OMG. Imagine that and we lose on pens after 2 x 0-0s. would be the stuff of recurring nightmares!With the Morecombe manager also rumoured to be leaving, maybe Hill is going to become Morecombe`s manager, in time for the play offs . That would make a tasty play off.
Your mate is wrong its Derek AdamsMy Bradford City mate says it's Richie Wellens.
An excellent piece of analysis. Good journalism about Rovers for once.Worth a read
OPINION: Hill's salt 'n' pepper turned performances soggy for promotion run-in
The ink had barely dried on what appeared to be a hastily prepared statement announcing Keith Hill's arrival when Tranmere fans started to voice…www.wirralglobe.co.uk
I think you could be right, RLC. However, it doesn’t explain why the totally untried partnership of Dawes and Parkinson had so much success.In relation to Boz's point regarding mental health, I have wondered all along whether Hill is really cut out for management, certainly at a moderately sized club. He seemed to have a very fragile ego, and very little of the imperviousness to criticism which all managers need.
I would guess at Rochdale, where there is a small fan base and very little pressure from the board, his post match rants went under the radar. However, that kind of approach will always be disastrous at a club like Tranmere, Bolton or Barnsley.
I also wonder whether he was really able to deal with senior players like Clarke, Spearing and Vaughan, who have played at a far higher level, and under far more talented managers than Hill. You just wonder what their reaction was to some of his more eccentric decisions - playing full backs on the opposite side of the pitch, persisting with Lewis up front - and whether he ever really had their respect. I would guess that was a problem for Jackson earlier in the season as well.
I think it possibly does. Hill tried to micro-manage the players and make them play in a very rigid system, whereas Dawes just trusted their ability and gave them the freedom to go and play. That probably kept a lot of the senior players on board.I think you could be right, RLC. However, it doesn’t explain why the totally untried partnership of Dawes and Parkinson had so much success.
Spot on. His team selections and tactics weren't great but mentally he just couldn't handle the pressure. The social media, the losses, the expectations etc and that was clearly evident in his interviews and just became worse as the season progressed. I do hope he goes on to find a club where he fits as he clearly loves football. I think he can cut it in management as seen at Rochdale but on a much smaller scale.I have wondered all along whether Hill is really cut out for management, certainly at a moderately sized club. He seemed to have a very fragile ego, and very little of the imperviousness to criticism which all managers need.
I would guess at Rochdale, where there is a small fan base and very little pressure from the board, his post match rants went under the radar. However, that kind of approach will always be disastrous at a club like Tranmere, Bolton or Barnsley.
100% agree with RLC here - the Clarke post match presser couple of weeks was likely instrumental in laying all bare to MP and soundings would surely have been taken post that with at least him, Spearing and Davies probably.I am pretty sure it will have, indirectly at least.