oafcprozac Posted April 22, 2013 Share Posted April 22, 2013 (edited) According to Chron, LJ played under him at Kilmarnock - makes sense, wealth of experience and good knowledge of all levels. Maybe knows about a few gems North of The Border under the radar? http://www.oldham-ch...ntract-dialogue Edited April 22, 2013 by oafcprozac Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
opinions4u Posted April 22, 2013 Share Posted April 22, 2013 His record as Raith Rovers manager was fantastic. This feels good to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oafcprozac Posted April 22, 2013 Author Share Posted April 22, 2013 (edited) His record as Raith Rovers manager was fantastic. This feels good to me. Management career Nicholl had great success at Raith Rovers, winning the Scottish League Cup on 27 November 1994—four years to the day that he had arrived at the club—and reaching the Scottish Premier Division as First Division champions six months later. Due to their SFL Cup triumph, they qualified for the UEFA Cupand reached the second round, where they were eliminated by eventual winners Bayern Munich. On 28 February 1996, Nicholl was appointed manager of Millwall, who just over two months earlier had been top of Division One but were now sliding down the table. He was unable to arrest the decline and Millwall slipped into Division Two on the last day of the season. He remained at Millwall until the following February, and six months after that returned to Raith Rovers. His second spell at Raith lasted two years, and ended on 14 June 1999 after he had failed to get them back into the top flight. A 28-day spell as manager of Dunfermline Athletic followed later in 1999, and he later served as assistant manager to Jimmy Calderwood at East End Park. In May 2004, Nicholl followed Calderwood when he took over as manager at Aberdeen, again serving as his assistant until the two parted company with the club in May 2009.[3] He resumed his partnership with Calderwood at Kilmarnock in 2010. Nicholl was appointed manager of Cowdenbeath in June 2010,[4] but he left Cowdenbeath at the end of the 2010–11 season after they were relegated from the First Division.[5] Nicholl was then appointed assistant manager of Kilmarnock for a second time, by Kenny Shiels on 15 June 2011.[6 Edited April 22, 2013 by oafcprozac Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philliggi Posted April 22, 2013 Share Posted April 22, 2013 Never heard of him tbh, my knowledge of scottish football is next to non existent, but in LJ we trust Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oafcprozac Posted April 22, 2013 Author Share Posted April 22, 2013 Former United player in the 70s http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Nicholl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pukka Posted April 22, 2013 Share Posted April 22, 2013 If he appoints him, someone with experience I would be very pleased. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crusoe Posted April 22, 2013 Share Posted April 22, 2013 I would be pleased with him as an assistant. Very experienced, will know how to work on a budget, and has tasted success with otherwise unfancied teams. I'm not sure how much more appealing a prospect we are than Kilmarnock, mind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philliggi Posted April 22, 2013 Share Posted April 22, 2013 When looking at recruitment, both on and off the field, its not about selling the club as it is now, its what it can become, and anyone coming in has to buy into that. I think Lee will be exceptional in that department. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oafcprozac Posted April 22, 2013 Author Share Posted April 22, 2013 Dickov was to be fair, but he signed 'cruisers', I can't see LJ doing that if Korey Smith is anything to go by and the improvement we have seen from players like Croft, Grounds, Brown and even dare I say Simpson…. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
singe Posted April 22, 2013 Share Posted April 22, 2013 Dickov was to be fair, but he signed 'cruisers', I can't see LJ doing that if Korey Smith is anything to go by and the improvement we have seen from players like Croft, Grounds, Brown and even dare I say Simpson…. The 2 big tests (and benchmarks for me personally for him as a manager) now are those players maintaining this standard over Summer to pre season standard & then for the bulk of a season. . Do that and we will be going places with this young and exciting manager. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
singe Posted April 22, 2013 Share Posted April 22, 2013 Interesting to see what everyone thinks are the attributes of a good Asst, and look at the most succesful. EXperience to give LJ a hand in tactics seems reducndant now, as he has done more to change a game than PD is a season and a half PD said he wanted someone to sound out, but that did not work I would envisage somene the players could talk to so that he becomes a conduit to the manager, filtering out the crap so the manager does not listen to petty stuff Be an extra pair of eyes to see what the opposition are doing or not concentrating on the ball, but one step ahead/behind whilst mgr concentrates on run of play,not sure which is best. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BP1960 Posted April 22, 2013 Share Posted April 22, 2013 (edited) Listen to his team talk, seems to have a great sense of humour.... http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/21740122 Edited April 23, 2013 by BP1960 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevesmitt Posted April 22, 2013 Share Posted April 22, 2013 Wonder if he could bring Kris Boyd with him, sure he could still do a job in this league. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted April 22, 2013 Share Posted April 22, 2013 Never heard of him tbh, my knowledge of scottish football is next to non existent Jimmy Nicholl being turned inside out by Paul Mariner. I loved football back then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wogghead1 Posted April 22, 2013 Share Posted April 22, 2013 Has a bit of weight behind it, wasn't LJ on a "scouting mission" in Scotland last month? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BP1960 Posted April 22, 2013 Share Posted April 22, 2013 Some good players in the Killie squad if available. http://www.kilmarnockfc.co.uk/articles/james-dayton-kilmarnock_85937_40092 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Latics_Fanatic Posted April 22, 2013 Share Posted April 22, 2013 Some good players in the Killie squad if available. http://www.kilmarnoc...ock_85937_40092 That number 18 looks interesting... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonesyOAFC Posted April 22, 2013 Share Posted April 22, 2013 One of Dickov's biggest mistakes in my opinion was never bringing in an experienced number two. This is another encouraging sign. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BP1960 Posted April 22, 2013 Share Posted April 22, 2013 (edited) That number 18 looks interesting... this one looks familiar ? http://www.kilmarnoc...ock_85937_60425 And a Matt Smith clone; http://www.kilmarnoc...ock_85937_39003 Yeovil Town link; http://www.kilmarnockfc.co.uk/articles/james-dayton-kilmarnock_85937_40092 Edited April 22, 2013 by BP1960 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fervid Posted April 22, 2013 Share Posted April 22, 2013 Met Jimmy a few years ago at a Northern Ireland game and he was spot on. His football knowledge is second to none would be great to get him on board. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slystallone Posted April 23, 2013 Share Posted April 23, 2013 Pretty sure LJ said he had 3 on his radar as potential Ass Mgrs. 1 was currently employed at a club and nothing could be done until the summer. Guess JN is that one then? I still wonder who the one was who was available but LJ wasnt sure if would "fit in with the clubs image"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crusoe Posted April 23, 2013 Share Posted April 23, 2013 Rix? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
opinions4u Posted April 23, 2013 Share Posted April 23, 2013 Pretty sure LJ said he had 3 on his radar as potential Ass Mgrs. 1 was currently employed at a club and nothing could be done until the summer. Guess JN is that one then? I still wonder who the one was who was available but LJ wasnt sure if would "fit in with the clubs image"? Graham Rix was the name Mr Sinnott posted on here. Vague Scottish fit to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slystallone Posted April 23, 2013 Share Posted April 23, 2013 Ah right. We signed Lee Hughes so i dont think we can take the high road with Rix really. The club's image was ripped up & thrown in the bin with Hughes; Rix wont make much of a difference really IMO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rudemedic Posted April 23, 2013 Share Posted April 23, 2013 Ah right. We signed Lee Hughes so i dont think we can take the high road with Rix really. The club's image was ripped up & thrown in the bin with Hughes; Rix wont make much of a difference really IMO. From my understanding of the details of their offences I'd rather we employed Rix over Hughes in terms of past misdeameanors. However, Rix is not allowed to work alone with youth players which means appointing him as assistant manager is not really viable. I think the vitriol we underwent after signing Hughes probably put Corney off for a long time from employing someone with a similar history. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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