Paul Mellelieu

I would be happy with Keane, because I need some glamour, thrills and attention-seeking at the club. On the pitch, things might not be so good. Swings and roundabouts.

Woodgate wouldn't be my choice, just like him.

Did you see this? I don't think I could cope with a bloke who looks like he's just fallen out of the Vulcan at the helm.

I rather like Woodgate and whole lot better presented than Ozzy Ainsworth.

Brilliant work from the club.

I thought we were getting a "reset".

On Ainsworth, I would prefer Championship, or similar, experience and a track record of leading an academy. And better hair.

Why the love for Ainsworth? Nothing much to impress.

They're getting promotions. A good sign IMHO

What you wrote was that whatever happens it will be better than having TM at the helm. I posed a couple of alternatives that are worse.

Silas, you said that whatever comes next, you'll never look back misty-eyed. I take this to mean that even if we get relegated or go into admin then, its a shrug of the shoulders and a sense of relief that TM isn't manager.

"No matter what comes next." Relegation? Administration?

Jebus. Tell us what you really think.

You had someone making decisions.

I can almost feel consensus breaking out. Proper discussion, no name calling and some facts about the (to me) hazy Bowyer era. Life is never as clearcut as we like to think and TM is not a saint, but nether is he the villain of the piece IMHO. He was trying to set out to fans and to anyone else willing to listen what the options are for the club in his comments yesterday. The truth is that it will need a fantastic leader, some investment and something like proper governance to turn the club around. And a large slice of luck. What a complete mess the club has been though, from the madhouse early days to the radio-silence times we now live in. The club has no board to speak of, no clear decision-making structures, little input from the fans (QEGS old boys excepted of course - still waiting) and the feel of a place trading on old glories. There are some positive things, the work to get young people from the town's low income areas is the most obvious, but there are many committed people in and around the club doing their best. So for me the target has to be the owners. Get in place proper accountability, transparency and a sense of respect for an institution that came into being at the dawn of football and was an expression of civic pride and ambition. Pride and ambition. We deserve nothing less and demand nothing less.

It's from Sky Simon. I'm only the messanger.

He could have done a lot worse under the mad regime we have. Have a look at the teams below us and in the third division.

He said he didn't make it today, so not the same old shit, was my point.

I respect the feelings of other Forum members. I wrote I love Tony and so does Rev in invisible ink.

4/1 - Michael Appleton 6/1 - Derek McInnes 8/1 - Gareth Ainsworth 8/1 - Lee Johnson 10/1 - Joey Barton 10/1 - Jonathan Woodgate 10/1 - Michael Duff 10/1 - Rob Edwards From Sky

Except this week.

I agree - and said so at the time. You do have a way with words Booth, so I may have overstepped the mark. Maybe.

I don't really like football that much anymore. Ewood is a ritual these days.

You set it up for me. We were outplayed by a very good team. I think the fight was there, just not the ability.

Dolly, a football fan cannot swap allegiances from one club to another. Otherwise I hail your good taste.