New FGR boss

Hope he does well. I like him.

That’s nice.

Yeah, good luck to him.
Had a really rough time with his covid illness, so
deserves it.

He will do well at FGR, a good appointment for both.

First match home v Accy Stanley this Saturday

All the very best to SC from me
Hope he does well at FGR

All the best to Steve C at Forest Green R

Best of luck to Steve Cotterill.
I met him while he was here and he could be a 'bristly' character and not a bloke to be crossed in a hurry but I think that was just his slightly guarded way and he always struck me as someone with a real love of the game so I'm glad to see him back, especially after his health issues.
I was initially shocked to see the news as I hadn't seen the news that Troy Deeney had been sacked.

Good luck to him

Best of luck to Mr C

It all depends how he gets on with the chairman I expect.

That will be the fella who runs Ecotricity won’t it Dale Vince.

Hope he does well, backs against the wall job should suit him.

It goes without saying that I wish him the very best

There’s more threads on here about Steve Bloody Cotterill than wins when he managed us .

Plenty of Steve Cotterill at Burnley talk in the interview with Michael Duff on From the Bee Hole End tomorrow.

It baffles me that hes down in the lower leagues. Championship clubs could do worse.

Didn't he work in the England set-up with Harold Wilkinson?
That wouldn't help.

miracle if he keeps them up but he has plenty of experience, bit mental giving a manager 5 days of the transfer window though

Goliath wrote: ↑

Thu Jan 25, 2024 10:56 pm

It baffles me that hes down in the lower leagues. Championship clubs could do worse.

Not really on trend with his style of play.

I can see SC becoming a firefighter choice for clubs needing to turn results though, especially if he can turn FGR around.

boatshed bill wrote: ↑

Thu Jan 25, 2024 11:12 pm

Didn't he work in the England set-up with Harold Wilkinson?
That wouldn't help.

Worked at Sunderland with Howard Wilkinson

elwaclaret wrote: ↑

Fri Jan 26, 2024 1:46 pm

Not really on trend with his style of play.

I can see SC becoming a firefighter choice for clubs needing to turn results though, especially if he can turn FGR around.

From what i remember his Bristol City were basically a wide open gung ho type side. He was massively adaptable with us, he had success with Robbie Blake as a lone striker, Akinbiyi and Andy Gray, all completely different styles. His name has a negative reputation alongside it, im not really sure why.

Goliath wrote: ↑

Fri Jan 26, 2024 1:56 pm

From what i remember his Bristol City were basically a wide open gung ho type side. He was massively adaptable with us, he had success with Robbie Blake as a lone striker, Akinbiyi and Andy Gray, all completely different styles. His name has a negative reputation alongside it, im not really sure why.

To be fair the final months of his stay here were pretty painful viewing.

elwaclaret wrote: ↑

Fri Jan 26, 2024 2:01 pm

To be fair the final months of his stay here were pretty painful viewing.

Hardly - if you’d said the previous season I might have agreed but some good performances in the early part of the season before he left.

ClaretTony wrote: ↑

Fri Jan 26, 2024 2:23 pm

Hardly - if you’d said the previous season I might have agreed but some good performances in the early part of the season before he left.

Yep, think expectations had started to rise with Flood coming in and spending quite a lot of money. It was a new era for the club really.
That early Wayne Thomas red against Southampton killed him looking at the results, we were excellent that day from memory and probably would have won with 11.

Goliath wrote: ↑

Fri Jan 26, 2024 2:33 pm

Yep, think expectations had started to rise with Flood coming in and spending quite a lot of money. It was a new era for the club really.
That early Wayne Thomas red against Southampton killed him looking at the results, we were excellent that day from memory and probably would have won with 11.

We lost against Southampton in his second last home game but Thomas played for Southampton that day. It was the year before when he was sent off in the game.

Goliath wrote: ↑

Fri Jan 26, 2024 1:56 pm

I remember his Bristol City was a wide-open gung ho type side. He was massively adaptable with us; he succeeded with Robbie Blake as a lone striker, Akinbiyi and Andy Gray, all completely different styles. His name has a negative reputation alongside it; I'm not sure why.

From what I’ve heard from a player who played under him. I think if he liked you, he liked you. If he didn’t like you, that’s it. There's no relationship there.

It makes it awkward when you eventually cross paths again later on down the line because he’d hold the same opinion from decades before.

ClaretTony wrote: ↑

Fri Jan 26, 2024 2:36 pm

We lost against Southampton in his second last home game but Thomas played for Southampton that day. It was the year before when he was sent off in the game.

Ah memory playing tricks. Can't remember the one before he was sacked really then but now you mention it im guessing Thomas was playing for the other team by then after Cotterill had worked wonders to get over a million for him.

ClaretTony wrote: ↑

Fri Jan 26, 2024 2:23 pm

Hardly - if you’d said the previous season I might have agreed but some good performances in the early part of the season before he left.

Don’t remember an upturn in form, but I’m certainly not going to argue. I remember being a little surprised by the timing but unsurprised (apart from him being at his own sacking press conference) when he left.

Whenever his name is mentioned it takes me back to the borefest away to Aston Villa in the league cup.

Sitting there watching Burnley that night made me so frustrated that we just defended when it was crying out for us to attack them and give it a go.

Such a frustrating performance from Burnley on the night.

elwaclaret wrote: ↑

Sat Jan 27, 2024 1:18 pm

Don’t remember an upturn in form, but I’m certainly not going to argue. I remember being a little surprised by the timing but unsurprised (apart from him being at his own sacking press conference) when he left.

I think you’ve got seasons the wrong way round.

ClaretTony wrote: ↑

Sat Jan 27, 2024 2:19 pm

I think you’ve got seasons the wrong way round.

Quite possibly.

Forest Green went down with a whimper for the second reason running.

Bordeauxclaret wrote: ↑

Wed Apr 17, 2024 1:27 pm

Forest Green went down with a whimper for the second reason running.

Indeed. And hopefully Sutton join them.

i can see Accrington struggling next season

Good luck to him.