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  • Thread starter Scooby Blue
  • Start date Mar 1, 2017
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Scooby Blue

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  • Mar 1, 2017
  • #1
For better or worse, I think there's every reason to think Sam Ricketts is being lined up as the successor to Slade. That being the case I would like to think our owners would get rid of Slade now and give Ricketts the job until the end of the season. If he shows no signs of being up to the job at least we can then start looking for somebody fresh come the Summer! No point giving him the job in league 2 if he shows no aptitude for it.
 
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steve82

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  • Mar 1, 2017
  • #2
Scooby Blue said:
For better or worse, I think there's every reason to think Sam Ricketts is being lined up as the successor to Slade. That being the case I would like to think our owners would get rid of Slade now and give Ricketts the job until the end of the season. If he shows no signs of being up to the job at least we can then start looking for somebody fresh come the Summer! No point giving him the job in league 2 if he shows no aptitude for it.
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I agree. If that change is happening do now.
 

ajsccfc

Well-Known Member
  • Mar 1, 2017
  • #3
If we install a new manager now it has to be for next season rather than what remains of this shitshow. Nobody's turning this around now so it'd be a waste of time to judge anyone on it.

If it's Ricketts or whoever, give them the freedom of not being judged on what they do until their job starts properly in August.
 
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better days

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  • Mar 1, 2017
  • #4
He's a good bloke who cares about the club and is trying to help our younger players improve
Won't know if he'll make a good manager until he tries but has looked after the U23's in recent games
 
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We'll_live_and_die

Super Moderator
  • Mar 1, 2017
  • #5
I know it's all the talk on here, but where does this rumour come from?
 

stevefloyd

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  • Mar 1, 2017
  • #6
From Sam Ricketts
 
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We'll_live_and_die

Super Moderator
  • Mar 1, 2017
  • #7
What he's come out and said I'm lined up to be the next manager?
 
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Liquid Gold

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  • Mar 1, 2017
  • #8
First I've heard of it...
 

covcity4life

Well-Known Member
  • Mar 1, 2017
  • #9
ajsccfc said:
If we install a new manager now it has to be for next season rather than what remains of this shitshow. Nobody's turning this around now so it'd be a waste of time to judge anyone on it.

If it's Ricketts or whoever, give them the freedom of not being judged on what they do until their job starts properly in August.
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we cant give up! win 5 in a row and who knows

get rid of slade asap
 
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Scooby Blue

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  • Mar 1, 2017
  • #10
To be clear this isn't a rumour but I think it's a move that SISU would likely make. He's already involved in the youth set up which is primarily going to be what any manager next season has to work with realistically. He would be the affordable option and would be be presented as the club 'building for the future'. Whoever is in charge next season has to hit the ground running if we want to ensure that our league 2 tour doesn't become a tour of non-league grounds. If we are going to go with an inexperienced (cheap) option next year it would make sense to get them in now and see how they get on. If we drop too many points in the first 10 games next year because we've employed somebody who's not up to the job then it could be a very slippy slope.
 
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Otis

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  • Mar 1, 2017
  • #11
Scooby Blue said:
To be clear this isn't a rumour but I think it's a move that SISU would likely make. He's already involved in the youth set up which is primarily going to be what any manager next season has to work with realistically. He would be the affordable option and would be be presented as the club 'building for the future'. Whoever is in charge next season has to hit the ground running if we want to ensure that our league 2 tour doesn't become a tour of non-league grounds. If we are going to go with an inexperienced (cheap) option next year it would make sense to get them in now and see how they get on. If we drop too many points in the first 10 games next year because we've employed somebody who's not up to the job then it could be a very slippy slope.
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Yep. Agree with all that.
 

clint van damme

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  • Mar 1, 2017
  • #12
If tit meant getting rid of slade I would happily let a loaf of bread take charge of the first team.
 

trevelfarandwide

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  • Mar 1, 2017
  • #13
covcity4life said:
we cant give up! win 5 in a row and who knows

get rid of slade asap
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I admire your optimism, however it's unlikely. Unless Slade goes before the next game and we have a Richter-scale seismic bounce that doesn't stop for 10 games or so.

I agree, hope is never lost, we're still not relegated however if something dramatic doesn't happen before the weekend, there is no source for the serious amount of belief/togetherness that is required.

If Slade goes, maybe. With him, we go down, without him (and with the aforementioned factors apparent) there is a sliver of hope.
 
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Otis

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  • Mar 1, 2017
  • #14
I wonder if this experienced player is still coming in at the end of this week.
 

fernandopartridge

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  • Mar 1, 2017
  • #15
Despite the unfair flack he took from the experts on here. Having a donkey like Clarke really demonstrates what a decent player Ricketts was.
 
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shmmeee

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  • Mar 1, 2017
  • #16
The answer isn't going to come from within the club. Need a new broom. And a new sweeper. And a new building to sweep.
 

steve82

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  • Mar 1, 2017
  • #17
shmmeee said:
The answer isn't going to come from within the club. Need a new broom. And a new sweeper. And a new building to sweep.
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This old broom.... needs 11 new heads and a new handle
 
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rupert_bear

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  • Mar 1, 2017
  • #18
fernandopartridge said:
Despite the unfair flack he took from the experts on here. Having a donkey like Clarke really demonstrates what a decent player Ricketts was.
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In fairness to Ricketts initially he wasn't that bad but his legs were obviously going plus he got pissed about a bit playing both full back positions as well as centre half.

As for Slade if he is still manager the next home match I think he'll get merciless stick.
 

Otis

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  • Mar 1, 2017
  • #19
I thought Ricketts was excellent at first. Cool, calm, collected and good at organising the defence.

By the end though his legs had indeed clearly gone and he was getting skinned and started to make lots of mistakes.
 

stevefloyd

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  • Mar 2, 2017
  • #20
clint van damme said:
If tit meant getting rid of slade I would happily let a loaf of bread take charge of the first team.
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Baker?
 
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clint van damme

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  • Mar 2, 2017
  • #21
stevefloyd said:
Baker?
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Warburton!
 
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robbiekeane

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  • Mar 2, 2017
  • #22
stevefloyd said:
Baker?
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Walter Kingsmill - Wikipedia

Walter Kingsmill?
 

Gint11

Well-Known Member
  • Mar 2, 2017
  • #23
Why Sam Ricketts??? He's never managed. We don't need rookies. We need experience and know how.


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Otis

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  • Mar 2, 2017
  • #24
You may have missed it, Gint, but it has been mentioned several times on here. People are only saying Ricketts because that is who they think it will be, not because it is who they want it to be.
 
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Nick

Administrator
  • Mar 2, 2017
  • #25
Has Ricketts said he wants to do it? Where's it come from?
 
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AlansEyes

Well-Known Member
  • Mar 2, 2017
  • #26
We're stuck on the managerial merry-go-round. We've tried rookie ex players, managers with top flight experience, managers that have been success in the lower leagues. Unfortunately, we're now such an unattractive prospect that we'll just have to keep taking punts until someone finally succeeds.
 

Gint11

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  • Mar 3, 2017
  • #27
AlansEyes said:
We're stuck on the managerial merry-go-round. We've tried rookie ex players, managers with top flight experience, managers that have been success in the lower leagues. Unfortunately, we're now such an unattractive prospect that we'll just have to keep taking punts until someone finally succeeds.
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We are not unattractive though are we? We should be with the mess the clubs in but there were between 50-100 applications previously.


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BigadamL

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  • Mar 3, 2017
  • #28
Gint11 said:
We are not unattractive though are we? We should be with the mess the clubs in but there were between 50-100 applications previously.


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and we still end up with the prat in the hat
 

ceetee

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  • Mar 3, 2017
  • #29
Otis said:
You may have missed it, Gint, but it has been mentioned several times on here. People are only saying Ricketts because that is who they think it will be, not because it is who they want it to be.
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..... and wasn't Slade the manager with lower league experience and knowhow that lots of people wanted
 
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Otis

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  • Mar 3, 2017
  • #30
ceetee said:
..... and wasn't Slade the manager with lower league experience and knowhow that lots of people wanted
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He was.

He should have been exactly what we needed.
 
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AlansEyes

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  • Mar 3, 2017
  • #31
Gint11 said:
We are not unattractive though are we? We should be with the mess the clubs in but there were between 50-100 applications previously.


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Well, we're certainly less attractive now then we were when the job last became available. I'd also imagine that a good chunk of those 50-100 applicants would be in the 'taking a punt' category.
 
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