Management options

[sgf]

Lee Mansell, inexperienced manager but a great leader

Omfg. Do people learn nothing. Why don't we just jump from the frying pan from into fire!!

[nickbrod]

What? Richard Hill is in charge at Eastleigh. Don't you mean Garry Hill?

[hector]

Lee Mansell, inexperienced manager but a great leader

Heavens above! It's not mandatory to have an ex-player as manager.

[hector]

It's because they are the best we've got at this level in Devon have you watched their teams because they produce the goods with the budget given.
It's because we don't know what funds are available.

We are not obliged to appoint a Devon-based manager. Have you considered managers in different parts of the country?

[Northampton gull]

I have had an idea bit of a risky one but I thought of john Coventry he has been at east thurrock for many years now and has been highly successful with them over the years and got them up to the conference south

[westyorkshiregull]

Never going to happen but someone like John still would be a dream...would it not ???

[SuperNickyWroe]

FFS this is making my p155 boil.
we need someone with NL experience FFS.
no southern leaguers etc. no ex players.
have lessons (sadly re Nicho) not been learnt???

[SuperNickyWroe]

Omfg. Do people learn nothing. Why don't we just jump from the frying pan from into fire!!

obviously not sgf.

[SuperNickyWroe]

Never going to happen but someone like John still would be a dream...would it not ???

nightmare at Xmas more like.

[Jeff]

The froth for a Devon-based manager needs to stop. The last thing we need is someone who ONLY knows the Southern/Western league.

Any "proper" NL manager worth his salt will have contacts up and down the country, at lower leagues all the way through to PL academy level. We need a manager who knows the right players for this level, and is happy to send scouts - or take in himself - a wide range of games

[CraigUnder]

Someone on Facebook is certain they saw Dion Dublin at plainmoor today and is apparently looking for houses down here.. well that certainly ticks the managerial experience box eh?! **** sake.

[Parkys People]

He is trolling. IE making up then Dion Dublin nonsense.

Marcus Bignot, Gary Hill, Mark Yates, Martin Allen, Richard Money, Gary Brabin, Sol Campbell are some suggestions (no more than that) which I've seen, that are interesting shouts.

[RJ_Turner]

The froth for a Devon-based manager needs to stop. The last thing we need is someone who ONLY knows the Southern/Western league.

Any "proper" NL manager worth his salt will have contacts up and down the country, at lower leagues all the way through to PL academy level. We need a manager who knows the right players for this level, and is happy to send scouts - or take in himself - a wide range of games

That is what we need but we just can't attract or afford someone like that and GI aren't good enough owners to bother searching

[brucie]

Gary Hill, Kevin Hill. Rchard Hill, Fanny Hill - you can tell the forums gone mad lets just get someone in called Hill

People calling for the likes of Joyce are just plain mad. Bideford are a park side. Managing them for 100 years has no resemblance to managing us. We might be small fry but we are not quite plankton yet.

[Jeff]

That is what we need but we just can't attract or afford someone like that and GI aren't good enough owners to bother searching

You can't say that for certain, as none of us have any idea who knows who in the game. When all these players do their Coaching badges, they could bump into all sorts.

I recall reading an article in the last year where some lower league manager (and its bugging me as I can't remember who) has struck up a personal friendship with Thierry Henry as they were on the same FA course.

Even the experienced names - Mark Yates etc - we just don't know who is in touch with who. I wouldn't say we can't find the right man, it's just a question of will we