Wigan Athletic want Paul Cook as new manager !!

I can understand him wanting to go to a former club if he has some emotional ties with them and I wouldn't begrudge him doing so. Obviously, as a fan of managerial stability and given his successful record, I'd prefer him to stay but if he chooses to leave I'd wish him well.

 

Might be a blessing in disguise as Cook is no doubt a top manager at League 2 level, but if you want to kick on then I believe that you would be better served by someone else who has had experience (and success) at a higher level.

 

I have to say that the timing of a few things is taking the shine off of a great end to a season. Doyle, Stevens & now this - it's not ideal - I hope we get everything sorted out in quick time so we can get on and plan - if we don't we won't be prepared correctly for a step up....I know it is not as big as the Champ to the Prem - but make no mistake it is a step up.

 

Harry any-one?

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Sorry I thought I was on the jokes thread

 

I can only assume that the attraction for Cook is due to his affinity for Wigan. This is going to take the gloss off of the promotion although I must admit that I thought that Pompey would do well to finish in the play offs. Cook was erratic last season and many supporters seemed sceptical back in August. A new appointment might suit the team although it will need to be a decision that is not taken lightly. Next season will need to be one of consolidation and I am doubtful if the money being offered by the potential new owners will be sufficient to get the team out of this league.

 

This is a story that has no legs. Just shows what can be built up from a tweet from a freelance/BBC reporter with an unsubstantiated source. Someone has put a bet on Cook being interested. Humph...... there's no way Cook is going to move from a club on the way up to a club on the way down. Never going to happen.

 

The Sun is reporting that Cook has signed for Wigan: https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/foot...new-manager-after-he-got-portsmouth-promoted/

It's a shame to lose him as the only Portsmouth Manager with a better win/loss ratio than him in last 100 years is Bob Jackson, but this was always a possibility with a takeover. So yeah, dissapointing, but I wish him well.

 

I think what Cook achieved this season was pretty incredible especially as there were better teams in Div 2. It was an amazing result to win the league but I can recall people posting on this thread in the previous August that fans were discontented with Cook's management skills. As a Southampton fan, I think we always got the impression that he was prone to a meltdown and his interviews with Radio Solent often seemed to full of tension. I was surprised you got promotion in the end even though I think Portsmouth were destined for another play off position.

There is almost a sense as an outsider that Cook was fortunate as opposed to being particularly adroit and I just wonder that, with promotion, a change in manager is probably to your advantage assuming your new owners make an informed choice. Division One is a strange league and when Saints played at this level is seemed very much a mixture of poor teams who should have been playing at a lower level and a number of other better suited to the Championship. I am not convinced that Paul Cook would be the right choice at this level and it is a brave appointment by Wigan at a time when their decision making has not always been great.

 

I must say, it's kind of disappointing that we don't seem to be able to keep hold of anyone whom we want to if there's any interest in them. Well, that's slightly over dramatic, but when we're losing players and managers to teams in the same league as us or even the league below, it's a bit disappointing as I say. It's like we have no pull really... But then, I suppose most of our players are mercenaries, so what can we expect?

But who would you all like to replace Cook? I'd like someone who has been successful at this level. Nigel Adkins would be a good shout... I'm not sure about Alan Pardew, he's been reasonably succesful with Southampton but has been a bit mixed at Premier League level and it's been so long since he's managed at this level. I can't really think of anyone who stands out. Maybe Ranieri? But he wouldn't come to a League One side. Possibly also Steve McClaren? But then again, I'm not sure he'd come to a League One side either.

 

I think you may find that Tisdale's loyalty had something to do with his salary at Exeter and his rolling contract. Exeter might be a poor club financially in comparison to a number of others but the Manager was the best paid in the league.

 

Meh, I'd rather have a manager who has managed at a higher level rather than being a perpetual league 2 manager for the last 8 years.

 

I think we have to accept that home is a big draw no matter who you are. I wish him well - he delivered on what he set out to do for us and got us up - not 2nd or 3rd or via the heartache of the play offs but as Champions. We just have to pick very carefully who will step into his shoes. Right now I have no idea who that should be.

 

Cook: "If I’m not here then it will be only because Pompey don’t want me here*"

* Or someone else offers me more money

 

If the takeover happens (how's that going btw?), then Pardew would be a good shout. He could attract players and quickly turned us around at that level and persuaded the likes of Lambert and Fonte to join us.

PS, you might win the Checkatrade Trophy too!...

 

Woops I sadly think stability was always going to be a tough thing to maintain the moment the take over was agreed. Don't get me wrong I am all for it. As league 2 Manager of the year and his previous track record Cook was going to attract attention. To be fair to him if it was another club I am not sure he would go. I like Richardson but they are a team so keeping him may be hard. I like Tidsdale and Atkinson and Pards. Who ever it is let's hope it's a good fit.