by tomogull » 14 Feb 2017, 23:30
Gullscorer wrote: 13 Feb 2017, 23:24
Those managers with smaller budgets are probably at clubs which are more centrally situated, with a fair number of neighbouring clubs and a bigger choice of players, whereas the Gulls are out in the wild southwest. Players would have to be pretty desperate to choose the Gulls over a nearby club in, say, the southeast or the midlands, in the absence of any tempting financial offers from Plainmoor. Given the Gulls' circumstances over the past few years, I doubt that any other manager in the land could have done better with the next to zero budget KN was given.
Exactly, Gullscorer - good post.
I haven't had time to check out the managers of the clubs referred to by Merse - i.e. how long the managers have been at the clubs and how settled are things 'behind the scenes'. I wonder if any of the players of these clubs have to drive themselves to away matches, or alternatively, if the manager has to drive them by minibus? I am not saying that Nicholson is the best manager in the league, far from it. He is in his first full season at a club which is an absolute shambles off-field, about as low as it can get without going into liquidation. He is learning on the job and, hopefully, learning from mistakes.
He's on a three year contract. If the club is still struggling in his third season, that will be the time to say "Sorry, Kev, it isn't working". I think if the club stabilises off-field, Nico will turn things around on the field. One of the six clubs Merse refers to is Eastleigh. For all their £££s, chopping and changing managers at least once a season hasn't helped them, has it?
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Those managers with smaller budgets are probably at clubs which are more centrally situated, with a fair number of neighbouring clubs and a bigger choice of players, whereas the Gulls are out in the wild southwest. Players would have to be pretty desperate to choose the Gulls over a nearby club in, say, the southeast or the midlands, in the absence of any tempting financial offers from Plainmoor. Given the Gulls' circumstances over the past few years, I doubt that any other manager in the land could have done better with the next to zero budget KN was given.
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Exactly, Gullscorer - good post. :clap: I haven't had time to check out the managers of the clubs referred to by Merse - i.e. how long the managers have been at the clubs and how settled are things 'behind the scenes'. I wonder if any of the players of these clubs have to drive themselves to away matches, or alternatively, if the manager has to drive them by minibus? I am not saying that Nicholson is the best manager in the league, far from it. He is in his first full season at a club which is an absolute shambles off-field, about as low as it can get without going into liquidation. He is learning on the job and, hopefully, learning from mistakes.
He's on a three year contract. If the club is still struggling in his third season, that will be the time to say "Sorry, Kev, it isn't working". I think if the club stabilises off-field, Nico will turn things around on the field. One of the six clubs Merse refers to is Eastleigh. For all their £££s, chopping and changing managers at least once a season hasn't helped them, has it?
