Cobblers take 'first steps' towards appointment but have 'lots of work to do'
Cobblers have taken their ‘first steps’ towards appointing a new manager, but technical director and interim boss Colin Calderwood says there’s ‘lots of work to do’ before the club make an announcement.
Calderwood met with Kelvin Thomas and James Whiting on Wednesday to discuss the direction the club want to go in as they seek a replacement for Kevin Nolan, who was sacked last week. However, the club are determined to complete a thorough process, irrespective of their current plight on the pitch, and will therefore not rush into an appointment.
"We had a good meeting and we made our first steps towards an appointment,” said Calderwood. “There’s lots of work to do and a bit more investigation. We have to go through the correct process and the process that’s wanted by Kelvin and the people upstairs. We have to cover all the bases and look at all the applicants.”
As for injury news, Dean Campbell and Nesta Guinness-Walker trained on Thursday ahead of Saturday’s game at Mansfield.
"They all trained today so that's good news,” said Calderwood. “We'll see how they turn up tomorrow but as we sit here now, they're all good and should be in contention for Saturday.
"We have a very competitive group of people who challenge one another in the right way to get in the team and they also support one another. We have a good culture and everyone supports everyone and that has to continue. Everyone is fit, more or less, and that means there's a lot of competition for selection.”