The Electric Banana
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Corberan appointed - this has all the hallmarks of a disaster:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/53520013
Hopefully.
Corberan appointed - this has all the hallmarks of a disaster:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/53520013
Do we really care about this tinpot outfit. They are, have and will always live in the shadow of Leeds Utd. Let them stumble along in their fantasy world of dreams and hope. Maybe they're hoping to get some cast off players from Leeds?
It's very interesting reading the Huddersfield Forum a lot seem to believe they are now going to "no limits" attacking football and the promised land beckons and they seem to be glad that the Cowleys are gone. They really have no idea what they have just let go. DC/NC played the type of football with the squad they had to get them out of the mire which it clearly did and I have no doubt that given time they would have done exactly what the same as they did with us to Huddersfield.
Time will tell but it is fairly obvious reading his comments that not a lot of players are coming in and apparently he is going to turn them into an attacking force. My thoughts on that is you can't make a silk purse out of a sows ear and if the Cowleys can't get the best out of those players then who can?
Watch the Hudders fans bleat when they realise what they have just lost and how successful the Cowleys are at another club and they realise that their team isn't actually playing like Brazil!
I hear what you say and agree in a host of respects. However, I have this nagging doubt wrt their alleged requirement to have considerable control on transfers for example, clubs have moved on and finding one that lets you have a certain degree of control will be difficult. Clubs nowadays have an extensive network of world scouts so having a say at the table will be more difficult. Having that control is something from bygone Div 1 / 2 days. Yes they kept Huddersfield up but have they really embedded themselves as Championship managers, the bottom half a dozen clubs are very much aligned to the top six of league 1 imo. A sustained period (years) as manager in the Championship is required to gauge further. Grateful for what they did and the journey but for me I used the word predictable when it came to the style of play towards the end.
I really hope they do well as I have a bet on with an ex boss of mine that they'll end up at West Ham.I guess only time will tell and see where they end up and how they do. Big decision their next move though.
Time to think about a change of name, Cowli perhaps.
Danny Van CowliAlways helps to have a Van in the middle too.
Hi, I'm a newby to the forum, and it's my first post, but wanted to have a say about the Cowleys and Lincoln City. I've been a fan for 55 years, born in Lincoln in the 50's, now in Nottingham, and only get to about four games a season now, as I do a Saturday job for the FA. Was a season ticket holder back in the day, watching John Kennedy, Jim Smith, Lou Thom, Norman Corner, Bill Cobb, Ray Harford, and the rest of the merry men. I've seen all the managers, the successful, Taylor, Murphy, Alexander and the Cowleys, the enthusiastic, Moyes, Stant, Schofield, Brown, and the incompetents, Clarke, Sutton and Tilson. No-one will be more respected for their tenure and success at Sincil Bank than the Cowleys and their achievements, listed elsewhere on this thread, but guess what, they've gone....end of story.
Do we want them back?
No, we have a perfectly good manager in Appleton, and I look forward to his term of office. Lincoln will never be the club that can match their ambition, or fund it. To be frank, it's very disrespectful to Appleton to wish them back here. We couldn't match their ambition or expected salary and they moved on
Has their reputation been damaged at Huddersfield?
Yes, maybe not in the eyes of supporters and the media, but I would think a lot of chairmen will be wary of employing them, and perhaps players won't relish playing under them in the future. Would you hand over your bank account to someone who worked for you and hope they spent it wisely?
Did they plan to leave City last year as early as they did, early season?
Yes, I think so, as witnessed by last summer's recruitment, which was quite frankly bizarre, as we accumulated enough midfielders for six clubs.
Are they Championship/Premier managers in the making?
Possibly, but not a great deal of evidence to back it up. Are they more statisticians than tactic/flair developers? Are they true coaches or teachers turned managers. As an ex teacher, they tend to expect everyone to listen to them and carry out the instructions (or I'll throw the board rubber at you).
The Cowleys will always be held with great affection for the job they did at Lincoln, but it was never going to last, as I truly believe we have found our level in the football pyramid at last, thanks to them. Had they stayed, their demands and expectations would have risen and a possible fall out with Clive Nates would have been inevitable as the one with Phil Phil Hodkinson.
We owe them a great deal, and I salute them, pleased they have progressed for now, but I am actually over the moon with my home town club where we are today, in terms of its Chairman, diverse board of directors, manager, and all the staff, both football and non football. There is no better club I want to support than the Imps, and I wish everyone connected with City all the best for the 20/21 season, especially Michael Appleton. (And we are not related!) UTI.
Welcome to the forum, JohnGee, hope you will stay with us.
Lincoln will never be the club that can match their ambition, or fund it. UTI.