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There was never going to be an update anyway over the Bank Holiday, that much was clear. Sharpes 'update' was put out purely because its his job, I'm pretty sure he's no idea whats going on anyway.

I mean that's Newcastle fans for ya, he even won manager of the year there and took them on a fine European campaign. Granted he also had a Mowbray esque post Xmas collapse one season too. His time at West Brom and beyond have been shite though and he wouldn't be on my shortlist. There's no reason to even be discussing him though unless you believe a nonsense rumour from someone on here with a 0% track record of getting anything right from his 'sources' 🤣

As soon as I saw the Pardew news earlier I knew some goon would post 'info' that we wanted him 🤣 Imagine my surprise to see it happen, I didn't expect it to have been posted THIS soon though. Waggott will have his union jack bow tie and bowler hat on now and will be doing Jack shit till next week so it's probably best if people don't read this thread for a few days, unless of course you have a keen interest in bullshit 😉

Ah but don't forget to factor this in..... Candidate walks in for their interview to be met by Waggott sat there. Looking like he's about to try and sell someone a 13 year old Ford Fiesta. His tie is badly fastened as the collar of his ill fitting shirt strains under severe pressure. The room smells a bit funny, he's clearly been sat there farting out last nights chicken jalfrezi for the past hour. He reaches out with a swear riddled palm to shake said candidates hand. "Hi I'm Steve pleased to meet you, I take care of the day to day running of the club". Steve asks a handful of questions he's pulled off Google, none really relating to being a football manager. Then as the interview is getting wrapped up he asks the candidate do they have any questions to ask him about the role. Imagine the absolute guff that follows! Candidate at this point thinks "fuck that". End result is we end up with someone a bit desperate. They're either not qualified for the role as they've never managed before, or they've been out of work for a while and getting bored of the golf course. That in a nutshell is exactly the situation we're in if you ask me, I'd love to be wrong but.....

OK a 15 minute taxi ride is close enough for me but each to their own. There's loads more under 200 quid too but ill leave you to it

That's just a few, there'll be more

There's plenty of hotels <£100 a short distance from the centre unless you're particularly picky

Not sure if tongue in cheek but he fell out big time with the board at Marseilles because of them signing players against his wishes, doesn't exactly lend itself to the Venkys DOF dream

Well Sharpe's pretty adamant on a few things in that report, which is quite unlike him....... Has Mark Fotheringham been mentioned at all in relation to our job? Said he wants to manage an English club in recent reports.....cheap, contract at Hertha expired - some boxes being ticked and I bet he's applied. Xabi Alonso? Recently left Real Sociedad B and has a promotion on his CV.

SV Lippstadt 08 certainly weren't rolling in cash when he took them up a few divisions 🤣 He signed players like Krul and Pukki on free transfers for Norwich, plenty of loan deals and various youth players promoted. Of course he made a few signings, an open chequebook he most certainly did not have though!

You've got to be on the wind up now. Farke took Norwich up as champions twice. Carvahal failed in the play offs, twice. Yet you think the latter is the better option and the other is the shitty cheap option? Both would be good appointments IMO but to rubbish Farke is mind boggling.

If you look at the squad he inherited at Norwich, and the one he got promoted the season after, the most noticeable difference is that he promoted youth talent such as Aarons, Cantwell, Lewis, Godfrey. If the powers that be are aware of this they'd unanimously want him on board, as close to a perfect fit as we're likely to find....

Speaking of odds, have QPR appointed someone? Looks like the market has been withdrawn?

Pretty obvious the sales are on their arse if they're scrambling about thinking of promotional activity now. For what it's worth, most lads I know are more than happy to renew IF we get the right manager in soon. The likelihood is they would do anyway though, there's just less sense of urgency. Doesn't take a rocket scientist to fathom out that people are watching the pennies a bit more and prioritising. Loads of our fans will be getting that family holiday paid off first, after 2 years without for the most part.

I've watched bits of the UAE pro league, purely for betting purposes. Honestly, there's lads on here who would walk in most teams, its utterly terrible. If Carvalhal want's to go there to make a decent wedge for a years 'work' that's on him, I don't think you can really blame our recruitment process for that. It's quite simple - his decision is purely financial. His track record for time spent at clubs is pretty alarming if you ask me. Good work if you can get it mind......

I'm not so sure I believe those rumours to be honest. There's an argument both were waiting to see what league we were in, and/or if they got any better offers from elsewhere. As far as we know there hasn't been much talk of offers coming to fruition. Unless Mowbray is a bare faced liar (possible tbf) he had a good relationship with both, not so sure on Rothwell as he seemed to like having sly digs at him, plus I think he definitely wanted out himself.

Isn't that the job of the DOF, if we get one

Not sure how much to read into the UAE links. Their pro league isn't exactly littered with respectable managers. For the most part it just seems to be nobodies or ex players like Rebrov managing the teams. Obviously money talks but I'd like to think Carvalhal had a bit more about him than to just go there for the cash.

Good chance Critchley will be bookies favourite by close of play today now and people will think its a done deal 😆 Mowbray leaving really has brought a lot of desperate ITK willy waving about, that alone is a key reason I hope we have someone in place by the end of the week (not confident of that mind). Suppose they'll then move over to the transfer thread though.....roll on the new season.

Bollocks He's got an axe to grind Sadly he'll be out of our budget though I suspect, he was well paid at Burnley

Yesterday people on fb were papping on about Adkins purely because someone mentioned him on a messageboard. I don't think they meant on here as far as I can see. Given his pathetic tenure at Charlton and his refusal to work with crackpot owners at Hull I'd say there's no chance.

I see Jon Dahl Tomasson is being linked with the QPR job quite heavily as well as Ainsworth. Quite an interesting one, maybe thinking its a Graham Potter-esque appointment after his time at Malmo. I'm sure Chaddy must have mentioned him on the 8th May at 14:30 but I haven't noticed his name being linked with us at all.

The pitch will probably be ok this year depending in the weather. The world cup break will allow for a maintenance period which should help massively. Obviously can't prepare for an absolute bucket of water like the Preston game but I'm confident it'll be in better shape this season overall. I'm not defending anyone, just an observation.

Surprised how many of our fans think they'll be a solid team next season and bounce back. They've got a similar sized rebuilding job to us with all the players leaving, arguably even more so depending if the likes of Pope get snapped up which he surely will. Some deluded dingles think they're set to get over 20m for McNeil too 🤣 See what kinda kitty Pace gives their new gaffer, I'm pretty sure it's not gonna be overly big though! Still they have a cat A academy to fall back on don't they? Oh wait.... League one next you horrible lot 😁

In fairness, whatever he claims to be betting on, you can absolutely guarantee it won't happen so its semi useful in that respect