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Post by willk on Mar 11, 2017 20:34:55 GMT
Does anybody on here know why he was in the directors box today? Any chance next manager? Out of work , left Crawley in 2015.
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Post by taylov on Mar 11, 2017 20:39:33 GMT
Does anybody on here know why he was in the directors box today? Any chance next manager? Out of work , left Crawley in 2015. Been here many times over the years. Richard Hill was assistant manager to John Gregory at both Wycombe Wanderers and Queens Park Rangers.
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Post by michaelefc on Mar 11, 2017 20:46:00 GMT
We do like our QPR legends don't we! Any chance Ian Holloway, Stan Bowles or Rodney Marsh could make a show?
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Post by tenacres on Mar 11, 2017 21:19:27 GMT
Could be a part of the new management perhaps?!
Think him and Richard Hill know each other quite well.
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Post by nedzelic on Mar 11, 2017 22:46:58 GMT
Hill and Gregory are best mates. Appointing Gregory would be a big mistake.
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Post by back4more on Mar 11, 2017 23:28:31 GMT
It was brilliant to see John Gregory with us today. He was there when RH first became our manager and seemed to bring good luck with him then. I believe he has had serious health problems and hopefully has recovered. I was too busy celebrating to go down the steps and wish him well after the match this evening but hope he'll show up at the Silverlake again.
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Post by martfergie on Mar 12, 2017 18:27:15 GMT
That's a great shout to be fair. I could see it happening, but surely we need a manager who has proven in this league and is ready to step up, hopefully with us. Not sure Gregory would get us out of this league.
I've personally always liked the Dover manager, something about him. Not sure him and RH would get on though.
I'm still convinced RH is going to take the job full time at the end of the season and then we just won't employ a director of football. A clever bit of job title arranging by Stew.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 13, 2017 7:15:07 GMT
John Gregory will be 63 in May, he's too old, he retired from Crawley to have heart surgery, I don't see him returning to football management, but he might scout for us perhaps? If RH takes the Manager's job it would be a backward step, its been tried and he walked away, that was his choice, he wasn't pushed, when he told SD after the Dover game SD told him to go home and sleep on it, he did, he still stepped down next morning citing he had taken them as far as he could. Being DoF will suit him, from his point of view as long as SD is our owner, RH has a job for life, its worth remembering that. However if he did take over again we still need a DoF because SD admits he has made mistakes and requires someone with more experience than himself in that role.
Here's the big issue, RH likes control, doing things his way......I don't think he'd like working under a DoF. Far better then that he takes the big chair himself, its probably less pressure and not in the spotlight as much!! That brings to my mind another possible issue...the type of manager he appoints, and I'm sorry to use this word, a puppet he can control. Don't get me wrong, RH is a nice bloke, he always gives us fans time when he can and he loves this club to bits I just think its in his nature to want control.
Ideally he finds us the right manager and they work fantastic together on the good ship jolly to get this club into the promised land. Having RH return to the club was a good decision, its great to see him, but I hope its as DoF in the long term, lets the new man manage and should he need advice I'm sure RH will have his door open. I can only think of the Alex Ferguson issue on similar lines, an ex manager on the board, he never goes into the dressing room and he only gives advice if Jose asks for some. A DoF is a different role obviously but you get the drift.
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Post by back4more on Mar 13, 2017 10:45:51 GMT
That's a very interesting post Keith but I am not sure it would work. I think that there were pressures we don't know about that led to Richard Hill deciding to take a break when he did. Some of those might have come from himself and some might have come from elsewhere whether from above or around him. From his point of view I think his timing was right and that as they say is now history. As for the here and now I believe the timing of his return is equally right - but this time for the club as well as for him. This season's events have, I think, taken us all back to reality and made us realise how precarious a club's existence can be in the wrong manager's hands. The situation the club has fallen into might also allow us to see in sharper relief the incredible progress that was made over just a few seasons. Bearing all that in mind I will be happy to see whichever route RH and Stewart Donald want to take at the end of the season. With regard to your Man United a-n-a-logy though, I think it is worth mentioning that Mourinho is older than Richard Hill - only slightly but he is same generation. I suspect RH will make his decision based on how the rest of this season pans out. If he does go forward and manage the first team next year I don't see that as a step back at all but a natural progression for himself and for the club. The most successful managers tend to have long careers at their main clubs including Alex Ferguson.
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Post by hantslondoner on Mar 13, 2017 12:20:37 GMT
I agree it's best to let things take their natural course - if the rest of the season goes well, if RH/SD feel that he can handle full-time management again, then...
Recent signings have mainly been used to stablise things (after Saturday, hopefully we're on the way to doing that) but most of them are short-term and looking back.
So it's not just switching to manager, it's a major rebuild for next season and for the future... would RH trust anyone other than himself to do that effectively? If he stayed as DOF, I don't think he'd want a 'puppet' manager as such, but he would want someone who shared his ideas totally and followed them up 100%. Could he find such a person? So unless good reasons for not doing it come up, then I think he will be manager next season. Just don't let it turn out like Steve McLaren at Derby.
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Post by michaelefc on Mar 13, 2017 15:21:45 GMT
RH as DOF, John Gregory manager, and Steve McLaren coach. Just don't let SM become manager!
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Post by newspitfire2017 on Mar 13, 2017 20:58:45 GMT
Can't really see John Gregory. In that past I have said about Gary hill but my bets would be either on Richard, Gary Johnson or Steve Davis!!
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Post by unknownquantity on Mar 13, 2017 23:41:40 GMT
Withy respect to the Dover manager I believe that he first managed Dover in the 1980's and as well as reaching the playoffs last season has been manager of a team promoted to the National League on three separate occasions,
I also think that John Gregory may have left the Crawley job due to health reasons.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 14, 2017 8:26:08 GMT
Brian McDermott...55 years old Brian Laws........55 Steve Cotterill...52
All available and I believe if you can sell one of them the ambitions of the club and be the Manager that takes them up 3 leagues over say 6 years I think it may well appeal to one of them. All have good knowledge of lower league players which is an important factor in selecting the new manager.
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Post by martfergie on Mar 14, 2017 9:18:32 GMT
My dream manager would still be Adkins but I'm 99% sure we are 2 leagues lower than he'd want to manage at, plus I imagine he'd be on big wages and want a sport science centre to run everything from.
I'm my personal opinion I like the Dover manager, done well with them and they are always up there, not sure he and RH would get on too well though.
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