Neil Critchley - blackpool manager.

I have to say itcseems a perverse position to take when ruling out any potential managerial appointment, due to someone being under contract.

You could apply the same principle to players too, but we don't.

The best managers are nearly always tied to a contract, as are the best players and for very good reason.

Clubs who lose managers are always compensated financially, I don't see why we would limit our ability to recruit the best possible manager, due to them being on a co tract elsewhere, its limiting our competitiveness in the market.
 
Was Lennie the last manager we took while under contract at another club & John Neal before him, 2 very good Boro managers
 
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If all clubs took that stance it would remove opportunities for lower league managers to progress. They might as a result decide not to sign long contracts, which in turn removes protection and any compensation for the lower league club.
It's a nonsense stance which makes no sense from several points of view.
 
A number of managers unattached to clubs are in some instances available for a reason - that being they haven’t been successful in recent times.

I really don’t want to end up with a loser taking over the management reigns.

The attitude Gibbo has is - I’m afraid- out dated. I guess no change there!!
 
Finally some sense on here as you say it’s how football world works. I’m still shocked to see rob back it so wholeheartedly.

I still don’t know what “the bigger picture is“ given every other team on the planet does the opposite to us.
 
This is a massive bugbear of mine too and puts is at a significant disadvantage versus practically any other club. It's already difficult enough to recruit the right person at the right time without artificially increasing these constraints.

Happens in every other walk of life, why would football be any different. Providing any commercial settlement is agreed I really don't see the issue. Outdated thinking in my view.
 
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He looked very calm and reassured on the touchline on Saturday, but contrast between the two managers was massive.
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The game is moving on. While you can still have success with the old school "hairdryer treatment" type management, I think it's on the way out.

Yes, a lot of players are young kids, often from rough backgrounds and there's probably a place for discipline to a point. But they're also elite sportsmen, playing a sport that has taken massive strides on the sports science side in the last few decades.

Tactics and fitness levels are more advanced than they've ever been and managers need to be able to do a lot more than just get players running through walls for them, particularly at the top end of the game.

Doesn't mean there isn't place for passion in a manager. But I think we'll see more and more be measured and calm on the touchline because it's hard to analyse what's happening and consider tactical adjustments etc, if you're spending the match screaming at people.
 
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