Mooro wrote:Although it seems that the board have decided not to put Mr Wilder out of his (our?) misery for now, I thought I'd have a look round at who the possible candidates might be when the time comes (largely based on those names that appear on bookies list for other vacancies). I've tried to ignore those unemployed managers who would not consider coming down to L2.
Feel free to comment and/or suggest other candidates I've missed:
Chris Wilder (Alfreton Step5 83%WR // Halifax 02-08 38% WR // Oxford 08-13 45%WR, Conf PO win)
Currently out of work:
Peter Houston (Dundee utd 09-13, 3rd SPL 09-10, 4th SPL 10-11 & 11-12, left after talks with Blackpool, so looking, but prob higher),
Curle (Mansf 02-04 L1 Rel, L2 P offs 37% WR // Chester 05-06 sacked after 9months 31%WR// Notts C 7th L1 11-12, 45%WR)
P Dickov (Oldham 10-13 incl 17th & 16th in L1, 30% Win Ratio),
Dowie (Oldham 02-03 Div P offs // Palace - Champ P off win, Prem rel, CHamp P offs again // Charlton, Coventry, QPr, Hull // short stays, controversy follows
Peter Jackson (Hudds 97-99 35% // Hudds 03-07 41% D3 PO win D2PO// Lincoln 07-09 35% // Brad '11 21%)
Neale Cooper (Ross C 96-02 2xprom // Hartlepool 03-05 2x D2 POffs // Gills 05 // Peterhead 08-11 Sc D1 Poffs // Hartlepool 11-12 // now Asst man Ross C)
Gary Mccallister (Cov 02-03 28%WR // Leeds 08 50%WR //asst M'bro10, Villa10-11)
Paul Sturrock (St J 93-98 ScL1 1st 46% // Dundee U 98-00 32% // Plym 00-04 1st D3, 1st D2 // Soton L1 POff // Sheff W 04-06 L1 PO win 34%// Slumdon 06-07 L2 Prom 50% // Plym 07-09 28% // Southend 10-13 42%)
Currently managing/in work (compensation/end of season move):
Paul Tisdale (Team Bath 04-06 // Exeter mgr since 06 Conf PO, Conf PO win, L2 prom 38%)
J Edinburgh (Fisher SL Prom // Grays 14th in conf // R&D Conf P offs, sacked when club expelled, now mgr Newport),
A Morrell (Wrexham since Sep11 59%WR),
Mark Yates (Kiddie 06-09 FAT final 42%WR // Cheltenham mgr since 09- L2 P Offs, 39%)
Gary Rowett (Burton mgr since May12 43%)
Allan Johnstone (Queen of South mgr since May12 Sc L2 P35 W29 83% WR)
Alan Irvine (Preston 07-09 incl Champ P Offs // Sheff Weds - Champ rel, sacked when 11th L1 (MAndaric) // Now head of everton academy)
S Tilson (Southend 03-10, incl L2 prom, L1 prom, champ rel, 40% WR // Lincoln 10-11 L2 rel to conf, // now runs football academy & mgr Canvey Is),
Neil Aspin (Harrogate 05-09 3x Top6 conf N // Halifax 09-date NP1N>NPP>Conf N)
S Lee (Bolton academy head, only managerial experience is 3 wins from 14 as Bolton caretaker)
Prob too big a drop - Cotterill (Asst QPR, so prob not), Jewell, Coyle
Links to Oxford - Mike Ford (!),
Brian McDermott (Reading 09-13 Ch Prom, Ch POffs - 45% WR)
Lee Bradbury (B'mth for 15 months 35% WR //mgr Havant &W 46% WR),
M Foyle (Vale in L1 for 5 seasons, York Conf P offs, now mgr Hereford),
Dave Penney (Doncaster 01-06 47%WR, prom Conf>D3>D2 // Darlington 06-09 43% // Oldham 09-10 26% // BRistol R 2months 15%),
P Simpson (Roch 02-03 30% // Carlisle 03-06 45% Conf>L2>L1 // Preston 06-07 40% // Shrews 08-10 35% // Stockport 2010 // now youth academy in Portugal) ,
J Magilton (Ipswich 06-09 WR 38% // QPR '09 39% // Melbourne),
B Horton (Hull 84-88 D3prom 39% // Oxford 88-93 D2 32% // Man C 93-94 Pr 30% // Hudds 95-97 D1 32% // Brighton 98-99 D3 saved from drop // P Vale 99-04 D1-D2 32% // MAcclesfield 03-06 L2 saved from drop 36% // MAcc 11-12 L2 couldnt save from drop)
Moved Elsewhere - K McDonald (ex Asst Villa), Andy Scott ( >> Aldershot) , A Knill ( >> Torquay), Steven Pressley (>> Coventry), Phil Brown (>> Southend), D Mckinnes (>> Aberdeen), Westley (>>Stevenage)
Remembered I did this, so went for a look back and it makes an interesting list.
The above was the list of usual suspects that were being linked with most jobs that were going at the time, so would probably have been linked with us:
Of those in the out of work/available section: Curle, Dowie, Jackson, McCallister & Sturrock have not taken any role since, Cooper is still assistant at Ross, while Houston has just taken up a scouting role at Celtic having been out of the game for a year. Only Dickov has made a stab at another managerial role.
Of the in-work list - Tisdale, Edinburgh, Yates, Morrell and Rowett are all still in place & contention this time, with Edinburgh's stock rising and Morrell falling. Tilson quit after a year at Canvey Island, Irvine is still at the Everton Academy while Lee has fallen off the radar. Only Johnstone has moved onwards and upwards, and has Kilmarnock 8th in the Scottish Premier.
Neil Aspin meanwhile has achieved a third successive promotion with Halifax and has them sitting 8th in the Conference.
And of the Oxford list - Fordie is still Fordie, Bradbury is midtable Conf south with Havant & Waterlooville, Penney is now asst to Brown at Southed and Foyle is in the Conference with Hereford (P Vale 04-07 37% WR, York 08-10 43%, Hereford from May12 39% finishing 6th last season, but currently 15th).
Not sure what this says, except that the bookies list of usual suspects is wholly unreliable.....