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Whenever I hear him on Radio Lancashire it’s genuinely interesting and informative, in the Boro game he picked up where the goal was going to come from before it even happened.

I think there’s an argument he was behind a lot of the success with Grayson and Holloway. A lot of the players wanted him as manager after Holloway if I remember rightly
 
Steve is a top lad as anyone who knows him will tell you, he was definitely a big factor in our success under Olly and did well at PNE as coach there too.

He is a Blackpool fan and would have loved to come back to the club once the Oystons were removed but sadly that ship has now sailed.

He started work as Oldham's head of recruitment a few weeks ago and I'm sure we all wish him all the best in that role.
 
Raging_Bull said:
Steve is a top lad as anyone who knows him will tell you, he was definitely a big factor in our success under Olly and did well at PNE as coach there too.

He is a Blackpool fan and would have loved to come back to the club once the Oystons were removed but sadly that ship has now sailed.

He started work as Oldham's head of recruitment a few weeks ago and I'm sure we all wish him all the best in that role.
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I'd have him as head coach with a director of football tomorrow, I'll drive him there myself!!
 
Steve did it on Saturday, as he always does, he used the term "we" when summarising and talking about Blackpool.
When he was at Blackpool, he was the 'good guy' with the players & go between with the managers. He's extremely knowledgeable about the game & although the chance of being a 'manager' has passed him by, he would be a real asset to MA - who 'appears' not to be as good a man manager as Steve.
We've spoken to him several times when shopping and you really couldn't meet a nicer guy in football.
 
585 = never give up said:
Steve did it on Saturday, as he always does, he used the term "we" when summarising and talking about Blackpool.
When he was at Blackpool, he was the 'good guy' with the players & go between with the managers. He's extremely knowledgeable about the game & although the chance of being a 'manager' has passed him by, he would be a real asset to MA - who 'appears' not to be as good a man manager as Steve.
We've spoken to him several times when shopping and you really couldn't meet a nicer guy in football.
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Appleton froze him out on his first stint
 
Macseasider said:
I still hope that the board will bring him in at some point.

He's one of the nicest guys you could ever meet and loves the club.

As I've said before, every commentary he does for Radio Lancs is another week wasted from him coaching professional football players at a high level.
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Absobloodylutely!! How can Sadler employ Grayson and then Appleton and ignore the one man who he should of been begging to come back to the club. It makes you wonder. Seriously I would give him the head coach role and stick Ollie in as Director of football on an 2 year contract and see how it goes, it can't be any worse than it is at the moment.
 
RambleFan said:
Thommo and Evatt has got to happen at some point
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Clearly it doesn't or else Evatt would already have Thompson on his staff at Bolton.

I like listening to Steve Thompson when he makes observations that you don't spot when you're too caught up in the game but he's not a manager and he won't travel out of the area for assistant jobs so he's probably going no further than being that nice fella you hear on the radio who sounds like he knows what he's on about.
 
He aint a Blackpool fan, always a red and whoever his current employer is. If he's good on the radio, let him stop there. We dont want boring defensive football here. Can we stop it with these threads.
 
I’m sure Steve would have carved out a successful career as a Head Coach already if he had the ability to do so. The fact that he hasn’t, would suggest to me that he wouldn’t cut it here at Blackpool.

I think people are mistaking the ability to provide good quality radio punditry and in game analysis with the ability to coach and manage a group of players…. Very different skill sets required..

Steve is a likeable bloke and a decent assistant … He’s not a No 1
 
Think a few people missing the point of the OP, I wasn’t saying I think Steve Thompson should take over from Appleton. I was saying he’s genuinely knowledgeable on the radio and points out things you don’t spot unlike some the of the other commentators who talk about seagulls and the motorway journey there. It’s genuinely insightful to listen to someone who knows what they’re talking about

He was a very big part of the club from league 1 to Prem, especially when Grayson went Leeds and when Holloway went Palace
 
He does talk well on Radio Lancs but we are all amateur pundits on here lets face it.

Steve would get a managerial job i'm sure somewhere if he wanted it.
 
You would like to think that all professional coaches and mangers could point things out in commentary that most of us wouldn't see, if they can't why have they had a career in professional football!!
 
I'm with Marcus. With a new top role in place ST could provide invaluable advice, support and insight.

And with that appointment, the top bloke can be a newer younger one with less risk than if they came on with their own people who might be similarly experienced.
 
I don’t think any of us are qualified to sit on a recruitment board for a Championship manager!
If Appleton does go, ( and that’s not a given) then let’s leave it to the so called experts, and hope they get the right man in to drag us clear of relegation - then upwards and onwards next season.
 
BFC_BFC_BFC said:
I’m sure Steve would have carved out a successful career as a Head Coach already if he had the ability to do so. The fact that he hasn’t, would suggest to me that he wouldn’t cut it here at Blackpool.

I think people are mistaking the ability to provide good quality radio punditry and in game analysis with the ability to coach and manage a group of players…. Very different skill sets required..

Steve is a likeable bloke and a decent assistant … He’s not a No 1
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Fair enough, you're right, Ollie as manager and Thommo as assistant 👍 🤣 🤣
 
I’d have him in place of our current manager all day long. His knowledge is top drawer. Decent coaching team around him and it’s the winning ticket
 
BFC_BFC_BFC said:
I’m sure Steve would have carved out a successful career as a Head Coach already if he had the ability to do so. The fact that he hasn’t, would suggest to me that he wouldn’t cut it here at Blackpool.

I think people are mistaking the ability to provide good quality radio punditry and in game analysis with the ability to coach and manage a group of players…. Very different skill sets required..

Steve is a likeable bloke and a decent assistant … He’s not a No 1
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I agree and have said so quite a few times. Like you I could see him as an assistant and maybe the next "Tony Parkes" to a young apprentice.
 
I found it strange that he's been appointed head of recruitment at Oldham yet spent Saturday working for the BBC summarising our game. Shouldn't he be out and about round the country looking for and checking on players? Nothing in a championship game should be of interest for a team at the bottom of the national league surely?
I don't buy into the 'loves the club' too much. It's just geographically convenient for him and he hit a sweet spot with the timing when he was here.
He spent a lot of time with the nobbers which grates and Ryan Lowe assessed the coaching staff when he was there and Thommo was one of the first to go.
A nice guy yes and a part of our history but that's it for me.
 
Insider said:
I agree and have said so quite a few times. Like you I could see him as an assistant and maybe the next "Tony Parkes" to a young apprentice.
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You'd never give ST the manager job however it's phrased. No 2.
CAGU said:
I don’t think any of us are qualified to sit on a recruitment board for a Championship manager!
If Appleton does go, ( and that’s not a given) then let’s leave it to the so called experts, and hope they get the right man in to drag us clear of relegation - then upwards and onwards next season.
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You do fans a disservice and overplay the skill (as evidence has shown) of the experts. Seriously overplay...I mean Grayson...wtf. I never wanted MA...I mean wtf, but he's here.
 
CAGU said:
I don’t think any of us are qualified to sit on a recruitment board for a Championship manager!
If Appleton does go, ( and that’s not a given) then let’s leave it to the so called experts, and hope they get the right man in to drag us clear of relegation - then upwards and onwards next season.
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That’s my only worry these so called experts have so far brought back two ex managers who have both failed miserably one on an eye watering 4 year contract and a manager who fecked off at the first opportunity as an assistant elsewhere.

Experts? Hmm I’am not too sure about that.
 
Jaffa_The_Hut said:
That’s my only worry these so called experts have so far brought back two ex managers who have both failed miserably one on an eye watering 4 year contract and a manager who fecked off at the first opportunity as an assistant elsewhere.

Experts? Hmm I’am not too sure about that.
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Yup, they bought in 2 ex managers who were totally uninspiring, greyer than a grey thing, maybe a bit like SS and BB, the one they have ignored that would bring a bit of passion and fun to the party they have completely ignored. Get Ollie in if they are going to get rid of MA and give him and Thommo a chance to keep us up and then see where we are.
 
Been calling for him to come back for months .. the power behind both the Grayson and Holloway thrones .. what we’d give now for a good assistant who can actually tell Appleton what to do!!
 
Jaffa_The_Hut said:
That’s my only worry these so called experts have so far brought back two ex managers who have both failed miserably one on an eye watering 4 year contract and a manager who fecked off at the first opportunity as an assistant elsewhere.

Experts? Hmm I’am not too sure about that.
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You're right Jaffa, I don't think you'd class any of the recruitment board as experts, far from it I'm afraid.
 
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