Four in the frame including Ollie

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Blackpool have been "strongly" linked with a move for former boss Ian Holloway, according to this morning's Patreon story from Alan Nixon.

The Seasiders are currently in need of a permanent boss following the departure of Mick McCarthy, with Stephen Dobbie taking charge for the remainder of the 2022/23 campaign.

The names in the frame​

Dobbie did a good job and is one of the names in the frame to take charge of the club on a full-time basis - but other names are also being considered at this stage.

Neil Critchley is another manager reported to be under consideration, with the former Liverpool coach leaving Bloomfield Road last summer to join Aston Villa but failing to find success in the Midlands.

He was given the chance to redeem himself at Queens Park Rangers, but he was unable to stop their decline with the 44-year-old guiding the West London side to just one win during his 12 games in charge.

Gary Bowyer, another candidate, enjoyed a much more successful 2022/23 season with the 51-year-old winning promotion with Dundee before departing the club earlier this week.
 
HappyasLarry said:
Blackpool have been "strongly" linked with a move for former boss Ian Holloway, according to this morning's Patreon story from Alan Nixon.

The Seasiders are currently in need of a permanent boss following the departure of Mick McCarthy, with Stephen Dobbie taking charge for the remainder of the 2022/23 campaign.

The names in the frame​

Dobbie did a good job and is one of the names in the frame to take charge of the club on a full-time basis - but other names are also being considered at this stage.

Neil Critchley is another manager reported to be under consideration, with the former Liverpool coach leaving Bloomfield Road last summer to join Aston Villa but failing to find success in the Midlands.

He was given the chance to redeem himself at Queens Park Rangers, but he was unable to stop their decline with the 44-year-old guiding the West London side to just one win during his 12 games in charge.

Gary Bowyer, another candidate, enjoyed a much more successful 2022/23 season with the 51-year-old winning promotion with Dundee before departing the club earlier this week.
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Dobbie and Critchley likely to be correctly linked but very much doubt the other 2 are being considered.
 
Have a lot of respect for what the 3 of them achieved with us (albeit tempered for Critch and Ollie for other reasons), but we surely can't be looking at ex managers again. If not Wellens or Evo (both admittedly unlikely) then it has to be Dobbie in my humble opinion. The only silver lining for me from this year is the opportunity of having some youth players breaking into the team, and Dobbie looks best place to achieve that
 
4 ex managers to choose from.

However as Lytham says Nixon is clueless. He will have seen on social media Olly at the fund raiser at BR and assumed that he was in the frame and send another baseless story
 
Quitchley "was given the chance to redeem himself at Queens Park Rangers, but he was unable to stop their decline with the 44-year-old guiding the West London side to just one win during his 12 games in charge."

That's the reason why we would be crazy to hire Quitchley, without even considering the reaction of the fans.

If it had to be one of those I'd choose Dobbie - but I expect it'll be Bowyer - to continue the tradition of selecting the wrong manager.
 
fcblackpool said:
You'd think it would have been announced by now. Ideally straight after the Norwich game.

So why hasn't it? Either SD isn't getting the job or he's not happy to take it (could be money, could be transfer budget, etc).

I think to 95% of fans it's clearcut.
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Great point, I would take Critch back if he acknowledged he made a huge mistake leaving us and apologised
 
Nixon must know he's getting the run around now. He'd be best avoiding reporting on Blackpool until he gets some new sources.
 
fcblackpool said:
You'd think it would have been announced by now. Ideally straight after the Norwich game.

So why hasn't it? Either SD isn't getting the job or he's not happy to take it (could be money, could be transfer budget, etc).

I think to 95% of fans it's clearcut.
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Surely the losses of Badlan, Mansford and Gerrity have affected things a fair bit? Consequences. I don't agree that SD has either not got the job or has declined it. He was due to talk to the club back end of last week, and its now Monday morning. And he himself said last week that he expected the club to wait for the sporting director appointment. We may have to wait til after Wednesday's play off elimination. I guess. Likely to be Thursday night. Consequences of so much churn at the end of a difficult season. We dont really have a board of directors, nor a sporting director. And its only mid May. Better getting it right late May than wrong early May. The Appleton process was pretty rushed, it seemed to me. Due to the short closed season last year, i suppose. But it worked out badly.
 
voyeur said:
Surely the losses of Badlan, Mansford and Gerrity have affected things a fair bit? Consequences. I don't agree that SD has either not got the job or has declined it. He was due to talk to the club back end of last week, and its now Monday morning. And he himself said last week that he expected the club to wait for the sporting director appointment. We may have to wait til after Wednesday's play off elimination. I guess. Likely to be Thursday night. Consequences of so much churn at the end of a difficult season. We dont really have a board of directors, nor a sporting director. And its only mid May. Better getting it right late May than wrong early May. The Appleton process was pretty rushed, it seemed to me. Due to the short closed season last year, i suppose. But it worked out badly.
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You may be right. However the new SD has been identified and presumably will have had off the record conversations with SS and candidates. It would seem improbable for that not to be the case.

And you wouldn't just write off the work B, G and M. That would be stupid.
 
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fcblackpool said:
You may be right. However the new SD has been identified and presumably will have had off the record conversations with SS and candidates. It would seem improbable for that not to be the case.

And you wouldn't just write off the work B, G and M. That would be stupid.
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Surely the work of B, G and M has had a full year of being described as unambitious and cost cutting, practically asking for relegation? Or is that not the case?
 
fcblackpool said:
You may be right. However the new SD has been identified and presumably will have had off the record conversations with SS and candidates. It would seem improbable for that not to be the case.

And you wouldn't just write off the work B, G and M. That would be stupid.
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Off the record stuff obviously. Given our recent appointment record he may well have written off previous work to some extent. And Dobbie only became a serious candidate in the last month or so. Fluid situation. We dont know if Downes is definitely joining us as far as I'm aware. And he may have agreed some conditions. Its just speculation and the club is in flux.
 
Not sure why this is dragging out as much as it should be, get Dobbie appointed. He is the ideal candidate out of all the names in the running and someone the fans want.

Wouldn't mind Ollie involved in some capacity though if I am being honest. Like Wiz says, DoF potentially.
 
TangerineTed said:
Why not appoint all four. Win a game and you stay on as manager for the next game, draw or lose and back to the bottom of the queue.
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There's more to this than meets the eye. By employing 4 managers at once and rotating them each week, the opposition won't have a clue what style or line up they might face from one week to the next, fans won't know who exactly to blame so moaning will decrease and players will be fresher from the extra variety they receive in training. I think you've stumbled across a future, untried formula for success.
 
HappyasLarry said:
Blackpool have been "strongly" linked with a move for former boss Ian Holloway, according to this morning's Patreon story from Alan Nixon.

The Seasiders are currently in need of a permanent boss following the departure of Mick McCarthy, with Stephen Dobbie taking charge for the remainder of the 2022/23 campaign.

The names in the frame​

Dobbie did a good job and is one of the names in the frame to take charge of the club on a full-time basis - but other names are also being considered at this stage.

Neil Critchley is another manager reported to be under consideration, with the former Liverpool coach leaving Bloomfield Road last summer to join Aston Villa but failing to find success in the Midlands.

He was given the chance to redeem himself at Queens Park Rangers, but he was unable to stop their decline with the 44-year-old guiding the West London side to just one win during his 12 games in charge.

Gary Bowyer, another candidate, enjoyed a much more successful 2022/23 season with the 51-year-old winning promotion with Dundee before departing the club earlier this week.
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Lazy journalism
 
voyeur said:
Off the record stuff obviously. Given our recent appointment record he may well have written off previous work to some extent. And Dobbie only became a serious candidate in the last month or so. Fluid situation. We dont know if Downes is definitely joining us as far as I'm aware. And he may have agreed some conditions. Its just speculation and the club is in flux.
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We don't know if it is Downes, but we were told it's done and will be confirmed as and when..

You just know it will be someone not already mentioned.
 
As much as I loved Ollie I wouldn't bring him back in any capacity. His strength was working with players on the training ground, quite a long time ago. Motivational. Not senior management and club politics.
 
BigHandsOliverKahn said:
There's more to this than meets the eye. By employing 4 managers at once and rotating them each week, the opposition won't have a clue what style or line up they might face from one week to the next, fans won't know who exactly to blame so moaning will decrease and players will be fresher from the extra variety they receive in training. I think you've stumbled across a future, untried formula for success
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It wouldn't work, players notoriously don't like change, and some would take ages to understand one Managers methods, let alone 4.
 
Holloway in some sort of role with Dobbie?
I know some people don't like his relationship with the former regime, but not everyone is a good judge of character. That's why people get divorced! And sometimes they don't even realise there's a problem, they're too close to it. So I could accept Ollie back, it's been a while, and he is one who "gets" the club, like people keep saying we need.
 
HappyasLarry said:
Blackpool have been "strongly" linked with a move for former boss Ian Holloway, according to this morning's Patreon story from Alan Nixon.

The Seasiders are currently in need of a permanent boss following the departure of Mick McCarthy, with Stephen Dobbie taking charge for the remainder of the 2022/23 campaign.

The names in the frame​

Dobbie did a good job and is one of the names in the frame to take charge of the club on a full-time basis - but other names are also being considered at this stage.

Neil Critchley is another manager reported to be under consideration, with the former Liverpool coach leaving Bloomfield Road last summer to join Aston Villa but failing to find success in the Midlands.

He was given the chance to redeem himself at Queens Park Rangers, but he was unable to stop their decline with the 44-year-old guiding the West London side to just one win during his 12 games in charge.

Gary Bowyer, another candidate, enjoyed a much more successful 2022/23 season with the 51-year-old winning promotion with Dundee before departing the club earlier this week.
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Why is it:
Former player
Former manager
Former manager
Former manager??

The last two former managers we’ve had didn’t go down well with the fans and their points per game record was v poor.
Why can’t we just appoint Dobbie?
Ollie is a big fat no. As is 🐍.
Bowyer wouldn’t be a bad choice but there’s many managers who could do a good job.

Personally I think it should be Dobbie hands down. The fan base love him and he did a brilliant job of it.
 
South Shore Seasider said:
Have a lot of respect for what the 3 of them achieved with us (albeit tempered for Critch and Ollie for other reasons), but we surely can't be looking at ex managers again. If not Wellens or Evo (both admittedly unlikely) then it has to be Dobbie in my humble opinion. The only silver lining for me from this year is the opportunity of having some youth players breaking into the team, and Dobbie looks best place to achieve that
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Ollie left because he got sick of tight wad.

Not having a go here but I was glad he basically told KO he'd had enough. He got a better offer and went.
He must have known what was coming because the cash, what little that gap toothed tit was spending soon dried up.
I really don't get the animosity towards him, or am I missing something here?
He got us to the promised land on a shoestring by being a good motivator and tactician backed up by his backroom staff.
Every day was a struggle under KO yet he had to toe the party line or he would have been sacked. I didn't blame him one bit for leaving when he did.
 
Grumpy_no_more said:
Quitchley "was given the chance to redeem himself at Queens Park Rangers, but he was unable to stop their decline with the 44-year-old guiding the West London side to just one win during his 12 games in charge."

That's the reason why we would be crazy to hire Quitchley, without even considering the reaction of the fans.

If it had to be one of those I'd choose Dobbie - but I expect it'll be Bowyer - to continue the tradition of selecting the wrong manager.
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QPR didn’t exactly shoot up the league when they sacked him
 
“While it remains to be seen if Blackpool will make another attempt to poach Ramsay from Manchester United, there have been plenty of other former Red Devils thriving in the EFL.”
So even in the article they have admitted they’ve no idea whether we have or will make an approach, yet another rumour surfaces.
 
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