The point is, why would any manager currently doing well at another club in this league feel it is a good move to leave their post and join Barnsley, a club in the same league with a terrible record of firing managers. If we were Aston Villa we could say Paul Cook or Graham Alexander and it would be perfectly rational because even though they are currently struggling, Villa are a big club with a big fan base and any manager of a league 1 side would see it as a big step up. Moving to Barnsley isn't - sorry, it just isn't.
I'd say we are a big step up, no disrespect to Chesterfield and Fleetwood of course. You only have to listen to what Graham Alexander had to say about us before we played them, that's why i think he will be the man.
You must be becoming predictable, Mark. I saw your name as the last one posted in this thread, and before clicking just knew this post would be at the bottom
nope, me neither. Like with my step sons birds when he was in his teens, no point asking your name love, you'll not be here tomorra.
Agree with these two, Cook is always positive and Alexander impressed on Tuesday with his tactical nous. Steve Davis and Gareth Ainsworth would be in the next tier of realistic desirability. Presumably the Oakwell spreadsheet that churned out Winnall, Hourihane and Scowen is now saying......erm.....Micky Mellon........oh, hang on. Personally, I'd have given Danny to the end of the season, told him to buck his ideas up and get playing a positive 4-4-2 with proper full backs. Danny could've helped himself with a more positive approach away from home, giving Ramage the captaincy instead of the mute Cranie and having a coaching staff with some forwards in, instead of a collection of defenders like Hutchings. One E Winstanley or a similar type of character (Mal Shotton?) was also missing from the ingredients that made Danny's first stint so good.
We'll maybe go for a first team coach rather than a traditional manager, with the Excel spreadsheet as director of football.