New Watford manager

[Ernest]

New Watford manager announced at a 12 o'clock press conference and I've never heard of him

Hopefully he won't change things around and they'll sink into the bottom 3.

 

[Curious Orange]

If it isn't announced until 12:00, how comes you know you haven't heard of him?

 

[ditchy]

Ernest has his finger and gimp mask on the pulse !

 

[Starry]

It's Ady Boothroyd, I do believe.

Top guy. Been at Leeds with Blacky would have liked to see him stay but hey ho, he's been in charge of the academy/kids as well as being one of our first team coaches at Leeds and done a pretty decent job.

 

[Ernest]

It's Ady Boothroyd, I do believe.

Top guy. Been at Leeds with Blacky would have liked to see him stay but hey ho, he's been in charge of the academy/kids as well as being one of our first team coaches at Leeds and done a pretty decent job.

That's him Adrian Boothroyd

 

[eastlondonseagull]

That's him Adrian Boothroyd

They just interviewed him on local London news. He looked nervous, said the fans would be going "Adrian who?" but that results would prove doubters wrong.

Hmm...

 

[ditchy]

Adrian Boothroyd's yellow and black army ...... bit of a mouthful that one !

 

[Ex Shelton Seagull]

Imagine what the reaction would have been like if we'd emulated Watford over the past week.

Sacked Mark McGhee after losing to Coventry.
Released Guy Butters, Jake Robinson and Richard Carpenter.
Loaned out Leon Knight for the rest of the season and got a defender in return.
Appointed a novice manager who's biggest previous job was as Leeds youth team coach. A "nice bloke" who appears to have got the job due to being a mate of the chief executive.

Would you be confident of staying up?

 

[turienzo's lovechild]

Imagine what the reaction would have been like if we'd emulated Watford over the past week.

Sacked Mark McGhee after losing to Coventry.
Released Guy Butters, Jake Robinson and Richard Carpenter.
Loaned out Leon Knight for the rest of the season and got a defender in return.
Appointed a novice manager who's biggest previous job was as Leeds youth team coach. A "nice bloke" who appears to have got the job due to being a mate of the chief executive.

Would you be confident of staying up?

who did watford release?

 

[Superseagull]

Gayle went back to brentford on a free. seem to remember Watford paid nearly £1million for him a couple of seasons back

 

[eastlondonseagull]

Appointed a novice manager whose biggest previous job was as Leeds youth team coach.

Would you be confident of staying up?

Think Hinshelwood. Think 'no'.

 

[Starry]

Imagine what the reaction would have been like if we'd emulated Watford over the past week.

Sacked Mark McGhee after losing to Coventry.
Released Guy Butters, Jake Robinson and Richard Carpenter.
Loaned out Leon Knight for the rest of the season and got a defender in return.
Appointed a novice manager who's biggest previous job was as Leeds youth team coach. A "nice bloke" who appears to have got the job due to being a mate of the chief executive.

Would you be confident of staying up?

I think they'll pull it off. Ady will have his own ideas/theories about the team/tactics etc, I think they'll stay up.

 

[ditchy]

who did watford release?

didnt ardley go to cardiff ?

 

[Storer68]

who did watford release?

They let Danny Webber go on loan to Sheffield united in part exchange for Danny Cullip

Bit like Palace letting andy Johnson go on loan to Arsenal and taking Cygan in return

the expression is "No brainer"

 

[perth seagull]

Let's hope he turns out to be as good as our last rookie manager.

 

[LANGDON SEAGULL]

LONDON, March 29 (Reuters) - Struggling English second division club Watford named 34-year-old Adrian Boothroyd, a man with no previous managerial experience, as their new boss on Tuesday.

Boothroyd becomes the youngest manager of an English Premier League or Football League side, having turned 34 last month. He is several months younger than Fulham's Chris Coleman and Notts County player-manager Ian Richardson, who are also 34.

Boothroyd played for various English lower division sides and for Scottish Premier League club Hearts.

He then worked as a coach at Peterborough, Norwich City and Leeds United, who released him to take up a 12-month rolling contract with Watford.

He will be assisted at Watford by experienced former Tottenham Hotspur manager Keith Burkinshaw.

Watford, who are four points above the relegation zone with seven matches remaining, sacked coach Ray Lewington last week.

This is I suppose similar to say, Martin Hinshlewood taking the job at a club in a similar position........ What happened next

 

[Starry]

This is I suppose similar to say, Martin Hinshlewood taking the job at a club in a similar position........ What happened next

Also similar to Blackwell at Leeds, a man with no previous experience whatsoever who managed to work a small miracle at the club. Think Ady will keep Watford up.

 

[b.w.2.]

I sincerely hope he follows the Tinselhead root to footie failure...

 

[perth seagull]

Also similar to Blackwell at Leeds, a man with no previous experience whatsoever who managed to work a small miracle at the club. Think Ady will keep Watford up.

Small miracle? For all the money he has spent, I thought that you would be expecting better.

 

[lincs seagull]

Small miracle? For all the money he has spent, I thought that you would be expecting better.

just what i was thinking as well

spent big considering the league there in and will be lucky to get in touching distance of the playoff i would expect more