Why wouldn't he get a job in the championship? Excellent at Barnsley. Watford is a death trap for a manager and was 9th when sacked West brom had just come down from the Premier league and their fans reckoned they should have been playing champagne football, 5th and only 8 points off top 2 when sacked. I'm not assed about style of play,results is what I care about and Ismaels results have not been terrible at any club. Do I think we could do better ?Yes If we would pay a bit more But it just isn't the case that he wouldn't have interest from clubs in the championship if he didn't get a job here

His record isn't poor enough to be left on the scrap heap. If not this job He would have turned up somewhere else eventually. If we were appointing someone in the summer we wouldn't be happy if they were only signing on for 1 season

It's the rest of this season and 2 following seasons so will be a 2 and a half year deal which Is normal Is a head coach really going to sign a 1 and a half year deal If we paid more we could have got someone till the end of the season but I honestly don't see many coaches willing to come for just a 1 and a half year deal

If they have chosen Ismael then get on with announcing his appointment, this better not drag out till later in the week and he is only in the stands Saturday

Do people really think Dennis is ready to be starting games after his showings so far?Looks off it to me, should be getting minutes for the under 21s tonight

Cmon Travis as player manager?The lad Is having a terrific season and is clearly a leader but there is a lot more to being a head coach/manager than that I'm a bit underwhelmed with Ismael but if a choice between Travis as player manager or Ismael it would be Ismael every day of the week .His points per game isn't terrible, did well at Barnsley ,had West Brom 5th(granted they had hit terrible form and the fans weren't keen on his style of play) but West Brom have been steady not spectacular since and a change of manager didn't bring promotion He looks to have an initial impact in him and its what we need. I'm not looking past this season with this appointment as no doubt failure to go up will bring about more changes behind the scenes and talks of different models etc and practically a new squad with all the players heading into being out of contract

Gaffer

Watford was a failure but in terms of results was West Brom that much of a failure? They were 5th in the league and only 8 points off automatics in the February he was sacked.

Nixon was saying Karanka last week

This manager hunt Is frustrating but the time it is taking is similar to other clubs West brom lost their manager 24th of December and didn't appoint a new one until the 18th of January Coventry sacked Robins 7th of November and didn't appoint Lampard until the 28th of November I wouldn't be taking it as a given that it will be either of the 2 names he has said, last week he was saying Karanka had a big chance

I honestly don't get the love for Dembele at every club he ends up out of the team In 2 of the last 3 games he has been on the bench for Oxford, I think both those games where away Rowett like all the other managers that have had him(apart from Eustace, who only worked with him for 6 months) end up losing trust in him

Has Cantwell Been ruled out?

Do you think we should be angry the club are targeting people like O'Neill and if the let and Nixon are to be believed interviewing him when we are unwilling to pay the rate those managers want. We shouldn't be having to interview O'Neil to discover his wages are too high

Derby ain't a parachute money club and they pay Eustace more than 600k

We were poor today extremely poor but Weimann should have buried both those chances,especially the second 1 so we did create 2 very good chances before Swansea took the lead If Weimann puts 1 of them away we wouldn't discussing a defeat now Poor team selection. Buckley had a good game v West Brom,could understand giving him a bit of a rest last week but he should have been back in today. I still feel if the manager situation is sorted out there is reason to be a little optimistic. Batth,Beck ,Tronstad and Cantwell not involved should be back soon, Ohashi back on the bench,and Carter waiting to get back in the 11. Huge game next Saturday now,really can't afford a Norwich victory it would put them a point behind us

Hope to god Elliot Is right . Pretty sad for a 41 year old man but I've been in a bull of a mood last couple of days when speculation was leading to him becoming our manager. If the let are being as definite as saying he won't be the next manager they must be pretty certain

You should email this to Waggott There won't be but the media should be asking serious questions as to why Karanka was appealing to them(if he is appointed)

Broughton wasn't as bullish over the appointment of Eustsce as he was with jdt his demeanour and what he said certainly didn't suggest he was Broughton pick After the whole McGuire thing,Broughtons time at the club was coming to an end.I would definitely believe Eustace was picked by someone other than Broughton

If Karanka is appointed I hope the likes of Bayes ask the club directly why he was appointed. I hope the media will point at his record since Boro and rumours of player fall outs and disagreements with boards,and ask what attracted the club to offering him the head coach role.

Exactly.The Karanka link is truly odd with examples of him falling out with the board and players at his previous clubs you would think they would want to avoid a character like him We have had JDT and Eustace both unhappy over the way the recruitment side of things have run yet the club are considering a guy who walked out on one of his clubs due to unhappiness over them signing a player he didn't want He falls out with players aswell and isn't approachable according to Stewart Downing

A lot will shrug their shoulders and say "We don't have the finances to bring in O'Neill or Cooper" "Karanka has experience in this division and he got Boro promoted " Iv already seen on fb a few excuses being made if he is appointed.

Absolutely shocking appointment if true Has a poor record since Boro,reports of fall outs with both the board and some players in his championship spells .

One interesting snippet from Elliot's latest Article Is the club interviewed Miroslav Klose prior to appointing JDT, never knew that

Are the club going to have another Nyambe, Lenihen ,Rothwell moment.Back then during the Mowbray era we didn't really sell players like Arma and Raya were the only 2 we really sold from the first team But now we need transfer income to pay the milkman Both Travis and Brittain will have interest in the summer and I think they will be cashing in on them .Tronstad and Hyam same ,the will activate the option on Hyam and sell him like they did Gallagher If we don't go up this season then next season we will have a squad made up of Academy, loans and 1 year deal coming to the end of the careers players

At Boro Karanka walked out , was unhappy the club had signed Jordan Rhodes.He wanted Ross McCormick(Allegedly), and Boro had to persuade him to come back At Forest he also fell out with the board over transfers Added to his very poor recent record it would be a very poor decision to bring him here