Nigel Clough appointed Mansfield Town manager

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Nigel Clough appointed Mansfield Town manager

Post by tiger76 » Fri Nov 06, 2020 2:04 pm

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/54841418 that's a heck of a coup for them getting a manager of Nigel's stature, he's got a terrific record at getting teams promoted from the lower reaches.

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Re: Nigel Clough appointed Mansfield Town manager

Post by Quicknick » Fri Nov 06, 2020 2:08 pm

I hope he succeeds with them.

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Re: Nigel Clough appointed Mansfield Town manager

Post by Silkyskills1 » Fri Nov 06, 2020 2:59 pm

Not sure promotion is their main aim at the moment.

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Re: Nigel Clough appointed Mansfield Town manager

Post by tiger76 » Fri Nov 06, 2020 3:09 pm

Silkyskills1 wrote:
Fri Nov 06, 2020 2:59 pm
Not sure promotion is their main aim at the moment.
No! I suspect they'd settle for a mid-table finish right now, of course if they could get on a run who knows.

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Re: Nigel Clough appointed Mansfield Town manager

Post by Local cricketer » Fri Nov 06, 2020 8:39 pm

Taken his brother in as head of recruitment. Jobs for the boys again

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Post by Erasmus » Sat Nov 07, 2020 10:08 am

Mansfield have been massive underachievers for a few years now. They've had a lot of money put into them by the owner. Every season they start off as favourites for promotion and consistently fall short.

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Post by huw.Y.WattfromWare » Sat Nov 07, 2020 11:19 am

So he’s managed Forest, Derby, Burton and Mansfield. He’s not a commuter is he.
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Post by Rowls » Sat Nov 07, 2020 3:30 pm

You can actually triangulate Nigel clough’s house from the teams he’s managed.
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Post by Ashingtonclaret46 » Sat Nov 07, 2020 7:44 pm

He will be happy today after leaving thousands of Mackems disappointed.

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Post by AndrewJB » Sat Nov 07, 2020 7:46 pm

Mansfield are my brother’s team. He’ll be pleased at this appointment.

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Re: Nigel Clough appointed Mansfield Town manager

Post by Aclaret » Sat Nov 07, 2020 7:48 pm

AndrewJB wrote:
Sat Nov 07, 2020 7:46 pm
Mansfield are my brother’s team. He’ll be pleased at this appointment.
Your brothers team ? What went wrong Andrew ?

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Re: Nigel Clough appointed Mansfield Town manager

Post by ElectroClaret » Sat Nov 07, 2020 8:59 pm

Might have been better advised to hang on for the Derby job coming up again when Cocu gets binned.

Lost again today at home to Barnsley, gone bottom.

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Post by COBBLE » Sat Nov 07, 2020 9:52 pm

I wonder what it is that Nigel has not emulated his father for better or worse.

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Post by tim_noone » Sat Nov 07, 2020 10:00 pm

Phil Stant could put the ball in the net....

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Re: Nigel Clough appointed Mansfield Town manager

Post by tiger76 » Sun Nov 08, 2020 1:29 am

Ashingtonclaret46 wrote:
Sat Nov 07, 2020 7:44 pm
He will be happy today after leaving thousands of Mackems disappointed.
Big result for him winning at Sunderland, that just shows what they're capable of if they apply themselves, whether he'll take them up this year idk, but his track record does suggest that he'll get them promoted sooner or later if he's given the chance to get his feet under the table.

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Re: Nigel Clough appointed Mansfield Town manager

Post by mkmel » Sun Nov 08, 2020 4:08 am

tim_noone wrote:
Sat Nov 07, 2020 10:00 pm
Phil Stant could put the ball in the net....
When Phil Stant was scoring lots of goals I had the feeling that he would end up playing for us.

Ex Army man if my memory serves me well?

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Re: Nigel Clough appointed Mansfield Town manager

Post by AndrewJB » Sun Nov 08, 2020 11:28 am

Aclaret wrote:
Sat Nov 07, 2020 7:48 pm
Your brothers team ? What went wrong Andrew ?
I was born in Burnley, and he was born in Mansfield. We moved to Canada when he was still a baby, and he made his decision on which team to support during a brief moment in history when Mansfield were in a division above us. He claims to have no regrets.
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Re: Nigel Clough appointed Mansfield Town manager

Post by ClaretTony » Sun Nov 08, 2020 11:33 am

tiger76 wrote:
Fri Nov 06, 2020 2:04 pm
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/54841418 that's a heck of a coup for them getting a manager of Nigel's stature, he's got a terrific record at getting teams promoted from the lower reaches.
Hasn’t he only won promotions with Burton?

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Post by claretfern » Sun Nov 08, 2020 11:50 am

mkmel wrote:
Sun Nov 08, 2020 4:08 am
When Phil Stant was scoring lots of goals I had the feeling that he would end up playing for us.

Ex Army man if my memory serves me well?
Read Phil Stant's autobiography some years back 'Ooh Ah Stantona'
He served in the Falklands War.
Bolton born, and was in Stan Ternent's Bury side; Stan wrote the foreward to Stant's book.
I too felt he was a player who might have played for us at one time.
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Re: Nigel Clough appointed Mansfield Town manager

Post by tiger76 » Sun Nov 08, 2020 2:06 pm

ClaretTony wrote:
Sun Nov 08, 2020 11:33 am
Hasn’t he only won promotions with Burton?
Yes you're quite correct CT, I thought he'd had success elsewhere but surprisingly that's not the case, however I think it's fair to say Mansfield are a similarly sized outfit to Burton, and no doubt the powers that be will hope he can do a similar job to the one he did at the Brewers.

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Re: Nigel Clough appointed Mansfield Town manager

Post by ClaretTony » Sun Nov 08, 2020 3:07 pm

tiger76 wrote:
Sun Nov 08, 2020 2:06 pm
Yes you're quite correct CT, I thought he'd had success elsewhere but surprisingly that's not the case, however I think it's fair to say Mansfield are a similarly sized outfit to Burton, and no doubt the powers that be will hope he can do a similar job to the one he did at the Brewers.
Didn’t progress Derby and was a bit of a disaster at Sheff U.

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Post by claretburns » Sun Nov 08, 2020 3:12 pm

ClaretTony wrote:
Sun Nov 08, 2020 11:33 am
Hasn’t he only won promotions with Burton?
I would say two 1/2 promotions, he left them 13 points clear at the top in January 09 when he went Derby and then joined them in December 2015 when Hasselbaink went QPR but they were quite clear at the top from memory at the time.

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Post by Herts Clarets » Sun Nov 08, 2020 5:37 pm

huw.Y.WattfromWare wrote:
Sat Nov 07, 2020 11:19 am
So he’s managed Forest, Derby, Burton and Mansfield. He’s not a commuter is he.
He has never managed Forest but has managed Sheffield United.

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Re: Nigel Clough appointed Mansfield Town manager

Post by huw.Y.WattfromWare » Sun Nov 08, 2020 6:04 pm

Herts Clarets wrote:
Sun Nov 08, 2020 5:37 pm
He has never managed Forest but has managed Sheffield United.
He wouldn’t do that on the bus.

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Re: Nigel Clough appointed Mansfield Town manager

Post by Rowls » Sun Nov 08, 2020 6:42 pm

Eck’ It’s a long way to Sheffield from the good ol’ East Midlands.

No wonder things were tricky for our Nige at Sheff Utd.

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Re: Nigel Clough appointed Mansfield Town manager

Post by claretfern » Sun Nov 08, 2020 9:20 pm

Nigel Clough:
"The Number 9" as his dad referred to him when at Forest !!

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