For what its worth...
If I was Attanasio, I would sack Knapper and Manning, and ask Thorup to step back in till the end of the season with a chance to earn his job back long term. We dont have time to go on a long search again, and this will take a while if he needs to replace Knapper first, we need someone who knows the club, knows most of the group, and who at least knows how to score goals.
Ok, we let in silly goals with Thorup, but we are still doing this now. His football was much better though and he had the right idea, and I would argue he was sacked a bit unfairly.
Majority of these players were bought with Thorup in mind if you ask me, players like McConville, Wright, Cordoba, Marcondes, Jurasek were here under his watch and Chris Goreham, Mattsson, etc must have been targets while he was here. It feels like we have the players for plan A, but now the man with plan A isnt here.
Plus we must still be paying him. I thought he always came across very well, one of the best talkers we've had as manager. He made some mistakes, hung a few players out to dry publically and he will have learned from that, but now we need to get the right players into this team, players who JHT knows, and playing in a positive and pro active way.
If it doesn't work then so be it, but its better than sleepwalking into League 1, or taking a huge risk employing someone else through Knapper, or worse still employing a new manager without a sporting director at all. We need a short term fix that can get to work tomorrow morning.
Posted By: Canary147 on October 25th 2025 at 18:16:33
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- Attanasio needs to over rule everyone and take charge here … (NCFC) - loz, Oct 25, 18:04:28
- For what its worth... (NCFC) - Canary147, Oct 25, 18:16:33
- I think that's an interesting theory. I also think it's a bit arrogant of us to presume JH (NCFC) - Rombald, Oct 25, 18:34:45
- It’d be an interesting development. (NCFC) - APB, Oct 25, 18:57:39
- Duffy is an absolute liability in all senses. A hand grenade of an individual (NCFC) - Rombald, Oct 25, 19:31:54
- JHT should be like yeh if you pay me 10 times what you did last time (NCFC) - footymadman, Oct 25, 18:39:53
- It’d be an interesting development. (NCFC) - APB, Oct 25, 18:57:39
- I think that's an interesting theory. I also think it's a bit arrogant of us to presume JH (NCFC) - Rombald, Oct 25, 18:34:45
- Surely MA can bring in someone who knows how to run a club from his network of contacts (NCFC) - footymadman, Oct 25, 18:11:33
- He needs to dedicate some serious time to us. MLB is over (NCFC) - DH Yellow, Oct 25, 18:11:29
- Rob Newman (n/m) (NCFC) - Chicken, Oct 25, 18:23:27
- Good shout (n/m) (NCFC) - footymadman, Oct 25, 19:15:20
- Rob Newman (n/m) (NCFC) - Chicken, Oct 25, 18:23:27
- As posted on the Pink Un just now... (NCFC) - BSE Canary, Oct 25, 18:06:22
- I would be absolutely astounded if the owners didn't understand the impact of relegation (n/m) (NCFC) - seminated_woolly, Oct 25, 18:09:54
- Agree but he’s got to stop listening to knappers fluff… (NCFC) - loz, Oct 25, 18:11:42
- I would be absolutely astounded if the owners didn't understand the impact of relegation (n/m) (NCFC) - seminated_woolly, Oct 25, 18:09:54
- For what its worth... (NCFC) - Canary147, Oct 25, 18:16:33
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