Before the  news that JF had been sacked, a Notts fan on the tram was stating 'from someone in the know' that Cotterill would be the next manager.

4 minutes ago, wacky said:

Wonder if potential new owners have had some input, Cooper and Cotterill names are cropping up, would take either of them.

I think the input was that Ray Trew could see the club's value reducing!

About time! 

That performance today just about broke me to the point of wondering whether to bother again this season, so for my health and sanity I'm glad the JF era is now over.

The first name that popped into my head was Cotterill, but really I would take anyone with decent man management skills. Whoever it is though, has a lot of bridges to build with the players and needs to reintroduce some creativity to the side, not plain sailing, but hopefully the nightmare is over.

You know, I really do feel sorry for him but that doesn't win football games.

Admitting you're making mistakes and learning from them, whilst bridging with fans would have been something Fullarton could have done. He seemed to show a lack of understanding, not just to 'management' but football. His decisions, just bizarre. We just want to see Notts succeed, he clearly wasn't at any point the right person. Please leave the decision to the next owners @RayTrew.

i have lost so much interest that this afternoon the football came 3rd behind the Cricket and the Rugby when it came to flicking channels, that has never been the case before, whoever gets the job it will take a long time for me to get my enthusiasm back, this whole debacle has left too many scars for many reasons.

All I hope is this is lowest point this club ever reaches, I could never split up from this club because deep down I still love the ruddy thing, but we are on what I think is is called a 'break'

How can Ray Trew be allowed to appoint a new permanent manager? He said notts county was a black hole that he didn't want anything to do with, I'd say 7/9 managers he's appointed have been rubbish, why not give it to Hasall and Dryden or someone like Edwards as interim untill the new owners are in place?

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I didn't think he would be the right man for the job from the start, but time surely shown that he wasn't unto a manager position. I'm glad hes gone.. we've got to do better with the next manager and we don't have the time for him to settle either when we get one.

7 hours ago, Veggie pie said:

i have lost so much interest that this afternoon the football came 3rd behind the Cricket and the Rugby when it came to flicking channels, that has never been the case before, whoever gets the job it will take a long time for me to get my enthusiasm back, this whole debacle has left too many scars for many reasons.

All I hope is this is lowest point this club ever reaches, I could never split up from this club because deep down I still love the ruddy thing, but we are on what I think is is called a 'break'

The final paragraph above from Veggie, perfectly sums up my feelings too

7 hours ago, ohstanleyaborah said:

How can Ray Trew be allowed to appoint a new permanent manager? He said notts county was a black hole that he didn't want anything to do with, I'd say 7/9 managers he's appointed have been rubbish, why not give it to Hasall and Dryden or someone like Edwards as interim untill the new owners are in place?

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I'm praying this is not the case, we have always taken time - which fears the living hell out of me that it could be worse.

Give Smith a try until the takeover.

@notts-joe Sorry but disagree with giving Smith a go. He will want to play every game as a player manager. The midfield needs creativity and legs

The players need a new direction if we are to stay in the league and tbh we all know we are sh!te at defending so we need manager who plays attacking football as that will get the best out of the squad ala Mark Cooper two more wins and we're safe, even re-appointing Ricardo would gaurantee our safety 

Mark Coopers barmy army anyone?

@Northants Pie My one concern about Mark Cooper, he signed at Swindon, Traore and Balmy, so may not be the best judge of a player

@Northants Pie My one concern about Mark Cooper, he signed at Swindon, Traore and Balmy, so may not be the best judge of a player

I don't think either were terrible players, the one game i saw traore he looked like a half decent player but he was never played again, much the same with balmy, I only saw him once but he looked like he had a lot of pace about him on the wing

I like the way Cooper sets his teams out to play