Michael Appleton Interview

[Rodley]

Interview with Michael Appleton, who is one of the coaches linked to SUFC, with the NTT20 boys who clearly like him. It’s circa 12 months old, but I think he comes across well here.

Worth a listen -

Any Lincoln based Blades have any view of him? Bert?

 

[Newarkblade]

Live in Lincoln and seems to be doing a good job here, brought in some decent young loan players and plays nice football but feel he still needs a bit of managerial experience before he is ready to step up a level.

 

[Edgar Allan Poo]

Live in Lincoln and seems to be doing a good job here, brought in some decent young loan players and plays nice football but feel he still needs a bit of managerial experience before he is ready to step up a level.

Might suit us then as we also need a bit more experience before we step back up another level.

 

[Bert]

Might suit us then as we also need a bit more experience before we step back up another level.

Appleton has managed 6 clubs so far.

He's very well thought of at Lincoln, built a new team (Just as we need to) and plays very good football.

 

[Bert]

Live in Lincoln and seems to be doing a good job here, brought in some decent young loan players and plays nice football but feel he still needs a bit of managerial experience before he is ready to step up a level.

He's managed more clubs than Wilder has.

 

[true99blade]

Would be a terrible appointment. Not very good at Championship level.

 

[bartman]

Would be a terrible appointment. Not very good at Championship level.

Wilder had no experience at Championship level. At the time some saw him as a terrible appointment

 

[true99blade]

Wilder had no experience at Championship level. At the time some saw him as a terrible appointment

What’s your point? Appleton has had some experience in the championship, more so than Wilder actually.

 

[Newarkblade]

He's managed more clubs than Wilder has.

And other than this season had a very mixed record, 1 good season doesnt show he's ready. Agree he is highly thought of here in Lincoln but needs to show it over a number of seasons before being someone we should take a risk on. Feel there are better options out there that are less of a risk

 

[bartman]

What’s your point? Appleton has had some experience in the championship, more so than Wilder actually.

The point is you said Appleton would be a terrible appointment. Many thought Wilder was when we appointed him.

 

[true99blade]

The point is you said Appleton would be a terrible appointment. Many thought Wilder was when we appointed him.

True, but the difference is Wilder had never been able to prove himself at that level. Appleton has proven he can’t hack it at Championship level.

 

[alcoblade]

Wilder had no experience at Championship level. At the time some saw him as a terrible appointment

However, Wilder has and had been successful everywhere he’d been. Michael Appleton has been far from that.

It really is like trading Cindy Crawford in for Bella Emberg, but we’d better get used to that idea either way.

 

[gordoncharles]

True, but the difference is Wilder had never been able to prove himself at that level. Appleton has proven he can’t hack it at Championship level.

Question. Is Chris Wilder proven or unproven at Premier League level?

 

[true99blade]

Question. Is Chris Wilder proven or unproven at Premier League level?

Somewhere in between I reckon. A truly brilliant season and a truly woeful season.

 

[gordoncharles]

Somewhere in between I reckon. A truly brilliant season and a truly woeful season.

I think you're right, though I reckon most non-Blades would now think employing him for a PL job would be a big risk.

On another thread I listed out the record of Rafa Benitez. His first 2 managerial positions lasted a combined 32 games. In his next job he got a side promoted, then immediately relegated. Three years later he was in charge of a side that won the Spanish league. Clubs were prepared to give him a chance despite it not working out for him at first. That paid off.

In England Benitez would have never have got another coaching position in the top two divisions after the two initial failures, for the reason you already gave in post #6

 

[alcoblade]

I think you're right, though I reckon most non-Blades would now think employing him for a PL job would be a big risk.

On another thread I listed out the record of Rafa Benitez. His first 2 managerial positions lasted a combined 32 games. In his next job he got a side promoted, then immediately relegated. Three years later he was in charge of a side that won the Spanish league. Clubs were prepared to give him a chance despite it not working out for him at first. That paid off.

In England Benitez would have never have got another coaching position in the top two divisions after the two initial failures, for the reason you already gave in post #6

It’s a good point - I’m fairly sure there are a number of good managers currently in work, or failed short term and have been forgot.

Managers don’t get long enough to prove their credentials, and are either too quickly sacked or too quickly praised for a lucky streak.

There are very few managers that have been consistently good, on enough occasions, to be sure it’s not just luck.

When you get one of those managers, you should hold on. We had one in Wilder, and we’ve fucked up terribly in letting him go.