Bateman leaves by mutual consent

[3spirit]

 

We need a proven winner who has gained promotion at different clubs and levels.To me,that rules out Naz Bashir,

and the pair at Hanwell are not the answer.

 

I think Keith Scott,Garry Haylock or Steve Cordery are about the best of the current out of work managers.

 

Terry Brown is a totally unrealistic option and it is a pipedream to think he would be remotely interested in managing

Slough at our current level.

 

Alan Dowson,Steve Thompson or Ian Hazel are still all,gainfully employed and could do the job in the future but

at the moment we need a proper out and out manager,who knows our level well.

In my opinion,Keith Scott has the edge,as we have many of his ex players in our team already and this factor, would

definitely help with continuity.

[hotspur]

Hitchin have gone down the ex player route   new manager is  Mark Burke  assistant Adam Parker .

Thats why Terry Brown would be a good choice-perhaps its not all about money.

[Savagebee]

and the pair at Hanwell are not the answer.

 

I agree

[Irishadrian]

I note from the home page that written applications are now being  solicited for the vacant managers position  applications to Roy Merryweather by 21st May.

[Mark44]

My football manager experience should stand me in good stead.

 

I once got slough to the championship

[readingrebel]

I note from the home page that written applications are now being  solicited for the vacant managers position  applications to Roy Merryweather by 21st May.

 

 

Nothing gets past you Irish  

[richierebel]

You laugh by putting your championship manager experience down on here, when i worked at Wokefield Park where they do all the FA coaching badges, some guy from Egypt got onto the course by putting his championship manager experience down on his application form and the FA thought it was real experience and he got on the course!!

[michaelSTFC]

Hotspur, Terry Brown turned down Hayes & Yeading as they couldn't match his wage demands in the Conference South. Perhaps you could subsidise his salary with a few more anti-Slough bets?

[GarySTFC]

But Hayes then went on to appoint Phil Babb? Can't be that cheap surely? Would be an amazing appointment to get Brown, although surely he would be getting offers from higher up the pyramid. Would still expect some very good candidates to apply as I would expect it is still a good position to hold.

[Windsor Rebel]

We need a proven winner who has gained promotion at different clubs and levels.To me,that rules out Naz Bashir,

and the pair at Hanwell are not the answer.

 

I think Keith Scott,Garry Haylock or Steve Cordery are about the best of the current out of work managers.

 

Terry Brown is a totally unrealistic option and it is a pipedream to think he would be remotely interested in managing

Slough at our current level.

 

Alan Dowson,Steve Thompson or Ian Hazel are still all,gainfully employed and could do the job in the future but

at the moment we need a proper out and out manager,who knows our level well.

In my opinion,Keith Scott has the edge,as we have many of his ex players in our team already and this factor, would

definitely help with continuity.

 

Believe  me, we dont wont Keith Scott. I have inside knowledge of what went on at Windsor and I doubt very much

if he would fit into our financial model.

[3spirit]

Believe  me, we dont wont Keith Scott. I have inside knowledge of what went on at Windsor and I doubt very much

if he would fit into our financial model.

The difference now,though,Windsor Rebel,is that we have a prudent Chairman and a tighter organisation of our club rather

than the poorly run model,of the latter years of Windsor and Eton FC.

 

Also Keith Scott will have something to prove to his detractors about his need for money and under a stricter but fair

budget,will know what he's got and what he hasn't.

 

I think Keith Scott and Dave Woozley [if they get on?] could be the solution for Slough currently.Both are winners and strong personalities.

Edited May 15, 2013 by 3spirit

[Stuntman Mark]

We need a proven winner who has gained promotion at different clubs and levels.To me,that rules out Naz Bashir,

and the pair at Hanwell are not the answer.

 

 

What previous experience did Martin Stone at league winners Burnham have then? 

 

Sure, Keith Scott got Windsor promoted but at what price to that club? I'm sure there are plenty of Windsor fans who are watching on who could enlighten us. 

[3spirit]

What previous experience did Martin Stone at league winners Burnham have then? 

 

Sure, Keith Scott got Windsor promoted but at what price to that club? I'm sure there are plenty of Windsor fans who are watching on who could enlighten us.

He had years of experience in Laurie Craker behind him.Martin Stone did okay at Chalfont Wasps and played at agood level of non-league. Burnham management got the best out of a fairly ordinary side on paper,with exception to the excellent

spine of the team and created a united front and noteworthy team spirit.

 

Steve Bateman just didn't get the best out of his players,who are better on paper than Burnham and perhaps a few are justnot the type of players who make team morale and togetherness happen.As we all know a couple of bad apples ruin the wholebarrel.

The Burnham side were often quoted in the press as being filled with lots of mates, off the park as well as on.

 

I haven't watched lots of Keith Scott's teams,so can't really say whether his style of football is what I want to watch

but as a manager he seems to be no pushover,a strong character,has excellent football crendentials and the sort of

manager who won't put up with player shenanigans and bullsh*t.Exactly what we need at Slough.

Team him with a player with a brain,stature and a respected figure like Dave Woozley or Steve Perkins and we may have the makings of something special.

Edited May 15, 2013 by 3spirit

[HP9]

He had years of experience in Laurie Craker behind him.Martin Stone did okay at Chalfont Wasps and played at agood level of non-league. Burnham management got the best out of a fairly ordinary side on paper,with exception to the excellent

spine of the team and created a united front and noteworthy team spirit.

 

Steve Bateman just didn't get the best out of his players,who are better on paper than Burnham and perhaps a few are justnot the type of players who make team morale and togetherness happen.As we all know a couple of bad apples ruin the wholebarrel.

The Burnham side were often quoted in the press as being filled with lots of mates, off the park as well as on.

 

I haven't watched lots of Keith Scott's teams,so can't really say whether his style of football is what I want to watch

but as a manager he seems to be no pushover,a strong character,has excellent football crendentials and the sort of

manager who won't put up with player shenanigans and bullsh*t.Exactly what we need at Slough.

Team him with a player with a brain,stature and a respected figure like Dave Woozley or Steve Perkins and we may have the makings of something special.

But Keith Scott couldn't win the Combined Counties League with a fortune to spend.

[nets]

Hitchin have gone down the ex player route   new manager is  Mark Burke  assistant Adam Parker .

 

First of all can I add my voice to the vast majority and publicly thank Steve for all his tireless efforts, openness and passion shown for out little club. You really have provided us with some great memories. That said unfortunately, when it comes to gaining the success that everyone so badly craves, while perenially  always in the mix, for many reasons, it's not happened and the time is surely right to bring in new ideas, fresh faces, in short a change was inevitable 

 

As for who we appoint, people are mentioning bringing back some old boys to take over. No, no, no, no, no! All over NL football, and indeed beyond, such appointments nearly always end in tears and we have endured enough of those these past 4,5 years

 

Hitchin the club you mentioned, have done exactly that for several seasons, Darren Hay, Charlie Williams to name but a couple of recent ones, and they haven't really learned their lessons have they, because again it most certainly hasn't worked. In fact it has previously cost them one relegation and If it wasn't for Frendo's goals this season, it could easily have been two.

 

Even though Mark has played shitloads of games for them and Adam Parker remains one of the most accomplished and stylish players I have ever seen at Hitichins level, ex players, be they club legends or otherwise very rarely work, and after seasons of near misses we need someone who can work within a tight(ish) fiscal mandate, has fresh ideas, can help galvanise the club, both on and importantly off the pitch, ideally one who lives reasonably local and importantly one who knows a lot of players, and I mentioned this name a couple of weeks ago, and only bring it up again as it is my understanding he has only yesterday turned down the Arlsey job and that's Mark Eaton, who I guarantee, along with many others will be sending in an application.

 

Rejecting Arlseys offer and the timing of it, may be purely coincidental and as such I personally read nothing more into it than that, but is there ever any smoke without fire?

 

I like to think I know my NL football, and sure we would all like to see Terry Brown or similar, but get real chaps, it just isn't going to happen and while not being foolish or naive enough to say he should or will get the job if he were, with his experience at Aylesbury, Hemel last year and Arsley this season, he would be fine by me, as in my opinion he ticks many boxes, and 'appears' to be exactly 'the type' of person we need, not to stabilise, we don't need stability, we have that, but far more pressing to move us forward on the rock solid foundations Steve has undisputedly laid

 

Watch this space I guess

Edited May 15, 2013 by nets

[hotspur]

Maybe hopefully Terry Brown gets a bit sentimental and thinks I will help my old club out ( he was after all loved by the Slough fans ) Maybe he feels a quieter life in the lower leagues suits him now.Please lets hope so.

[hotspur]

Hotspur, Terry Brown turned down Hayes & Yeading as they couldn't match his wage demands in the Conference South. Perhaps you could subsidise his salary with a few more anti-Slough bets?

Still waiting for conformation that - IAN HAS HANDED OVER HIS LOSSES ( £ 100 )

[Graham C]

After a few days to reflect.................the "mutual consent" phrase is oft used but less often true ! After a long conversation with Steve Bateman at the presentations evening I am pretty sure that his thought was to stay and try again for the promotion we so nearly achieved four years in a row-- a separate chat with Fred was maybe less positive but he said that if Steve went he (Fred) would follow but that there would be a long queue of applicants for the job should this be the outcome.

 

Regarding the successor, Keith Scott came to some STFC games towards the end of the season and admitted that he would like the manager job if it was vacant as we are a good club, with good fans, a good chairman and good financial model. He clearly knows which players he likes at Slough, which are less liked, and the sort of people he would bring in and the way he would like the team to play. Any financial issues are clearly between the new manager and the chairman and not for us lot to get involved in, but several conversations with Keith over the last few years give me the impression he would have the passion for the job, and much as I like Steve Bateman maybe it was this kind of passion that was missing for us.

[A.nonymous]

Terry Brown never turned down the opportunity to become Hayes and Yeading manager, he was never approached. He clearly stated he was interested in the job but the club never put in an approach for him, hence why Delroy Preddie and Tristan Lewis were in joint charge at the end of the season

[mal316]

Terry Brown never turned down the opportunity to become Hayes and Yeading manager, he was never approached. He clearly stated he was interested in the job but the club never put in an approach for him, hence why Delroy Preddie and Tristan Lewis were in joint charge at the end of the season

 

But did he actually apply for the position or just make a comment that could have been easily missed or dismissed by the club?

 

Basically, if you don't apply for a position how can you expect to be offered it?