Seems to me that whether Coppell stays or goes ( hope he stays but fear he won't ) that Dick's dilemna will still be whether to have someone with experience and a bit of a track record who given a bit of success will clear off to like Horton, Adams, Taylor and probable Coppell as well or go with someone like Wood or Hinshelwood who will be no good.
There seems to be no happy medium - after all if Horton, Adams, Taylor and Coppell had all been crap then Dick would have sacked them as he did Gritt, Wood and Hinshelwood
We are victims of our own success!!! We constantly provide larger clubs with their next manager but can't keep one ourselves.
Horton went for family reasons which you could undestand
Adams always made it known he was ambitious and admits himself if he had known what a mess the Leicester finances were in he would not have gone
Taylor clearly thought we were beneath him and expected to walk into any job he liked - turning down Reading's approach last week or whenever shows he has now learnt the value of loyalty - suspect he wants to prove he can build a club team not inherit teams as he did at Gillingham and BHA
Coppell is the most intelligent of the lot and may well live to regret leaving us if he goes - if Reading do not make the play offs he could well be out of work next summer
BHA could go back up as champions and do a Walsall and stay in Div 1 on small resources until Falmer is built and then "take off"
Reading will expect success much quicker having got to the play offs last year
Also if a Premiership club came calling for Coppell then DK would let him go - Madstad at Reading may not even tell him about any approach!!!
Would be interesting to hear what Pardew has told Coppell in private about the Reading chairman
If Coppell does go then DK will be swamped with applications
People such as Curle and Dowie would love the job
Cotterill would be my best choice - he has learnt the hard way the value of loyalty and has had his fingers burnt re thinking "the grass is always greener" - he would be like Taylor at Hull if successful at BHA and other clubs come calling - like Steve Bruce at Brum he needs a solid 3 or 4 years at one club again like he had at Cheltenham
I also think that given good players at his disposal i.e. ours - he will play good football - he could only play long ball at Cheltenham as that is all they were capable of
Cotterill on a 3 yea deal is what we need
As Harty said on the phone in on Saturday - what would we do with Dowie once his looks have gone!!!
There seems to be no happy medium - after all if Horton, Adams, Taylor and Coppell had all been crap then Dick would have sacked them as he did Gritt, Wood and Hinshelwood
We are victims of our own success!!! We constantly provide larger clubs with their next manager but can't keep one ourselves.
Horton went for family reasons which you could undestand
Adams always made it known he was ambitious and admits himself if he had known what a mess the Leicester finances were in he would not have gone
Taylor clearly thought we were beneath him and expected to walk into any job he liked - turning down Reading's approach last week or whenever shows he has now learnt the value of loyalty - suspect he wants to prove he can build a club team not inherit teams as he did at Gillingham and BHA
Coppell is the most intelligent of the lot and may well live to regret leaving us if he goes - if Reading do not make the play offs he could well be out of work next summer
BHA could go back up as champions and do a Walsall and stay in Div 1 on small resources until Falmer is built and then "take off"
Reading will expect success much quicker having got to the play offs last year
Also if a Premiership club came calling for Coppell then DK would let him go - Madstad at Reading may not even tell him about any approach!!!
Would be interesting to hear what Pardew has told Coppell in private about the Reading chairman
If Coppell does go then DK will be swamped with applications
People such as Curle and Dowie would love the job
Cotterill would be my best choice - he has learnt the hard way the value of loyalty and has had his fingers burnt re thinking "the grass is always greener" - he would be like Taylor at Hull if successful at BHA and other clubs come calling - like Steve Bruce at Brum he needs a solid 3 or 4 years at one club again like he had at Cheltenham
I also think that given good players at his disposal i.e. ours - he will play good football - he could only play long ball at Cheltenham as that is all they were capable of
Cotterill on a 3 yea deal is what we need
As Harty said on the phone in on Saturday - what would we do with Dowie once his looks have gone!!!
