Nigel Clough


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Be very happy with this always done well on a limited budget.

Don't think we should be looking at either as our manager, but it appears that's the market we are in
If it was a choice between Clough and McInnes.
I would go for McInnes. He is an unknown quantity that might just come good.
Clough has had big opportunities at Derby and Sheffield and hasn't been up to the job
He did well in both jobs had hardly any money to spend. Both clubs spent a fortune after he left but he had peanuts in comparison

Was also on the 6 man shortlist for manager of the year up with Conte and Pocchetino. Nobody else who is a realistic target would have come close
 
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Be very happy with this always done well on a limited budget.


He did well in both jobs had hardly any money to spend. Both clubs spent a fortune after he left but he had peanuts in comparison

Was also on the 6 man shortlist for manager of the year up with Conte and Pocchetino. Nobody else who is a realistic target would have come close


No he didn't he was shite. Sacked by both clubs for failing to do what he was brought in to do.
Did fine with Burton in the conference, struggled to get Sheff Utd to challenge in Div One and was absolutely garbage at Derby in the Championship.

Derby County - Championship
2008–09 18th
2009–10 14th
2010–11 19th
2011–12 12th

Sheffield United – Div One
2013–14 7th
2014–15 5th

You want someone to take us to mid table mediocrity in the Championship. He's your man
 
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He certainly can work on a budget. Derby didn't really work out for him but maintaining Burton in the Championship is pretty impressive all things considered.
He's done "well" everywhere he's been.
Unfortunately he seems to choose skint clubs who'd be going out of business if they carried on the way they'd been going prior to his arrival. So he ends up with nowt at all to spend and instructions to sell those who can command a fee or on big wages while replacing them with lads who are one step up from being willing to play for nowt.
He manages to steady the ship and then the club gets sold and he's out on his arse while some one like McLaren comes in and spunks a fortune while achieving fuck all more than young Nigel had on buttons.
Why on earth would ES, Bain and SAFC have any interest in him is beyond me tbh.
 
No he didn't he was shite. Sacked by both clubs for failing to do what he was brought in to do.
Did fine with Burton in the conference, struggled to get Sheff Utd to challenge in Div One and was absolutely garbage at Derby in the Championship.

Derby County - Championship
2008–09 18th
2009–10 14th
2010–11 19th
2011–12 12th

Sheffield United – Div One
2013–14 7th
2014–15 5th

You want someone to take us to mid table mediocrity in the Championship. He's your man
Both clubs were shite at the time he improved both clubs without any money as the league finishes prove. Look at where Sheff Utd finished after Clough left.
 
Dunno how old he is but I always get the feeling he will come good at some point.
He will if he gets to manage a club that aren't on the verge of gannin bust. Every club he's been at since Burton have been in debt, running at a loss and over paying their players before he turns up.
He seems to choose his clubs on the basis of how far the drive home is rather than their financial situation, squad and prospects.

If you want someone to stop us getting relegated he's your man, but forget promotion regardless of how long we give him.
If people think McInnes is no good because of his time at Bristol City then they need to talk to Derby County supporters.

Awful manager.
Talk to a Derby supporter with knowledge of their financial position at the time and they'd disagree. They've been setting the world alight since he left and money's been made available to the subsequent managers haven't they?

Don't think we should be looking at either as our manager, but it appears that's the market we are in
If it was a choice between Clough and McInnes.
I would go for McInnes. He is an unknown quantity that might just come good.
Clough has had big opportunities at Derby and Sheffield and hasn't been up to the job
They were both on the verge of going under man.
 
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He will if he gets to manage a club that aren't on the verge of gannin bust. Every club he's been at since Burton have been in debt, running at a loss and over paying their players before he turns up.
He seems to choose his clubs on the basis of how far the drive home is rather than their financial situation, squad and prospects.

This is my take on it too. Can see why people do think he's failed at Derby and Sheffield but if you know the story behind the scenes then his record looks a lot better.

Can't see him being daft enough to take us on, but if we really are in the shit financially (I'm sure we are) and we have lots of overpaid, ageing and fairly disinterested players on the books (errrrr we certainly do) then it would be a very similar situation to him taking over at Derby back in 2009. He's always said his biggest achievement in management was keeping Derby up the first season he went there ("there was a real whiff of relegation about the place" or words to that effect).....
 
No he didn't he was shite. Sacked by both clubs for failing to do what he was brought in to do.
Did fine with Burton in the conference, struggled to get Sheff Utd to challenge in Div One and was absolutely garbage at Derby in the Championship.

Derby County - Championship
2008–09 18th
2009–10 14th
2010–11 19th
2011–12 12th

Sheffield United – Div One
2013–14 7th
2014–15 5th

You want someone to take us to mid table mediocrity in the Championship. He's your man

I don't post on the Nuclear Physics threads because I know nowt about the subject. It wouldn't occur to me to have a quick glance at wiki then start voicing opinions......

This is my take on it too. Can see why people do think he's failed at Derby and Sheffield but if you know the story behind the scenes then his record looks a lot better.

Can't see him being daft enough to take us on, but if we really are in the shit financially (I'm sure we are) and we have lots of overpaid, ageing and fairly disinterested players on the books (errrrr we certainly do) then it would be a very similar situation to him taking over at Derby back in 2009. He's always said his biggest achievement in management was keeping Derby up the first season he went there ("there was a real whiff of relegation about the place" or words to that effect).....
It's free speech to blame marra. Everyone's got an opinion and nowt can stop them voicing it.
 
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No he didn't he was shite. Sacked by both clubs for failing to do what he was brought in to do.
Did fine with Burton in the conference, struggled to get Sheff Utd to challenge in Div One and was absolutely garbage at Derby in the Championship.

Derby County - Championship
2008–09 18th
2009–10 14th
2010–11 19th
2011–12 12th

Sheffield United – Div One
2013–14 7th
2014–15 5th

You want someone to take us to mid table mediocrity in the Championship. He's your man


Hopefully he gets the job !!!!
 
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