Official approach for Duff

Just to temper expectations of quick movement, Barnsley asked for (and got) permission to speak to UpThe on May 18 … and still haven’t made an appointment.

Not to say we won’t move quicker (hope we do) but …
 
I can’t see them not being serious about him if they’ve made the approach. Even if there are more candidates, my feeling is, he will be appointed if terms are agreed.
 
From what I gather he's exactly what the board will be looking for. Young (for a manger), done well on a tight budget, got some experience (more than Critchley did), not gonna cost a fortune in compensation, attacking football. I'll back whoever we get, but I do like the look of Duff.
 
Not sure duff is doing it for me at moment , can’t explain why thou lol 🤷🥴
yes he has done well at cheltham , but never been manger in championship, he needs a good start otherwise pool will be chasing
when he started at cheltham, he never won his first 10 matches , can’t do this in this league , I personal think pool need and experience coach , my opinion thou
 
tangible said:
He has some unconventional training rituals. Like forfeits where players get slapped with a wet goalie glove. Getting them to do rolly poleys from penalty box to penalty box. 'Thats really horrible'. Making them wear shin pads etc. Sounds a bit crazy gang. They'll notice a difference from Critchley!
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He'll get on a treat with our tangerine crazy gang, especially Jerry 🤣
 
Tangerine Manc said:
Not sure duff is doing it for me at moment , can’t explain why thou lol 🤷🥴
yes he has done well at cheltham , but never been manger in championship, he needs a good start otherwise pool will be chasing
when he started at cheltham, he never won his first 10 matches , can’t do this in this league , I personal think pool need and experience coach , my opinion thou
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Critchley never managed in championship either, an experienced coach normally means someone that has been sacked to many times!
 
AngelBFC said:
I’d be very happy with Duff

Fits the profile sound guy
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Me too, as long as all the background stuff fits in.

What sort of asst will he want? His own or one that know the league? It almost has a Duff and Thommo feel good ring to this, not that I'd let that be a sticking point.

From MD's pov, the Barnsley job may appeal more because it's gentle slope up whereas we are more of a lift.

manning must be in the thoughts but I wouldn't be the slightest bit surprised to see a foreign manager come in for that overseas bargain recruitment.

Time will tell.
 
Wallo7619 said:
Critchley never managed in championship either, an experienced coach normally means someone that has been sacked to many times!
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I get what you are saying , but look at Neil near end of season , pool really struggled , if pool never had a good start to season , who knows where we be , he is jumping 2 leagues with inn 2 seasons , just worries me
 
M personal choice if any one is interested would be Liam manning , ticks all the boxes pool want , should of gone up , but didn’t , 89 points more than neil got , yes I know they never went up , but still looked like a very good team
 
Just been thinking, in his interview BM said Villa “ went about things the right way and conducted themselves properly “ no they didn’t. If they had gone about things in the right way, they would have contacted BFC and asked for permission to speak to Critchley , as we did with Cheltenam, not a late night phone call from Gerrard saying come and join us. Critchley, as we know didn’t do things the right way either with another late call to BM saying I’m off, sort the terms with Villa. He’s gone and after the last few days I’m glad, but the more I think about it the more annoyed I am. I had better stop thinking about it.😁
 
tangible said:
He has some unconventional training rituals. Like forfeits where players get slapped with a wet goalie glove. Getting them to do rolly poleys from penalty box to penalty box. 'Thats really horrible'. Making them wear shin pads etc. Sounds a bit crazy gang. They'll notice a difference from Critchley!
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I'd pay good money to see anyone try and hit Gaz with a wet goalie glove 🥊
 
Goforgoal said:
Just been thinking, in his interview BM said Villa “ went about things the right way and conducted themselves properly “ no they didn’t. If they had gone about things in the right way, they would have contacted BFC and asked for permission to speak to Critchley , as we did with Cheltenam, not a late night phone call from Gerrard saying come and join us. Critchley, as we know didn’t do things the right way either with another late call to BM saying I’m off, sort the terms with Villa. He’s gone and after the last few days I’m glad, but the more I think about it the more annoyed I am. I had better stop thinking about it.😁
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Bang on

I think what BM probably means is they paid the compo
 
Wonder if Critchly put his foot in it by making the call? Surely he was called to get him interested, but then the message must have been sit tight, we will now make a formal approach
 
Couple of issues with Duff one being the couple of times I saw them it was primarily long ball with some guy winging massive throws into the box. The other is the name not entirely comfortable with our manager having the surname Duff, maybe I’m shallow. Doesn’t strike me as a particularly charismatic individual, could be wrong, but been in game decades and I wouldn’t have a clue what he looked like.
 
Alan Nixon also reporting this, along with interest in Evo and Derby assistant manager Leroy Rosenior (think it’s actually Liam)
 
tangible said:
He has some unconventional training rituals. Like forfeits where players get slapped with a wet goalie glove. Getting them to do rolly poleys from penalty box to penalty box. 'Thats really horrible'. Making them wear shin pads etc. Sounds a bit crazy gang. They'll notice a difference from Critchley!
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That worries me, it might get results in L2, but will it translate to the Championship or will it just p*** off the players.
 
I mentioned in another thread that I’d had a long chat with him when I did some work with Burnley. He’s very driven, but came across as a really decent guy. The work I was doing was for community project, which he was happy to be involved in, and stuck around to do for hours, which they said he did a lot of, so he’s familiar with getting involved with similar crowd demographics to ours.They all thought very highly of him at Burnley. He’s coached their u18 and u23 teams, and was part of the club’s move to the new training ground. It was surprising he didn’t get the job, but the new owners have gone for a more showy name.
 
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