Neil Critchley - Former Assistant Head Coach

[Ian.]

I never bought this “he got caught out” re the passport debacle. What manager even at a Championship club would let that happen? Last time I looked there were tons of overseas born players in the championship. I thought it was just dumb and smacked of lack of forethought.

Circus from the beginning.

That's a bit unfair. You used to be able to get a passport over here next day if needed. Then all of a sudden, the passport office turns to shit and you've got a 10 week wait.

To be fair, if you apply on line you get them quick.  I applied for a renewal of my wife's earlier this year, I did it on a Monday it came through the door on Thursday.  My mate had a similar experience.

I applied for my own UK passport renewal on line and was told it could take eleven to twelve weeks, it arrived in six.  Perhaps we were just lucky.

That absolutely wasn't the case this summer Dave. We had to renew three of the kids' passports, all done online. The quickest took 8 weeks. My son's took 12.  Absolute shambles.

Three of my kids renewals took 12 weeks to come through. All ordered at the same time, well in advance fortunately, but only because my dad paid for my eldest and he was nagging me to get it done.

[PeterWithesShin]

Blackpool played 0 overseas friendlies and signed 0 overseas players last season. It wasn't like having a passport was top of the things needed to be Blackpool manager.
Maybe he forgot to renew it, maybe he just hadn't bothered as he didn't need one for the job he was in, maybe he did renew it and it was in the delays mentioned above. Either way it's blown way out of proportion imo.

[Malandro]

Blackpool played 0 overseas friendlies and signed 0 overseas players last season. It wasn't like having a passport was top of the things needed to be Blackpool manager.
Maybe he forgot to renew it, maybe he just hadn't bothered as he didn't need one for the job he was in, maybe he did renew it and it was in the delays mentioned above. Either way it's blown way out of proportion imo.

Maybe he wasn’t getting on no plane fool.

[LukeJames]

He came, He sat, He left

[Malandro]

He came, He sat, He left

Amen to that.

[Beard82]

bet he's glad it didnt pay £95 for the passport now

[ozzjim]

He'll be top 6 in the championship before long. Wouldn't shock me if Albion went for him.

[Bad English]

He came, He sat, He left

Venit, sedit, reliquit.

[Footy-Vill]

I don't have anything else much of interest about him, but he's not in the Premier League level. He's reportedly in the running for Luton Town, and that could be his coaching level so good luck to him there.

[Bad English]

Maybe Gerrard could join him.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

Does Critchley need an Assistant?

[Brazilian Villain]

Wonder if Wigan will go for him. He did a decent job at Blackpool so might be in their thoughts.

[eamonn]

Plus no passport requirements, being that close...

[LukeJames]

Just read that out of all the Managers that have taken charge of 10 games or more for QPR, he has the worst win percentage in their history. Currently at 10%. 1-5-4.

[Dante Lavelli]

Just read that out of all the Managers that have taken charge of 10 games or more for QPR, he has the worst win percentage in their history. Currently at 10%. 1-5-4.

He’s making Beale look a very good coach.  The wheels have fallen off at QPR since his arrival, and it wasn’t much better at Villa.