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I made the same argument a few weeks ago, Pav. People say he'll get a big pay-off but he's a young manager with potential 30 years ahead of him. He would have been better sticking to Luton - two promotions on a CV in a first managerial job looks great. Now he's got the reputation of taking the...

Those are precisely the two reasons why I thought he'd struggle. I can see why an ambititous manager would want to move but he was sitting pretty in League I with Luton. He could have had another promotion on his CV and move four months later for a club with better prospects. A club recently out...

Not at all. I don't know if it was on this thread or another but I posted about the time of Jones's move that he was making a mistake: that it was better to stay at Luton, get another club on his CV, than move to a club that's in decline, with a trigger-happy board. That's not hindsight: I was...

Really? If you're a young manager looking to take over at a Championship club looking for PL promotion which do you think makes a more attractive proposition? a) Managing a former non-league club and taking them to two promotions and out of the relegation zone in the Championship b) Taking a...

Said at the time that it was a terrible decision. Went for a short-term boost to his salary even though it was detrimental to his career. He'll get another League 2 (or even League 1) reasonably quickly though

When he went there I posted on here that it was the wrong move for him and was told that I was talking rubbish. I stand by what I said then, he was moving to a club with a lot of over-paid players with an unrealistic fanbase and a trigger happy board. He'd have been far better off getting...