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Post by severnbeachline on Dec 29, 2015 12:37:57 GMT
Nah. He said he'd want to get us established in L1 before he thought about moving on and I trust him.
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Post by Bridgeman on Dec 29, 2015 12:49:40 GMT
I think if we'd progressed the UWE stadium he wouldn't consider going anywhere but we are going to be limited in what we can offer him and invest in the team if we were to get promotion to League 1 in our current stadium.
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Post by lockleazer on Dec 29, 2015 15:29:22 GMT
i think the Jan transfer window could be key ... i heard somewhere (much earlier in the season) that if we were in playoff contention at xmas we'd spend resaonable money in early jan and if still in play offs before the end of loan window more cash would be offered for top loan signings... since then talk has been of no cash and possibly selling a few players ... as said above i think if we were to sell the likes of Matty T and ot Tom Lockyer you couldnt blame DC for keeping his options open ... god forbid but there coulsd be a vacancy very close by come new years day evening.. on a big salary with pots to spend ... DC does love the gas you can see that but loving rovers doesnt pay the mortgage ... hard cash does!
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Post by Thatslife on Dec 29, 2015 15:34:45 GMT
DC knows he is still learning his trade and as our manager he is getting the experience he needs to manage a club in a higher league. It would be disastrous for him to move and fail at his new club. Not saying the money wouldn't tempt him and maybe seduce him to move.
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Post by kingswood Polak on Dec 29, 2015 15:51:23 GMT
This is a product where people need money and DC has worked wonders and especially so when you know how he has been hamstrung by the changing budget. I think that if he got a decen offer and from a club better placed, he woukd have to consider it. I for one wouldn't begrudge him that. He is a loyal man and has already dine what he said he woukd do. It's just the nature of the game. He is still young when you consider the average age of managers but it does seem to be getting attention on the way he has achieved here. I woukd hope he will stay but much depends of the case V Sainsburys and the future of the club after that. I think we are in very interesting times indeed, Nick Higgs seems very confident of building the UWE. I hope, for once, his words are not just empty.
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Post by harrybuckle on Dec 29, 2015 20:10:39 GMT
Swindon Town will come looking now ...league one and some fine young players
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Post by gregs on Dec 29, 2015 23:13:18 GMT
They come and they go - we will just move on
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Post by Bridgeman on Dec 29, 2015 23:36:07 GMT
Swindon Town will come looking now ...league one and some fine young players I wouldn't have thought they would come looking for a manager though, Martin Ling seems to have turned things round there now. I know it's all hypothetical but we seem to have a number of players who could do well in League 1 but most of them are out of contract at the end of the season so if we don't go up we could lose a number of them and even if we do go up we could still lose a number of them.
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Post by Bridgeman on Dec 29, 2015 23:52:14 GMT
i think the Jan transfer window could be key ... i heard somewhere (much earlier in the season) that if we were in playoff contention at xmas we'd spend resaonable money in early jan and if still in play offs before the end of loan window more cash would be offered for top loan signings... since then talk has been of no cash and possibly selling a few players ... as said above i think if we were to sell the likes of Matty T and ot Tom Lockyer you couldnt blame DC for keeping his options open ... god forbid but there coulsd be a vacancy very close by come new years day evening.. on a big salary with pots to spend ... DC does love the gas you can see that but loving rovers doesnt pay the mortgage ... hard cash does! Well he wouldn't be the first person to manage both Bristol clubs in their career's. I know we wouldn't him to go to them but there's no reason why he shouldn't, he wants to progress his career and presumably he wouldn't need to move house. C*ty could do far worse than consider Paul Trollope who still has a good reputation in the game and isn't doing too badly with Cardiff or Wales at the moment.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 30, 2015 0:13:33 GMT
Swindon Town will come looking now ...league one and some fine young players I wouldn't have thought they would come looking for a manager though, Martin Ling seems to have turned things round there now. I know it's all hypothetical but we seem to have a number of players who could do well in League 1 but most of them are out of contract at the end of the season so if we don't go up we could lose a number of them and even if we do go up we could still lose a number of them. Martin Ling has quit today, due to health problems.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 30, 2015 0:17:00 GMT
Swindon Town will come looking now ...league one and some fine young players I wouldn't have thought they would come looking for a manager though, Martin Ling seems to have turned things round there now. Martin Ling resigned today due to health reasons. I can see both Clarke and Gary Johnson linked to that job but it's a bit of a poisoned chalice where the media have been banned from attending press conferences there etc.
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Post by chelt_gas on Dec 30, 2015 1:46:35 GMT
Swindon Town will come looking now ...league one and some fine young players I wouldn't have thought they would come looking for a manager though, Martin Ling seems to have turned things round there now. I know it's all hypothetical but we seem to have a number of players who could do well in League 1 but most of them are out of contract at the end of the season so if we don't go up we could lose a number of them and even if we do go up we could still lose a number of them. And there's the issue for any club running on the here and now. The structure of a club needs to account for this where possible. And where it's inevitable.
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Post by brizzle on Dec 30, 2015 13:17:45 GMT
I wouldn't have thought they would come looking for a manager though, Martin Ling seems to have turned things round there now.
Martin Ling resigned today due to health reasons. I can see both Clarke and Gary Johnson linked to that job but it's a bit of a poisoned chalice where the media have been banned from attending press conferences there etc. That's very sad, but it is a tough old game. He had a go it's true, but it was always on the cards that it would end up this way. Good luck to Martin Ling for the future.
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Post by mehewmagic on Dec 30, 2015 21:17:24 GMT
DC is a very principled man and has clearly said he doesn't want to leave until he gets Rovers back to our historic position in the lge, which is top half of Lge 1. I think he sees that as a challenge and a promise.
BUT he's also a bit foolly and I could see a resignation if really pushed on a topic of extreme importance to him.
Personally I think it will be the former.
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Post by brizzle on Dec 31, 2015 13:32:32 GMT
DC is a very principled man and has clearly said he doesn't want to leave until he gets Rovers back to our historic position in the lge, which is top half of Lge 1. I think he sees that as a challenge and a promise. BUT he's also a bit foolly and I could see a resignation if really pushed on a topic of extreme importance to him. Personally I think it will be the former.I agree. The thing is that he's a young manager who is currently doing an excellent job with limited resources in the lower divisions, and I believe that he's fully tuned-in to that. He knows that he has the overwhelming support of both the BoD and the supporters, and he's getting the opportunity to learn his trade knowing that time is very much on his side. Move too quickly (or to too big a club) and he could very easily crash and burn. But as you say he feels a commitment to the club for the forseeable future, so there's no need to panic just yet. I still have nightmares about Gerry Francis Mk I's will he/won't he leave us saga, and I'd hate to start that up all over again unnecessarily. By the way, is your sabbatical over? It's good to see you posting again anyway.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 31, 2015 15:12:14 GMT
Rovers managers don't usually get to leave on their own terms and I don't see that this one is any different.
While we're progressing he hasn't got any reason to leave, and when we stop progressing the fans and board will turn on him anyway.
That's football. In the meantime, if somebody makes him a good offer we'll either have to match it or lose him. But I don't see that the outside world will have thought he's pulled up many trees to get us this far, however well we think he's doing.
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Post by lifesagas on Dec 31, 2015 15:47:56 GMT
The concern I have is that we currently have a young and ambitious Manager who realises the true potential of this club. Ambition and realisation of potential are two things the board have shown little desire to achieve over the years as far as I'm concerned. I can't help thinking that they will be bricking it at the thought of League One football and the investment in the playing side that would require. What happens over the next month will give a good indication. In the mean time at least it should keep any potential new investors interested !
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Post by brizzle on Dec 31, 2015 16:17:53 GMT
The concern I have is that we currently have a young and ambitious Manager who realises the true potential of this club. Ambition and realisation of potential are two things the board have shown little desire to achieve over the years as far as I'm concerned. I can't help thinking that they will be bricking it at the thought of League One football and the investment in the playing side that would require. What happens over the next month will give a good indication. In the mean time at least it should keep any potential new investors interested ! Ah yes, potential new investors. We haven't heard too much about any of them recently, it must be the close season for investors. But I dare say that when the court case resumes in the new year it'll be open season for investors once again.
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Post by mehewmagic on Dec 31, 2015 23:11:25 GMT
DC is a very principled man and has clearly said he doesn't want to leave until he gets Rovers back to our historic position in the lge, which is top half of Lge 1. I think he sees that as a challenge and a promise. BUT he's also a bit foolly and I could see a resignation if really pushed on a topic of extreme importance to him. Personally I think it will be the former.I agree. The thing is that he's a young manager who is currently doing an excellent job with limited resources in the lower divisions, and I believe that he's fully tuned-in to that. He knows that he has the overwhelming support of both the BoD and the supporters, and he's getting the opportunity to learn his trade knowing that time is very much on his side. Move too quickly (or to too big a club) and he could very easily crash and burn. But as you say he feels a commitment to the club for the forseeable future, so there's no need to panic just yet. I still have nightmares about Gerry Francis Mk I's will he/won't he leave us saga, and I'd hate to start that up all over again unnecessarily. By the way, is your sabbatical over? It's good to see you posting again anyway. No, sabbatical not over. Just bored after the rush of December. So quiet everywhere. If I could have gone to a Norwegian forest to let out a few screams i would have done that instead
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Post by kingswood Polak on Jan 1, 2016 16:23:59 GMT
DC is a very principled man and has clearly said he doesn't want to leave until he gets Rovers back to our historic position in the lge, which is top half of Lge 1. I think he sees that as a challenge and a promise. BUT he's also a bit foolly and I could see a resignation if really pushed on a topic of extreme importance to him. Personally I think it will be the former.I agree. The thing is that he's a young manager who is currently doing an excellent job with limited resources in the lower divisions, and I believe that he's fully tuned-in to that. He knows that he has the overwhelming support of both the BoD and the supporters, and he's getting the opportunity to learn his trade knowing that time is very much on his side. Move too quickly (or to too big a club) and he could very easily crash and burn. But as you say he feels a commitment to the club for the forseeable future, so there's no need to panic just yet. I still have nightmares about Gerry Francis Mk I's will he/won't he leave us saga, and I'd hate to start that up all over again unnecessarily. By the way, is your sabbatical over? It's good to see you posting again anyway. What gives you the belief he has the overwhelming support of the BoD ? They have cut his budget and have not exactly been supportive at all.
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