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Fans’ jury: Who next for Shrews?
Tuesday 4th March 2008, 9:00AM GMT.
With Gary Peters barely out of the door at Otley Road, fans are already debating who should be the next Shrewsbury Town manager.
Who would be best placed to fill the New Meadow hot seat- and why? What sort of qualities do they need?
Should it be a seasoned pro or a young hotshot?
Have your say in the comment box below and check out the photo gallery of some of the potential names in the frame.
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Steve Cotterill has been mentioned after Quinn stepped down.
Then there is Leroy Rosenoir.
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Jake King! ; )
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Chic Bates!
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Ian Dowie is out of work and has good experience and so does Sam Allerdyce or Sammy Lee but Paul Simpson is young and took Carlisle to promotion and would be my favourite.
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It would be very easy to make a quick appointment and then regret it. It is in all our interests irrespective of individual viewpoints to be 100% behind the team and management until a permanament appointment is made. Win, Draw or lose this Saturday, it would be foolish to read anything into that result. Despite what has happened over the last few days, the result will have probably happened in any case.
If we win that would be great but we cannot make the judgment that it is down to the new structure and equally the same applies if we lose.
The fact is the “lynch mob” have got want they wanted and I hope they will now leave anger behind on Saturday and get behind the team and management. If they don’t I do not give us much hope for the future or for who ever comes in. Look what has happened at Newcastle, they sacked a great manager to to replaced by an inferior one.
Now is the time to get behind the club and fill the ground to capacity on Saturday and show how much we really do care about the clubs future.
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teddy sheringham
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if we cant get jakey king back we shoud get mackenna from tsn or mark write.
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Neil SuperBlue – Your are a comedy genius! Absolutely hillarious to think Lee Alladice or Dowie would even look twice at the Town job! Not only are they respectable higher league managers they also realise a club going nowhere fast! If a big manager come in, he would have nothing to spend due to Mr Charisma spending it all on conference players so would have to wait 3-4 years before they had there own squad in place! I think some fans perception of reallity is amusing thinking that someone of that magnitude would want to manage in the county! The shrewsbury job is about as appealing as an Il divo concert to a goth! Even my Sunday league gaffer wouldn’t want it! The club isn’t a “big” club anymore gone are the days of second tier football in the county! The new manager will be someone from below the town, not above! Someon like Steve Burr who has proven himself in Non-league and is looking to make a break in the league. It’s either that or the club will end up with someone who is currently kit man with a premiership due to the fact he knows someon who is a good manager i.e in the “peters” mold!
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Not another candidate from Division 2 / Conference. We need to aim higher; someone who has experince of leaving the division going up, not going down.
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Micky Mouse
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Mike Newell or Nigel Clough but someone like Ian Dowie might even be attracted by the set up we now have.
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Billy Davies – if he’ll come!
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I’d go for Sammy McIlroy or Jimmy Harvey,both have done superb jobs with no budget so imagine what they could do with ours.
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i think someone who has good experience with the/a club and can take on the role, someone like mikey brown would be good, we need a manager with really good experience and confidence
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Phil Parkinson, who had a successful time with Colchester United helping them secure promotion
to the Championship and I think is now assistant at Charlton.
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Kevin Ratcliffe
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For the time being we must be 100% behind the current management team.
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Who are the candidates?
Bryan Robson, Paul Simpson, Bobby Williamson, Alan Shearer, Steve Maclaren and Jose Mourinho to name
but a few out of work at the moment. Is Ian Atkins in a job?
I’m sure there’ll be plenty of high quality candidates, I just hope the board don’t go for the
cheapest option.
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jose is available…anyway back on planet earth, leroy rosenoirs sides play an attacking passing game. definetly not bobby williamson – he dismantled a strong, skillful plymouth side into lame ducks and was strongly disliked by the fans. shame the fans didnt stick with peters, every season has seen positive progress until now when maybe its time to consolidate and build again for next season. short term fixes never build long term success at football clubs.
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id like to see ian atkins
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Bernard McNally.
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I would just like to see a win on Saturday.
In all this talk of who is going to replace Gary Peters we should not be forgetting John McMahon and his team. We should be giving him our 100% backing at this stage. We desparetly need a good result Saturday.
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Daffy duck would be about right to lead our comedy team back into the Blue Square Premier. No one will want this job so we’ve got to look at realistic managerial targets.
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Well said Dennis you sound a very knowlegable fellow.
John is now our leader and as such should be given our full support.
Who knows with the team and John out of the limelight and the knives now put away. for this week at least they may be able to concentrate on Saturdays game and come up with a result. (I just have a good feeling about Saturday)
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RealisticShrew -
Look you got what you wanted getting GP out now don’t undermine the confidence of the team further with your unfair comments. Perhaps people like you do not care what happens to the club. Most decent supporters will be 100% behind the club in their hour of need. We should be turning out in our thousands on Saturday to cheer the team on to get three valuable points
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Is Fred Davies still alive? If so, he gets my vote. Abley assisted by Mal Musgrove and Peter Whiston no doubt.
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kevin seabury and mickey brown tag team
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there’s some great names here for the new boss!!
Peters problem was he over-achieved last year and his reaction to results this year has been really funny.
He was, however, as good as STFC will get.
It sounds like supporters will not like a non-league candidate like Paul Tisdale or the like, and big names will not come to Shropshire to manage.
The board will ‘take their time’ because they are in a no-win position.
I know-what about Ken McKenna and Jake King joint managers- then re-sign Stuart Whitehead as captain!! A true Shropshire connection. Ha Ha Ha!!!
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Steve Burr, Neil Aspin, Martin Foyle, Jimmy Quinn!, Mark Cooper or Nigel Jemson
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I think denis has no brain ,if mcmahon stays it will be the same style of play “boring”.
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i would perservere with john mcmahon for a bit, give him a go, remember liverpool’s most succesful times, they brought managers on from within. by the way the town badge at the start of this article is a vast improvement on the leo the lion rubbish
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The fans love Graham Turner.
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It’s got to be Gazza!!! Is anyone else mad enough to take the job?????
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If its not Graham Turner then Steve Cotterill
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Denis-
I care about the club but i am a realist.
We’ve been over rating our club for yrs, last yr we overachieved. We are and have been for the best part of a decade a bottom half side and a lot of the time relegation strugglers.
We’ll be lucky to get 3000 on Saturday, damage limitation will be the name of the game against Rotherham methinks.
Wake up and smell the coffee
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I dont know what all the fuss is about! I think we’v played some really good football this year, but luck just hasnt been with us! I think Peter Garys…I mean Gary Peters…is a top manager!
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terry i love anthea turner and she has more chance of managing the squad as she unlike graham does not own hereford united. how about ike and tina turner, william turner the painter.no give john mcmahon his chance, good luck on saturday come on you shrows, floreat salopia.
stfc is capable of being the man utd of league 2 with gates like 7500 and the squad properly motivated.
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dissapointed gary peters as gone did a great job revitalising club from top to bottom i wouid like to see steve cotterill get the job or mike newell
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i’m up for it.
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James Coull – I’m sure your comments wern’t intended to sound bad, but Mal Musgrove passed away recently after a long illness. Thankfully Fred Davies is still going strong and is quite often seen at the New Meadow.
I’m not quite sure about RealisticShrew and his prediction that there will only be 3000 at the game v Rotherham. Despite it being a poor season we’ve been averaging around 5000 at each game, I can’t quite see why 2000 people would suddenly stop coming just because GP has left.
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I seriously doubt there’ll be as few as 3,000 on Saturday vs Rotherham – you don’t just lose 2,000 odd paying customers in 2 weeks (and yes, I did go to Barnet so I did see how badly we played there…)
I’m tempted to say give John McMahon a chance, but I think the board will want to be seen to making a significant move by appointing someone from outside the club. Graham Turner may love STFC but he’s well and truly bedded in at Hereford so there’s no way he’ll move. I can see someone like Paul Simpson getting the job, or Phil Parkinson’s a good call. I sincerely hope the suggestion of Jake King was either a) a joke or b) by someone with amnesia.
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Hands off Rob and Larry, lol.
Some of the names mentioned are laughable. Shrewsbury have the pulling power of a Kia Cee’d.
Simpson could be a realistic target. What bout Jemson, plying his trade at Ilkeston, give him a shot.
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Matin Allen.
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McIlroy would do for me. Has experience at this level and has an excellent coach alongside him in Lillis. Working wonders at Morcambe with no money.
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we need someone who is prepared to commit to 3-4 years or more (gary had 3+)and one or more promotions in that time. we don’t need more players, the squad we have now is capable of playing good football and getting enough points to be safe. my choice would be ian dowie who is good with players, board, media and fans. we must have a good crowd on saturday and give the players a boost.
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what about…..Dwayne Darby from Bromsgrove Gary Hackett from Stourbridge or Charlie Blakemore from Chasetown?????????????
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Strong rumour around the ground suggests Allardyce & Lee have been extremely interested in teaming up again at Shrews, as they did at Bolton.
Kevin Blackwell is another option along with Mike Newell??
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Colin- It is you who has no brain and cannot read. I said whilst John McMahon and his team are in charge we should be backing them. The priority is to get three points Saturday , your comments are just carrying on undermining the club and the team.
I realise that John McMahon is probably not there for the long term.
It is not about names in the frame this week. It is points on the board that are needed on Saturday.
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Have been a shrews supporter since the Rowley days hope the club dont panic and get a manager for a managers sake, give McMahon a chance or look to a younger manager maybe non League its not a short term solution.
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Graham Taylor is talking more sense these days- “Linesman, Linesman!”.
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I’m going to be honest with you guys…i can really see Jimmy Quinn doing a good job for us! Jimmy Quinn will be back!
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sad to see gp go but maybe the time was right mike newell or nigel clough
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Newell or Cotterill. Good track records with small clubs.
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I have great concerns that whilst yes a new manager needs to be appointed asap, a lot of supporters have lost sight that we desparetly need a good result on Saturday to stop us dropping deeper into trouble and making the job for the new manager that much harder.
Look I know John McMahon will probably not get the job but if we care about the clubs future it is in all our interests to get 100% behind him and the team on Saturday to try and get something from the game. Anyone who thinks different is clearly not supporting the club but more interested in character assination.
I know we all have different views on who should be appointed and the Board will know doubt make a considered decision which will not please everyone. Meanwhile we are in deep trouble and excuse the pun but we are in danger of “taking our eye off the ball”.
We should be putting our differences behind us on Saturday and turning out in our thousands to rally the team on. After all those critics have got what they wanted so now it is up to the Board to make the right decision. In the meantime the matches keep comming up and have to be played.
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Speaking as a Northender, I can’t understand why GP hasn’t been given more of a chance with you guys. He did wonders with us and we had some amazing times. My word of advice though, is avoid Paul Simpson with everything you can muster. The man is a fool and he will take your club in the wrong direction. For you to go from a legendary PNE manager to an infamous PNE manager would be a big big MISTAKE. Trust me.
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I think Fabio Capello would be a good choice, I think he could be tempted by the set up we now have. Failing that, Marcello Lippi or Jurgen Klinsmann would be fine.
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i think paul simpson hes young and had sucess at this level before.
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I could do the job better than ybody else…yeah
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Roy Chubby Brown
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paul simpson has the experience of this league and what it takes to gain promotion from it. he is worth giving a chance.
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