Steve Cotterills Barm Army

[mahoney]

Missed this is so the excitement today.

[Deleted]

Imagine drawing FGR in the cup next season.

[Valerioch]

Strange move, he can do better than bottom of the Football League at a tiny club, as his past career experience shows

Suppose it’s “down his way” so maybe that was a pull

[ssshrew]

I would imagine so. I wonder how he will get on with the Chairman!

[MetaShrew]

Not sure how well his red-blooded stylings will go down with the vegans.

[wakemanender]

I wonder if he will fancy taking any town players with him in this transfer window. There are a few League two ready players.

[Deleted]

It’s a free hit for him really, I’d imagine he’ll only go until the end of the season, keep them up and it’s one hell of an achievement, fail to keep them up and well it was a lost cause anyway.

[Pilch]

Wait until he orders fillet steak for the players pre match meal , ............if they thought Jeremy Clarkson was bad 😝😝

[lancsman]

That is if he can get that sort of meal in his cheap hotels haha

[wakemanender]

I do wonder when I see these happy smiley photos of Chairman and new managers signing contracts and trying on shirts of the club exactly what the new manager is actually feeling knowing that this man who is his new best friend will more than likely within the length of the contract be sacking him. Its a funny old game.

[ssshrew]

Jan 24, 2024 14:57:19 GMT 1 wakemanender said:

I wonder if he will fancy taking any town players with him in this transfer window. There are a few League two ready players.

Well he’s welcome to Aiden O’Brien to start with.

[cabanas2017]

12 months ago who would have believed if you told them Cotterill would be managing at the bottom of League 2 and Hurst in League one in a years time........

[davycrockett]

Jan 24, 2024 14:52:15 GMT 1 Valerioch said:

Strange move, he can do better than bottom of the Football League at a tiny club, as his past career experience shows

Suppose it’s “down his way” so maybe that was a pull

Maybe his reputations better down there than here. Think location and the chance to get back and build his CVs important.

Wonder if we can stop paying him now?

[davycrockett]

Jan 24, 2024 15:31:58 GMT 1 ssshrew said:

Jan 24, 2024 14:57:19 GMT 1 wakemanender said:

I wonder if he will fancy taking any town players with him in this transfer window. There are a few League two ready players.

Well he’s welcome to Aiden O’Brien to start with.

He’s our secret weapon. Saw though SC straight away when it took our chairman 2 years. Last few month to rebuild his career so just maybe something to prove.

[ssshrew]

Maybe.

[Deleted]

[quote author="davey
Wonder if we can stop paying him now?[/quote]



Yes we will stop paying SC as he now has a new job.

See that FGR already have Umbro as their shirt supplier so no" benefit" to SC there

[suttonshrew]

think it shows no one higher up the league was willing to take a punt and that says alot.

[pughywasfree]

Surprised he got another job as I assume the rumours of his time here would have reached other clubs.

[martinshrew]

I hazard a guess it was 80/20 if not more in favour of Caldwell over Cotterill being a .

[chirkshrew]

About cotterills limit that👍👍

[Pilch]

Jan 24, 2024 15:58:24 GMT 1 @gainsparkshrew said:

[quote author="davey
Wonder if we can stop paying him now?

Yes we will stop paying SC as he now has a new job.

See that FGR already have Umbro as their shirt supplier so no" benefit" to SC there[/quote]


he will switch them to Adidas and order a bigger mountain of it than the one the ground sits on  

[GrizzlyShrew]

Hope fGR are prepared to be spending plenty of money now. SC will be on at the Chairman that he needs more money very soon after Saturday teatime.

Mind you managers at FGR dont last very long do the these days, so SC might not still be there by the end of the season.

[Deleted]

Cotterill vs Dale Vince will be an interesting one.

[hectord0g137]

I truly think they are a good match. Both are opinionated and easy to ignore.

[harboroughshrew]

Jan 24, 2024 18:24:17 GMT 1 hectord0g137 said:

I truly think they are a good match. Both are opinionated and easy to ignore.

Will it be a match made in heaven............. or hell?

[gobowenshrew]

A bizarre match but one of those that has the potential to work.

A rare sound appointment of Mince's regime, if his intention is to keep Forest Green up as opposed to silly publicity stunts.

[Rusholme Ruffian]

Jan 24, 2024 14:52:15 GMT 1 Valerioch said:

Strange move, he can do better than bottom of the Football League at a tiny club, as his past career experience shows

Suppose it’s “down his way” so maybe that was a pull

Presume that is very much the main pull.

In my head Cotterill is much older than he is though.
Feels like he should be close to retirement in my head, but he isn't even 60 yet. Plenty older or similar age managers about. Ange Postecoglou for example is only a year younger than him!

[Pilch]

may I be the first to wish him all the worst

[ssshrew]

I would think the awful experience during covid will have aged him.

[ProudSalopian]

Jan 24, 2024 16:15:37 GMT 1 suttonshrew said:

think it shows no one higher up the league was willing to take a punt and that says alot.

I've been saying for a while that it's evident that a lot of football fans don't want him and that's based on the type of football he plays. But if you are in a relegation battle and need to get a team organised/committed then he's a very good choice

I'm surprised he has taken it because if he does get relegated then he will be associated with a team being relegated from L2 (even if he inherited a mess) and that certainly won't be good for the cv.