Surprised by "underwhelmed" for Duff.

Talksport Bet Latest odds: (O Neil continuing to drift, I think he might as well be 100/1) Karanka 3/1 Ismael 3/1 O Neil 5/1 Lowe 6/1 Gerrard 8/1 Boateng 8/1 Lijnders 10/1 Wellens 14/1 The only thing that mildly encourages me there is Gerrard coming in a bit. On the basis its basically a steering job and keep them motivated for 13-16 gamed Id be fairly happy with that. Ismael I could just about live with. The rest I'd be absolutely gutted about. (Assuming O Neil is out of the running)

We'll put word out you're on the look out for a toy boy!

Where is Jagdish Rao based? If he's based in London I'd guess that's the reason.

100% As I said earlier, it's like we're trying to hire a shelf stacker for Tesco.

Exactly! Different times I know but can you imagine Jack saying to Kenny "You'll have to go through a couple of rounds of interviews with the likes of Peter Reid and Bryan Robson first!

I thought his name was mentioned in jest as part of a running gag about ugly v good looking managers etc!

Agreed. Why on earth has he made it to 2nd interview?

But if he had, he'd probably have ended up being right.

I know all that, I pointed it out when Carsley went 1/2 right at the beginning. I do think the general standard of those listed in the betting is an indication of the calibre we can expect though. Id be really surprised if we pulled out a Sean Dyche out of thin air when the indications are we've spoken to the likes of Boateng, Wellens, Boa Morte, Karanka, Lijnders etc etc.

We'll see. We're paying £20k p.w. for a guy who's hardly kicked a ball yet.

With the quality of most of the applicants it's a shame they couldnt have been put through some sort of version of Squid Game.

No disrespect intended chaddy but you always say the same sort of thing during a transfer window "Let's wait and see who've we've got by the end - Im confident we'll get the players we need" And they nearly always let you down without exception

Talksport latest odds. O Neil on the drift, Lowe coming in substantially. O Neil 2/1 Ismael 4/1 Karanka 5/1 Lowe 5/1 Boateng 8/1 Lijnders 10/1 ONeil apart, the state of it.

Why do we seem to conduct our managerial searches as though we're trying to hire a shelf stacker at Tesco? May be wrong but it seems to me that most Clubs at our sort of level identify who they want and just go out and get them.

Errr......is it April 1st already or does someone else have access to your keyboard?

No-one is suggesting he came in permanently I dont think. He just needs to come in for a few months and put a smile on everyone's faces and a spring in everyone's step.

Mrs Desai: " So Steven, long time since we've spoken, thought you'd have retired by now at your age, how goes the search for a new manager?" Waggott: : "Excellently Madam. After two weeks of dilligent work I can confirm we've been priced out of the hunt for a League 1 manager by a £250,000 compensation clause. (That's the Division below us btw) However I can confirm we are on with discussions with a guy with practically zero managerial experience and who was sacked less than six months into his last job and an older guy who's barely managed since 2018 and who only lasted about 6 months in each of his last two jobs. Mrs Desai: "Sounds perfect Steven. Good work. And remember remind David if he wins another couple of games, he'll have to go. He was warned".

The number of alleged applicants worn as a badge of honour by some. Just think what the other 147 must have been like!

I have the solution! We should direct any prospective candidate to onejackwalker. It's the job no one in their right mind could possibly refuse or ever want to leave! Apparently.

Better hang fire a day or two. Pep might be available after tonight Lol.

Cant for the life of me see why. I had no idea who he was but and had to look him up but he was apparently sacked before Klopp had even started his job at Red Bull with his side 10 points behind the leaders Sturm Graz. Also with his side 32nd out of 36 in the Champions League group.

We could actually be barking up the wrong tree. They could actually have a genius appointment up their sleeve, however everything you say appears to be correct and as many of us have said the suggestion you're proposing seems so simple and obvious. Every managerial appointment is obviously vital but given the challenges we're likely to face after this season if we dont go up, I think the next appointment we make is likely to be one of the more pivotal ones in our history. I think we're talking after we went down to the third division in 1970 for the first time ever and when Jack was ill and we'd sacked Bryan Kidd type crucial. Luckily we came up with Ken Furphy and Souness (before he lost the plot) on those occasions and our longer term futures revived in each case. Do we trust current management to make a similarly inspired appointment? Feels like a real "sliding doors" moment.

A week's a long time in football, if there was any feeling of grievance against Eustace amongst the players that will be dissipating and after a week of training the temporary arrangements will feel more like the norm Lowe will be doing REALLY well to make it 3 out of 3 on Saturday.

Quelle Surprise! (About the wage) As a final shortlist of 3 could that actually be any worse? Hope to god Nixon is completely wrong.