New manager speculation / rumours thread

[Pedro de la Rosa]

Did he or did Liam Manning?

How much of Oxfords success was down to Buckingham. He was sacked after about a year. They were 2nd when Manning left and he took over. They went up through the play offs.

Rowett also turned around Oxford pretty quickly when Buckingham was relieved of duties.

We are probably going cheap. He may get it. If he does lets hope he is a good coach who Oxford were foolish to let go.

Otherwise Tuertos mate may get his wish and it will Ramasut to get his chance in November.🤣

Murphy did not score or assist under Manning, it was all Buckingham (and Murphy himself of course). Manning left after 15 games that season, Buckingham hardly tanked.

[Pedro de la Rosa]

Don`t know if someone at the club has leaked some stuff out (again) but a couple of things to consider

1. In the published minutes of the May 2025 FAB meeting with the club, Chair Mehmet Dalman states that he would like a couple of continental managers to be on the shortlist to be our new manager.

2.According to Wikipedia, Campelos says he was 99% certain he was going to join us as manager when he was managing Chaves in Portugal but Vincent Tan chose someone else - strong hint of another example of ignoring professional football expertise?

That was Bulut, though?

[the other bob wilson]

Sorry, would have to disagree. There's **** all talent in League 1 to begin with, and the 2 most 'talented' teams went up automatically this season, even if they spent a bucket load between them.

Our 24/25 side, for all of their alleged talent (I accept they had some, but believe our supporters over rated us in that department - or, at least, we barely ever saw it winning us games) would have had to have produced qualities we seldom saw during the regular season to have made any progress in this season’s League One Play Offs, for all that there wasn’t a great deal of good football on show in them.

[olderblue]

Our 24/25 side, for all of their alleged talent (I accept they had some, but believe our supporters over rated us in that department - or, at least, we barely ever saw it winning us games) would have had to have produced qualities we seldom saw during the regular season to have made any progress in this season’s League One Play Offs, for all that there wasn’t a great deal of good football on show in them.

If it is Des Buckingham as has been stated, I think his priorities will be

Bring in his own back room staff

Do you keep anyone out of contract?

How can he move out those players, who clearly aren’t up for the task

Identify and sign some experienced league one battlers who know their way around this division and some wingers who can actually beat a defender and deliver a cross

It’s a big task and good luck to him (if it’s him)

[splott parker]

Algavre Cup?

I sincerely hope you didn’t engrave the trophy

[Hilts]

Buckingham has gone odds on overnight.

The ITK wannabes claiming their reliable sources saying hes actually our manager is the funniest part of this.

Does every club have these posters.?🤣

[PontBlue]

Buckingham has gone odds on overnight.

The ITK wannabes claiming their reliable sources saying hes actually our manager is the funniest part of this.

Does every club have these posters.?藍

They exist everywhere in all walks of life. Commonly known as influencers or as I like to call them self obsessed arseholes.

[A Quiet Monkfish]

They exist everywhere in all walks of life. Commonly known as influencers or as I like to call them self obsessed arseholes.

Would you bet against Buckingham ?

[Hilts]

Would you bet against Buckingham ?

No.

It does look like the paid experts have come up with him and Evatt.

More money pissed away.

The desperate trying to be in the know about the appointment or signings is always a laugh.

[North Cardiff Blue]

Sabri, Erol, Omer, then Des, gone are the days or Dave and Steve as Managers.

[BLUETIT]

Sabri, Erol, Omer, then Des, gone are the days or Dave and Steve as Managers.

Or Jimmy

[poc]

Buckingham has gone odds on overnight.

The ITK wannabes claiming their reliable sources saying hes actually our manager is the funniest part of this.

Does every club have these posters.?🤣

have they updated with a get out clause yet

[North Cardiff Blue]

have they updated with a get out clause yet

These type of things usually leak near the very end, so it probably is him, he's also favoutirte for the Plymouth Managers job, if it's not him that will be the get out clause.

[Coyote]

Buckingham has gone odds on overnight.

The ITK wannabes claiming their reliable sources saying hes actually our manager is the funniest part of this.

Does every club have these posters.?��

I'm just reporting what I see, I'm not the one "in the know".

[Pedro de la Rosa]

No.

It does look like the paid experts have come up with him and Evatt.

More money pissed away.

The desperate trying to be in the know about the appointment or signings is always a laugh.

Buckingham plays good football and got Oxford promoted with Mark Harris up front. He took over with 30 games to go for Christ's sake. It wasn't handed to him on a plate, there's negativity and then there's this

[Trigger]

From memory wasn't bulut's appointment kept under wraps or did his name pop up at the end?

I just remember everything indicating it was someone else and then googling bulut for the first time on announcement

[Pedro de la Rosa]

From memory wasn't bulut's appointment kept under wraps or did his name pop up at the end?

I just remember everything indicating it was someone else and then googling bulut for the first time on announcement

Yes, he came out of nowhere. I think we were linked to Oscar Garcia heavily

[the other bob wilson]

From memory wasn't bulut's appointment kept under wraps or did his name pop up at the end?

I just remember everything indicating it was someone else and then googling bulut for the first time on announcement

I think Paul Abbandonato Tweeted we were choosing Bulut an hour or two before the official announcement - before that, I’d never heard of him.

[ccfcwelshlad]

Did he or did Liam Manning?

How much of Oxfords success was down to Buckingham. He was sacked after about a year. They were 2nd when Manning left and he took over. They went up through the play offs.

Buckingham was left without any significant backroom staff for the first few months at Oxford. No Assistant Manager or Senior Analyst, Manning took everyone to Bristol City with him. I suspect that also had an impact on initial form.

[the other bob wilson]

Buckingham was left without any significant backroom staff for the first few months at Oxford. No Assistant Manager or Senior Analyst, Manning took everyone to Bristol City with him. I suspect that also had an impact on initial form.

Please don’t say it’s going to be Buckingham because he knows how to work with a “skeleton staff”.

[Trigger]

I sincerely hope you didn’t engrave the trophy

Champions of the Algarve, you'll never sing that.

[Trigger]

Champions of the Algarve, you'll never sing that.

The one time I didn't want my spell checker to correct something.

[Michael Morris]

Buckingham was left without any significant backroom staff for the first few months at Oxford. No Assistant Manager or Senior Analyst, Manning took everyone to Bristol City with him. I suspect that also had an impact on initial form.

Manning is said to be going to Norwich. Not in our division I know but would you be impressed if you were a Norwich fan? Although his Bristol City side finished above them last season.

[Trigger]

I thought today may have been the day.

[A Quiet Monkfish]

I thought today may have been the day.

Well, if they offered the job yesterday, based on the timescale of Bulut's appointment we could be waiting another 2 weeks. As others have pointed out, a few vacancies/opportunities out there for aspiring managers. I doubt he's going to have any influence on transfers anyway as Deboys and his team of analysts will be working hard on improving the squad in the meantime.