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What about Dave Challinor of AFC Fylde? Been there throughout their upward curve (since 2011), four promotions (one of which with Colwyn Bay prior) and no relegations to his CV. Only 42.
Fylde are by far division top scorers on 73 goals for (51 against), so you know he'd bring an attacking brand of play.
They also sit in 8th place, which whilst impressive, is unlikely to be enough for them to reach league two next season.
Undoubtedly we are the bigger club and could offer him a step up to the football league with a whole summer of recruitment and planning to implement his style.
Thoughts?
I believe Fylde have a "benefactor" behind the scenes who is bank-rolling all of this. Money has been no barrier to them signing players who should have been playing at higher levels. So, the success is difficult to measure. But, good shout, none the less. (Just found this article that explains it...... https://www.thenational.ae/sport/blackpool-the-demise-of-a-club-and-the-rise-of-its-replacements-fleetwood-town-and-afc-fylde-1.169176)
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WasRambo
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Ive no names to add but the preferred profile would be :
Successful at lower level playing attractive football Hungry to prove themself on the next rung up
In every other working environment you promote those with promise. Its about time we gave it a try.
Unless of course, Pep gets bored of City...
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OCoole
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I believe Fylde have a "benefactor" behind the scenes who is bank-rolling all of this. Money has been no barrier to them signing players who should have been playing at higher levels. So, the success is difficult to measure.
But, good shout, none the less.
Three promotions is good whatever the budget in non-league I think. You only have to look at teams such as Ebbsfleet and Billericay to see how money doesn't equal success in the mires of the non league. You can tell he's ambitious. Perhaps has had a similar career path to the early days of Chris Wilder's career? "Colwyn Bay had been great but success there amounted to staying in the same division all the time,” Challinor explains. “I’ve always wanted to be a Football League manager, and I knew that to move upwards I was going to have to test myself. Coming here gave me an opportunity to progress and put me in the shop window a little bit. I’ve been managing for seven years now and I’m still learning but I believe I’m better at the job for seeking out new challenges to overcome and different sorts of pressures to handle." https://www.theguardian.com/football/2017/nov/30/dave-challinor-long-throw-fylde-wigan-fa-cup-second-round
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Luke Garrard from Boreham Wood? 3rd in the national league with one of the smallest budgets. Only 32.
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Three promotions is good whatever the budget in non-league I think. You only have to look at teams such as Ebbsfleet and Billericay to see how money doesn't equal success in the mires of the non league. You can tell he's ambitious. Perhaps has had a similar career path to the early days of Chris Wilder's career? "Colwyn Bay had been great but success there amounted to staying in the same division all the time,” Challinor explains. “I’ve always wanted to be a Football League manager, and I knew that to move upwards I was going to have to test myself. Coming here gave me an opportunity to progress and put me in the shop window a little bit. I’ve been managing for seven years now and I’m still learning but I believe I’m better at the job for seeking out new challenges to overcome and different sorts of pressures to handle." https://www.theguardian.com/football/2017/nov/30/dave-challinor-long-throw-fylde-wigan-fa-cup-second-roundThey have been paying their players to be full-time professionals in leagues where the rest are part-timers. That does make a big difference. And, as I said, they attracted players who should have been playing at much higher levels than they were. Also, Challinor has spent his whole football career within 1 hour of his home. That seems to indicate that he may not be prepared to up-sticks to leave the North-West, especially to come to Northampton to join our toxic club. Even more so if Fylde end up in the same League as us next season. They are playing tonight, so, it will be interesting to see how much closer they get to the Football League...... But, who can tell?
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Coolcat
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Luke Garrard from Boreham Wood? 3rd in the national league with one of the smallest budgets. Only 32.
Good shout. Clearly working miracles on just 32 quid!
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guest2235
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Sure Casey from the Chron stated Austin prefers to be a coach, rather than a number 1 (a la Knill)
If all goes well Brady/Austin could swap roles as i'm sure Brady will be looking to grab this opportunity with both hands
Also, we might actually see Jack Bridge now (remember him?!) signed a two year deal after being highly recommended by Austin...
He was interviewed for the managers job, he wants to manage not just coach.
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guest2235
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He was interviewed for the managers job, he wants to manage not just coach.
Btw, that’s why he’s still here, he wasn’t Jim’s choice.
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OCoole
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Btw, that’s why he’s still here, he wasn’t Jim’s choice.
That's promising, I guess!
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OCoole
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They have been paying their players to be full-time professionals in leagues where the rest are part-timers. That does make a big difference. And, as I said, they attracted players who should have been playing at much higher levels than they were.
Also, Challinor has spent his whole football career within 1 hour of his home. That seems to indicate that he may not be prepared to up-sticks to leave the North-West, especially to come to Northampton to join our toxic club. Even more so if Fylde end up in the same League as us next season. They are playing tonight, so, it will be interesting to see how much closer they get to the Football League......
But, who can tell?
Fair enough I get where you're coming from, they might turn out to be the next Fleetwood under his reign. BTW if you look at their current squad, it's not exactly star-studded, even if they might have one of the higher wage bills in the league ( www.afcfylde.co.uk/first-team-squad/) I just thought that if we are going to go down the avenue of up-and-coming non-league manager, he should be one of the leading candidates. Who is currently your first choice Oversees?
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Fair enough I get where you're coming from, they might turn out to be the next Fleetwood under his reign. BTW if you look at their current squad, it's not exactly star-studded, even if they might have one of the higher wage bills in the league ( www.afcfylde.co.uk/first-team-squad/) I just thought that if we are going to go down the avenue of up-and-coming non-league manager, he should be one of the leading candidates. Who is currently your first choice Oversees? You're right, he is the kind of manager we should be looking at. I was just playing the devil's advocate and looking at whether he would be tempted to move to us, and whether his achievements stack up. As you hint at, there is a fine dividing line between success and failure, and not all the success managers have al the chips stacked in their favour. Personally, I would look to one of our old boys as manager. Richard Hill has had his chance, and he's settled on the South Coast, so he's out. Dyche is obviously in another universe. Kevin Wilkin has shown some promise a couple of levels down, so might be a good outside bet. Tisdale is a fixture at Exeter (quite rightly) - although he was put on notice a while back. Steve Guinan is fully qualified and working for the English FA as a talent spotter. Chris Hargreaves is U-21 Manager at Bristol Rovers. But, sentimental old fool that I am, I would love to see Sammo back (just so long as he doesn't make daft selections like playing Seb Harris as a Centre Back). I feel he could still do a good job, with the right back-room staff (maybe one or two of the old guard working alongside him?). Whoever comes in needs to have a real connection with the club, and not use it as paycheck until their next gig.
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GrangeParkCobbler
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Also playing devils advocate, if we looked at one of those up and coming non league managers, took him on and he did well in his first season with us....that might be it!! Other clubs will be looking at our manager then and we don't have a track record of holding onto the decent ones!
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Wilkin for me lives local knows the club and the fans would have an excellent knowledge of top non league talent that wouldn’t bust the bank,young and ambitious with no managerial black marks
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Also playing devils advocate, if we looked at one of those up and coming non league managers, took him on and he did well in his first season with us....that might be it!! Other clubs will be looking at our manager then and we don't have a track record of holding onto the decent ones!
Better that than having another failure on our hands. Personally I'm tired of safety first boring football that most of our managers seem to prefer. Surely there's someone out there that can bring a bit of gusto to the party?
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Wilkin for me lives local knows the club and the fans would have an excellent knowledge of top non league talent that wouldn’t bust the bank,young and ambitious with no managerial black marks
I just googled 'Kevin Wilkin Wrexham Forum' and found this quote from the first link provided: http://www.redpassion.co.uk/forums/wrexham/111520-new-manager-35.html"Kevin Wilkin would make a fantastic director of football but his style of football made Keates look like Guardiola. I'm still scarred from when he played a narrow diamond with four defensive midielders, with Bishop and York upfront." I can't get on board this recent obsession for him. The difference in quality/quantity he's managing is tremendous compared to league football. JED plays the same formation as mentioned above and has an excellent non league record.
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guest3181
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Fair enough I get where you're coming from, they might turn out to be the next Fleetwood under his reign. BTW if you look at their current squad, it's not exactly star-studded, even if they might have one of the higher wage bills in the league ( www.afcfylde.co.uk/first-team-squad/) I just thought that if we are going to go down the avenue of up-and-coming non-league manager, he should be one of the leading candidates. Who is currently your first choice Oversees? Fylde win again..... their dreams of getting into the League are getting closer.....
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guest3181
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He was interviewed for the managers job, he wants to manage not just coach.
I wonder if he "helped" to make things untenable for the last incumbent? ?
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GrangeParkCobbler
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Fylde win again..... their dreams of getting into the League are getting closer.....
Fylde and Boreham Woods managers have both been talked about on here.....yet one or other could be playing at the same level as us next season. Are we really that much of an attractive opposition for a manager on the same playing field as us?
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