Neil Warnock and Eric Ramsey

Eric Ramsay

30 years of age

Born in Wales


Current Manchester United coach
Former Chelsea u23 assistant manager
Former academy manager & assistant manager at Shrewsbury.
Former Swansea u18 manager

Holds his UEFA pro license

Speaks English French and Spanish

Ralf Rangnick describes Ramsay as a "set piece coach"

 

I don't for one minute expect us to get him, but it's far more likely to be HIM that knocks US back.

 

30 years old, managed under 18s and under 23s. Former academy manager. Hemsworth Tyke would be all over this appointment.

 

Don't agree with the release of names, 5 out of 6 won't get the job. So everyone will know they went for the Barnsley job and failed. Plus the next time we advertise will the very fact they may be named in public stop some interested parties applying altogether.
I think it's poor from Barnsley FC and Khaled makes us look tinpot yet again, that we don't have a clue.
I said I'd judge Khaled after the window has shut in August.. but his half term report is showing a 2/10 at the minute. He looks about as decisive as Poya did in his coaching play, trying to apoint a new coach with his questionnaires
Looks to me he's more scared of getting it wrong, than making a decision. If you leave it too long you can over think everything and question yourself
Poor leadership for me..

 

Absolutely no idea why this guy is being considered. Would be a shocking appointment.

 

It’s still an obsession either way. For me it’s akin to getting Roy Keane into your club, it sets a tone that I don’t like, regardless of his track record in results. So say we get back up and back in “the money” with him, great! But for me I’d rather we got the right person in long term and let them build for a few seasons, a proper project and the future.

I appreciate I’m probably in a minority, but there you go.

 

Agreed. The board haven't read the room by even having him on the shortlist because most of our fans wouldn't accept an inexperienced thirty year old being the guy responsible for trying to get us promoted.

 

And yet again our clubs support in general want 100% of the information communicated 100% of the time and in real time. So whilst you’re not wrong…. …he really can’t win.

 

Smoke screen and mirrors
We’ll get to know when it happens

 

I’d much sooner we were “stuck where we are now” in the Championship than league 1

 

It’s not full circle though is it ?
He didn’t start his playing or Managerial career with us .
Also if you think it’s not about the money you don’t know Warnock very well .
I’d like to see him at Oakwell but it’ll be a very different scenario from his other jobs without bringing in a backbone if his chosen players and working with almost a full squad of Youth .
Interesting times .

 

At one time of day clubs short lists were printed in the newspaper.

 

But he needs to be stronger.. any perspective new manager will be looking at what is happening here. And maybe thinking .. do I really what put my future in these people's hands..

 

Too many similarities to Simon Davey although I think SD only speaks English and Double Dutch.

 

I'm very much torn between the two. On the one hand we need managerial stability, to build an actual identity and try to steady the ship. I think Duff would be a great appointment and we can build with him like Coventry and Rotherham have with Robins and Warne.

On the other hand I can't think of any realistic candidate who would do more to unite the fan base. We've got people saying that they aren't renewing because the club hasn't put winning football games as priority number one, and Warnock addresses that. He's probably not a long term appointment (I'd guess two seasons) but in terms of stopping the rot and demonstrating that clean break between the new board and the old he'd be a great appointment. Once you lose people it's hard to get them back, so show them that the club cares and wants to win.

 

...well one of those anyway