The Preview: New manager bounce - phenomenon or phenomenally silly?
20.09.24, 11:46 Updated 05.06.25, 20:08 8 Minute Read
Sam Morshead
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.
Carlisle’s next game? Why, Swindon Town of course.
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Sam Morshead is the founder and editor of The Moonraker. He was previously the chief sports writer at the Swindon Advertiser, head of sport at Total Swindon, and has been a Swindon Town fan since 1994.