Sevennil Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 Hoping does not equal expecting. I was simply surmising after a post by someone saying 'flew in from Spain'. I'd imagine if/when Cathro does come back to Britain it'll be to an English Championship side, or perhaps as an assistant to a manager in the EPL. SPL at worst. Underwhelming appointment and I stick by that. He may well keep us up but so could Paddy. I'd have preferred MM to make another Hartley-esque appointment, an ex-player doing their badges and looking for a route into management for example. Perhaps this avenue may have even been looked into and no candidates appealed to him. I'm not disappointed with the appointment, he simply comes across to me as a manager who is, and probably always will be, 'doing the rounds' in Scottish football. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilky1878 Posted April 7, 2015 Author Share Posted April 7, 2015 Sometimes I wonder if cowden fans internet history has more alloa in it than mines forever on our threads... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craigy Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 Underwhelming appointment and I stick by that. He may well keep us up but so could Paddy. I'd have preferred MM to make another Hartley-esque appointment, an ex-player doing their badges and looking for a route into management for example. Perhaps this avenue may have even been looked into and no candidates appealed to him. I'm not disappointed with the appointment, he simply comes across to me as a manager who is, and probably always will be, 'doing the rounds' in Scottish football. Really, have you been watching the team since Smith left, the only way Paddy Connolly was taking us was down, he made it clear he didnt want the gig on a permananet basis and it was clear in some of his tactics and team selections that he wasnt up to it. I think we need to get over the "Hartley-esque appointment", we struck gold with him but for every good appointment there is more than a few disappointments. I agree Lennon is not overly inspiring but he had a good record at Cowdenbeath and did ok with St.Mirren and i dont think he is yet at the stage of being part of the serial doing the rounds in Scottish Football yet. If he keeps us up i suspect that we will do better next season and our results will be an improvement on the Smith/Connolly combo. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
printer Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 Good appointment. I think he'll bring you back up next season. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muzza81 Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 Sometimes I wonder if cowden fans internet history has more alloa in it than mines forever on our threads...Im forever wondering if you'll make a coherent and interesting post on one of the threads. Swings and roundabouts. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Moonster Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 Hoping does not equal expecting. I was simply surmising after a post by someone saying 'flew in from Spain'. I'd imagine if/when Cathro does come back to Britain it'll be to an English Championship side, or perhaps as an assistant to a manager in the EPL. SPL at worst. Underwhelming appointment and I stick by that. He may well keep us up but so could Paddy. I'd have preferred MM to make another Hartley-esque appointment, an ex-player doing their badges and looking for a route into management for example. Perhaps this avenue may have even been looked into and no candidates appealed to him. I'm not disappointed with the appointment, he simply comes across to me as a manager who is, and probably always will be, 'doing the rounds' in Scottish football. Fair enough, when Murray fucks off from us we'll take Lennon off your hands. Danny Lennon is on his 3rd managerial job, having done a good job at his previous 2 clubs, he's hardly an Ian McCall type dinosaur who's been round just about every club in Scotland. Seems to me this was only underwhelming for you because you'd taken 2 and 2 and made 28 in respect to Cathro. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craigy Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 Im forever wondering if you'll make a coherent and interesting post on one of the threads. Could be waiting a while for that mate!! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adopted beath Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 Sometimes I wonder if cowden fans internet history has more alloa in it than mines forever on our threads...Nothing to do with us being rivals for the same position in recent times.You wouldn,t see QOS fans on a Falkirk thread or vice versa,or would you.FWIW i want Alloa to stay up again,just through the playoffs this time. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Only coo in the village Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 (edited) ITV have produced a one off edition of The Chase suited to the intellectual capacity of Printer, Wilkinson and Wasps1. It's called The Toddle . Edited April 7, 2015 by Only coo in the village 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilky1878 Posted April 7, 2015 Author Share Posted April 7, 2015 ITV have produced a one off edition of The Chase suited to the intellectual capacity of Printer, Wilkinson and Wasps1. It's called The Toddle . Me and Printer are definitely nowhere near Wasps1 level. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilky1878 Posted April 7, 2015 Author Share Posted April 7, 2015 FWIW I think Lennon is a great appointment. Definitely not underwhelming for me 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sevennil Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 Fair enough, when Murray fucks off from us we'll take Lennon off your hands. Danny Lennon is on his 3rd managerial job, having done a good job at his previous 2 clubs, he's hardly an Ian McCall type dinosaur who's been round just about every club in Scotland. Seems to me this was only underwhelming for you because you'd taken 2 and 2 and made 28 in respect to Cathro. I didn't make anything of the situation. The reports regarding Lennon were already online before I posted, indeed I posted about Lennon first, then followed it with a separate one about Cathro, simply due to someone mentioning flying in from Spain. Realistically, I'd have expected MM to make an appointment based along what has been successful for him/Alloa in the past, i.e. the Hartley model. Take Neil McCann for example. He's not long left the playing side of things, he's completed badges at Largs and now has three years experience as an assistant manager. Dunfermline seem to be plodding along right now and maybe he'd like a change, especially if he would be getting to cut his teeth as a manager as opposed to an assistant-manager. Just an example. Like I said, I'm not against the Lennon signing, it's just a little uninspiring to me. Should he keep us up and be a success with Alloa, believe me I'll still be extremely happy! Each to their own and all that, simply just a difference of opinion, isn't this what this website is for. Too much taken as scripture on here by some (not directed at you Moonster). 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CowdenConvert Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 I didn't make anything of the situation. The reports regarding Lennon were already online before I posted, indeed I posted about Lennon first, then followed it with a separate one about Cathro, simply due to someone mentioning flying in from Spain. Realistically, I'd have expected MM to make an appointment based along what has been successful for him/Alloa in the past, i.e. the Hartley model. Take Neil McCann for example. He's not long left the playing side of things, he's completed badges at Largs and now has three years experience as an assistant manager. Dunfermline seem to be plodding along right now and maybe he'd like a change, especially if he would be getting to cut his teeth as a manager as opposed to an assistant-manager. Just an example. Like I said, I'm not against the Lennon signing, it's just a little uninspiring to me. Should he keep us up and be a success with Alloa, believe me I'll still be extremely happy! Each to their own and all that, simply just a difference of opinion, isn't this what this website is for. Too much taken as scripture on here by some (not directed at you Moonster). Glad you haven't taken McCann. If they get a competent team in there might be no more point and laugh. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sevennil Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 Underwhelming appointment and I stick by that. He may well keep us up but so could Paddy. I'd have preferred MM to make another Hartley-esque appointment, an ex-player doing their badges and looking for a route into management for example. Perhaps this avenue may have even been looked into and no candidates appealed to him. I'm not disappointed with the appointment, he simply comes across to me as a manager who is, and probably always will be, 'doing the rounds' in Scottish football. Really, have you been watching the team since Smith left, the only way Paddy Connolly was taking us was down, he made it clear he didnt want the gig on a permananet basis and it was clear in some of his tactics and team selections that he wasnt up to it. I think we need to get over the "Hartley-esque appointment", we struck gold with him but for every good appointment there is more than a few disappointments. I agree Lennon is not overly inspiring but he had a good record at Cowdenbeath and did ok with St.Mirren and i dont think he is yet at the stage of being part of the serial doing the rounds in Scottish Football yet. If he keeps us up i suspect that we will do better next season and our results will be an improvement on the Smith/Connolly combo. Been to all five since Smith left. I did say 'could' rather than 'would' take us down, you've even emboldened it yourself. It's not like the players haven't been playing for Paddy, or indeed Smith for that matter. This season has been one where our performances have unfortunately been a lot better than our results and if Lennon can reverse that trend in the final four matches I'll be very happy. Infact I'd be very happy if we could just play crap and win for a change, it'd be a lot better than playing well and losing, especially at this stage of the season. There's also no reason to suggest Lennon couldn't take us down too though. There's a lot of different permutations which could happen with the bottom three teams' final fixtures and here's hoping they fall favourably for Alloa. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sergie's no1 fan Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 Delighted Danny has managed to get himself a gig again. Looks like we could be meeting next season if he keeps you guys up. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poet of the Macabre Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 Alloa fans have truly gone off the deep end if they are 'underwhelmed' with Danny Lennon. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
printer Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 ITV have produced a one off edition of The Chase suited to the intellectual capacity of Printer, Wilkinson and Wasps1. It's called The Toddle . Decent effort, mate. Must admit I never imagined I'd be intellectually categorised with Wasps1. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
printer Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 Alloa fans have truly gone off the deep end if they are 'underwhelmed' with Danny Lennon. We haven't. There are always exceptions though. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Moonster Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 I didn't make anything of the situation. The reports regarding Lennon were already online before I posted, indeed I posted about Lennon first, then followed it with a separate one about Cathro, simply due to someone mentioning flying in from Spain. Realistically, I'd have expected MM to make an appointment based along what has been successful for him/Alloa in the past, i.e. the Hartley model. Take Neil McCann for example. He's not long left the playing side of things, he's completed badges at Largs and now has three years experience as an assistant manager. Dunfermline seem to be plodding along right now and maybe he'd like a change, especially if he would be getting to cut his teeth as a manager as opposed to an assistant-manager. Just an example. Like I said, I'm not against the Lennon signing, it's just a little uninspiring to me. Should he keep us up and be a success with Alloa, believe me I'll still be extremely happy! Each to their own and all that, simply just a difference of opinion, isn't this what this website is for. Too much taken as scripture on here by some (not directed at you Moonster). Of course you're entitled to put your opinion across, I just think it's mental! If Dumbarton were in your position I'd rather have Lennon coming in, who knows what to expect from his players and the opposition in this league over someone like McCann who would come in and possibly make silly mistakes whilst he's still learning. I'm not sure that's a wise plan at this point in the season. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Minertaur Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 Think this is a solid long term appointment for Alloa. The season when the two of us and Stirling were battling for promotion out of Division 2 was one of the best supporting Cowden and Danny is to thank for that. Just don't go 3-0 up at half time too often. Hopefully he takes his time to adapt though! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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