Many, myself included, can be tempted to draw assumptions from things like yesterday’s interview, i.e. Michael Duff won’t be here for much longer.
It’s underpinned by the current ownership group having removed Matt Bloomfield within eight months of completing their takeover, and then removing Mike Dodds eight months later having appointed him themselves. Michael Duff will have been in charge for eight months next month.
However, the interview (which already feels like a seminal moment in our history) also includes the following quotes: "I’m learning quite a lot, it’s not an us-and-them situation. The change comes from the first of pre-season, it’ll look different - the training. The challenge is to change day-to-day habits, we’ll be changing personnel.
That doesn’t sound like a man a) planning on leaving, or b) anticipating the sack.
never said he was the bees knees….Just said that players need time and playing a few minutes here and a few minutes there is not enough, he needs a run of 4-5 games to get a proper assessment
Btw, speaking of important matches between us, we were also the final team you played in your last spell in the third tier before this one! A very famous day in Wycombe’s history
Totally deserved by Lincoln and I sincerely wish you the best of luck in the championship. You’ll be running out at Spurs ground next season.
BTW, what a centre back Sonny Bradley is, I wish we had tried harder to keep him at Wycombe. Adam Reach has also made a huge contribution for you this season and they both certainly deserve their success.
@LincolnFan ’s comments about Bradley Fink are pretty telling. I feel really sorry for the young chap as our management team spent a massive amount of ML’s money on him and he is so obviously out of his depth. A loan out to a National League team may be the way forward for Fink but he will need to raise his game to even make it at that level.
Bradley Fink isnt going on loan to the conference, if he goes on loan it will probably be Europe, Germany at a guess.
On my Huddersfield rabbit hole, I saw they spent £3m on Joe Taylor, under Duff. He scored 6 in 34 and was loaned out to Wigan. Clubs sign players, and it doesn’t work out. Happens.
Fuk no, I have no knowledge on anything. Just reckon, hes probably got a bit of a reputation in Germany from Dortmund youth when he banged in the goals. Sort of seems a realistic option.
What’s the thinking with non league rather than League 2?
is it you think he’s that poor he can only cut it there? Or that league 2 is more physical?
Or that he’d be so far better than non league players he’d come back super charged and confident?
Doesn’t seem likely of course, smuggled off abroad like Westy seems the smart money.
If I was Finky though, and especially if I was on anywhere near the wages estimated/in the know’d/made up by certain people, on a 3-4 year deal, i’d probably stand by ground and wait out the manager.
