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Matchday

The Preview: New manager bounce - phenomenon or phenomenally silly?

SWINDON TOWN vs CARLISLE UNITED: Does the churn of coaching staff really bring about change? And can that change be immediate, given Mike Williamson was only confirmed as the new Carlisle manager 52 hours before Saturday’s kick-off.

20.09.24, 10:46 8 Min Read

by Sam MorsheadEditor

New manager bounce. We’ve all heard of it; some of us believe in it, some think it’s cliched jargon.

Whatever your perspective, it’s still very difficult to muffle the sigh of frustration when your team’s next, and totally out-of-form opponent brings a fresh face in a matter of days before the game.

And so to Brunton Park, where Mike Williamson has been drafted in from MK Dons as Carlisle United try to halt an alarming run of results straddling two seasons, which has seen the Cumbrians lose 10 of their last 11 matches.

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