silkman":1a764mnl said:
Deacster":1a764mnl said:
I'm sure i heard it was 3 years. I think, unless he is a very astute salesman, that he really likes it here and sees the potential of the crowds and enjoys the set up and his relationship with Simon Hallett and everyone else at the club. Put simply, we are a good stable club now, on the up with a new stand and momentum. My point it, i was worried he would be keen to get back 'up north' ASAP but now i'm not convinced, it think it would take a serious offer to tempt him away. The other factor is the average shelf life of a manager in the championship which is not very much and let's be frank if it's a vacant job in the majority of cases it would be a club struggling who have sacked a manager and maybe in danger of dropping to league 1, where we hope to be next season in any case!
He also said recently that he and his missus were house hunting with a view to his family moving down here to live after Xmas - that doesn't smack of someone who'd take the first offer to move back North!
Ryan Lowe is clearly skilled at charming people who want to be charmed. It is like believing a salesman who wants to sell you a conservatory, a house or a high performance BMW - possibly unwise to believe every small detail without seeing the wider picture. They are telling you what they think you want to hear for a certain purpose.
Without disrespect to Lowe, he doesn't strike me as a man of commitment or longevity. I can't say I believe that his family all want to come down from Liverpool, and love pasties, and absolutely adore it here. He talks like a salesman, in short puchy sentences, and is a man full of positive small chatter rather than a few choice meaningful words.
Who is the longest serving manager in League One or Two? How long have they been in charge? Whatever the answer is is why it is unwise to uproot your children for one of the shortest career opportunities going. Anyone else moving house to come to Plymouth will stick around for a decade. Statistically, what are the odds Ryan Lowe is still emplyed here in 2 or 3 years time? Over half the clubs in this division will have a new manager in that time, and those clubs don't have the pressure to get promoted that comes with managing a club with 11,000 attendances playing against clubs with typically 2,000 - 5,000 gates.