search
Sign in
  • chevron_right Threads
  • label Football

The managerial merry-go-round

Russ
2 May 2023
chat_bubble_outline 1.0K
first_page chevron_left
chevron_right last_page
first_page chevron_left
chevron_right last_page
  • link
    noodle
    Squad 999 posts
    12 Aug 2024, 12:13 p.m. 12 Aug 2024, 12:13 p.m.
    link

    Preston and their manager have decided that parting company one game into the season is best for everyone.

  • link
    KarlMark
    Squad 227 posts
    12 Aug 2024, 12:44 p.m. 12 Aug 2024, 12:44 p.m.
    link
    @noodle has written:

    Preston and their manager have decided that parting company one game into the season is best for everyone.

    Must be a record? When I saw that Peter Ridsdale was involved I was not surprised. Allow a manager a full pre-season, bring in new signings and then sack him after one match against promotion favourites. Although Ridsdale hasn't failed upwards, he has certainly failed into a succession of roles since Leeds.

    As this looks like a decision taken after a poorish finish to last season, you'd have thought that May would have been the right time. Not Ridsdale though.

  • link
    Sean
    Squad 2034 posts
    12 Aug 2024, 12:53 p.m. 12 Aug 2024, 12:53 p.m.
    link

    Wasn't Ridsdale actually disqualified as a company director at one point due to his (alleged) sketchy dealings at Caerdydd? Or did I make that up?

  • link
    BrettWilliams
    Squad 2214 posts
    12 Aug 2024, 1:40 p.m. 12 Aug 2024, 1:40 p.m.
    link
    @noodle has written:

    Preston and their manager have decided that parting company one game into the season is best for everyone.

    Just checked, and they lost 2-0 at home to a side relegated from the Premier League. Presume something else must be going on because a sacking after one game in those circumstances is bonkers.

  • link
    Russ
    Squad 6436 posts
    12 Aug 2024, 2:24 p.m. 12 Aug 2024, 2:24 p.m.
    link

    It sounds like Lowe actually resigned rather than the club sacking him, apparently he tried to resign a little while back and Ridsdale talked him out of it.

  • link
    Dean
    Squad 181 posts
    12 Aug 2024, 2:25 p.m. 12 Aug 2024, 2:25 p.m.
    link
    @BrettWilliams has written:
    @noodle has written:

    Preston and their manager have decided that parting company one game into the season is best for everyone.

    Just checked, and they lost 2-0 at home to a side relegated from the Premier League. Presume something else must be going on because a sacking after one game in those circumstances is bonkers.

    It was their 6th loss in a row without scoring a goal, but you would have thought end of last season was the time not first game of this

  • link
    Brid
    Squad 594 posts
    12 Aug 2024, 5:57 p.m. 12 Aug 2024, 5:57 p.m.
    link

    Well his old job at Argyle will be available soon

    Mangetout, crash, Resident_Alien and 2 other users like this.

    favorite 5

  • link
    Russ
    Squad 6436 posts
    14 Aug 2024, 7:41 p.m. 14 Aug 2024, 7:41 p.m.
    link

    Paul Yorkshirebottom is the favourite for the Preston job.

  • link
    Sean
    Squad 2034 posts
    15 Aug 2024, 12:36 p.m. 15 Aug 2024, 12:36 p.m.
    link
    @Russ has written:

    USMNT have turned their attention to Mauricio Pochettino.

    Looks like they've got him.

    www.nytimes.com/athletic/5702243/2024/08/15/mauricio-pochettino-usmnt-head-coach?source=user-shared-article

  • link
    Russ
    Squad 6436 posts
    3 Sep 2024, 9:52 p.m. 3 Sep 2024, 9:52 p.m.
    link
    @Russ has written:

    Steve Bruce is in talks to become the new head coach of Jamaica.

    Update: Steve Bruce is now the new manager of Blackpool. Like Jamaica, it has beaches and sea and drunk tourists. Unlike Jamaica, everything else.

    Loafer likes this.

    favorite 1

  • link
    Ingo
    Squad 2647 posts
    4 Sep 2024, 6:35 a.m. 4 Sep 2024, 6:35 a.m.
    link

    Maybe his wife didn't want to go.

    Sean, Dave_Rave and Lessred like this.

    favorite 3

  • link
    tricky
    Board 7350 posts
    4 Sep 2024, 9:16 a.m. 4 Sep 2024, 9:16 a.m.
    link

    Clever. I'm not falling for that, my jokes are bad enough as it is.

  • link
    Sean
    Squad 2034 posts
    4 Sep 2024, 9:26 a.m. 4 Sep 2024, 9:26 a.m.
    link

    Steve Bruce is on a one man crusade to manage every single football league club North of Coventry, in a haphazard fashion, isn't he?

    Has he even ever been past Warwick services southbound? Ever?

  • link
    tricky
    Board 7350 posts
    4 Sep 2024, 9:31 a.m. 4 Sep 2024, 9:31 a.m.
    link

    Surprised he's not been elevated to the house of lords by now, for services to destroying football.

    'ull.

  • link
    Sean
    Squad 2034 posts
    4 Sep 2024, 9:42 a.m. 4 Sep 2024, 9:42 a.m.
    link
    @tricky has written:

    Surprised he's not been elevated to the house of lords by now, for services to destroying football.

    'ull.

    Still not south of Warick services, southbound, albeit geographically, relative to the rest of the island of Great Britain, in adifferent part of the country.

  • link
    SWT
    Squad 180 posts
    4 Sep 2024, 11:24 a.m. 4 Sep 2024, 11:24 a.m.
    link
    @Sean has written:

    Steve Bruce is on a one man crusade to manage every single football league club North of Coventry, in a haphazard fashion, isn't he?

    Has he even ever been past Warwick services southbound? Ever?

    Played for Gillingham and managed Palace, so... probably?

first_page chevron_left
chevron_right last_page
arrow_upward Go to top
  • Return to Home
  • Turnstile
  • Turdle
  • Talkdash
  • Terms of service
The Daily Cut and Thrust at trentend.uk powered by misago