David Unsworth

Ruairi77 · February 8, 2018

Eggs said:
..pure guesswork, Matey. The reality is that I don’t know.

yea, it just seems likely tho.

riddick · February 8, 2018

I thought Oxford would have been a good starting point for him. He's not got the nous (imo) to start in the Championship yet. Theres nothing wrong with that, it's a MASSIVE jump from the u23's to the Premier League, it would have been a logical step up from the u23's to Oxford tho.

Nymzee · February 8, 2018

davek said:
"My advice is to try and manage at the highest level possible".

?

Yes...

"David Unsworth raised eyebrows by turning down the chance to take over at Oxford United. Maybe it just wasn't the right job at the right time for him. My advice would be to try and manage at the highest level possible. If you don't make a success of it, you'll always be able to drop down a level or two and have another chance."

Referring to the Oxford job nothing to do with Barnsley.

davek · February 8, 2018

blueblue said:
I think he was let down badly more by the players than employers.
Koeman left, Unsworth got the job and results disimproved . Look back at the posts on here they were almost universally wanting a new manager.

He may in time be up to managing a premiership club, but not at the moment and certainly not a club in crises.

He was left in limbo by his employers: "take this lot and see what you can do" - handing him no authority whatsoever to deal with players (with questionable attitude) who knew he'd be short term.

davek · February 8, 2018

Nymzee said:
Yes...

"David Unsworth raised eyebrows by turning down the chance to take over at Oxford United. Maybe it just wasn't the right job at the right time for him. My advice would be to try and manage at the highest level possible. If you don't make a success of it, you'll always be able to drop down a level or two and have another chance."

Referring to the Oxford job nothing to do with Barnsley.

That's the key line.

That for Unsworth was here at Everton, as he was given that job to do.

Stuartisitc1878 · February 8, 2018

davek said:
That's the key line.

That for Unsworth was here at Everton, as he was given that job to do.

be the best you can be..... but don't aim too high.

That should be our new moto!

Nymzee · February 8, 2018

davek said:
That's the key line.

That for Unsworth was here at Everton, as he was given that job to do.

Was just correcting you David, no need to thank me.

TraffordBlue · February 8, 2018

davek said:
Yes, he did. And without the benefit of being declared full time manager and the authority that gives.

2 wins in 8, and contributing to us going out of 2 Cup Competitions, whilst getting humiliated in the Europa League?

davek · February 8, 2018

EFC78 said:
2 wins in 8, and contributing to us going out of 2 Cup Competitions, whilst getting humiliated in the Europa League?

The cups were Chelsea away in the LC and dead games in the EL.

Leave them one side.

He had a better goals per game ratio as a PT manager than Allardyce as a FT manager.

canuckblue · February 8, 2018

davek said:
He was left in limbo by his employers: "take this lot and see what you can do" - handing him no authority whatsoever to deal with players (with questionable attitude) who knew he'd be short term.

Hold your calls, we have a winner.

ArtetaMoney · February 8, 2018

We were pretty terrible under Unsworth, we looked like the worst team in the league in that loss to Southampton it was proper embarrassing. I see why the club panicked and got Sam in, even though we still look pretty terrible now.

Would have loved Rhino to succeed with our first team because he's done a great job with the U23s, even though we have spent a lot on that team compared to most PL2 sides. I'm sure he will get a job offer for a Championship team soon enough, he doesn't need to rush into anything although I'd guess he will want to progress from managing the young lads soon.

Lanolin · February 8, 2018

EFC78 said:
2 wins in 8, and contributing to us going out of 2 Cup Competitions, whilst getting humiliated in the Europa League?

Thank God we've moved away from those days. Now we've got 1 win in 8 and crashed out of the other cup...

LiamG · February 8, 2018

blueblue said:
I think it is probably more to do with Unsworth wanting to go into management than being frozen out.
Unsworth is not involved with the first team and has just produced a host of players who could play in the first team in the next couple of years , I don't think he is a threat and Sam would know that if it were seen that he forced out a fans favourite it would make his own position more difficult.

Yea I can't see that either if I'm honest. I think he knows now is the right time to move for his career.

TraffordBlue · February 8, 2018

Lanolin said:
Thank God we've moved away from those days. Now we've got 1 win in 8 and crashed out of the other cup...

I don't think it's a like for like comparison when in Unsworth's 8 games he faced a top 6 Premier League side once (Chelsea in the Cup), whereas in our last 8 we have faced a top 6 PL side 4 times out of 8.

Lanolin · February 8, 2018

EFC78 said:
I don't think it's a like for like comparison when in Unsworth's 8 games he faced a top 6 Premier League side once (Chelsea in the Cup), whereas in our last 8 we have faced a top 6 PL side 4 times out of 8.

Three of Unsworth's games were in competitions which at the time were effectively a distraction - we were all but out of Europe by the Lyon game, and the Atalanta game was a dead rubber in which we played a reserve side. If the figures you're using are unfair to anyone, it's Unsworth.