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41  The Hotel End / Cobblers Corner / Re: Plymouth at home Tuesday 02.03.21 on: March 02, 2021, 23:26:03 pm
2 goals, a clean sheet and a proper hard fought performance. You never know we might just stay up. Well done to the Brady bunch.
42  The Hotel End / Cobblers Corner / Re: Tractor Boys away Tuesday 16/02/21 on: February 16, 2021, 19:22:19 pm
Harrop and Roswell, are they the offspring of Jason and Shaun.
43  The Hotel End / Cobblers Corner / Re: New Manager on: February 16, 2021, 15:59:17 pm
I think this is quite a tricky appointment. These are the criteria IMO in order of importance:

1. Someone with sufficient League 1 - or at least football league - experience to keep us up. Personally I'm not convinced that a non-league manager would have sufficient nous to be able to scout League One opposition and work out how to effectively combat their threats. It's just too big a jump IMO, but I would feel differently if we were in League Two. 

The financial ramifications of staying at this level IMO are too great to risk an appointment purely based on potential and long-term vision. We need to appoint someone who has the best chance of keeping us up.

2. Someone who plays a mixture of direct and passing football  If we appoint another hoofball merchant then 0 progress will have been made and we may as well have stuck with Curle. The squad and the fans are crying out for a different approach. However, if we brought in someone who was too much of a purist or someone like JFH with a tendency to over-complicate lower league football then things might lurch to the opposite extreme. I've said before that I personally wouldn't want to watch the type of powerpuff pass-it-to-death football peddled by MK Dongs and neither would I want to endure another proponent of Curleball. The type of football I personally like to watch is a combination of direct play (crosses into the box, physical aggression, the odd ball over the top for pacey forwards to run onto) and passing (overlaps, proper width, strikers laying things off to onrushing midfielders, passing through the midfield). The type of football played by Chris Wilder, in short.

3. Someone with a track record of developing youth players
  There are some talented youngsters at the club who desperately need nurturing: McWilliams, Chucks, Pollock, Seal, Dyche etc. In the post-Covid era when money becomes tight I think youth development is going to become more and more important. I'd love someone to take over who could set up a genuine pathway for us there.

Those personally are my criteria. As I've said before I wouldn't personally be looking at non-league managers right now. One possibility would be to give it to someone experienced on a contract until the end of the season and then look to make another long-term appointment in the summer.

Of the names mentioned so far, I personally like Cook, Flynn and Duff.

             


Bungle,  The Great Graham Carr came from non league as did most of his players and he didn't do so bad.
44  The Hotel End / Cobblers Corner / Re: Thank You Mr Curle on: February 10, 2021, 18:11:17 pm
Agree with the sentiment. Thanks for the promotion but the football, especially since Xmas has been atrocious.
45  The Hotel End / Cobblers Corner / Re: What happens next on: February 10, 2021, 16:00:17 pm
Been a season ticket holder since the late 80's and seen plenty of dross but it's in the blood and will renew.
46  The Hotel End / Cobblers Corner / Re: Wigan at home Tuesday 9th February 2021 REARRANGED on: February 09, 2021, 20:03:31 pm
No chances, no clue. What a shambles. Bye bye curle.
47  The Hotel End / Cobblers Corner / Re: Wigan at home Tuesday 9th February 2021 REARRANGED on: February 09, 2021, 19:49:28 pm
Time to go curle. This is worse than page and jfh put together.
48  The Hotel End / Cobblers Corner / Re: Wigan at home Tuesday 9th February 2021 REARRANGED on: February 09, 2021, 19:02:37 pm
We need fan's back so curle knows exactly what we think of this s***e. I wonder if he'd be here now if it wasn't for covid.
49  The Hotel End / Cobblers Corner / Re: Wigan at home Tuesday 9th February 2021 REARRANGED on: February 09, 2021, 18:57:10 pm
Utter garbage. No shots on target. Epitomised by Rose hoofing the ball out of defense when not a single Cobbler up field. Can't remember a passage of play where we managed three consecutive passes. Unless tactics changed at half-time I can see Wigan winning this, and if they do, KC has to go.

+1 no midfield except for McWilliams. Utter crxp again.
50  The Hotel End / Cobblers Corner / Re: Wigan at home Tuesday 9th February 2021 REARRANGED on: February 09, 2021, 18:35:57 pm
 8)Starting to like kioso, seems to be settling down especially going forward, not so sure on his defensive ability though.
51  The Hotel End / Cobblers Corner / Re: Wigan at home Tuesday 9th February 2021 REARRANGED on: February 09, 2021, 18:22:07 pm
Good to see Mills has picked up where he left off. Hits the first man on his first corner attempt.

He’s a very good wing back though...

I know, we need a dead ball specialist. Oh hang on we had one and let him go. Ahh but he's still available. FFS resign Holmes.
52  The Hotel End / Cobblers Corner / Re: Blackpool away Tuesday 02.02.21 on: February 03, 2021, 06:26:01 am
Pathetic performance.
53  The Hotel End / Cobblers Corner / Re: Blackpool away Tuesday 02.02.21 on: February 02, 2021, 19:15:45 pm
Very poor tonight, no shape and no passion.
54  The Hotel End / Cobblers Corner / Re: Blackpool away Tuesday 02.02.21 on: February 02, 2021, 19:04:22 pm
go into settings/audio rhs bottom of screen and select home.

Thanks cj
55  The Hotel End / Cobblers Corner / Re: Blackpool away Tuesday 02.02.21 on: February 02, 2021, 18:40:58 pm
yeah, whose the pundit? I recognise his voice.

No commentary on mine Huh?
56  The Hotel End / Cobblers Corner / Re: Blackpool away Tuesday 02.02.21 on: February 02, 2021, 18:23:08 pm
FFS.
Blackpool commentary taking **** out of our defending.

You got commentary on ifollow
57  The Hotel End / Cobblers Corner / Re: Blackpool away Tuesday 02.02.21 on: February 02, 2021, 18:20:11 pm
How the xxxx can 2 men on the post let that trickle in.
58  The Hotel End / Cobblers Corner / Re: CURLE OUT. on: January 29, 2021, 20:52:53 pm
There must be a place for Ricky of Holmes now we can pass?
surely!

Fingers crossed
59  The Hotel End / Cobblers Corner / Re: Cod Army away Tuesday 26/01/21 on: January 26, 2021, 13:53:13 pm
Just called Fleetwood and the games definitely on for those wanting to watch on ifollow
60  The Hotel End / Cobblers Corner / Re: New Year 2021 Transfer Window on: January 22, 2021, 21:39:37 pm
FFS, no creative players now. All the best Nicky.
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