who would you pick to manage Chester FC

Have they been poor appointments at the time of appointing them? Or maybe in hindsight?

I'd actually argue the appointments were decent. They'd all won this league previously, except McCarthy who'd done ok as a caretaker. 

Bern and Jonno seem to have had a shocker this season with their recruitment. But the basis of this team were good last season. They've put 3 good teams together in previous seasons, getting better each season. This season so far has been a major set back. Logically they'd put together a good side next season,  if given the chance.

Lets face it we don't know the characters of any of the possible choices, or even who is out there and would be interested. 

Either way next season we'll have a new set of players to watch and someone will need to mould a side together basically from scratch. Not a good basis on which to win a league. 

Cant say the board appointments have been poor.

Neil Young - 3 titles
Steve Burr - won the league before
Jon McCarthy - had a great spell as caretaker
Marcus Bignot - I'll give you that one. But he did a job on us last night.
Bern and Jonno - Had 3 decent seasons but struggled this.

Football is a fickle maiden though. The worrying thing this season has been the recruitment/resigning, and the subsequent imbalanced team its given us. The lack of pace and physicality is alarming.

After calming down and sleeping on it though I think we are best letting the managers contracts run down and hope that they can turn this long, long corner. I'd be asking them to try to continue ship out some of the excess squad members though, as done with Morgan.

Longer term, Sam Ricketts did a good job at Wrexham and is out of work. Cal Mac is doing a hell of a job at Runcorn. Glad its not my job to do.

Calum is doing a really good job at Runcorn Linnets. Fans like him..
Up to 3rd in the league, behind Neil Young's Marine, who will probably end up as Champions. They are a strong outfit. Seen Runcorn win 2-1 at Clitheroe. (Burke MOM)
Again, they play a solid 4-4-2. They have a good shape , are well coached and have a high work rate and team ethic.
Lots of ex- Chester youth players doing a good job there.. Crilly, Hayes, Murray etc.

He's not just playing with kid's at Runcorn. He has a young squad, but he has a few players that have been around at that level, such as Brooke. In my experience its what you do on the training pitch that gets you respect. If you have a decent scouting network, then you will always identify players.

yes I agree with you to a degree but but he's had no experience with higher league players and that's what's missing at chester

That would be the key to appointing someone like Calum.
An experienced assistant to come in with him.

However much he's done for the club so far and however well he's performing at Runcorn, he's not the answer to our problems (at the moment); needs to prove himself for two/three seasons in senior football. It is a very big step up to a club our size, with the budget and expectations we have.

Calum would have to be mad to take us on so soon into his managerial career. The risk is far greater for him than it is for us.

Can already tell where this threads going

‘Graham Barrow ‘ etc 🤢

I reckon Sheffield United would turn back the clock on Wilder...

Agree with above re risk for Calum, also agree that with hindsight NY should have been given to the end of the season.

Callum for me, knows the players, works with the youth. used to managing a budget.

A good motivator, knowledgeable in the game.

Has a history of success.

Understands how the club ticks.

Chester through and through and will give his all for the success of the club, it would be daft not to approach him.

And not just in it to pull a wage

Surely better to let him get more experience under his belt rather than throw him in now? Would love to see him manage us some day, but at the minute i feel we need an old pro type manager who's used to this league or the one above. In terms of scouting, contacts and even the negioating side of things we need someone who has experience in these fields, not somebody learning on the job.

Steve Davis (former Crewe manager) was one I really thought we should've gone for at the time of BM & AJ. 5/6 seasons at Crewe, experience bringing through youth players there and also decent knowledge of players from the leagues above. Think he's out of work currently too... Is a very tough job for whoever comes in if we're stuck with this crop of players though. Very worrying hearing BM again last night saying they were "out done tactically", I can't see a scenario where they're our managers come January. 

You got the Euromillions numbers mate?

I'm not claiming to have the right answers. Nor will I claim that what I'm posting is without flaws and potential drawbacks. Indeed, it might not even been realistic or feasible.
But last night really got me thinking as it's obvious to me that what could initially be seen as a bit of a slump is now morphing into something a bit more critical in terms of how we get back on track.

So,here goes....
This is my train of thought, rightly or wrongly.

Current results and, in particular, performances have been shocking on too many occasions to be considered one-offs.
I fear for the decline of attendances if things carry on (and all that entails)

IMO the managers have reached the end of the road in terms of results, performances, quality of recruitment, tactics and, I think, motivation
(Others may disagree but that's their perogative)

So, however it's done, something needs to be done to address the situation.
That said, with only 1 relegated, it would take a freefall of epic proportions for us to be in genuine danger of going down REGARDLESS OF WHAT WE DO.
But, as things are, the impact over the next few months on the club as a whole could huge (see above and elsewhere)

So, as many have pointed out, we seem to have 3 options
Fire the managers and get someone else
OR part "amicably" at the end of the season
OR seek some sort of interim solution eg gardening leave, temporary manager or player manager

Money, or lack of it (!), is key to the first option and may well be a factor in the second - we ain't got much/any + who is available + who would want the job + under what terms etc etc.
Get it wrong and the ramifications would be immense

The third option can be seen as "brave" I suppose. But I'm warming to the idea of Bern and Jonno going on gardening leave and persuading somebody like Livesey to have a crack as interim player/manager.
Financially it would be OK I think.
It would possibly bring in fresh ideas and approaches and hopefully refresh and rejuvenate the players - something I feel we badly need - it may or may not work but would it be any worse than where we are at the moment?
After all, IMO there is enough somewhere in this team to stay up regardless of who's in charge so, really on the face of it, what have we got to lose?
Of course, it's not without risks but so is every other option but at least it may lift the gloom that seems to have settled over the club, provide a small amount of hope for the rest of the season and, of course, buy us time to really think about what we do longer term

So, in summary.
IMO we are now at the point where something has to be done.
Inaction is not an option.
Each potential solution is fraught with potential pitfalls, some greater than others. But equally, each has potential attractions

The next few days/weeks are crucial.