Jack Lester -Football Philospher

bluepooch · (This post was last modified: 13-12-2016, 11:31 by bluepooch.)

And all round decent guy
https://uk.sports.yahoo.com/photos/jack-...30680.html#

try this
https://uk.sports.yahoo.com/news/jack-le...30020.html

Devongone · 13-12-2016, 19:30

Am I more impressed by the seagulls and the trawler ........?

The sentiments are fine, more than that - laudable even, but it seems a bit too much like a well-rehearsed script to a cynic like me. It doesn't kind of ring true with the Jack Lester, who accumulated twenty-odd bookings and a couple of sendings-off for us ....... as well as conning quite a few referees into difficult-to-justify free-kicks and penalties. I can't decide he is Albert Schwietzer or Joey Barton?

If that is really what he is doing at Forest I hope it bears fruit with their youngsters. I note Forest are being linked with my mate Omar Bogle, Grimsby's top scorer.

**spireitematt** · 13-12-2016, 21:04

(13-12-2016, 19:30)Devongone Wrote: Am I more impressed by the seagulls and the trawler ........?

The sentiments are fine, more than that - laudable even, but it seems a bit too much like a well-rehearsed script to a cynic like me. It doesn't kind of ring true with the Jack Lester, who accumulated twenty-odd bookings and a couple of sendings-off for us ....... as well as conning quite a few referees into difficult-to-justify free-kicks and penalties. I can't decide he is Albert Schwietzer or Joey Barton?

If that is really what he is doing at Forest I hope it bears fruit with their youngsters. I note Forest are being linked with my mate Omar Bogle, Grimsby's top scorer.

Been linked with QPR as well. Would you like to see Jack as a future Chesterfield manager?

**themaclad** · 13-12-2016, 21:16

Always rated Lester although at times was a devious get on the pitch but was still knocking them in long after he should have been wearing slippers and smoking a pipe

Devongone · 14-12-2016, 16:46

YES Themaclad, that succinctly expresses my opinion of Jack. He has hero status with us, but he knew every trick in the book and used them all. There's a lot to learn from him. Some of it may not be good.

A choice for manager. Well he has to be, there are so few, but he'd be behind The Hump and Gary Rowett for me if the position were available.

bluepooch · 15-12-2016, 19:29

Gary Rowett will be in great demand I would imagine Dev ,stick with realism and the Humph.
Anyway this is all hypothesy as Danny is here for life .

Devongone · 16-12-2016, 16:00

There might be a lot of interest in Gary Rowett but teams would have to create a vacancy. Quite a few strugglers have changed manager already. So I don't think he's out of our league - he hasn't won anything significant; he left Jimmy FH a winning team at Burton and he's got Birmingham to the fringes of the promotion race despite the previous owners ....... but he's not a Warnock or a Steve Evans and you wouldn't think they were out of our league ..........

But I'd rather take the Humph. And I'd much rather take the Humph with Danny backing him up.

Our Jack'll manage one day, but are you convinced the man and THOSE words are a true fit?