Our New Manager

[thewelllfan]

I don't know why the media are bothering speculating our new manager will be appointed mid june and probably won't be linked with the job until he's announced

[weeyin]

1 minute ago, thewelllfan said:

I don't know why the media are bothering speculating our new manager will be appointed mid june and probably won't be linked with the job until he's announced

They need to create a few stories, ideally with OF links, to keep the clicks coming during the quiet period before the World Cup.

[star sail]

Would love to see MVG as next manager. It just seems like something that has to happen once. 

I think he would bring a similar vibe and presence as JBA and I prefer using first letter name abbreviations rather than Kettlewell, Alexander, Robinson, McGhee etc. It feels so much more continental. 

I don't think he would have seriously considered it a year ago but Jens has made the club a much more enticing proposition now. 

[AllyMax]

I'd put money on 4 of these not being on any list at Motherwell.

[fizoxy]

3 hours ago, twistandshout1983 said:

The Daily Record has our top 5 list . Valakari and Van Der Gaag along with Jimmy Thelin and John McGlynn.  The other guy is Henrik Jensen the Burnley assistant . Apparently a clone of Jens Berthel Askou 

That's one lazy as fuck list, just pulled out of their area, as expected from them. 

Then they type in, "who should continue the lineage of Jens, and chuck in the first Jensen they can find.

[Big Stall]

As we know, most of these media or bookies lists are nonsense. Scramble together some names that are out of a job, even better if we can push for someone friendly to the paper in question.

Given our recent appointments & the chairmans statement last week, it doesnt look like we will be changing course. The idea that fir park insiders would spill beans to bad journos is laughable

[stv]

3 hours ago, star sail said:

Would love to see MVG as next manager. It just seems like something that has to happen once. 

I think he would bring a similar vibe and presence as JBA and I prefer using first letter name abbreviations rather than Kettlewell, Alexander, Robinson, McGhee etc. It feels so much more continental. 

I don't think he would have seriously considered it a year ago but Jens has made the club a much more enticing proposition now. 

Does Micheal Van Gerwin not know more about darts than football.

[Kmcalpin]

Well, the directors can't be far away from making a decision. Recently, its taken us about 3 weeks to make an appointment. When JBA left last week, unlike last year when Michael Wimmer resigned suddenly, we were told that the recruitment process was well underway. Given that it seems the board knew about his likely departure some weeks previously, we surely can't be far off an announcement. 

These days, the Board is being far more professional about managerial appointments with no leaks, premature or otherwise. Evidence of that is the lack of even remotely credible media articles, if indeed they interested at all.  

[joewarkfanclub]

It certainly seems that the board were well aware that Jens was away long before it happened, so I would agree a 3 week process from that point seems reasonable, albeit potential candidates may still be in employment up until the end of the month.

Would certainly expect an announcement early June so we can get some the recruitment signed off before the players come back on June 19th.

Be nice to know and be able to relax before I bugger off to the World Cup!

[postiejim]

Why would John McGlynn leave Falkirk and join Motherwell. They’re arguably as big a club if not bigger than we are. 

[weeyin]

25 minutes ago, postiejim said:

Why would John McGlynn leave Falkirk and join Motherwell. They’re arguably as big a club if not bigger than we are. 

I don't think he'd come, and I don't really want him to come, but I think you'd lose the "bigger than us" argument for the 2026 versions of both our clubs.

What would bring him to Fir Park could be more money, a crack at Europe and a squad that doesn't depend on 5 or 6 loan players every season.

(and a stadium with 4 sides )

[fizoxy]

Falkirk aren't bigger than us. Time at the top level means something.

McGlynn would be daft to move from that gig unless he gets a significant pay raise. My guess is he will end up at Dundee Utd in September when Goodwin has a bad start to the season. 

[grizzlyg]

41 minutes ago, postiejim said:

Why would John McGlynn leave Falkirk and join Motherwell. They’re arguably as big a club if not bigger than we are. 

Bigger than us?  Don't agree.....plus we have more stands than them 🤪