😉 Tobias honest, I’m only interested in managers who have coached in the EFL, so I’d overlook Solberg for that reason.

Whoever comes in will have my full support, but I want someone with the experience, coaching ability, and tactics to get the best out of the squad. There are some very good managers out there, and I hope we’re seriously considering them, as we’re a good fit for clubs.

In my opinion, it all comes down to the wages.

Some new names in the betting with low odds, the Hartlepool manager and the assistant head coach at Lincoln City

In the last statement about the new head of performance the club stated 'As well as introducing our new coaching team, we’ll be announcing a restructuring of our football department’. Now maybe I'm reading way too much into it/ reading it wrong, but could the club be kind putting a team of coaches together to then work under a new head-coach? Usually you sign a head-coach and he brings his own staff, but we are so much less obvious and predictable in our approach now something like this would not surprise me. Maybe some of these names that have appeared more recently and low in the odds will form a part of the coaching staff but not be the actual head-coach...

@menzinho Agree with your take on the coaching staff, perhaps #Notts are insisting that Alves has to remain as part of the coaching set up. In the past, many managers came to #Notts and brought their "best football buddy"...never really worked.

Tom Shaw coming from no where into the betting. Hinshelwood, Buckingham Williams, Evatt, Richardson vying with relative unknown "Solberg".

One name always absent.... Craig Short.... great coaching experience now, would he want to return?

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Can we use Tipp-Ex to remove Joey Barton from the list?

I can't be the only fan who is thankful that Alan Hardy is no longer the owner, as otherwise there's some worrying names on the betting list. If Notts are looking to restructure their coaching team, this could very well be down to allowing the new head coach to bring in more of his own personnel. 'As well as introducing our new coaching team, we’ll be announcing a restructuring of our football department’. The new coaching team will be the head coach and his assistant.

Restructuring the football department sounds to be the key part.

Are there any other clubs who have a 'Director of Performance'? Maybe there’s a head coach who has previously worked with one, and Notts brought in Dr. David Rhodes for this reason, as they have heard the feedback about how Stuart Maynard was left without replacements of his team who departed? There are a lot of questions, but I would think there are clues within it.

@TheSkipper, If Alan Hardy was still the owner we'd be playing Sunday mornings on Victoria embankment :)

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12 minutes ago, weymuff said:

@TheSkipper, If Alan Hardy was still the owner we'd be playing Sunday mornings on Victoria embankment :)

This is why we need to trust the Reedtz and the process.

Build over time, sustain long-term success, and not short-lived. We have had years of being average, and finally we have something to look forward to.

Absolutely. 100%. Spot on. @TheSkipper

By the looks of it, this bloke has stepped in as caretaker manager a couple of times but has pretty much no experience as the main man apart from that. It doesn't mean he isn't a promising coach, but would it really be worth the effort of recruiting someone like that from abroad when there would be plenty of similar candidates right here?

So basically, nobody knows anything. I hope we don't drag our feet much longer though.

10 hours ago, Piethagoram said:

One name always absent.... Craig Short.... great coaching experience now, would he want to return?

He had a difficult task when he took over, as the squad was broken apart after winning League Two in 2009. However, I would pass. I think someone with experience in the EFL would be a better choice.

It’s the same reason I wouldn’t bring back Shaun Derry. I also hope Kevin Nolan shows at Northampton Town that he isn’t suited to management.

I don't set my hopes on the manager I think is best being appointed or even considered. I trust the system, and I hope the club understands after last season that we need a head coach who can get most of the fans behind him. There will always be some who won’t support the choice, but it’s important that the majority do. That early backing can make the biggest difference by the time the season reaches its end.

The bookies know nothing when it comes to the Notts managerial situation under the Bros.

However, we've now got an open goal. Brian Barry-Murphy is going Cardiff and Tom Cleverley is going to Plymouth. We've got an open goal to Des Buckingham.

People say he won't drop or he's out of our reach. He didn't succeed in the Championship, so the limit is League 1 or he could drop to League 2 if given the infrastructure and philosophy to work with and he's presented with the chance and sold the "project" if you like. Plus, it has to be the right size club, which we are.

You've got to sell him the project

Buckingham does seem to fit @ARLukomski . Odds now down 2-1. So choice is Solberg, Buckingham, Hinshelwood, Shaw, Williams, Evatt, Limbrick, Wilshire.

I doubt now if it will be Luke...available but with the length of time now passed, maybe not being considered?