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As the appointment is imminent, thought it deserved it's own thread...

Interestingly, the Chron have stated the new assistant manager "might be a popular choice" so it's obviously someone with previous links to the club...

Calderwood would be my guess...was at Blackpool doing the same role but is still local I believe & may now be out of contract there?

Terry Fenwick?

Parish?

Calderwood

Welcome to our next interim manager  :P

Gary Saxby?

I think Parish is a good shout. With Wolves changing Managers he could well be looking for another job

Remember that time Knill said he never wanted to be a manager again, as he was more appy' as an assistant?

I know, but you gotta dream ain't cha!  ;D

Why Knill when we can have Wilder? The allure of returning to the PTS verses the Baggies.

Dean Austin fits the 'bill'...   ;)

i notice the chron said the club are about to appoint the assistant manager .
Normally the manager appoints the person he wants to work with .
That may just be a form of expression or it could be a change of direction .
Someone that no one has thought of is Buchs who JB and MR know well but i doubt it
will be an inexperienced person in the role .

I hope it’s Bungle.

Could be any expert from here 8) …. Fortune favours the brave!

I am told Colin Calderwood IS the new Assistant Manager (from one of his friends in Nottingham).

Good experience, with recent success at Blackpool. As good as an appointment as we could expect!

An excellent off-field team (committee) being put together.

I think Calderwood will bring some much needed professionalism to the club, a good appointment and good experience, although very mixed as a manager, much better as a coach.

Would be more than appy' with this, must surely be down to location/affection for the club as to why he'd come back, as he's very highly rated at Blackpool according to this piece...

https://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/sport/football/blackpool-fc/neil-critchley-why-assistant-colin-calderwood-is-invaluable-at-blackpool-3168279 (https://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/sport/football/blackpool-fc/neil-critchley-why-assistant-colin-calderwood-is-invaluable-at-blackpool-3168279)

I hope you're not jumping the gun.

Going by what ntfclad said yesterday it's clearly not a done deal at this point.

Easy commute from Boughton

Boughton to Blackpool every week.........can see why he wants to leave.

A bit of wee still comes out whenever I see him filling up in the BP on Harborough Road

I'd get that checked out if I was you. ;D

Yes, think his GP should have a word in his Shell about weeing at BP!

I rescued a  violent little rodent  from there once, who had been stuck in the car wash. He was clearly OK., as he hissed and snarled at everybody. We sent him to a vet , he was good, and just wanted some food. But could not be set free, as he was officialy vermin. Left him at the vets. Dont  bill me, not at your prices.

Are you sure that wasn't everblite?

No it wasnt. Im pretty sure that the animal concerned, never worn a baseball cap, never drove a BMW, never shopped at Morrisons, never went with the trust, never said you cant have an opinion unless you were there, and never ever will accept any fault, with past players.

In all honesty it was more likely to be you; you can be quite nasty when it suits you. Shame really as you are the unofficial Prayer man, always helps to have a God fearing man on here!

Good solid appointment!

Very weird not seeing calderwood at Wembley, or the fact that Blackpool haven't mentioned nothing about him leaving . Very strange.

So if Brady fails, CC is a shoo-in for the rest of season.

He was at Wembley. I clearly remember seeing him on the coverage near the end of the game.

A couple of doors away from me good old mother in law..

That’s you to a tee 8)

Got to be honest, I was keeping a look out and didn't see him anywhere pitchside.

He was giving instructions to a substitute right at the end of the game. He was on camera for a split second. I'm very eagle eyed  ;D

it is Calderwood

Tel's mum-in-law told us that...your sources are so last week  ;D :P

 ;D ;D

exactly what I was thinking as soon as I heard his name mentioned

more wee

So what of Rico and Sammo on this Golden Oldies merry-go-round?

Get em back in training.

We might as well have thrown Rico on for a few appearances last season.

He simply couldn’t be any slower than Rose.

Any update on Calderwood?

or have Blackpool managed to persuaded him to remain their assistant?

According to boot and shoe he was due to sign 3 weeks ago…

With either Jones or Watson going in the other direction…

Calderwood will join .
Blackpool approached Jones at the end of the season but they were then promoted .
I never suggested Watson was going there , only that he would leave .

I always said Rob Page was a great manager.

He's the greatest!!!

i’m surprised when Giggs went Page didn’t get rid of Bale and Ramsay just to have his own men around him

Page was let down by all concerned at NTFC incl. supporters  Just shows how prejudiced we are on here! I for one joined in for his sacking after the Rovers hammering. How wrong can I be. Pretty sure some on here (just 3 or 4) said he was a good manager and that we should persevere ::) How right they were.

They’ve got the cup in the bag  :P

I think you will find that I was one of them, though can't be sure, memory plays tricks in old age.  ;)

I think Page also let himself down by his stubborn reluctance to use any of Chris Wilder's players. An example might have been to pair Revell with Marquis/Collins instead of him being a replacement, perhaps finances didn't allow? who knows?
I can understand him wanting to prove himself and maybe he would have in time, but his "men against girls" comment was like a suicide note.

What's Page got to do with this thread?!

Back on topic...

When is Calderwood back off his hols?

Yep. I was certainly calling for his head at the time and I'm still glad he left. He's babysitting someone else's team right now, which is bang average if you take Bale and (arguably) Ramsey out of it. If he gets a bigger club job out of this tournament my money would be on him falling flat on his face again.

I'm pleased to see Wales do well though. I see them and Northern Ireland as plucky little minnows and will cheer them on against anyone but England.

Scotland though I love to see cock up, they are just so unintentionally amusing!

(cue us slipping up against them on Friday ;D)

I’m going to have to intersect here too.

Rob Page was useless. I’ll never forget how he LET ALL NTFC fans down by picking that ludicrous line up and formation away at the Posh. Our first game against them in several years and he totally fuc*ed us.

We were in poor form when the Bristol Rovers hammering happened, and didn’t he also have his sexist meltdown on air as well? Good riddance to this day.

BackOfTheNet has it spot on, he’s babysitting at the moment.

not sure he is - dont think Giggs will be coming back soon. Looks like its his to lose, which currently he wont be doing.

🤣

Difficult to pair Revell with the two you mention, both had left before he even arrived.

They had but I think thats because he didnt want them, from memory Marquis really wanted to come back but Page didnt want to know.
I forgot about Page's sexist comments. The Wales set up love a man who respects women dont they?
How long before the tabloids pull that out and he has to resign?

nothing to do with page - the club couldnt afford them

Strange post where the penultimate sentence contradicts your opening para! The men against girls comment was clumsy at the time but in view of the team performance on the day most probably correct? Since he left his career appears to have prospered and vindicated yesterday! Yet another case on here how silly we all look now!

PS Hasselbank is another and most probably Curle will prosper!

The guy said he’d barely make any changes to Wilders squad, and then went and made 14 signings, of which the majority were terrible. First thing he did was sign Raheem Hanley. The writing was on the wall from the day he started.

Have a feeling there’ll be one less seat in the dugout by the end of the day

https://www.ntfc.co.uk/news/2021/june/colin_calderwood/

Or by the end of the hour?
 ;D

Fookin ell its all happening today. The east stand will be finished by next week and Colins back.

His car will be pleased. :D

this is a great move .
Good experience in the division .
As predicted with the Blackpool references a few weeks ago .

Welcome back Colin!...a fantastic appointment and another "local" too  ;D

Yep, good appointment. Evers, stop talking tripe about Page, he was useless.

Full credit to Kelvin Thomas and co. for assembling this fantastic non-playing staff team during this off-season period - Brady, Calderwood, Rico, Sammo, Carr, Foyle. I can't think that there will be many teams, if any at all, in our division that will have a better backroom staff than we do now. All seem to be committed to this being a project (2+ years minimum) and this should stand us in great stead for the future!

The first team additions have been strong too (in my opinion).

The club is starting to have quite a good feeling to it again!

I agree about the non-playing staff - need a few more quality additions in the key Goalkeeper and Centre Back positions now.  I know very little about the new signings other than the show-reels and the comments from the supporters at their former clubs which are a little bit disconcerting but we shall see in the fullness of time.

I have no problem stating NOW that I am confident and pleased in the off-field management.

Now for continued recruitment of players for the fans to get behind.

Really pleased by this. Welcome back, CC!

You'd think after all he's done for Blackpool, they'd waive the "period of notice" wouldn't you?...plus they mugged us off with the prolific Joe Nuttall... ::)

Blackpool Football Club can confirm that Colin Calderwood is to leave his position on the coaching staff in order to pursue an opportunity with Northampton Town.

The 56-year-old, who lives in Northamptonshire, is now working a period of notice, having joined the Seasiders as an Assistant Head Coach in October 2020.

The Club would like to place on record its thanks to Colin for all his efforts throughout the season and wish him the very best of luck for the future.

Blackpool fans not happy: https://avftt.co.uk/index.php?threads/calderwood-goes.19791/ (https://avftt.co.uk/index.php?threads/calderwood-goes.19791/)

Agree with all this. I don't normally mooch around on other forums but a quick glance on Blackpools would suggest they believe him instrumental in their success last season, especially with defensive organisation, which we all know about. His teams are as tight as a ducks arse at the back.

Exciting times.

Well Rob Page was rubbish for us wasn’t he? How many other managers can we collectively name who have been hopeless for us but have been inexplicably successful elsewhere? Tony Barton was probably the pick of the bunch. Perhaps it’s because there is a curse that has befallen the club. On the other hand maybe it’s because it’s sport, so by nature has an element of unpredictability therefore things won’t always go as intended. The minute they don’t naturally everybody has no effing patience whatsoever and it’s off with their head. There’s a moral here somewhere, not that anyone will listen. I just hope when Lady Luck desserts JB as it will at some point he gets cut some slack. That would make a refreshing change and might save yet another load of expensive heart ache.

If not the 6-0 drubbing that immediately proceeded!

As I said before a very good appointment and will bring much needed professionalism to the club.

He wasn't useless as yesterday proved. More likely our prejudicial expert opinions were useless.  I don't think Curle deserved the sack either.  Do you think the players were blameless? However I like the idea of Calderwood 'is back', one of the rare Managers we have not sacked. Just think how this board, after the Tranmere game back in 2015 reacted with howls for CW to be sacked ::)

If we cannot manage our expectations better we will still be a Cinderella Club within 2/3 years.

Precisely

I would not get too far ahead on your hopes. It really all depends on the recruitment drive. Some quality additions notably in midfield and firepower should, even may, bring  the best out of the current new signings. If not the same 'hope for the best' team selection will be much in evident again. Before your time we signed Joe Kiernan from Sunderland and with his artistry and clever passing transformed a good but workmanlike side.

Too late I'm afraid Evers, I've already put the wheels into motion on the 21/22 L2 Champions merchandise! T-shirts especially are a treat. £10 a pop but for you I can stretch to a mates rate of £11!  ;)

Excellent appointment. I have fond memories of his time as the first head coach of the NTFC International Football Academy. https://www.ntfc.co.uk/news/20202/october/calderwood_international_academy/

👍

CC returning is great news.

Some solid foundations to build on now.

Time to shift some of the deadwood from the squad.

Gary Johnson

Better.

You were still defending Cardoza right up until the moment the arresting officer told him to "mind your head" so it's no surprise to still see you defending failures

As for Calderwood, as long as he has no say in anything that happens past the halfway line or tries to play Des Lyttle in midfield then it could work out ok

I had a quiet moment this morning and did some totting up of numbers (courtesy of Wikipedia and Soccerbase, so perhaps not 100% but ball park accurate).

Between Brady, Calderwood, Sammo, Rico, Foyle and Carr they have a total of:

• Nearly 3.5k career appearances (almost 700 of which were for us)
• Around 550 goals (nearly 100 for us)
• 1.5k games as a manager (over a third of which involved managing us!)

That's an average of 560 appearances, nearly 100 goals scored and 250 games managed each (with that last figure skewed by Rico having a zero in that column).

Those figures don't include any games played/managed too far down the pyramid to be found on the internet without more time than I had.

That is a phenomenally experienced backroom team whichever way you look at it, and that's before you include the likes of Warburton and Watson!

I joined the Trust to support their campaign before the Chairman was exposed! I also attended that fateful Feb 2015 Meeting with Cardoza when so many of the big hitters on here failed to attend.

You consistently called anybody that aired anti-Cardoza views as "moaners" and in fact you were still calling people that were against Cardoza "moaners" as late as January 3d 2016. Cardoza was arrested on January 26th. Don't try to rewrite history, not when it's all been documented.

How would you know what they looked like?

WTF was that all about???

Spot on

A question I frequently ponder. I always imagine Evers to be an amalgamation of Terry Thomas and  Lesley Phillips. I don’t know why?

https://youtu.be/0awJf7OWMmo

https://youtu.be/RNz8iQN4xfk

Loved TT, bit like Eric Morecombe, started to smile on as soon as I saw them! Liked the LP ding dong sketch as well! Anybody remember the Hotel End appreciating a well endowed policewoman!

I know exactly what you mean.
There’s two older chaps that drink In Carrs Bar that look like brothers. They dress in country attire and look as if they should be watching rugby instead. I’ve definitely got one of those down as Evers. I wonder?

I suspect that the two older ‘chaps’ are my 2xBr-in-Law both dress like country farmers. Both fervent Cobbs fans and ST’s. The Rows we have!

It's Colin Calderwood! Can we close this thread now?  ;D

Its strange the way that people change. One of my old lodgers liked to dress like Bill and Ted. Or Waynes world.
The next time that I saw him he popped on on facebook. In a flat cap, hunter wellies, tweed jacket, and a bit of string tied around his stomach. Whats that all about?

Still left wondering.. anyway back to the golf