Didi in Stockport zurück getreten.
Nun wird in Stockport also erneut ein Manager gesucht. Die Liste der Bewerber hat sich schnell gefüllt:
Stockport County’s search for a new manager will begin on Saturday night after the Blue Square Premier game with Ebbsfleet.
County have already had more than 20 applications for the job since Dietmar Hamann’s departure on Monday afternoon. But chairman Lord Peter Snape will not start drawing up a shortlist of candidates until after Saturday’s game.
Ex manager Jim Gannon, who is fronting a fans consortium hoping to save the ailing club, is the favourite and Snape has expressed an interest in speaking to the former Motherwell, Port Vale and Peterborough boss.
Privately, however, the club are insisting that Gannon won’t be considered unless he applies through the official channels.
Mike Newell and Martin Foyle, who were both interviewed twice when the job was vacant in the summer are also in contention.
So too is Hyde United manager Gary Lowe.
Lowe was appointed manager at Ewen Fields in May and has led the Tigers to the top of Blue Square Bet North. Lowe, however, is under contract at Hyde, which could prove a sticking point for cash-strapped County.
Ray Mathias, meanwhile, who was replaced by Hamann as permanent manager in the summer, has refused to rule out a return to Edgeley Park.
Mathias took over from Peter Ward as caretaker boss in March but couldn’t save County from relegation to the Conference. He was unveiled as the permanent manager in May, only to be demoted when Hamann arrived six weeks’ later.
But the 64-year-old said we would give serious consideration to the possibility of a return.
"I’ve not really thought about it yet," said Mathias.
"Obviously, there’s going to be a change. I haven’t thought about it but I haven’t ruled it out.
"There’s a lot to think about like what’s going on at the club behind the scenes what happened in the past.
"But I’ll sit down and think about it."
Yesterday, current caretaker Willie McStay held a meeting with players to explain Hamann’s resignation.
Some of the players voiced their surprise on Twitter after hearing news of Hamann’s departure with full-back Andy Halls posting: "Disappointing. Whoever takes charge will be my seventh manager in four seasons. Crazy."
Ein anderes Thema auf das ich gerade gestoßen bin:Football League clubs vote to back controversial overhaul of academiesIn der Abstimmung am 20.Oktober wurde entschieden, das die Vereine unterhalb der Premier League in Zukunft einen festen Betrag für ihre Talente bekommen - mit anderen Worten nicht mehr selber über die Ablösesumme entscheiden können. Und diese Beträge sind wirklich niedrig:
The new system will mean a selling club is paid £3,000 per year for every year of a player's development between the ages of nine and 11. The fee per year from 12 to 16 will range between £12,500 and £40,000.Top clubs will also be exempted from the current rules preventing them from signing under-16s who live more than 90 minutes' travelling distance away (or an hour for under-12s), allowing them to scout and sign players from anywhere in the country.Für die Premier League Vereine wird es so natürlich sehr einfach und vor allem billig, Talente der unterklassigen Clubs zubekommen. Wenn Sie darin schon keine zukünftigen Stars sehen, können sie immerhin noch günstig Kaderspieler für die Homegrown-Regeln bekommen!
Ein Kommentar von Simon Jordan, chairman of Crystal Palace from 2000 to 2010, kritisiert diese Entwicklung aufs Schäfste:
Carry on cherry-picking: field day for Premier League talent poachersDiese Entscheidung könnte am Ende natürlich dazu führen, das in England viele Vereine ihre Jugendakademien schließen, weil es den Aufwand nicht mehr lohnt. Und England hätte zugunsten der Premier League einen weiteren Baustein in der Entwicklung englischer Talente geopfert...
