Championship, League One and League Two talking points: Five things to look out for on Saturday

If Scott Parker be getting out of Fulham?

Is this Nathan Jones’ last opportunity at Stoke? Can Lincoln endure with no Cowleys?
Here are five things to look out for from the Sky Bet EFL on Saturday…
On paper, Fulham have among the attacks observed in the Championship. Aleksandar Mitrovic would still walk right into a No 9 role at a fair few Premier League clubs, Anthony Knockaert and Tom Cairney would be the top players in the league last time they showcased in a full campaign at this level and Ivan Cavaleiro was also a star performer for sailors who held his own when called upon at the Premier League.
Having blown Millwall it looked like they had the capacity to romp this league, but have simply stumbled against a draw along with Nottingham Forest at an Cardiff. There has been a suggestion that beneath Scott Parker they can be overly predictable although they have the capacity to place a few goals past any side.
“In comparison to a few of the current manager appointments at Craven Cottage – in particular Felix Magath – Parker has actually made a nice start to his managerial career,” Fulham podcaster George Singer told Sky Sports.
“But, there are a number of worrying trends he wants to quickly rectify – especially his strategic stubbornness and poor in-game direction. I’m figuring he improve in this regard. But he wants to fix it quick as time is ticking quickly if we need a realistic stab in automatic promotion, that’s the club’s clearly stated aim.”
Parker faces his sternest examination of this season so much as West Brom visit Craven Cottage on Saturday, live on Sky Sports Football. We’re likely to learn a lot more about him then.
Stoke have already cropped up a couple of times this season but, honestly, so long as a team of their standing and ambition remain to prop up the branch, they will be a topic.
The degree of patience that the club hierarchy have revealed with Nathan Jones is impressive, but there is little denying that matters will need to enhance and he understands it.
Whenever they shed to Bristol City on Saturday it would appear a decision to never use supervisors to modify , only to immediately fire Jones, however one destructive defeat could be the tipping point.
Some of the data indicates they have not been performing as their results, and it is individual mistakes in the ends.
“We aren’t hiding from it, we haven’t been great enough and we need some big benefits,” admitted striker Sam Vokes, that has just scored at the Carabao Cup so far this year. “We have played some fantastic football and had a bad luck along the way, however it’s all about getting those first three things and we know it’s exactly what the fans want to view. Results have not been up to standard and there is only 1 way to turn it we want an outcome Saturday.”
Rarely does a supervisor get so synonymous with a team in only three-and-a-half years as Danny Cowley – along with brother Nicky – became with Lincoln City, but inescapable nature of the English football pyramid is that their incredible success at Sincil Bank was going to direct them everywhere eventually.
There has been a surprise that their next destination would be Huddersfield, who have fought badly so far this season, but when you consider the human element – that Danny and Nicky were PE teachers and part-time trainers maybe not too long ago – and it gets easier to comprehend the inability to withstand the temptation of carrying out a club which were in the Premier League just four months ago.
“Nicky and I’ve got a burning ambition to challenge at the highest possible level,” Cowley informed Lincoln’s official site upon his departure. “We do not know if an opportunity as good as this one will come around again and we don’t ever want to live with sorrow.
“It’s been the greatest rights for Nicky and I, to handle Lincoln City FC. We’ll forever hold this football club at our hearts and with Concord Rangers FC it will be the result we look for. We’ll never forget the service we’ve had and know that we wouldn’t be in this blessed position without all of you.”
Back-to-back promotions, also an EFL Trophy win and an FA Cup quarter-final appearance as a non-league side, the Cowley brothers are going to be a hard act to follow. First-team coaches Andy Warrington and Jamie McCombe take caretaker fee against Bristol Rovers on Saturday.
It truly is the start of a new era for Bolton Wanderers. A new director from an entirely new side on the pitch due to their trip and potentially the dugout at Keith Hill to Rotherham.
Ignoring the facts of their situation – they are 16 points adrift of security thanks to their own points deduction – it is set to be an afternoon of enthusiasm and hope for the Trotters at the New York Stadium.
Bolton announced nine new signings and all could take into the field apart from Joe Bunney, who had been injured in a road accident.
“Our season starts now, it’s brilliant what the kids have done, they’ve been absolutely superb, we are extremely thankful for them but we are now starting our period,” said new boss Hill.
“We do not need to perform 39 friendlies, we are interested in being aggressive in the league – and we will be. We are not here in order to write this season off and ready the soccer club for next year, this season is kicking and alive.”
Dino Maamria may have directed Stevenage to in a stage of the year, but that was enough to secure him just seven winless earlier this week, before being dismissed.
In his position comes the fascinating caretaker appointment of Mark Sampson, ” the England Women’s head coach who was sacked amid a flurry of controversy from 2017 following four years at the helm.
Sampson, 36, has been in Stevenage for just over two months, having been appointed as a coach in July. But his caretaker role’s statement was almost instantly followed by a form of allegations of racially discriminatory speech , which were refuted by the club.
Sampson himself only wished to focus on the game against Carlisle and club legend Maamria’s passing. “It has been a tricky period and it’s never nice when a member of staff, a colleague, who loses their job and a person who had been heavily connected to the football club over many years,” he explained. “It is currently up for people to try and find a way to move forward now.
“That degree of professionalism was outstanding as well as their reaction since Sunday’s news has been a charge to them not just as players but as human beings. The team and the players come together and helped create a positive disposition and we are working very hard in the training pitch to receive a positive result on Saturday.”