If we don't renew Curles contract at the end of the season (I think we will), I wouldn't be surprised if he walked straight into another league two management position. Everyone keeps going on about him having no promotions on his CV but you also have to look at who he's managed, the budgets he has worked with and the finishing positions. He might be able to hold his hands up and correctly claim he's one of the better managers in the division given his experience, his average finishing (step up Clarence/GPC) and the fact he's not suffered a relegation. I imagine there will be several chairman in the division who's first priority will be to stay in the league and thats one thing I would be confident of Curle being able to provide given his percentages style of football.
He'll be 57 this year, he's managed Mansfield, Notts County and Carlisle in League 2, they are not small clubs, also he was relegated with Torquay in 2007. Admittedly the owners of Stevenage , Morecambe and Macclesfield would like a manager who will keep you up, but with all due respect to those clubs, we get over 3 times more fans for every game than they do. I didn't say I wouldn't renew his contract, I said I wouldn't give him, or anyone else, a 2 or 3 year contract, that's what has run up the NTFC debts.