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Kenny Lowe, the best Aussie coach to manage Glory?

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As Hottie has said, his odds have shortened again.

I really hope they go after Arnold now full gusto. Don't know who their other candidates are but nothing in their search so far instils me with any new found confidence in the Glory regime or that they are capable of getting it right.

Arnold has now fell in their laps so to speak, so they definitely need to go after him.

Arnold >>>>>>>> Lowe

I still give the club the benefit of the doubt to think that they know the other candidates are better than Lowe, and Lowe is purely being considered as the "cheap" option.

Even with Arnold suddenly available, I don't think he comes at "A-League" price as he's a former Socceroo coach with a reference from Guus Hiddink, has won a Premiership and a Championship, got a gig in Japan and was interviewed by Sheffield United.

Basically... Arnold comes in as an equivalent to the sorts of foreign coaches we'd be in the market for, and therefore will presumably cost just as much.

While Arnold is better than Lowe, I doubt he's better than what we can get for equivalent money... therefore I don't think we should be considering Arnold and I also don't think Arnold's availability effects Lowe's chances (unless Arnold is willing to work on the cheap to get back into the HAL but with Sydney and Newcastle also around I think it'll be a case of clubs chasing him, not him chasing clubs).

Yeah but the thing is the list is down to 3, not a whole bunch of people and there's no one else that's an Aussie on it. That means they've left him up there as the best Aussie candidate to take the job. That is not there just for the sake of it, especially at the business end of finalising things when you're meant to be making a decision this week ("next" week).

The club is after 2 Foreign Coaches, there was 4 on the list, so what has the cost of a Foreign Coach got to do with it. If GA is "like a Foreign Coach"...why does anything change?

If the club throws money at a proper, decent coach then it makes a change from throwing money at overage and under-performing players.

In the Glory interested in Arnold article:



Kenny Lowe, the best Aussie coach to manage Glory?

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As Hottie has said, his odds have shortened again.

I really hope they go after Arnold now full gusto. Don't know who their other candidates are but nothing in their search so far instils me with any new found confidence in the Glory regime or that they are capable of getting it right.

Arnold has now fell in their laps so to speak, so they definitely need to go after him.

Arnold >>>>>>>> Lowe

Lowe wants to keep job

Kenny Lowe could be coaching Perth Glory for the last time against Sydney FC at Allianz Stadium tomorrow, but says he remains hopeful of taking on the role full-time next season.

Lowe presided over a 10-game winless streak after taking over from Alistair Edwards in December but has increased his chances of remaining with the club after two wins in their past two games.

Glory have embarked on a wide-ranging search to find their new coach with former Socceroos boss Graham Arnold the latest name linked to the job.

However, the club has not ruled out retaining caretaker coach Lowe.

Speaking after training yesterday, Lowe said he had enjoyed his time and hoped to continue.

"I came in to do a job, I think I've actually done a good job, believe it or not," he said.

"I came into a situation that was fairly difficult … I've always been optimistic, I've always tried to do my thing diligently and I think that's starting to show.

"You can see the playing group, that's not a splintered playing group. I think they've got belief now. It's the same as anything, you don't marry a girl the first day you meet her, you get to know her hopefully.

"They've got to know me, I've got to know them and there's a little bit of trust and honesty there.

"Everyone is starting to know each other and the lads we've brought in have acclimatised a little bit. Hopefully we get an opportunity to roll on with that next year."

Lowe said he had not been told when the decision on his future would be made.

"They'll decide in their own time," Lowe said.

"If the weren't speaking to other people they wouldn't be doing their job. They need to cover all the bases and make the right decision."

Glory were sitting eighth on the ladder ahead going into this weekend but remain a chance to collect the club's first wooden spoon if results don't go their way.

They meet a Sydney FC side sitting sixth and hoping to lock in a finals berth in the final game of the regular season.

Lowe said suggestions the Glory had nothing to play for were wide of the mark, particularly given it would be retiring captain Jacob Burns' last game in purple.

Another player preparing for his final A-League game this weekend is former Socceroos hero Harry Kewell.

Kewell will captain Melbourne Heart in a crunch fixture against his home-town side, Western Sydney Wanderers today at AAMI Park.

Meanwhile, Sydney FC have slammed the decision to clear Wanderers striker Brendon Santalab of racially vilifying Ali Abbas.

The Football Federation Australia disciplinary committee decided to drop the charges of racial abuse against Santalab on Thursday, citing a lack of evidence and the possibility that Abbas may have misheard the comments made.

2 wins in 12 and hes in with keeping his job. Even 3 wins in 13 is horrific.

But like if you want we will be really nice and let you take Farina off us :D

Also look like we avoid our first wooden spoon, good stuff.

Just curious - how many here have answered the club survey? Good chance to communicate directly with the club. If enough members mention displeasure with Burns and Lowe it might finally sink in?

Arnie tempted by ‘the glamour’ of Glory

Graham Arnold admits he is tempted by the opportunity to potentially coach Perth Glory in the Hyundai A-League.

Arnold, who was sacked by J-League club Vegalta Sendai last week, will return to home to Australia later this week.

It's understood the former Central Coast boss will speak with Glory owner Tony Sage as the Western Australian club look to appoint a new full-time boss as soon as possible.

Glory had reportedly narrowed their short-list to two candidates this week but will now hold off on any decision until talks with Arnold.

The championship-winning boss is sure to have no shortage of suitors if he is to return to the A-League, with Newcastle Jets also still to appoint a new coach while Frank Farina's Sydney FC future remains unclear.

"It (Perth) is definitely a job that would interest me,'' Arnold said in Perth's Sunday Times newspaper.

"I've always looked at Glory as one of the glamour clubs of the A-League, they've under-achieved this year and there's been some turmoil around the club.

"You want to be successful, you want to fill that Shed and stadium each game and get them back to the glory days when they were the benchmark of the NSL.

"I look at their playing roster and they've got some very talented kids for sure. Many go overseas very young, you'd want to keep them in Perth and try and get them to stay in the A-League for longer.

"I've got to get tidied up and then have a holiday to clear my head after everything that's happened in the last week.

"I hope that I can finalise things here and fly out Monday or Tuesday so I'll be back in Australia by the end of the week.''

Glory CEO denied Arnold had now become favourite to get the job, although conceded his record is hard to ignore.

"Graham Arnold is somebody we've got to consider and clearly there's been some preliminary discussions with him,'' Brewer said.

While interim boss Kenny Lowe has done a decent job since taking over from the sacked Alistair Edwards, it's believed he won't get the full-time gig.

"While interim boss Kenny Lowe has done a decent job since taking over from the sacked Alistair Edwards,"

Well stuff me if I support a club who thinks coaching 4 wins from 17 games is decent.
That is pathetic.
No, we weren't a top 4 side in hindsight, but at least we could give the 6 a go.
We changed coaches, we beefed up the squad, we failed miserably, and went completely downhill.
Now just avoiding the wooden spoon is considered a decent outcome by my club.
What a joke.
Have never been more disgusted in the individuals who degenerated this season into a complete fiasco and devoid of any immediate hopes for next season. Even the Ron Smith days would give this lot a run for their money.
Now I've just seen yesterday's Worst re DDS:
"At Glory, De Silva has grown under the tutelage of Australian internationals Jacob Burns and Michael Thwaite and former Arsenal captain William Gallas".

blah, blah, blah

...While interim boss Kenny Lowe has done a decent job since taking over from the sacked Alistair Edwards, it's believed he won't get the full-time gig.

He's probably grown an inch, that is all.

Yeah, members received the survey.



Hmm it's believed by 'whom' - the author is a John Greco rather than Mike Cockerill or the like - so Brewer was quoted again over the Arnie links, but I doubt Brewer is the source for the above or... Well, anyway, I guess that's something? :p Logic may prevail? :-k

Just on squad decisions - we've seen Dodd and now Burns retire. There is increasing speculation, uncertainty, surrounding a number of off-contract players. It was rumoured, rightly or wrongly, that Steve McGarry was offered a deal, so I simply ask:

Steve McGarry - should he stay or should he go?

What value has he added this season? Has it been enough? Can we do better?

Thoughts guys?

Edited by GloryPerth: 14/4/2014 05:39:54 PM

Yeah, members received the survey.



Hmm it's believed by 'whom' - the author is a John Greco rather than Mike Cockerill or the like - so Brewer was quoted again over the Arnie links, but I doubt Brewer is the source for the above or... Well, anyway, I guess that's something? :p Logic may prevail? :-k

Just on squad decisions - we've seen Dodd and now Burns retire. There is increasing speculation, uncertainty, surrounding a number of off-contract players. It was rumoured, rightly or wrongly, that Steve McGarry was offered a deal, so I simply ask:

Steve McGarry - should he stay or should he go?

What value has he added this season? Has it been enough? Can we do better?

Thoughts guys?

Edited by GloryPerth: 14/4/2014 05:39:54 PM

Let's face it. If they could have gotten away with it without any recrimination they'd have signed Lowe in February.

Now they're just running their best PR campaign to try and get him in and get the fans accepting it.

McGarry is a great guy to have around the club, and if he was an aussie re-signing him would seem a no brainer.

Except cheaper is better for Sage unless someone else pays.

If Arnold and the two other candidates are on similar $, I believe the choice is clearly Arnold. He has a proven pedigree at a local level.

It then come down to Lowe v Arnold.

Let's say Lowe will cost say, $200K pa. Arnold might be double that (I have no idea with coach remuneration, so please correct me) at $400K. For that sort of saving Sage will choose Lowe every time.

The only thing money is spent on at this club are expensive toys like marquees, paid for by sponsors and the FFA.

I just hope a sponsor does the same thing for the coaching role.

Might end up with Graeme Kurv Western QBE Europcar Arnold. :lol: