I always like Shaun Derry as a manager, he seemed to show promise - it actually saddened me when I read comments about him not being good enough, that he won't get a second chance etc. Then when he was liked with the likes of Doncaster, it bordered comments about him making a career of his playing days - which is just bizarre because it's not like he jumped the gun to manage Q.P.R or Crystal Palace.

Really, if it wasn't for our home record - he would probably still be here.

I do feel it's a good division for him to start in, so a second chance seems ideal and I was surprised he was interested in Cambridge. I see him getting a League 1 (mid table side or a league two promotion candidate) job at some stage. Not that I see him leaving Cambridge for the first offer than comes to him, as I think he's quite loyal.

Good luck to him.

SD is a developing manager still learning his trade , I personally liked him as a player and manager at notts , he will have a degree of success I'm sure and I wish him well .

as much as i liked derry, he needed the right club and to go through what he had under notts. who knows if he will come back? for now we have cooper who is much better.

@liampie I agree that Cooper is a better manager fully! I think first season Derry was good though, he played quite exciting football and was great for galvanising the team. Second year Derry, when he could build his own squad was a disaster! And the reason for that in my honest opinion was that he listened to Abbott too much. Look at Cambridge, he's come in and steadied the ship, he hasn't got Abbott this time so it will be interesting to see how Cambridge fare next season but he could well turn out to be like Mad Dog, a great manager to have come in to fight fires but stagnates quickly and won't bring long term success? 

If Derry had stayed on as manager I think fans would have been more pleased with the players. Whoever signed the bulk of squad made a terrible decision to go for quantity rather than quality.

Derry had a terrible end to the season, I think he got 1 or 2 wins in about 20 games at one point and that's why we went down despite reaching 3rd in the league at one stage

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6 hours ago, Melikepie said:

@liampie a great manager to have come in to fight fires but stagnates quickly and won't bring long term success? 

i think cambridge will be the club where he improves this side of things.

they should not go up or be relegated. it gives him a chance to balance things and gain the experience required to be a better manager. i think with time he may be a warnock style manager.