Dunn To Barrow

Good luck to him. Thought he handled himself really well as caretaker and pretty much every game he managed we were better than we were under Grayson. He just seemed to put the players in the right positions and back them to play and they responded quite well to it.
 
Steadied a sinking ship, so done well in my eyes under a difficult circumstance.
If true, then Barrow have a very good replacement in him.
Good luck , Dunny.
 
Nuttall in on loan with him, hopefully, as that deal was a joke for the club to start with, cobbled together between Grayson and Dunn. The club got screwed.
 
You don’t need to be coached to put effort in Puma. That’s what annoys people the total disinterest and lack of effort shown throughout the season. I can accept poor players if they at least look like they want to be here and are obviously giving it everything.
 
BlackpoolPuma said:
Oh do shut up with the Nuttall baiting. A decent coach will bring the best out of him.
Some of our fans are so useless it's untrue.
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behave yourself it’s well know in the club that the Nuttall deal was a swindle, between old mates and the club footed the bill.
 
Not baiting. Dunn got a pretty penny out of that deal, seems only right to comment on it within a thread about him.
 
More rumours this morning - can't help feeling now that Critchley has brought in that Garrity bloke that Dunn is surplus to requirement and it would be an amicable parting.
 
Everybody who is contracted, should be given an opportunity to impress impressive in pre-season friendlies.
 
@BlackpoolPuma I’m not having a go or anything, just what I heard.

Nuttall never wanted to come, Dunn and Grayson sorted this deal between them

After a very short period the deal became lose lose for everyone.... except Dunn who had a large fee in his pocket and amazingly a new job.
The club got swindled in that one.
it was a significant factor in Grayson's departure.

we re now saddled with an asset that doesn’t and never has wanted to be here. If anything I’m actually sticking up for Nuttall.

I commented on a thread defending agents last week. This is a compelling argument for me being wrong on that thread. Dunn is laughing all the way to the bank, and the club has learned a very valuable lesson.

It’s a tricky one for us now, will NC fancy him? Not so sure on what I’ve seen. What do we do then? We paid around 350k (I’m told) for him. No one in League one or two is going to come any where near that, his wage is high for league one, so if we loaned him out we’d still have to pay a significant portion.

So it’s a good bye and good riddance for me with DD. Hopefully the club have learnt a very valuable lesson for the future.
 
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If it's 'well known within the club that the Nuttall deal was a swindle' between Grayson and Dunn, and it played a significant factor in Grayson's departure, why would we have given Dunn a job, and why would we then promote him to caretaker after he's supposedly ripped us off?
 
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bfc1993 said:
If it's 'well known within the club that the Nuttall deal was a swindle' between Grayson and Dunn, and it played a significant factor in Grayson's departure, why would we have given Dunn a job, and why would we then promote him to caretaker after he's supposedly ripped us off?
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When SS found out the details and subsequent performances he wasn’t happy.
 
Rekt. All very plausible.
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Except for the Mansford anomaly.
 
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bfc1993 said:
'Wasn't happy' but Dunn is still on the books? Doesn't add up to me, sorry
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I should have written it as it “became clear “ to SS that DD and SG worked the deal themselves. SS I’m told was more annoyed with BM for authorising it. Nuttall really didn’t want the transfer but DD apparently made his biggest commission as an agent out of it. Which Isn’t really important.

It also led to SS insisting a transfer committee is set up with scouting, management and BM on it.

take it or leave it not fussed either way, but I highly doubt DD will be involved with Blackpool with or without the Barrow interest much longer, I also suspectNuttall maybe moved on. But as I said before. We’re in a really bad situation with him now. No one will be able to afford him and if we loan him we ll still be contributing to a significant part of his wage.

Edit to add I’m not even sure Dunn is still “ on the books”
 
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Rektseasider said:
I should have written it as it “became clear “ to SS that DD and SG worked the deal themselves. SS I’m told was more annoyed with BM for authorising it. Nuttall really didn’t want the transfer but DD apparently made his biggest commission as an agent out of it. Which Isn’t really important.

It also led to SS insisting a transfer committee is set up with scouting, management and BM on it.

take it or leave it not fussed either way, but I highly doubt DD will be involved with Blackpool with or without the Barrow interest much longer, I also suspectNuttall maybe moved on. But as I said before. We’re in a really bad situation with him now. No one will be able to afford him and if we loan him we ll still be contributing to a significant part of his wage.

Edit to add I’m not even sure Dunn is still “ on the books”
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But it wasnt Mansfords fault the deal it was the interim board of Bolingbroke and Ben Hatton
 
Jonnyseasider said:
But it wasnt Mansfords fault the deal it was the interim board of Bolingbroke and Ben Hatton
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Just relaying what I’ve been told.
He must have meant the people on the interim board. He’s not told me anything that hasn’t been untrue.

Edit to add now that you mention that Jonny seems even more realistic that the club have been done over given the expedient nature of things back then.
 
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Rektseasider said:
Just relaying what I’ve been told.
He must have meant the people on the interim board. He’s not told me anything that hasn’t been untrue.

Edit to add now that you mention that Jonny seems even more realistic that the club have been done over given the expedient nature of things back then.
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Scary isnt it
 
Insider said:
Rekt. All very plausible.
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Except for the Mansford anomaly.
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When my mate who knows saddler told me about this the other day he said “ SS was really annoyed at the deal being signed off (with words to the effect of) those he’d delegated to”. I’ve presumed that was BM but after it was pointed out it couldn’t have been so I got that bit wrong.
 
BlackpoolPuma said:
Yet they put DD in caretaker charge??

I'm not having any of this.
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who else was there to take over at the time?

SS apparently has a massive reality check/ shock half way through last season, centred around the travelling, the finances involved and the realistic shape of the club he bought which was far worse than he realised ( playing and back room staff, club management and facilities.

Around the turn of the year it was decided Grayson would need to go, temporarily Squires Gate needed to be upgraded whilst plans for De Veres were started.

Most importantly the managerial search shortly after Grayson departed was really floundering, he held a meeting as a kick up the arse so we didn’t end up with Paul Hurst orHeckingbottom Which we were quiet close to at one point.

Dunn was a necessary remedy during a year of near constant upheaval, necessary at the time.

My overall point was SS was really annoyed at the deal, how lax the club was at the start of his tenure, how he had to work far harder and longer through the season to professionalise the club. I think we’re going to see the benefits of this in the next year to 18 months.
 
Rektseasider said:
who else was there to take over at the time?

SS apparently has a massive reality check/ shock half way through last season, centred around the travelling, the finances involved and the realistic shape of the club he bought which was far worse than he realised ( playing and back room staff, club management and facilities.

Around the turn of the year it was decided Grayson would need to go, temporarily Squires Gate needed to be upgraded whilst plans for De Veres were started.

Most importantly the managerial search shortly after Grayson departed was really floundering, he held a meeting as a kick up the arse so we didn’t end up with Paul Hurst orHeckingbottom Which we were quiet close to at one point.

Dunn was a necessary remedy during a year of near constant upheaval, necessary at the time.

My overall point was SS was really annoyed at the deal, how lax the club was at the start of his tenure, how he had to work far harder and longer through the season to professionalise the club. I think we’re going to see the benefits of this in the next year to 18 months.
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Again all very plausible.
I couldn't help but pick up on what is virtually a throw away remark about the new training ground at De Vere's (Lawson Rd I presume). This is of course the fans favourite bit of speculation for the new site.
Is your comment a bit more informed?
Keep us posted. I hope this is all genuine ITK stuff.
 
Insider said:
Again all very plausible.
I couldn't help but pick up on what is virtually a throw away remark about the new training ground at De Vere's (Lawson Rd I presume). This is of course the fans favourite bit of speculation for the new site.
Is your comment a bit more informed?
Keep us posted. I hope this is all genuine ITK stuff.
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Yes the allotments at the back of De Vera, is that Lawson Road? I’m not sure, been years since I ventured up there.

I’m on a bit of a time delay with everything I get told but it’s as a direct line as you’re likely to get.
 
Bit of an update ...

With their retained list out of the way, Barrow AFC's focus will now be on appointing the manager who will take them through their first season in the English Football League since 1972.

It is understood that the Bluebirds hope to make an appointment by the middle of the week.

Whoever takes up the role will succeed the man that guided AFC to an historic promotion from the National League last season, Ian Evatt, who left last week for soon-to-be League Two rivals Bolton Wanderers.
The man most linked with the vacancy has been former Blackburn Rovers midfielder David Dunn and the odds on him taking the job have now shortened to ten to one ON with bookmakers Sky Bet.

It would be a first permanent managerial role since January 2016 for 40-year-old Dunn, who had four matches in caretaker charge of Blackpool in February this year following the sacking of Simon Grayson.
The experienced Nigel Clough is second favourite at 7/1, having ended his second spell at Burton Albion to help them adjust to the financial challenges the coronavirus pandemic brought.
The next two managers on the bookies' shortlist are both priced at 16/1, with the man Evatt replaced at Bolton, Keith Hill, being joined by David Flitcroft, who was his assistant at the Trotters after previously managing Mansfield Town, Swindon Town, Bury and Barnsley.
 
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