 

[horshambees]

Forster's a top bloke and has done well here with a mediocre squad. It is of course questionable how much of that is down to Warburton. He will be a decent manager one day but it is NOT the right time here for either party. Considering the weight of expectation for next season, it would be wrong to give Nicky that responsibility... and that budget.

I can't believe some here would turn down Di Matteo for Forster. His record speaks for itself.






His teams play great football and has achieved largely success throughout his career. Unlucky not to go straight up with MK Dons, Peterborough and Leicester were a cut above that season. Took West Brom into the Premier League and was doing alright with them when he got the sack. Would be an incredible appointment if the club made it happen. I think some on here don't share MB's ambition

 

[Sheerwater Bee]

thanks !

:moo:

Can you tell us more, this must have slipped the GPG newsnet

Apparantly there's a chance he might be our new manager. Wouldn't that be great.....

 

[horshambees]

Bloody touch screen phones.Agree with ambrose although im in the Forster camp initally.Opportunities do not come around that often where a man like di Matteo are available.We must take this one on board and hope Fozzy stays to reach his aim of 200 league goals.

 

[Bill Benn]

Forster's a top bloke and has done well here with a mediocre squad. It is of course questionable how much of that is down to Warburton. He will be a decent manager one day but it is NOT the right time here for either party. Considering the weight of expectation for next season, it would be wrong to give Nicky that responsibility... and that budget.

I can't believe some here would turn down Di Matteo for Forster. His record speaks for itself. His teams play great football and has achieved largely success throughout his career. Unlucky not to go straight up with MK Dons, Peterborough and Leicester were a cut above that season. Took West Brom into the Premier League and was doing alright with them when he got the sack. Would be an incredible appointment if the club made it happen. I think some on here don't share MB's ambition

How do you know Di Matteo is on Mr Benhams list,its only based on 1 story in a rag just like the Boothroyd one last week.I expect ALL on here would share MB's ambitions so don't accuse fans of lacking ambition just because they don't share the same view as you.What ever way you look at it he failed in the play offs and got the sack from West Brom after they went on a poor run and they were in free fall untill Woy came along and has turned them round.

 

[blunstone]

If appointing Forster is "going down the same road" as Scott and involves a promotion followed by stabilisation in the league above, you certainly wouldn't get any complaints from me!

post of the month alex - post of the month!!!!

 

[vcmazz]

I can't believe some here would turn down Di Matteo for Forster. His record speaks for itself.

His record is irrelevant. Roy Hodgson's record spoke for itself. And then it stopped speaking at Anfield. Horses for courses. Who's to say there's not a manager in the Conference that we've never heard of, who would come in and get us promoted where Di Matteo might fail? Perhaps Di Matteo is the answer, perhaps he isn't. The truth is nobody knows :shrug:.

 

[Bill Benn]

His record is irrelevant. Roy Hodgson's record spoke for itself. And then it stopped speaking at Anfield. Horses for courses. Who's to say there's not a manager in the Conference that we've never heard of, who would come in and get us promoted where Di Matteo might fail? Perhaps Di Matteo is the answer, perhaps he isn't. The truth is nobody knows :shrug:.

With you.

 

[Niyx]

His record is irrelevant. Roy Hodgson's record spoke for itself. And then it stopped speaking at Anfield. Horses for courses. Who's to say there's not a manager in the Conference that we've never heard of, who would come in and get us promoted where Di Matteo might fail? Perhaps Di Matteo is the answer, perhaps he isn't. The truth is nobody knows :shrug:.

It's a bit like comparing mortality rates in hospitals. People are obsessed with records

Some people would prefer a hospital with a low mortality rate before undergoing heart surgery for example.

At the end of the day, when your numbers up, your numbers up.

Whether we end up with a top consultant or Dr Harold Shipman, you takes ya chances.

 

[south coast bees]

With you.

Get a room, lol

 

[scruff puppy pup]

Di Matteo will be a massive appointment and will transform the way we play. Eddie Newton as assistant and Nicky Forster somewhere in the backroom staff will grab my vote. :banana:

What's special about Eddie Newton?
In both his managerial jobs, Di Matteo has taken over clubs that had a lot already in place. He's done okay, but I wouldn't anyway compare him with Gus Poyet, who has really proved himself.
He's a 'name.' Sometimes that works, sometimes it doesn't.
I'm on the fence about him. Not going to get too excited about this.

 

[longdistancebee]

His record is irrelevant. Roy Hodgson's record spoke for itself. And then it stopped speaking at Anfield. Horses for courses. Who's to say there's not a manager in the Conference that we've never heard of, who would come in and get us promoted where Di Matteo might fail? Perhaps Di Matteo is the answer, perhaps he isn't. The truth is nobody knows :shrug:.

The comments that Poyet or Warnock could just as easily fail at GP as be successful elsewhere are very valid. Hodgson had an arguably better squad at Liverpool yet it is with the (probably) more lowly Baggies that he is getting back to winning ways. So the point that "you never know" is valid, except for that we have alreay seen what NF can do, and, by and large, it doesnt really look like he has - at the moment - the skills we need. This squad should be good, yet he has had some very mixed fortunes and, frankly, a tactical and man-managerial disaster at Wembley. Appointing him would be a mistake, in my view. We have had the advanatage of seeing what he can do so the "you never know" clause doesnt apply here. We do know, and it is not quite what Brentford FC needs, right now.

 

[twickersbee]

Nicky Forster has got the team playing good football. He has taken 26 points from his 15 league matches in charge. He has turned the team round from the position we were in when AS left.
On our form since Forster took over we would be sitting in a play off position now. It really feels that Nicky Forster has earned the right to manage our football team. He should be given a one year contract at the end of the season and then supported to build a team that plays football in the way that we have seen since he has taken charge. It's great to have our club attached to big names but since taking over Nicky Forster has proven himself to be the man to lead our club forward. Let's continue with Nicky Forster and continue to enjoy a good team playing well. Three points against Colchester this afternoon and lets see how high up the table we can finish this season....

 

[brooks]

This is not a good squad and to criticise Forster for not getting them to achieve more is absurd as is complaining about the errors he's made after being thrown into the job at short notice. I expect him to make errors in judgment and I expect him to learn from them. No-one knows what he is capable of if he has the opportunity to form his own squad. I would like to see him given the opportunity. He seems to care about the club and he has a strong affinity with it. Rather him than another 'Butcher' scenario.

 

[horshambees]

Nicky Forster has got the team playing good football. He has taken 26 points from his 15 league matches in charge. He has turned the team round from the position we were in when AS left.
On our form since Forster took over we would be sitting in a play off position now. It really feels that Nicky Forster has earned the right to manage our football team. He should be given a one year contract at the end of the season and then supported to build a team that plays football in the way that we have seen since he has taken charge. It's great to have our club attached to big names but since taking over Nicky Forster has proven himself to be the man to lead our club forward. Let's continue with Nicky Forster and continue to enjoy a good team playing well. Three points against Colchester this afternoon and lets see how high up the table we can finish this season....

Agree with a lot of what you say about Fozzy,but the problem is that Warburton has applied for the job too.What if Warburton gets the gig over Fozzy? what if Fozzy gets the gig over Warburton? who would be eachothers backroom staff? I do know that Fozzy would like to appoint his own staff and I have no doubt Warburton would like his own aswell.One of these twocouldill be at GP next season in their current capacity,but which one?

 

[horshambees]

Nicky Forster has got the team playing good football. He has taken 26 points from his 15 league matches in charge. He has turned the team round from the position we were in when AS left.
On our form since Forster took over we would be sitting in a play off position now. It really feels that Nicky Forster has earned the right to manage our football team. He should be given a one year contract at the end of the season and then supported to build a team that plays football in the way that we have seen since he has taken charge. It's great to have our club attached to big names but since taking over Nicky Forster has proven himself to be the man to lead our club forward. Let's continue with Nicky Forster and continue to enjoy a good team playing well. Three points against Colchester this afternoon and lets see how high up the table we can finish this season....

Agree with a lot of what you say about Fozzy,but the problem is that Warburton has applied for the job too.What if Warburton gets the gig over Fozzy? what if Fozzy gets the gig over Warburton? who would be eachothers backroom staff? I do know that Fozzy would like to appoint his own staff and I have no doubt Warburton would like his own aswell.One of these two could be at GP next season in their current capacity,but which one? As for Di Matteo,newspaper talk?,he might not want either of them!! but as he seems to have been approached by BFC the package offered to him may well incorporate the current crew.

 

[longdistancebee]

This is not a good squad and to criticise Forster for not getting them to achieve more is absurd as is complaining about the errors he's made after being thrown into the job at short notice. I expect him to make errors in judgment and I expect him to learn from them. No-one knows what he is capable of if he has the opportunity to form his own squad. I would like to see him given the opportunity. He seems to care about the club and he has a strong affinity with it. Rather him than another 'Butcher' scenario.

So do I, and i dont know about you, but i would like a manager from whom we dont expect errors. We will probably get some, but i wouldn't want to start off expecting mistakes. And i am not being pedantic here - i really mean it. I want a manager about whom we can say, Wow - this guy should be good. Not about whom we say, well, it's bound to go wrong at some point.

 

[brooks]

So do I, and i dont know about you, but i would like a manager from whom we dont expect errors. We will probably get some, but i wouldn't want to start off expecting mistakes. And i am not being pedantic here - i really mean it. I want a manager about whom we can say, Wow - this guy should be good. Not about whom we say, well, it's bound to go wrong at some point.

Quote: 'To expect too much is to have a sentimental view of life and this is a softness that ends in bitterness.'

 

[bexleyheat]

Steve Coppell will be at Bees -v-Colchester. Info. obtained from the bar at his golf club while he was having his after round meal. Food for thought?

 

[twickersbee]

It's a shame that Warburton has applied too as the Forster/Warburton management team are doing a good job and Horshambees your right whoever does not get the job is likely to be upset and may choose not to continue working at BFC. I would choose Nicky Forster, he is a Brentford man and seams to be the one behind our current change in fortunes. NF may have made some errors in judgement this season and your right it's inevitable and it's how we come back from those that is important. If Di Matteo gets the post and if the board have approached him then he would appear to be the prefered candidate, I wonder how he will work with having a coaching staff given to him rather than being the opportunity to select his own crew? If Di Matteo is recruited then he also will make some errors in judgement, what football manager has not? A lot of people thought TB would be good but look what happened. It does feel to me that all be it over a brief period of time Fozzy has demonstrated his management potential and I would urge the board to consider that seriously when choosing the next manager of our football club...

 

[West Wilts Bee]

There is not a manager on this planet that does not or will not make a mistake. The fact of the matter is Forster has got a lot more out of this squad than that useless article Scott ever did. But lets face it , if you treat people like sh*t you will not get a good response. Nicky deserves alot of credit for what he has done, and whatever happens I hope he is included in our future management team in one way or another. I have to say I am glad that things have been kept upstairs re the new manager as usually thing have already leaked out. I do not envy the board on this difficult decision, but what ever happens I will be 100% behind the board and manager whoever it may be.

 

[The Pipe]

I wont be sulking, I'll just be incredulous at the appointment of another rookie manager, I did not want Andy Scott appointed in the first place and felt he should have been shown the door along with that cretin Butcher but to give him his due he stopped the slide out of the football league and got us out of league 2 at his first attempt followed by a respectable 9th placing in league 1 but the lack of experience began to show in his 2nd season in League 1 and he totally lost the plot, we're just going down the same road if NF is appointed on a full time basis how anyone, supporter or God forbid somebody actually involved in the actual appointment can have this "Give him a go and see how he gets on" attitude over anyone with proven managerial experience is beyond me, I wouldn't even bring this sort of judgement to the saturday morning under 9's team.

But here lies the difficulty and I dont think its quite "give him a go and see how he gets on" rather based on how he has performed with a distinctly under performing squad since taking over the reins and also how he has interacted with the board and his plans and aspirations for the future.

The prospect of Demateo as manager is exciting and send out a strong message that we are a club that has ambitions and is going places, however the cost will most likeley be high and as with NF and virtually every other manager bar the chosen one produces absolutely no guarantee of success. This is a very important time in teh clubs History and I would hope that we have the ambition to really go for it next term, however this will depend upon the budget available to any manager as we have a significant playing staff already sitting on contracts which we are obliged to honour. I do not envy the board as if they go the pragmatic way they are likely to be accused of lack of ambition wheras if they go the expensive way and it goes tits up they will be accused of mismanaging the finances, headache on teh horizon abee!!!

Whoever they appoint I hope that next season we will see something that has been missing for many years at GP and that is a team capable of passing the ball through the opposition and creating ( and scoring) goals.

 

[blunstone]

and a few more bums on seats.

at the moment we are playing to very small crowds.

 

[wanderer paul]

Agree with a lot of what you say about Fozzy,but the problem is that Warburton has applied for the job too.What if Warburton gets the gig over Fozzy? what if Fozzy gets the gig over Warburton? who would be eachothers backroom staff? I do know that Fozzy would like to appoint his own staff and I have no doubt Warburton would like his own aswell.One of these twocouldill be at GP next season in their current capacity,but which one?

But has Warburton applied on "his own"? It just says NF and MW are in the interview process. As a pair? All I will say is, MW takes the training and coaches the players, his is the voice at training. NF watches on the side and gets involved in the small sided games. Who is the real influence on the side? Whose tactics are employed at matches? More to think about.

 

[blunstone]

hmmmmmm interesting post paul.

 

[horshambees]

But has Warburton applied on "his own"? It just says NF and MW are in the interview process. As a pair? All I will say is, MW takes the training and coaches the players, his is the voice at training. NF watches on the side and gets involved in the small sided games. Who is the real influence on the side? Whose tactics are employed at matches? More to think about.

Thats the point,is it two applications or a joint one? im led to beleive its two,but taking Andrew Mills statement could lead you either way.Clarification on the runners and riders could help us,but I feel the board will not do that.On who is more influential,i would say MW at a guess just through experience at WFC albeit wit U/14 to U/19s.I feel that if NF applied for a job elsewhere lets say for arguements sake at Gillingham,if Hess got the sack,he would be applying on his own.

 

[vcmazz]

This squad should be good, yet he has had some very mixed fortunes and, frankly, a tactical and man-managerial disaster at Wembley. Appointing him would be a mistake, in my view. We have had the advanatage of seeing what he can do so the "you never know" clause doesnt apply here. We do know, and it is not quite what Brentford FC needs, right now.

I can't agree. This squad is junk. If I've counted right there are 32 players? Of which possibly 6 are good enough to be in a squad mounting a challenge for second tier. So I reckon 'you never know' does apply. But I'd like to know what Nicky's plans for the squad would be. I'd like to see him get 'his own' season, but only if he intends to offload the dead wood (and it would have to be one hell of a bonfire) and bring in players of his own choice. If he is largely happy with the squad as it is then I'm more inclined to agree that it ain't going to work.

 

[Hullbee]

Glen Hoddle nailed on apparently announcement next week

 

[djheavens]

Rubbish!

 

[Ambrose_1889]

Glen Hoddle nailed on apparently announcement next week

Says who?

 

[1markbee]

Was any other boss-to-be spotted at GP today?

 

[GP200]

.......yep.........Paul USA............

 

[North London Bee]

Coppell, Martin Allen, Nigel Adkins, Dave Bassett

 

[Banana]

If Di Matteo's been invited for an interview then we are heading in the right direction. I hope Coppell's been invited too....and accepted

 

[sonofabee]

So far this evening the names mentioned are Di Matteo, Hoddle and Coppell, and with no disrespect hope that they are the type we're interviewing in front of the likes of Johnson, Still, Hill, Tisdale and Buckle

 

[walkerbee]

Coppell, Martin Allen, Nigel Adkins, Dave Bassett

thought about him a few days ago... would be a brilliant appointment but alas we are a few months too late... could have tempted him away from scunny but probably not southampton...

 

[Theobee]

I know that the initial motivation for the players was a Wembley appearance but I think a lot credit needs to be given to the Board for:-

a) Bringing Mark Warburton in to take over the training / coaching, fresh ideas were needed and he delivered with an instant transformation.

b) Using Nicky Forster to balance the books, I don’t know what sort a settlement was made to AS / TB, Lump Sum or were they still being paid until AS got the Rotherham Job?

Maybe the reason we are now able to interview for new Manager.

Well done to Nicky for using KOC, GA, & CM to help meet the targets of Safety & Wembley, things looked rosy up to Sheff. Wed., unfortunately, Saunders came on as a late sub, scored his first league goal of the season in off the post from a free kick and celebrated all over NF on the halfway line which maybe swayed his selection for the Final.

Changing a winning team by dropping Bean and playing Reed in a deeper role just to accommodate Sunders at Wembley was a big mistake and showed up NF’s managerial inexperience to me, so depends on how quick he learns.

Personally hope the Board make the right choice and get an experienced manager to take us forward but also think Nicky and Mark could still have positive roles to play at BFC.

 

[Theobee]

But has Warburton applied on "his own"? It just says NF and MW are in the interview process. As a pair? All I will say is, MW takes the training and coaches the players, his is the voice at training. NF watches on the side and gets involved in the small sided games. Who is the real influence on the side? Whose tactics are employed at matches? More to think about.

I had same thoughts.

Frank McLintock was manager of Brentford between 1984 and 1987 with John Docherty as coach, but they had much better success when Docherty was manager and McLintock the coach at Millwall, helping the club gain promotion to the old Division One until they were sacked in February 1990..

Who could say the current reversed roles wouldn’t work? :shrug:

 

[sonofabee]

I had same thoughts.

Frank McLintock was manager of Brentford between 1984 and 1987 with John Docherty as coach, but they had much better success when Docherty was manager and McLintock the coach at Millwall, helping the club gain promotion to the old Division One until they were sacked in February 1990..


Who could say the current reversed roles wouldn’t work? :shrug:

You seem to be in the know, pure speculation from a long term fan or have you inside information?

 

[seanrs]

Summing up all the posts to date it would be fair to say that no one candidate stands head and shoulders above any other. Whoever we end up appointing its going to be a risk and the decision isn't going to please everyone.

Thing to remember is even if the decision is unpopular doesn't mean to say the wrong choice has been made. For example, how many raised eyebrows were there when Allen was appointed first time round.

Thinking about some of the more popular choices:

-Gary Johnson: He got my vote but is now in grave danger of taking Northampton into the Conference. Has he lost his way as a manager or is it just wrong club wrong time?

-Curbishley, Hoddle, Hughton: Great credentials but no experience (or recent experience) of lower leagues

-Allen, Coppell: Good choices IMO but there is always the old saying never go back, it aint always so good second time round. Howard Kendall at Everton was a prime example of this.

-John Still/Keith Hill: Both have done wonders without any funds but how would they get on with funds? It needs different qualities.

All of this may sound a bit negative but in truth I wouldn't mind seeing any of the above given the job. Personally, i've reached the stage where I'm just thinking about who I don't want (e.g. Boothroyd) and am open minded about who should get the job.

 

[Sweepy]

If Di Matteo's been invited for an interview then we are heading in the right direction. I hope Coppell's been invited too....and accepted

You might want to take a screen grab of this post.... because I agree with you totally 100%. Coppell is now my first choice (I am assuming he wants to manage still) and Di Matteo is my close second. I think Fozzy has done alright so far, but I strongly favour these other two.

 

[Theobee]

You seem to be in the know, pure speculation from a long term fan or have you inside information?

I’m not in the know, speculating or have inside information but I‘m a long term suffering fan with my own views.

 

[sonofabee]

I’m not in the know, speculating or have inside information but I‘m a long term suffering fan with my own views.

Fair do's, just strange as exactly what a few of us talked about at the game today, sure that Warburton will be involved in some capacity next season and possibly better credentials than NF for the role. Still hope that we land someone with a proven track record and really hope that names like Coppell, Hoddle and Di Matteo are among the interviewee, shows that we are an attractive prospect.

 

[absenteebee]

re warburton/forster swapping roles... i also remember a time when billy bonds was West 'Am manager and had some bloke called Arry Redknapp as his assistant/coach. lots of whispers came out of teh club how Arry was a bigger influence than bonds. Arry then went on to have quite a good career as a boss.

 

[absenteebee]

hoddle? really? would he give up his spanish project? or, would they all get transferred to TW8? also, would that mean we give a job to graham rix again?

must agree with those who have commented on the calibre of who we are now being linked with (except boothroyd) compared to previous occasions. think this bodes well whoever gets the job.

 

[Mick.C]

Hoddle is certainly heightening his profile, in the West Country last week, he was being linked by local radio to the Swindon job. Hoddle himself said he was more interested in making his academy more high profile than taking the Swindon job.

Hmmm - wonder if Hoddle would be enticed for an interview if the role was to include overseeing MB's vision of a academy project and bolting on his Spanish venture? Just a thought...