Has the football we've been playing since August surpassed Gormania for sheer entertainment? Even though it didn't end how we wanted, the football was fantastic.
Hmm…given the amount of complaining when we’re getting draws against sides that have come to shut up shop and stop us playing, I really can’t see that a Gorman return would be the answer.
Tipsbladet recently revealed that English side Wycombe Wanderers were in dialogue with Randers coach Rasmus Bertelsen and his assistant Fatah Abdirahman about the vacant coaching position at the ambitious League One club.
Tipsbladet can now reveal that the parties have been in intensive dialogue in recent days, but Rasmus Bertelsen has just chosen to turn down the great opportunity.
As Tipsbladet understands it, the English had otherwise been incredibly keen on the Danish coaching duo, and were willing to go to great lengths to lure Bertelsen and Abdirahman to the English side. Wycombe have sent many attractive offers to Bertelsen and Abdirahman in recent months, but despite this, Wycombe Wanderers must find their new coach elsewhere.
Wycombe Wanderers have recently acquired new owners, and they undeniably have a keen eye for Danish players and coaches. Earlier in January, the English club bought Anders Hagelskjær and Magnus Westergaard from Molde and Viborg respectively.
There is no doubt that Rasmus Bertelsen has done a masterful job in Randers, who this season are at the top of the Superliga – only three points behind the leading team FC Copenhagen.
Rasmus Bertelsen has Randers blood in his veins, and a few months ago he extended his contract until 2028.
Bertelsen has been in charge of Randers for 64 matches, where he has had Fatah Abdirahman on the sidelines.
Tipsbladet has been in contact with Randers' sports director Søren Pedersen, referring to his statements in connection with the story the other day, where he said the following
– From my chair, it's a big pat on the back. We're happy that other clubs are interested in our employees, because it's a sign that Randers and Rasmus have done well. But Rasmus is not going away, he said."
Au contraire mon ami. However informal the approach from Wycombe may have been it might conceivably have been a factor in Randers’ decision to extend Rasmus’s contract. Doesn’t that make good business sense?
Clubs like Brighton are always sounding out potential future managers, even when their current one is doing so well. It's how they've been so consistently successful.
Sounds like fairly normal succession planning to me.
Manager linked with Hull, Millwall, Coventry etc etc etc throughout November and December and finally takes a job with Luton in January - it would be remiss, neigh negligent, if you were the sports director/CEO/fuhrer of said Football club if you didn’t go out to the market and look at viable alternatives.
In the new Black and white world of the Gasroom, that’s evidence of plotting behind Matt’s back and that they never really wanted him anyway.
The worrying consideration is whether Rice and co put all of their eggs in the Bertelsen basket. If so, are we starting from scratch having been knocked back? Maybe @kippers hints about us asking the FA about an existing employee this week are signs we had moved on to option 2...
Didn’t we sound out the next WW manager, as part of our succession planning, under RC, who had earmarked a return to WW for MB from CU, whenever GA finally was to be tempted away from AP? Not sure this is much different to what DR, EV and ML have been doing…
They’ve had a couple of tough blows in the last few days, with SP blocking DI from moving here from CP, and now RB and FA deciding not to ‘up sticks’ to GB. Let’s see if the approach through the FA for LC or SW will bear any fruit.
It didn't sound ideal that we'd have to wait 2months until they arrived anyway as it's a big ask for a development guy and Vokes to keep the promotion train on track.
So at least we'd be getting someone in soon this plan b way, but like you say let's really hope there's a strong plan!
As this season being scuppered by off the pitch stuff would be horrible.
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Obviously a joke.
Has the football we've been playing since August surpassed Gormania for sheer entertainment? Even though it didn't end how we wanted, the football was fantastic.
Hmm…given the amount of complaining when we’re getting draws against sides that have come to shut up shop and stop us playing, I really can’t see that a Gorman return would be the answer.
Rasmus says no...
https://www.tipsbladet.dk/nyhed/generelle/afsloering-bertelsen-har-afvist-stor-jobmulighed
"Randers fans can breathe a sigh of relief.
Tipsbladet recently revealed that English side Wycombe Wanderers were in dialogue with Randers coach Rasmus Bertelsen and his assistant Fatah Abdirahman about the vacant coaching position at the ambitious League One club.
Tipsbladet can now reveal that the parties have been in intensive dialogue in recent days, but Rasmus Bertelsen has just chosen to turn down the great opportunity.
As Tipsbladet understands it, the English had otherwise been incredibly keen on the Danish coaching duo, and were willing to go to great lengths to lure Bertelsen and Abdirahman to the English side. Wycombe have sent many attractive offers to Bertelsen and Abdirahman in recent months, but despite this, Wycombe Wanderers must find their new coach elsewhere.
Wycombe Wanderers have recently acquired new owners, and they undeniably have a keen eye for Danish players and coaches. Earlier in January, the English club bought Anders Hagelskjær and Magnus Westergaard from Molde and Viborg respectively.
There is no doubt that Rasmus Bertelsen has done a masterful job in Randers, who this season are at the top of the Superliga – only three points behind the leading team FC Copenhagen.
Rasmus Bertelsen has Randers blood in his veins, and a few months ago he extended his contract until 2028.
Bertelsen has been in charge of Randers for 64 matches, where he has had Fatah Abdirahman on the sidelines.
Tipsbladet has been in contact with Randers' sports director Søren Pedersen, referring to his statements in connection with the story the other day, where he said the following
– From my chair, it's a big pat on the back. We're happy that other clubs are interested in our employees, because it's a sign that Randers and Rasmus have done well. But Rasmus is not going away, he said."
Using Google translate
“Wycombe have sent many attractive offers to Bertelsen and Abdirahman in recent months”
So Blooms was hounded out!
* I don't believe this by the way.
Doesn't really tie up with
"Rasmus Bertelsen has Randers blood in his veins, and a few months ago he extended his contract until 2028"
Put it down to a translation issue
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There's still a chance
Amazing what offering your successful manager a contract renewal can do to show them you want them to stay as manager.
Right.....so we have to go to the next team in the Danish league which is Aarhus Gymnastikforening.
Aarhus.......Our House.......it's a sign.
So...Uwe Rösler is the next 2/1 on the bookies websites.
But is an ex Fleetwood manager good enough for us?
Au contraire mon ami. However informal the approach from Wycombe may have been it might conceivably have been a factor in Randers’ decision to extend Rasmus’s contract. Doesn’t that make good business sense?
So we had a new manager lined up for months but he wasn't actually lined up because he doesn't want to come.
Clubs like Brighton are always sounding out potential future managers, even when their current one is doing so well. It's how they've been so consistently successful.
Exactly, it's just good succession planning
Sounds like fairly normal succession planning to me.
Manager linked with Hull, Millwall, Coventry etc etc etc throughout November and December and finally takes a job with Luton in January - it would be remiss, neigh negligent, if you were the sports director/CEO/fuhrer of said Football club if you didn’t go out to the market and look at viable alternatives.
In the new Black and white world of the Gasroom, that’s evidence of plotting behind Matt’s back and that they never really wanted him anyway.
Am I doing the Anti-Rice thing correct now?
The worrying consideration is whether Rice and co put all of their eggs in the Bertelsen basket. If so, are we starting from scratch having been knocked back? Maybe @kippers hints about us asking the FA about an existing employee this week are signs we had moved on to option 2...
News Flash. We aren’t and weren’t looking to have a manager.
It would be completely barmy to offer your manager a new manager contract if you are moving to a head coach approach.
One man isn’t bigger than the club. Even if his name is Matt Bloomfield. Or even Dan Rice.
ML probably is though. Which is probably why he keeps his distance and has people to run his club.
Not bad but you need to include something that exists only in your head and state it as a fact.
"Matt knew his time was up when Dan bundled him into the back of his car and drove him to Luton on the Friday morning"
I notice “successful” manager doesn’t factor into your equation.
Didn’t we sound out the next WW manager, as part of our succession planning, under RC, who had earmarked a return to WW for MB from CU, whenever GA finally was to be tempted away from AP? Not sure this is much different to what DR, EV and ML have been doing…
They’ve had a couple of tough blows in the last few days, with SP blocking DI from moving here from CP, and now RB and FA deciding not to ‘up sticks’ to GB. Let’s see if the approach through the FA for LC or SW will bear any fruit.
That is the concern.
It didn't sound ideal that we'd have to wait 2months until they arrived anyway as it's a big ask for a development guy and Vokes to keep the promotion train on track.
So at least we'd be getting someone in soon this plan b way, but like you say let's really hope there's a strong plan!
As this season being scuppered by off the pitch stuff would be horrible.
Define success? He had a great 11 months. There is no denying that.
But we didn’t win anything and to some that would be a pre-requisite for success.
He was 100% on course to be. But he wasn’t in the successful bracket yet, for me.
The second half of this season could have been as abject as the first half of last season. (I don’t think it would have been, but you never know.)
@micra is going to be absolutely bewildered by this post when he wakes from nap time.
"The development guy" is called Sam Grace
@Malone 100% 😂😂😂
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