Heart of Midlothian's Next Permanent Manager 24/25 Edition

[Insert Amusing Pseudonym]

A lot of our fans have worked themselves into a frenzy expecting that we'd be picking up some top class manager - some of the names fans have bandied about have been ludicrous.

The board need to make sure they get the decision right,  that's all it could down to.   Who that is,  pass.  None of the names  we can afford are likely to be massively exciting but there are plenty good managers out there.   

I'm no going to lose my mind cause a guy I'd barely heard of 24 hours ago has turned down the job

[HeartsOfficialMoaner]

1 hour ago, Ludo*1 said:

Neil Critchley the apparent favourite now.

 No thanks, next?

https://avftt.co.uk/index.php?threads/critchley-to-hearts.57008/#post-1456540

[Sortmeout]

12 hours ago, RandomGuy. said:

Worth mentioning that this guy could be Hearts Scott Brown/David Healy.

Those two hawked their names around the press, claiming they were first choice and had been offered a deal at Raith/us, to get better wages on their current deals. This guy couldve put his name to the Hearts job to get his name in the UK media as a manager who's free and willing to work here.

Has to be tough for Ayr knowing that their manager would phone every top flight club barring probably Rangers or Hearts desperately trying to get away from Somerset Park. Who could blame him though.

[tamthebam]

Gary Jardine's a Hearts fans and he's used to working with a limited budget....

OK maybe Strollers to Hearts is too big a leap but there was a manager in the 30s moved from Cowdenbeath to Manchester United! 

[Jacksgranda]

8 hours ago, tamthebam said:

Gary Jardine's a Hearts fans and he's used to working with a limited budget....

OK maybe Strollers to Hearts is too big a leap but there was a manager in the 30s moved from Cowdenbeath to Manchester United! 

Cowdenbeath were in the top flight in those days.

[Ludo*1]

On 12/10/2024 at 09:30, HeartsOfficialMoaner said:

 No thanks, next?

https://avftt.co.uk/index.php?threads/critchley-to-hearts.57008/#post-1456540

Nae luck.

 

 

[Lyle Lanley]

Hearts fans are raging if it’s him. 

[HeartsOfficialMoaner]

7 minutes ago, Ludo*1 said:

Nae luck.

 

 

That Starlizard must be faulty.

[Insert Amusing Pseudonym]

23 minutes ago, Lyle Lanley said:

Hearts fans are raging if it’s him. 

An understatement going by the reactions I'm seeing. 

It would certainly be ...a choice

[VincentGuerin]

10 minutes ago, Insert Amusing Pseudonym said:

An understatement going by the reactions I'm seeing. 

It would certainly be ...a choice

I'm not going on Saturday, which is a shame as it'll be interesting to see the reception he gets. Everyone is livid.

[naegoodinthedark]

Why is everyone livid?

[Gibby82]

He sounds like a minor character from The Office. 

[Insert Amusing Pseudonym]

1 minute ago, naegoodinthedark said:

Why is everyone livid?

As said before, the expectation was we were going to get someone exciting who played attacking football.  No entirely sure why that was the expectation given our track record appointing managers, but it was.

 

Appointing a dull bloke from Crewe who's just been sacked by a team supported by idiots who work on the dodgers hasn't for some reason floated boats. 

[Insert Amusing Pseudonym]

23 minutes ago, VincentGuerin said:

I'm not going on Saturday, which is a shame as it'll be interesting to see the reception he gets. Everyone is livid.

Can't wait to set him wheel out the 352.  He'll be lucky to make halftime 

[Tony Wonder]

The board have united the fans at least, but not in the way they were expecting.

I didn't want an English manager full stop, they quite often underestimate the league and don't adapt.

So getting a guy sacked from Blackpool who the fans hated for being stubborn and inflexible while playing 352, really isn't doing it for me after Naismith and Neilson.

Hopefully he proves me wrong, but he seems to be that universally unpopular with the support that if he doesn't get off to a flyer he will immediately be up against it.

[Dons_1988]

Can we take bets on when the first ‘in England we do it this way…’ quote that turns Scottish football against him? 

[the jambo-rocker]

Everything about this screams a weak appointment. The majority of the fanbase are against this guy already, which puts him on a hiding to nothing and he doesn't exactly scream the kind of character to handle it.

f**k.

Edited Sunday at 20:12 by the jambo-rocker

[Insert Amusing Pseudonym]

Keep the thread pinned, it'll be needed again in January

[scottsdad]

1 minute ago, Insert Amusing Pseudonym said:

Keep the thread pinned, it'll be needed again in January

I give him till March.

[GordonS]

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On 19 November 2021, Critchley signed a four-year extension to his contract, keeping him at Bloomfield Road until 2026. The following week, Critchley was named Manager of the Season at the annual North West Football Awards, beating Manchester City's Pep Guardiola, Blackpool's former captain and now Bolton Wanderers manager Ian Evatt...

Well that looks impressive.

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...and Morecambe manager Derek Adams.

 

Ah.