O'Neill: Evans Will Take as Long as Needed to Make Appointment
Monday, 1st Mar 2021 11:18
Town general manager of football operations Lee O’Neill says owner Marcus Evans will take as long as necessary to appoint a successor to Paul Lambert, who left the club along with his assistant Stuart Taylor yesterday.
Former Chesterfield, Portsmouth and Wigan boss Paul Cook is a strong favourite for the role, but O’Neill says Evans is in no rush to make an appointment and confirmed that first-team coach Matt Gill will be in caretaker charge. We understand he will be assisted by academy head of player and coaching development Bryan Klug.
“Marcus is working on it now but will take as long as is needed,” O'Neill told the club site.
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“He'll be speaking to people about the role and in the interim period we are confident that Matt can do what is needed on a game-by-game basis.
“Our goalposts haven't changed though, and we want to get the results that can get us promoted this season.
“We feel with a new manager and some momentum we can push on for the remainder of the campaign."
Regarding tomorrow night's game at Accrington, he added: “Matt Gill is going to step in and take charge tomorrow.
“He will be assisted by Bryan Klug, and all the usual first-team staff around that.
“The boys have been in good form, and the focus is 100 per cent on the game tomorrow night.”
Hope this is just talk
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Re: Hope this is just talk
As long as is needed could be Ten Minutes KB.
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Re: Hope this is just talk
All this uncertainty (assuming takeover talks are taking place, of course) is not going to do much to generate a surge in season ticket renewals. That said, if PL WAS the problem, and this upturn in fortunes can continue under Gill's guidance, who is to say we can't make a concerted effort for some form of promotion, albeit via the playoffs? This would certainly make the club more saleable and possibly more appealing to a slightly higher calibre of manager!Kerry Blue wrote: ↑Mon Mar 01, 2021 1:09 pmO'Neill: Evans Will Take as Long as Needed to Make Appointment
Monday, 1st Mar 2021 11:18
Town general manager of football operations Lee O’Neill says owner Marcus Evans will take as long as necessary to appoint a successor to Paul Lambert, who left the club along with his assistant Stuart Taylor yesterday.
Former Chesterfield, Portsmouth and Wigan boss Paul Cook is a strong favourite for the role, but O’Neill says Evans is in no rush to make an appointment and confirmed that first-team coach Matt Gill will be in caretaker charge. We understand he will be assisted by academy head of player and coaching development Bryan Klug.
“Marcus is working on it now but will take as long as is needed,” O'Neill told the club site.
This video will start in
0:21
“He'll be speaking to people about the role and in the interim period we are confident that Matt can do what is needed on a game-by-game basis.
“Our goalposts haven't changed though, and we want to get the results that can get us promoted this season.
“We feel with a new manager and some momentum we can push on for the remainder of the campaign."
Regarding tomorrow night's game at Accrington, he added: “Matt Gill is going to step in and take charge tomorrow.
“He will be assisted by Bryan Klug, and all the usual first-team staff around that.
“The boys have been in good form, and the focus is 100 per cent on the game tomorrow night.”