We won't be interviewing anyone...

As Jay rightly pointed out , the league position is largely irrelevant to their overall strategy

In many ways I suspect their preference would be league one as it may be easier to achieve an increase in value when strikers are scoring, midfielders are assisting, defenders keeping clean sheets and so on - outlay is lower in terms of wage which makes it lower risk from their perspective

for example Malik Wilks will be on what day 7k a week with 2m transfer fee.

need to be selling for £5/£6m to see similar return % wise as to what we saw with Moore, Lindsay, Pinnock

his value would be higher at the end of a league one season having scored 25 than at the end of a championship one having scored 6 or 7

 

Agree, just pointing out to all the people saying “no hoper” “penny pinching” etc.
As others have said, unfair to judge the guy yet.

 

Could be, will hazard a guess that Stern is still here because of that as well.
Fully expect within 6 months he will have left by mutual agreement.

 

He got 39 points though, 9 wins 12 draws.

At this rate, well do well to get into the high 20s.

 

No ones going to bid for a winger who has more cards than assists/goals.

He is at this juncture... dead stock unless his game improves..

 

Grasping at straws with this one I’m afraid.
They simply don’t care, saw they could get someone with a bit of management experience for no money (plus a reduction in the wage bill from Stendel) and have gone with it.
They’ll be praying for a rogue win in the next few games so they can appoint him and say it was a grand plan then let us get relegated.

 

Exactly it's hard to look good in such a poor team. In league one players would look better prospects.

 

Plus he would have sold watson, eaden marcell and liddell in the january transfer window!!

 

With all due respect to him Adam Murray's previous managerial stints ended in failure in lower divisions than the one we are about to be relegated to.

 

There are 35 games left and personally I think more of our players than that.

 

some would argue 99% of manager leave their jobs due to failure. its amazing and somewhat silly that in an industry where you have failed numerous times someone else will employ you to carry out the same task

 

Won the Conference as an assistant, took them out of relegation places of League 2 as Caretaker/Manager, finished 12th in first full season (highest league finish for 14 years) at Mansfield.
Doesn't exactly sound like failure. Even when he left the CEO is on record saying the Owner was wrong to sack him.
Granted he didnt do a lot at Boston.

 

This is the bit I think is unfair. We have absolutely no proof that any money has been taken out of the club. I don't doubt that the long term plan is for them to make money, but the only sensible way to do that is to sell us for more than they bought us which, without owning the ground, will only be achieved by the club being successful.

My view is they've ballsed up the strategy this year but without proof I think there needs to be caution on the notion of them just being here to pocket transfer fees.

 

At our level you get two types of Managers. Ones who have failed before or are unproven.

 

That is true, but you would hope that theyve failed/not succeeded in the same league or league below

 

I do get the feeling the job is essentially his, unless he makes a right Horlicks of it and they may well review as they go along. They seemed to change tack when appointing Daniel having seemed to suggest it would be a young English manager at first. So I don't think its completely set in stone...

However... as the owners have placed such importance on data and building on the style of play and DNA that Patrick outlined years ago, the only reason for Murray to be given a go is if his stats are closely comparable to Daniel. Somehow, I'm not thinking Gugenpress was particularly prevalent at Mansfield and Boston. I could be wrong, but I reckon it may have been mentioned in his eager interview.

For the club to appoint a coach who doesn't have the data to back his credentials is frankly stupid and undermines their thinking all the more.

For what its worth, I reckon after huge defeats to promotion contenders, insipid losses to relegation candidates and concluding in a humiliation on sky v Bristol City, the owners will revert back to data and try and appoint a foreign coach.

 

No, but it is why the club haven’t said anything else publicly about it I’m told. They’re sharks.

 

Deffo employee..
By their fruit you shall know them..

 

Going to be interesting on here when Mowatt, McGeehan and Cawley depart in January.