RevidgeBlue

Offered the job? Do you not know we have a tried and trusted process of - Drawing up an initial shortlist - Whittling it down to the final shortlist - Holding an initial round of interviews - Holding a 2nd round of interviews -Calling the last two standing into a final interview - And if we havent pissed them both off by that point, offering one of them the job! 😉

But he's a greedy barsteward who only left for the extra 10 -12 k p.w. Have you not heard?

It depends how many games in charge you need to be classed "permanent" I suppose. I wouldn't be totally against him keeping it until the end of the season IF it's clear he's doing more than enough to keep us out of trouble. I think that list just goes to show how unreliable early odds are. A rumour here and there, a mention on a website or social media and all of a sudden you shoot into favouritism. FWIW Savage - yes- would be fine with that. Coleman - God no Bilic - definitely but can't see it happening if he thinks he has any chance whatsoever of being parachuted into West Ham Wagner - meh Challinor - warming to the idea of that - yes Mowbray - God no Rowett- definitely Karanka - God no Duff - Definitely Rooney - God no, been a disaster everywhere he's been, but like the idea of the Club being in the public spotlight so for that reason would like Gerrard ( not that he'd come).

The higher the official attendance against Wednesday the better for me - it weakens any argument that the boycott v Watford flopped.

I meant that at best Still's record is solid (at one Club) rather than being outstanding. Im looking at his overall record and wondering what the attraction is at all tbh. He appears to have had one very good spell for 9 games in Ligue 2. Then he's moved up to Ligue 1 and finished at his first Club with 2 wins in 14. At his second Club he took over an outfit in that had finished 7th the previous season and left them in 8th. Inconclusive at best and he's only had one crack in English football,co-incidentally in the same division as us, (the Championship)and been an absolute disaster with a better squad than ours. You wouldnt look at him twice if he was English born and bred and not Belgian with a Coaching background in France. Your argument would hold water if he'd previously held several jobs in England and been very successful in general but bombed at Southampton. Some manager's faces dont fit at certain Clubs. There was however obviously something about his personality or methods that didn't translate to English football at Southampton. It might not all have been his fault but it would be insanely reckless for us to take a punt on him again straight away before he's shown he can operate over here.

If I was running another Club apart from Leicester I dont give a flying one about them but I'll do anything I can for my Club So if my Club goes down because the EFL haven't deducted Leicester the maximum number of points possible for what I perceive to be flagrant and repeated breaches of FFP Id like to think Id be sueing the arse off the EFL. Similarly If Im running Leicester I'll do everything I possibly can to avoid relegation. Therefore I'll argue that the imposition of the maximum deduction is overly harsh if that's what sends us down. Or if a lesser deduction still sends us down I'll argue that the sporting integrity of the competition has been skewed because we played the last four games thinking at the time we only needed three points to stay up as opposed to the nine we with hindsight needed due to a six point deduction imposed after the season finished. Don't think you can blame any Club if they were to appeal in those sort of circumstances. The EFL should have sorted it earlier and maybe there should be a rule that points deductions can't be imposed later than a certain date in the early part of any season.

The EFL must just be crossing their fingers and hoping that Leicester stay up by at least 10 points then they can just dish out the maximum 9 point punishment either just before the end of the season or as soon as it finishes then Leicester will just accept it and no-one else has any recourse. Any other outcome and I cant see how the EFL dont get sued by someone.

Yep. It's a bit like if we went down by one point and had lost two due to the Ipswich abandonment. Is it unfair ( that they didnt just replay the last 10 - 15 mins under the same conditions) ? Probably. Is it our own fault - definitely. No-one outside of the 2 Clubs will be shedding a tear for either of us though.

I know - they might "turn over possession" deep in the opposition half or something. Just think of the damage that could do to those possession stats. Obviously far more of a cardinal sin than pissing about in your own penalty area and giving a completely needless goal away. As long as you tried to play it out "the right way" that's all that matters!

Fill the manager's vacancy and a squad place in midfield . Double bubble. Anyone have facial recognition software? 😆

If it's the one Ive seen it's really good, fascinating stuff, particularly the early footage from Scotland but as you would expect we're relegated to an honourable foot note in the closing titles! 😂

Eddie will be happy.

2 centre forwards who both know where the back of the net is Leave 2 up front at corners Genuine wingers who can cross a ball and beat a man with a bit of skill Players in general who can beat a man with a bit of skill as opposed to simply outpacing them. Something a bit more creative than simply "over-loading" ie. just trying to get 2 players on one Players with a bit of technique who can hit the back of the net as opposed to row Z if they try a shot from 25 yards. Defenders who think their primary job is to keep the ball out of their net and not try and be Michel Platini Never ever give a goal away pissing about with the ball in your defensive third of the pitch. Keepers who have re - learnt the long lost arts of narrowing down angles, catching the ball instead of punching it and thereby not giving it straight back to the opposition and commanding their 6 yard area. And above all realising they're also there to stop the ball going in the back of the net, not to try and be Lionel Messi. Stupid I know. Will never catch on.

That's a fair point isnt it. We might look slightly more attractive to potential candidates with Championship status guaranteed.

Nope. I dont believe there was some sudden sort of big bust up but Ismael tanked from the moment he arrived. They should have had contingency plans in place months ago.

I can't tell if you're deliberately trolling there but go on Ill bite. I couldnt care less about the Kean link. Allardyce also worked with him and most people would have him back. I just think Coleman is a really poor Coach. Serial failure. In 3 of his last 6 jobs he's had win ratios around the 25% mark plus in a 4th one (Sunderland) 17 %

What would that be? 15% of 56 m - £8.4m? "We'll give you 10% - £840,000" "Robbie?" "You still there Robbie?"

It will also feel like that if Coleman is appointed tbf. Im pretty confident that link is a wind up/red herring but let's see.

It certainly feels that way most of the time. But then why bother sacking Ismael at all? If they really wanted to stick it to us they'd have just left him in charge and saved themselves some money.

Ive no idea why either. We occasionally get linked with lower League managers (Wellens/Richardson etc) but they dont seem to be the best we could go for

Why would I judge him by anything other than his spell in the same League that we're in? What he may or may not have done in the Lower Leagues in France is frankly completely irrelevant. Not sure what he's done in Ligue 1 but obviously it didnt translate over here. Edit: It would appear from Wiki that in Ligue 1 he took over a team that had finished 7th the previous season and left them in 8th a year later. Sounds solid rather than earth shattering.

He's already done well at Macclesfield tbf. Then again so did Ince.

It's been pointed out. ☺️

Was surprised to learn earlier on today a billionaire owned Rochdale. Then again no-one could ever possibly buy us

Don't get the love in for Will Still though. Comes into the "Don't touch with a bargepole" category for me after his performance at Southampton.