LeftWinger

I can't see him ending up back as Celtic manager this summer 😉

Rowett maybe. I'd not be happy with replacing Mowbray with any of the others.

I commented the other day that the odds with the bookies at present paints a more depressing picture than previously. I stand corrected. That's an awful list.

According to Soccerbase: Matches with Nyambe: Played 32 Lost 8 Matches without Nyambe: Played 15 Lost 9

Plus Koeman and Ancelotti didn't exactly do a great job there and ended up at Barcelona and Real Madrid. Maybe Dyche can use Everton as a stepping stone to getting in the dugout at El Classico.

Think back to before we were taken over by Venky's. Imagine ever muttering that sentence.

A lot of water has passed under the bridge since he was sacked though - and he's been very successful since he left. They've had 16 separate appointments including caretakers since he left!! Only Zola and Gracia managed longer spells that Dyche's 49 games in charge. You'd definitely think Everton would be a better option if they did go down though. He's needed a step up from Burnley for awhile, and clubs like Everton have thought they were above him unfortunately for him.

I reckon Dyche will end up at Watford. It's about 60 miles from where he lives, he used to both play for them and manage them, he'd have a decent chance of an instant promotion back to the Premier League.

I've read it numerous times and I'm not sure whether it's a quote from now or then. It's not very clear.

He did take over a Sunderland side that had lost 5 out of their first 6 games and got them promoted as champions in the same season.

21.95% win rate at Middlesbrough and even though he did better at Bournemouth - he still lost 8 out of his 23 games there. Avoid.

I think Roy Keane would be exciting. He looks like he's ready to get back into management. From the names touted so far, my preference in order would be: 1) Farke 2) Keane 3) Manning 4) Ainsworth EDIT: Dyche would probably be two, but I don't think it would ever happen.

Bowyer's record surprised me - 35% is poor considering the players he had at his disposal IMO. Worth noting that Mowbray's win percentage drops to 35.5% if you discount the season in league one - which none of the other managers had.

What makes you so confident?

That'd almost be like two new signings as I think the majority of people have resigned themselves to them both going.

I reckon we can get by with the keeper situation and just hope Kaminski stays fit. Defensively we need the lot - right back, two centre halves and a left back to compete with Pickering. Midfield - we need at least one central midfielder, possibly two. Forwards - we need one wide forward and a centre forward. So we need 7 or 8 coming in. Not sure what the rules on loans are - but we seemingly have five on loan at the moment, so you'd guess we'd go down that route. If we do have any money, I'd like to see it go on a striker and a centre half on permanent deals.

Our current manager publicly stated he doesn't believe in formations.

You can probably put Brown in the squad instead of Pike (but the official site haven't bothered to list Brown as a player), but here is a visual representation of what we have before signings based on who we are expecting to go...... The new manager better hope he gets some money from a potential Brereton sale......

If the person making the choices has previously chosen Owen Coyle.......

Well going off the HSH list that someone previously reported on here - the shortlist is likely to look something like this: Mark Robins Tony Pulis Micky Mellon Dave Challinor Rob Edwards

I was just joking about this with the Father-in-Law 😂 You'd put nothing past this lot.

You can't say it's not true with 100% certainty. I can't say it is true either - just a story someone told me. The meeting would have been kept hush hush anyway.

I'd heard stories of Dalglish being involved in meetings with Jack Walker at Bill Fox's house before he even left Liverpool. How true that is, I don't know.

If the club know he's going - which they seemingly do - then they should definitely have a shortlist in place. You see how quickly clubs replace their managers after sacking them. It must be commonplace for clubs to speak to potential replacements while the soon to be departing manager is still employed. Wasn't Dalglish still employed by Liverpool when we first approached him?

I went through the names on the betting and the top couple looked good options - then it went fairly depressing I'd be happy with Ainsworth, Farke from the list Bet Victor have - and pretty much none of the others. It's probably a less inspiring list than normal - and it's not usually a great list of names. I'd obviously take Dyche, but can't see it happening.