Announcement could be Imminent

Well I am not thrilled if it is Michael Appleton, and I still hope for better, but if I remember rightly it was actually Sir Jimmy Armfield who recommended him last time?

He has an OK record, not the best and far from the worst. Maybe he is improving still. Lincoln looked a decent side last May and would probably have won if the shot against the bar at one nil had gone in.

So in honour of Sir Jimmy, but also because it is seriously in our own best interests, I think we should do our best to get behind him.
 
glasshalffull said:
Well I am not thrilled if it is Michael Appleton, and I still hope for better, but if I remember rightly it was actually Sir Jimmy Armfield who recommended him last time?

He has an OK record, not the best and far from the worst. Maybe he is improving still. Lincoln looked a decent side last May and would probably have won if the shot against the bar at one nil had gone in.

So in honour of Sir Jimmy, but also because it is seriously in our own best interests, I think we should do our best to get behind him.
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I think Sir Alex Ferguson pimped him out in splendid fashion last time 😬
 
Seasidedaz said:
There could be a play on words here, it could be that Rosenior has had his second interview and been told what the package is - training ground budget etc - and has questioned can he have more etc if he was successful without actually being offered the job
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Agree. Sounds as if the club has discussed the key aspects of a package with Rosenior but they are too far apart so the job had not been offered. Both sides will explain what they want before a job is 'offered'. I think.
 
glasshalffull said:
Well I am not thrilled if it is Michael Appleton, and I still hope for better, but if I remember rightly it was actually Sir Jimmy Armfield who recommended him last time?

He has an OK record, not the best and far from the worst. Maybe he is improving still. Lincoln looked a decent side last May and would probably have won if the shot against the bar at one nil had gone in.

So in honour of Sir Jimmy, but also because it is seriously in our own best interests, I think we should do our best to get behind him.
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I'm sorry but that is nonsense.

Just because Jimmy advocated his appointment last time doesn't make it a good appointment now.

Jimmy also wanted the FA to appoint Louis van Gaal before the appointment of Glenn Hoddle as England manager, I'm pretty sure if he had time to reflect now based on Van Gaal's track record he would reconsider his position.

Appleton was once a highly qualified coach with a promising future when Jimmy (quite properly) recommended his appointment. Now Appleton is an experienced coach with a mediocre track record at best.

I am sure he would be as underwhelmed as most Blackpool fans upon Appleton's reappointment - if proven to be true.

Ian Evatt ticks so many more boxes than any other candidate, and I am baffled as to why he wasn't our preferred choice.
 
Allmodcons said:
I'm sorry but that is nonsense.

Just because Jimmy advocated his appointment last time doesn't make it a good appointment now.

Jimmy also wanted the FA to appoint Louis van Gaal before the appointment of Glenn Hoddle as England manager, I'm pretty sure if he had time to reflect now based on Van Gaal's track record he would reconsider his position.

Appleton was once a highly qualified coach with a promising future when Jimmy (quite properly) recommended his appointment. Now Appleton is an experienced coach with a mediocre track record at best.

I am sure he would be as underwhelmed as most Blackpool fans upon Appleton's reappointment - if proven to be true.

Ian Evatt ticks so many more boxes than any other candidate, and I am baffled as to why he wasn't our preferred choice.
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OK won’t argue too much with that.
My first choice was Evo. Appleton was not on my radar, but I do see a little bit of sense in it.
We don’t know what has gone on in the recruitment process, and what other genuine options the board had.
This club and our supporters have been mired in enough shit.
There has been terrific good will around the club since Simon Sadler took over. The board have probably lost some of that good will if Michael Appleton is appointed, but we should not squander the rest.
This could still be a great appointment if we give the guy a chance.
 
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glasshalffull said:
OK won’t argue too much.
My first choice was Evo. Appleton was not on my radar, but I do see a little bit of sense in it.
We don’t know what has gone on in the recruitment process, and what other genuine options the board had.
This club and our supporters has been mired in enough shit.
There has been terrific good will around the club since Simon Sadler took over. The board have probably lost some of that good will if Michael Appleton is appointed, but we should not squander the rest.
This could still be a great appointment if we give the guy a chance.
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I like your optimism and would be delighted to be proven wrong 👍
 
glasshalffull said:
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Sorry what was that about?
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I think he came to us with a lot of Alex Ferguson associated ‘love in’ media attention, that he also played on himself.

It seemed to get us buzzing a lot with his appointment as manager. But as history shows, the buzz was very short lived.
 
Lala said:
I think he came to us with a lot of Alex Ferguson associated ‘love in’ media attention, that he also played on himself.

It seemed to get us buzzing a lot with his appointment as manager. But as history shows, the buzz was very short lived.
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Thanks 👍.

Let’s hope he is a better manager when there is no buzz around him, and an even better one when there is an implosion of energy amongst the club’s supporters 😁.
 
glasshalffull said:
Thanks 👍.

Let’s hope he is a better manager when there is no buzz around him, and an even better one when there is an implosion of energy amongst the club’s supporters 😁.
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Think he's just got an Unlucky Alf air about him that he'll never shake off.

This was a decent write up about some of the bad decisions he's made over the years when the play offs were on last year.

www.fourfourtwo.com

Michael Appleton interview: "Alex Ferguson had a right pop at me, and rightly so. I hadn’t done due diligence before taking the jobs"

Michael Appleton suffered the hairdryer treatment from Alex Ferguson after brutal coaching apprenticeships at Portsmouth, Blackpool and Blackburn. Now, as Lincoln dare to dream of second-tier football, the Imps boss tells FFT his gruelling story
www.fourfourtwo.com www.fourfourtwo.com

He outperformed expectations at Lincoln, and made Critchley's initial idea for an attacking 4-1-2-3 work better with a new group than he managed, but it was very much a one crack at it thing and they froze in the final and couldn't recover since.
 
Allmodcons said:
I like your optimism and would be delighted to be proven wrong 👍
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Hey I am not that optimistic, but if the guy starts with a ball and chain around him it’s not good for us as fans, and there are some grounds for hope. At least he is experienced, and maybe Mr Armfield saw some good in his character? Who knows?
 
The main problem I had with Appleton first time round was that bell-end he had as his assistant. Can't for the life of me remember his name but he openly antagonised the home support and even came on here acting like a big time charlie. If Appleton brought in someone like Thommo or Keith Southern (or both!) then it may placate the home crowd and at least we would have ready made replacement if it went pear shaped.
 
Lala said:
A lot of fans don’t see this, I do.

He took the job knowing full well what the O’s were about, and he left for a better offer. Let’s not make this anymore complicated or romantic than what it actually was.

And that bit in the middle was shite football.
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Exactly what I said on another thread.
 
BFC95 said:
Well Scrafton tweeted a few minutes before the article that the club had denied it being offered to Rosenior, so I imagine the article itself is alluding to the managerial announcement being imminent. Either way if club are denying he's been offered it then it's not going to be him that's going to be announced tomorrow...if there is an announcement
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Maybe it’s just that they’ve not offered it to any, Rosenior included, at this stage, but discussions are at final stages.
 
Lala said:
A lot of fans don’t see this, I do.

He took the job knowing full well what the O’s were about, and he left for a better offer. Let’s not make this anymore complicated or romantic than what it actually was.

And that bit in the middle was shite football.
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According to Foggys book and when interviewed, MA didn’t do Due Dilligence on either the club or the scum owners until it was too late. Nobody could work under the conditions imposed by the scum unless your name is McDoughnut.
 
I wouldn't be thrilled with Appleton as an appointment but he has experience and if it is him, he's surely going to have to be given a chance before we completely write the season off?

I do think it would be a good time for a club statement to reassure the fans if nothing else
 
I don’t get this acquiescence to Appleton. It is one thing being young and untested, but great prospects (Critchley, LR), but Appleton? He’s not new… his football is boring and his stats are nothing.

In the Championship he was here a month and then potted by Blackburn after 6 weeks. It would be an utterly bizarre appointment and against every criteria the club have said.

This needs putting to bed. No way can we have him as a lingering thought 💭
 
michellebutterflyhotel said:
Looking at the gazette online just now I think it’s gunna be Appleton reading between the lines as him and rosenior been interviewed twice and rosenior not been offered the job and an announcement imminent
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Ah but everyone gets interviewed then they reflect on it, then the job is offered to the best applicant, otherwise they'd sack off all the others before they'd been interviewed as soon as they'd got someone good enough. It's like buying a telly because it's colour and has buttons and shit, then seeing one that's wafer thin, 4k and has surround sound for the same price and saying 'bloody hell why did I buy this crap?' (but I'm rambling).
 
TangerineBayern said:
According to Foggys book and when interviewed, MA didn’t do Due Dilligence on either the club or the scum owners until it was too late. Nobody could work under the conditions imposed by the scum unless your name is McDoughnut.
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Yep and it was obvious he was ignorant at the time anyway, I always wondered how he didn't know what the conditions were like, everyone else did.
 
Lala said:
I think he came to us with a lot of Alex Ferguson associated ‘love in’ media attention, that he also played on himself.

It seemed to get us buzzing a lot with his appointment as manager. But as history shows, the buzz was very short lived.
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I just wish he’d buzz off!
 
I just think with Appleton unless he starts off playing wonderful attacking football or has a few poor early results the fans will soon turn on him (similar to benitez) and that isn't a good situation to start off with. They want someone who '"gets the town", Appleton has already walked away from it once after a handful of games (I don't think too many of us were particular thrilled about his appointment then either). Does Appleton have a great track record of developing players? None that I can immediately think of....he doesn't hang around long enough anywhere to do that.

If it is him then yes I'll support him and the team, but it has the POTENTIAL to cause a bit of friction between fans/club which I don't think it's worth doing at this stage. Anybody else would be given more time from the majority of fans so for that reason alone I'd personally stay clear
 
Hockaday’s Quiff said:
I don’t get this acquiescence to Appleton. It is one thing being young and untested, but great prospects (Critchley, LR), but Appleton? He’s not new… his football is boring and his stats are nothing.

In the Championship he was here a month and then potted by Blackburn after 6 weeks. It would be an utterly bizarre appointment and against every criteria the club have said.

This needs putting to bed. No way can we have him as a lingering thought 💭
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He made 2 bad decisions to join us and Blackburn who were both at the time on the slide. He did well at Oxford particularly and Lincoln so
he has ability no doubt about that.
 
I don’t know if an announcement is imminent but what is definite I’m not going to spend all day pontificating on here, when the sun is out & the dogs need a walk. 👍😃
 
Allmodcons said:
I'm sorry but that is nonsense.

Just because Jimmy advocated his appointment last time doesn't make it a good appointment now.

Jimmy also wanted the FA to appoint Louis van Gaal before the appointment of Glenn Hoddle as England manager, I'm pretty sure if he had time to reflect now based on Van Gaal's track record he would reconsider his position.

Appleton was once a highly qualified coach with a promising future when Jimmy (quite properly) recommended his appointment. Now Appleton is an experienced coach with a mediocre track record at best.

I am sure he would be as underwhelmed as most Blackpool fans upon Appleton's reappointment - if proven to be true.

Ian Evatt ticks so many more boxes than any other candidate, and I am baffled as to why he wasn't our preferred choice.
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You understand it’s not easy to go and take a manager from another club? Particularly when that club has ambitions of their own?
 
RCSeasider said:
I just think with Appleton unless he starts off playing wonderful attacking football or has a few poor early results the fans will soon turn on him (similar to benitez) and that isn't a good situation to start off with. They want someone who '"gets the town", Appleton has already walked away from it once after a handful of games (I don't think too many of us were particular thrilled about his appointment then either). Does Appleton have a great track record of developing players? None that I can immediately think of....he doesn't hang around long enough anywhere to do that.

If it is him then yes I'll support him and the team, but it has the POTENTIAL to cause a bit of friction between fans/club which I don't think it's worth doing at this stage. Anybody else would be given more time from the majority of fans so for that reason alone I'd personally stay clear
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Good point, they said they wanted someone who buys into the club and the town. He’s walked away once and doesn’t seem to be somebody who is filled with passion.

Maybe he’ll come with some fire in his belly and feel like he has something to prove, which isn’t always a bad thing.

That’s if it’s him, I’m sort of resigned to the fact it is because there’s about 20 separate threads.
 
poolfc said:
Keep seeing his 'football is boring'. I don't think it is. I think he just tries to adapt to what he comes into or what his board want. His persona is though and that's where I think the club might struggle to get him to connect with the fanbase.

They pretty much used Critchley as a marketing tool as well as a head coach for two years to try to sell tickets on the back of post-Oyston goodwill. To make it sound like the supporters are actually playing a part in the club and the 12th man and all that. A role he obviously wasn't comfortable with in the end, but MA would be even less so. He's too intense to notice you're there.

Also when Critchley didn't want to pick a player the club provided him with it was obvious but he still kept it professional and the door was never fully closed. It is with Appleton. He just blanks you and Lincoln struggled last season when the group of players weren't as good as the squad he had in 2020/21. Left by mutual consent.

There's a lot to factor in but if they do go for him it'll be because nobody else wants it with the restrictions imposed.
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Agree about his football being boring - it isn't. His Lincoln team played some brilliant football (4-3-3, expansive), and one of the reasons they struggled last season was due to 'over-playing' in the wrong areas. Also, the football we played under Critchley was hardly free flowing attacking football.

I think people remember the football from his first spell as turgid because he took over from Holloway. Let's be honest, whoever came in we wouldn't have been as entertaining as a Holloway team.
 
ItsGrimUpNorth said:
You’re misunderstanding.

“Could be an announcement” meaning they’ve no idea.
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Could be imminent like I could win the lottery imminently or…….I could not ! It’s all guesswork and little snippets put in to make you think they know something (when more than likely they don’t) to keep you reading.
 
At the play off final I was amazed at what a state Appleton looked like, ridiculous t Shirt far too small for him to show of his tattoos and biceps, just looked pathetic. He looked like he’d just slung on the first thing he found in the wardrobe. Call me old fashioned but I like my managers to at least look smart, ideally Jose Riga smart, but Critch always looked ok with a polo shirt. If it Appleton it needs writing in his contract long sleeves only.
 
ThorntonPool said:
Agree about his football being boring - it isn't. His Lincoln team played some brilliant football (4-3-3, expansive), and one of the reasons they struggled last season was due to 'over-playing' in the wrong areas. Also, the football we played under Critchley was hardly free flowing attacking football.

I think people remember the football from his first spell as turgid because he took over from Holloway. Let's be honest, whoever came in we wouldn't have been as entertaining as a Holloway team.
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The pitch had turned to shit by then as well. One of the reasons Holloway’s team lost it’s form.
 
Jonnyseasider said:
Lancs Live also saying an announcement could be imminent this morning all bodes towards one man
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Translation: we know that second interviews were this week, logic suggests that the job has now been offered, and the club might be in a position to confirm the appointment in the next few days.
 
Memphisboy said:
At the play off final I was amazed at what a state Appleton looked like, ridiculous t Shirt far too small for him to show of his tattoos and biceps, just looked pathetic. He looked like he’d just slung on the first thing he found in the wardrobe. Call me old fashioned but I like my managers to at least look smart, ideally Jose Riga smart, but Critch always looked ok with a polo shirt. If it Appleton it needs writing in his contract long sleeves only.
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You'd say no to Klopp then?
 
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