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I know I'm jumping the gun a but but KMAC going does seem to have some legs.

So, whose available? Can't see it being Sherwood as surely he's got too cushty a job at spurs. I heard a while ago that Hoddle was looking to get back into management, this job might suit him perfectly considering his links with youth players and spurs.

Asides from the usual speculative candidates, which lower league managers are actually looking for work right now?

I think it will be someone like Ward....he is on a contract already and it will cost zilch.

Martin Ling will be cheap.

I dunno but Ive already made an "Insert Name Here Out" banner. Hes Malpas mark 3 whoever he is.

zzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Mark Cooper.

Worryingly, I think quite a few of our fans will want Ling and Taylor.  :no:

Whoever it is, they'll need to be a puppet to the board with this transfer policy.

I think I'd rather have Ling and Taylor than Cooper. Especially if it worries Chang.

Don't want it to be him, but wouldn't be surprised if it was.

Is Power defiitetly pulling the strings? It does seem likely with the Spurs players I suppose.

Would be fine with Sherwood. Just hope it's not some mega shit yes man.. Or Cooper.

Derrick Perreria (Spelling could be way out)

I have heard a few times over the last few weeks Stuart Pearce is coming in from a few local people who dont support STFC whether him getting the sack and being local is 2 + 2 = 5 or there is something more to it

I think that much is more than obvious, the question should be - are the famous Fredi's claims that Power actually owns the club true?  :hmmm:

Unlikely but as I've done the last few times - I'll throw out the name Ian Culverhouse, ex Town player and a bloody good one at that, has been coach/assistant manager to Paul Lambert for many years - in that time Lambert has gone from League One Colchester, to League One Norwich, to Premier League Norwich and then Premier League Aston Villa.

I kind of said this on twitter, but whilst the Sherwood/Spurs link could be fruitful I personally wouldn't much like it. Its silly, but I like us being independent - buy who we want from where we want and live or die by that!

Will probably change my mind if its successful though.

I have a friend who is a posh fan and apparently Mark Cooper is a hopeless manager. I'm not sure of who I want, but  I think Hoodle would be a good pick.

Pulis

You're determined to make that one stick aren't you?

Yeah why the fuck not

He does live just outside Marlborough so an easy commute.

Pulis Out

As long as it's not Mark Cooper. For whatever reason that appointment fills me with dread.

Brian horton

Cooper out

Tails.

out

Hilarious Tails, superb stuff mate. :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick:

I assume that's a poor attempt at sarcasm.

As was Tails' drivel...

Way to take my moment away from me :(

Sorry, Batch out.

Alan Knill
Paul Simpson
Mark Robson
Paul Sturrock
Peter Jackson
Andy Thorn
Henning Berg
Michael Appleton
Peter Reid
Iain Dowie
Mick Wadsworth
Richard O'Kelly
Brian Horton
Jamie Pitman
Micky Mellon
Jim Magilton
Neale Cooper
Carl Fletcher
John Barnes
Sammy McIlroy
Dave Penney
John Coleman
Nick Barmby
Simon Davey
Dean Holdsworth
John Still
Ståle Solbakken
Gary Megson
Keith Curle
Steve Cotterill
Gary Mills
Paul Peschisolido
Terry Connor
Geraint Williams
Martin Ling
Ian Wright
Keith Millen
Paul Groves
Steve Kean
Gary Simpson
Lawrie Sanchez
Paul Hart
Gary Smith
Paul Jewell
Terry Brown
Gary Waddock
Les Parry

 :suicide:

Fuck me, there's some shite in that list

Out of that list for me, Gary Megson!

Noooooooooooooo

@JedMcCoy: Hi all Monday will see where we are until then I won't be online....

It's gonna be a long week-end.....

 ‏@JedMcCoy 5m Hi all Monday will see where we are until then I won't be online....

Pah! They can at least tell us if he's gone or not.

It could be they're not entirely sure themselves yet.

Perhaps, maybe, they could be attempting to negotiate?

That usually turns out well.

Would like Hoddle to take over. Wanted him when PDC left. Never gonna happen, but a man can dream.

I actually reckon Pulis could do a decent job in League One. Not with our squad, mind. He'd need some tall, violent types to play his uniquely shit brand of football.

Just seen a car with the reg M1k N3W11 pull into the CG car park. Honest.

I vote Paul Gasgoigne.

Spurs link....check
would be cheap...check
currently out of work....check
would be a good drinking partner to Jed.....check.

I'm not sure he'd be able to thread those 50 yard passes in quite the way he used to.

Hayley Cropper, for me

We need a transvestite

Where is STFC Bart went we need him.

Who ever takes it, got a massive job staying up with a group of youngsters.

Big names will avoided it. Get the Orange hats out.

We realy have become a joke of a club since these lot took over we will be lucky to get away with staying up at this rate what a time to fuck around with the season just round the corner joke.

Haha, Newell would have to be smuggled in under darkness surely.

Becoming a joke?

The occasional rest bite aside, this sort of grizzly business happens at Swindon on a regular basis. There's something in the water supply!

If MacDonald goes, we'll be on our tenth manager in ten years.

more reason why we should start from scratch. Continually getting morons running the club. This situation is a fucking joke. Our squad is pathetically weak yet is allegedly costing 2.9mill. The next manager will be cheap and a lap dog to the board and spurs.

I was certainly one of those who genuinely thought that something positive came out of the presentation from on Weddnesday. However, in the light of all of this, the absence of Lee Power from the evening speaks volumes.  A presentation to supporters from someone who cannot talk about the football is of questionable value really....of course the evening would probably then have got hijacked onto solely football matters; but this row must have been brewing over the past few weeks, and it it is utterly dishonest to present us with such a positive picture when actually a fundamental crisis was brewing.

And you could see an (at the time incomprehensible) disinterest from the players last night.....now it falls into place.

To be honest Wednesday evening was presentation on the business side of things not the football side of things, and it was stated by Steve Murrall that he could not answer anything about the footy side as that was left to Jed and Lee Power and the coaching staff.  So to say it was dishonest is, in my opinion, a bit wide of the mark!!

 :(
Whatever KM decides I wish him well however -

I fear he might well have thrown in the towel - but to do this before the season kicks off is spineless, unless he has very serious personal issues.

I was never convinced he was strong enough in character to ride to rough and tumble of League soccer and handle a board
that quite honestly seem to me amateurish in the extreme. It is fine to be a self sustaining club but without a fit, motivated and competitive squad what is the point? and i could knock up a good looking business plan!

To have such a young inexperienced squad assembled so late in the close season will be a disaster in my opinion.

There has been a total lack of drive at the Club since PDC left and I have no idea which new manager could rescue things this late in the day.

We will struggle to survive   -  I am very sad.

Is there any substance to these rumours? Other than being repeated multiple times? I'm not doubting them, just trying to ascertain their truthfulness. If Kmac is really away for personal reasons, maybe they're why these rumours could have started- he may not be leaving because he has a bad relationship with the board or whatever, he may be leaving because of personal reasons.

If he does go, it will be a massive shame. I was looking forward to seeing what he could do with the young team we've assembled.

It still doesn't appear clear whether KMac has gone permanently or not.  Another example of a time when the club should be issuing a formal statement to clarify the situation or at the least to stop incorrect rumours circulating.

This is one big mess yet again.

If KMac has offered his resignation there is no way back for him really, even if the board do try to renegotiate with him.. He's shown that he no longer wants to be manager of Swindon - even if it is foer the right reasons - I can't see him in the dugout again.

The only drive that PDC had was for himself and he and Jeremy Wray were driving the club into oblivion!!  Everything was fine as long as Andrew Black was signing the monthly cheques off, sadly that stopped and we were 24 hours from disaster, Ritchie was sold and that was meant to cover us to the end of the season but the new chairman was probably going to take us into administration anyway . . the consequences of that were enormous and we wouldn't have been playing Forest Green last night it would probably have been a Boxing Day derby!!  It was a great ride but I think we knew it wasn't going to last - although it did come to a halt rather suddenly!!  As regards to writing a business plan, how many people could write a business plan that involves a turnover of £5 million, with wages for the playing and coaching staff alone costing £4.8 mill!!

This has only come about since Power passed the fit and proper person test.

We've all known the players who were coming in for weeks now, so did KMac.

So why wait til now to resign - nothing has changed except Power's position being confirmed.

Hope to god he doen't think he can do the job cos he's on a bit of an ego trip

 :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick: Get a grip

Seriously not taking this serious. Tool.

A couple of points here.....

Not picking holes for the sake of it, but, we as fans know nothing at all of this in all honesty do we? we(you) are guessing based upon snippets of information posted on forums by other fans.

Fucking hell

Its not inconceivable we will be in a relation battle though is it.

Its also possible these kids will be as good as the hype and see us at  the other end.

Its certain that if Kmac goes due to footballing reasons we are a bit of a shambles. Or back to normal as I like to think of it.

This is exactly why I can barely get myself worked up about this whole situation. I grew up a Town fan in this kind of shit storm environment, water off a duck's back.

If Power appoints himself or Quinn.... I may actually get animated but until then... meh.

or Newell.

I agree to a point. It is concerning though IF we are getting cheap young players whatever the manager says. I kind of thought KMac was OKing all this and thought they were good enough. If...

Hopefully, its not a matter of him just leaving but being offered a cushy youth job somewhere.

that's clearly what mateys post meant which I think is a reasonable conclusion as things stand. Some of the spurs lot will probably be good enough but not all of them will.  those that are  will feel the heat from the stands I suspect

Oh Christ, yeah, or him.

I did too, until we hear some reasons as to why he may have handed in his resignation, I just can't bring myself to get too worked up. If he really has not had a say then fair enough, no manager should have to work like that, unless that is the pre-approved set up. I can't imagine he came in thinking he'd just be given a bunch of players.

Hopefully, we can go down the young, new manager route that has served us so well, someone that will have belief in the talent these kids have.

Dosn't matter whether the Spurs lot are good or bad....its down to the manager to have the final say on all incomings.

Obviously players out is a different matter when a club is in dire financial trouble.

Anyone thought it could genuinly be a personal reason?

No....the board would have made that clear if they had any sense.

Still time,it has been 16 hours

Jed is refusing to talk to anyone untill Monday Dean....this wouldn't be the case surely if it was just K Mac having personal reasons.

My view is Jed would be screaming loud that all was well.

Do you think/know if it is personal reasons DRS? Surely would be the sensible thing to release a statement first thing if it is.

All is clearly not well,will get a statement before monday that is for sure

I hope you are right Dean...maybe the weekend will be spent on patching things up,i mean i remember Lou Macari leaving....then returning a few days later. :hmmm:

Though it is fair to say Lou was sacked.

Jed et al appointed KMac - now Power is in place KMac appears to be off.

It seems clear to me that Jed is just the mouthpiece and Power is now the puppet master.

Now, I don'T give a flying one who does what as long as my team keeps me entertained on a Saturday

It's never good when the off the pitch shenanigans are overshadowing what is happening on the pitch

Absolutely, need to hear his reasons before flying off on one. Bound to be a bit of speculation in the meantime as its not as normal thing to happen at this time of the season.

If that happens I will not attend-honestly,I cant stand that prick

I am sure that a certain minority will not accept that even if it is actually true anyway. Jed/Power will always be the instigator of this in their eyes no matter what "facts" come out to the contrary.

I think finding a British manager prepared to work with the players he's given is going to be difficult.

With you on that one, if Jed had not come in when he did, gambled by doing it without due diligence to avoid us going into admin again we certainly wouldn't be having this conversation!!

Surely we'd be in a better position if Jed didn't come in or the same position at worst? We'd of gone in to admin, not gone up due to a ten to fifteen point deduction and then would have been bought by some professionals who were allowed to due diligence.

We would have been expelled from the league i think. 3rd strike and all that.

Is this actually written in the football leagues rules or is it an assumption people have made?

League rules, that was why it was vital to do it then or not at all.  And as for waiting for "professionals" to come in and take us over this club was up for sale at the start of last season and there was only one taker who sadly passed away!

I know thats been hinted at that, but both Darlington and Pompey survived 3 administrations without being expelled or demoted just points deductions. Obviously Darlington has since folded and reformed but at the time they survived it.

I don't think anyone actually knows for sure.

My understanding from an "existing" employee at STFC was it was changed to avoid the scenarios you have pointed out.  Time will tell, there will be more clubs going into admin this season I guess!

I couldn't see that happening myself if Darlo and Pompey didn't get expelled. At the worst we might have had to start this season on a points deduction as well as the points deduction to take us out of the play offs. At least we might have had a squad and a manager to give us a fighting chance though.

Well he's gone!

Out of interest I asked Jed on twitter when we would hear from Power. He said within a couple of weeks.

I am guessing we will hear when he decides who he wants as the new manager.

Or whether he wants to

 K Mac gone who's next in the firing line ?

1450hrs:  Sky Sports News ‏@SkySportsNews 8m Sky sources: Swindon manager Kevin MacDonald to leave club

Psycho?

Reported on sky that MacDonald was unhappy with the criticism he has received from Town fans on Social Media.

So it's our fault then.

But do Sky really know what they're talking about as it's 'lower league football'.

It's simply the fact that he's not having a say in what players come in.

If it really is that, and its not a smokescreen for 'Powers running everything I can't make any of my own signings, I'm off' then he needs to give up idea of ever managing right now.

I wasn't aware MacDonald even used "social media"?

so is this a new thing or is it re. stick he got during last season?  seems a strange time to leave because of old criticism, why get this close to the start of the new season?

as ever i have no idea what to believe.

I recently said I wasn't a fan of his 4-5-1 system at home last season. Does that make me part responsible? I don't think so. That's what forums are for. Places to express opinions.

I agree that maybe management isn't for him, although there will be the inevitable ' our mong fans' comments I think you would be hard pressed to find a club with fans that are any different.

Assuming this is the real reason...

That's alright then, I thought for one horrible minute it would be a stick to thrash Jed and Lee Power!!

Fucking diddums

If that's true then KMac should get a fucking grip.

He's in the wrong game if that is true. Never easy being a Town fan.

He was on a hiding to nothng having to follow PdC - hopefully the new fella will benefit from KMac being a bit of a buffer.

Pretty fucking wussy, though

If you believe that excuse, I've got a couple of second hand cars I'd like to sell you.

You bastard, Batch. Hope you're proud of yourself

He's officially gone, club tweeted it.

He has Gone.

Confirmed by the club on Twitter

We're front page news of the BBC now. Truly wonderful.

Would like to know the real reasons behind this. As reported, Batch's fault, or speculation, Jed's fault.

Mark Cooper put in temporary charge, hopefully very temporary.

I don't think anyone could have written the events of the last year at STFC. Mental.

What criticism on social media? He's probably had more support recently than he's ever had before in view of the age of recent signings, his pedigree working with youth players and Swindon fans gradually coming round to an acceptance of the path we're taking on and off the field.

If he can't take criticism from the fans then

1: He shouldn't have gotten into management in the first place

2: He should have quit after MK away, when the fans antipathy with him was at it's apogee, rather than hanging around until three weeks before the new season leaving us with no manager, 'no tactics' and little time to resolve either just when he was starting to win over some support from the fans for what he might be able to offer us.

Backroom issues still seems more plausible to me. If true though then utterly pathetic.

Here we go again.

Sunrise, sunset.

So do we end up with whoever is left on the list who doesn't get the under-21 job? or the Former manager?

intéressant

Sky bet have drawn up the first grid

Cooper 3/1
Pearce 9/1
Megson 12/1
Hoddle 20/1

Really?

The way the club have been going lately, I presume that is Tommy Cooper

Or maybe Jilly Cooper

Batch got KMac out, he should decide who takes over.

Well, he'll have to buy a wig, red nose, squirty flower and a huge pair of shoes to fit in in the boardroom

I'm going to Vegas in September. Sheena Easton has a show on in Vegas.......hmmmn

Well, this is all a little pantomime.

ooooh no it isn't

Good news he's left. Had little confidence in his ability based on his tactics and management style come the end of last season.

Batch, are you any good at Football Manager?

If so, maybe you could do the job in your spare time ;)

Does Batch have his coaching badges?

We could have a whip round & send him on the course if not

No FM experience. I have some badges from when I was in cubs about 30 years so. The only one I can remember is home help, which given the age of our squad could come in handy.

Happy to do the job. How difficult can it be. I'll install DV as my assistant, his stats will win is the league.

WTF is this, Ancient Rome? Batch got rid of the previous manager, you don't give the job to the guy who stabbed the previous one in the back.

BATCH OUT!

Alice cooper?

Mac's out for summer?

No More Mr Nice Guy

Well I don't think Dr. Chang predicted that one, whose the next manager then Pierre!!  On second thoughts we had better ask DRS, he did say there would be a statement today!!

There's so much smoke and mirrors around this latest development, that it's really difficult to interpret wtf is going on even for a seasoned Boardroom watcher.

 I can't help think that Power must have someone in mind...

Robbie Fowler says he is interested!!

Don't whats going to happen, we seemed to have the right sort of manager for the way we were going this season. Will be interesting to find out what the reasons for leaving are.

Would love Hoddle to come back

What a fucking mess were in pathetic  :suicide:

Sherwood into 3-1 fav.  Sky bet have clearly got hold of the spurs connection.

He'll be odds on by Monday morning.

Wouldn't Sherwood be a Richard Money-style major compensation payment? Sure I remember him being in the frame for another job (Sheffield United?) and being scuppered by Spurs wanting seven figures.

Could be total bollocks.

Blackburn IIRC

Unless we took him on a season long loan? :D

Shit like the loan from the 1950s?

The only shit found at the club came from Jed's own mouth.

Jed talks it and Lee Power's record is dropping others in it.  If anyone thinks this combo's involvement will end happily for us lot they need to be certified.

You could say that applies to us all anyway but hey ho 10 managers in 10 years is nothing if not entertaining.

could still do a job on the pitch to..

Latest List from Skybet

Tim Sherwood 3/1    
Mark Cooper 5/1    
Les Ferdinand 10/1    
Micky Mellon 12/1  Martin Ling 12/1    
Paul Sturrock 16/1 Terry Connor 16/1 Michael Appleton 16/1 Gary Megson 16/1 Dean Holdsworth 16/1 Carl Fletcher 16/1    
Terry Butcher 20/1 Neil Warnock 20/1    Stuart Pearce 20/1    Glenn Hoddle 20/1    –

Those 16/1's really are depressing.

What price Darren Ward ;)

Half of those managers wouldn't come near us at present. Swindon manager at the moment isn't exactly a job with a heck of a lot of potential.  You'd be better off leaving it this time round, wait til we're back in L2 then pick up the reigns.

Feel a recession about to hit the club's fortunes again.

Tim Sherwood would be a good appointment i think. Has a good reputation in the game for the work done behind the scenes at Tottenham, he was overlooked for the DOF job at Spurs. Doubt there is any truth in it at all really, but he's a name i'd be very happy with.

If I could become arsed enough I'd be trying to oust the board,as they are a bunch of chancers who do not deserve to run stfc.
If I could be arsed I'd say sack the fans,as they are mostly clueless morons who apart from their ticket fees offer nothing to the club.
If I could be arsed I'd say sack the players,as mostly they ain't good enough.
Can't be arsed though.

Edgar Davids... He'd pick himself too.

!

See for me a manager had the perfect opportunity to get a possible promotion last season on their CV when Mr DiCanio left. All they had to do was maintain and keep the momentum going. We didn't have many applicants for the role now.

Something has happened once again behind the scenes at boardroom level.

Bet the appoint hope powell. The birds team is better than the mens team apparently according to her

Been out all day nd come home to this randomness!!

Go back out JFW! Quick!

Might well do!! When I say "out" I meant in the garden!  8)  :toocool:

lady garden?  :sherlock:

Just to add names not yet put in:
Gus Poyet, Jamie Carragher.
Someone did mention Pulis whilst we still had KMac, but it's not in the odds.

Poyet? How many have you had?

this chap?

http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/meet-gary-white-one-worlds-2052284

Didn't a spurs fan come on here a few weeks ago giving some background on the loanees, suggested Sherwood would be manager by the start of the season and was basically called a cunt for suggesting it?

The main difference here is that we seem to creating a strong link to Spurs and if we operate as a feeder club they may be more comfortable letting him manage here without compo... Of course it's probably all horse shit...  Maybe he'll come here on secondment...

No, the shit like a wage bill massively beyond our limits.  For as long as Black wanted to fund it, it wasn't shit, the moment he withdrew the funding we were a liquidation case waiting to happen.

That's basic maths, nothing to do with believing anyone.

If anyone thinks that Tim Sherwood will come here as manager they are deluded.
It just isn't going to happen....if it does i will sprinkle Cock Flavour seasoning on toast and dripping and scoff the lot.

I hope all those that wanted KMac out will be fucking pleased with themselves when we have Mark Cooper in charge this season...fucking wonderful.

For the record I will chuck another name in there who is actively looking for a job....John Hughes.

I WANT Hoddle, Stuart Pearce would be a name but is not a yes man as isn't Hoddle, so it won't be either of them.

Sherwood will want a settlement paid to Spurs, unless we can arrange some sort of manager sell on fee, Ian Wright has recently left MKD....and how about Newell/Stein? that would probably please me even less than Cooper but a possibility I recon.

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Cooperman must be favourite i reckon.....got a feeling Ward may get the nod though.

I still doubt he left because of a few fans criticism.

Oh I doubt that also, mine was a statement in general about a majority of fans never taking to him just because he had to follow a man with THE biggest ego in the world, he was always on a losing battle there IMO.

I mean some oon here claiming he had no passion because he was calm on the touchlines or they then complain because he spat his chewing gum next to the dugout during a game and spitting on camera at the Yeovil game....they need to take themselves outside and have a strong word with themselves.

KMac got a lot wrong in his time, certainly with tactics etc but I genuinely hoped that with the right players he would do a good job for us, some fans never gave him the chance no matter what.

I'd take John Hughes, i really like the way he had a poor Hartlepool team playing very good football.

That said......following on from KMac will not be anywhere near as tough a job in the eyes of many fans so its time to kick on and get in the right man and not just a yes man.

The whole 'abuse from fans' towards K-mac myth is annoying me.

The biggest myth that I have ever heard is that he was given abuse at matches, not at all. People point to the Franchise match where all it was after an inept 60 minutes or so of football was people chanting '4-4-2', how that can be considered abuse is beyond me.

A few comments from kids on Twitter and Facebook? Like MacDonald sits at home trawling through facebook pages and one day before playing Forest Green in a friendly saw something he didn't like and thought 'im off'.

No, the problem here is quite fucking obvious and that is the manager of the football club did not get a say in player recruitment and he was having youngsters from one club forced into the side. K-mac seems a very calm and almost 'relaxed' presence that him finding this too much and walking does not bode well at all. Those who think we can get a Hoddle or similar big name are living in a dream land. It will be a yes man to the board who doesn't mind not having any involvement beyond coaching, simple as that, and I don't even want to think about the possibilities of who it could be. I almost wouldn't mind it being Cooper as I think some of the possible options are going to be frightening.

On a final note, some of the shite I have seen on Twitter about it being the fans' fault for K-mac going is beyond belief.
 

I think that will be true initially.

With the squad we have today I think the next manager has a chance of some success, though I think we are a midfielder short. If more senior players depart (other than caddis as that is expected) then they may be back under pressure petty quickly.

Robert T - I like your posts and you are clearly well informed on the financials.

I don't however think Jed "found" that shit - we TEFers all knew this - it was obvious.

We may have been heading for administration but liquidation?  Hardly.  The so called "shit" was far, far less than when compared with when Fitton took over, when we may have been heading for liquidation.

Wrong thread to continue but Jed's cheerleaders need to consider that his involvement will not have cost him a penny - Ritchie for £400k did the honours there - and we have been fed a load of stupid rumours and misinformation on media outlets since he took over - the latest of which is KMac having left because his wife was upset by chanting.

The clear strategy is always hidden.

Let's see Mrs Shah in action on Monday.

Based on technical ability she said. So if the women had the power, size, speed and strength of the men, they'd win based more on their touch and technique. I have to say judging by the first touch of some of the players in the mens team, that's not so ludicrous.

I'm sure this will be a lesson to football fans everywhere, don't ever criticise the manager!!

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Yes because the standard of goalkeeping in women's football is so superior to the men.

So what she's saying is if my auntie had bollocks she'd be my uncle, and therefore be better at football.

PDC had a lot more to contend with on his arrival....a lot of fans were not happy because of the fascist element,not to mention the poor start he had here as manager.

I agree that a few fans comments isn't the reason why he has left.

Maybe DRS  is right,maybe it just is personal reasons....whatever, it is history and the quicker we get a manager on board the better.

Chris Ramsey is an interesting name in the odds for next manager. Works in young player development at Spurs, was assistant manager to Peter Taylor at the U20 tournament this summer (would suggest he fancies managing a little), former town player

Would certainly appeal to some older fans i think Riddick.

What odds is he

I would love Rambo as new manager!

He is Sherwoods assistant and has been coaching youth football for many years at England level...fits the bill nicely.

here is a little article on him..

http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20120429/football/-Malta-was-the-catalyst-that-changed-my-life-.417579

14/1 at Bet Victor, 3rd fave behind Sherwood and Cooper.

Sure he's just in there because of spurs connection, Ferdinand is same odds.

I wouldnt say JUST because of his Spurs connection....he was a massive favourite at Swindon years back and has all the right coaching qualifications needed and is an England FA tutor.

Seems like a perfect fit for the job.

Thats why i added my first post about him, seems to tick all the boxes for fans, board with youth focus etc

Seems like a great option, much better than those 16/1 failures on Sky Bet the other day.

Trying to second guess Swindon is impossible.

Hopefully the appointment is sensible and made soon.

http://www.skybet.com/football/specials/manager-specials

Coopers odds look fairly juicy.

Who the fuck is Nicky Mellon at 16/1

Got Fleetwood up a few divisions with a large budget.

Who on earth is Micky Mellon?

Maybe he can get us up with a small budgie

Mellons look juicy too :D

 :clap: :clap:

I don't want Tim Sherwood as boss, his favourite cheese is mild chedder

Consider this, no-one saw Kevin MacDonald coming did they? Maybe going, but not coming in. So watch for a left of field appointment in the next week. I doubt they'll piss about for more than that. Scan the stands for interested managers and agents on Tuesday.....

Had £20 on Stuart Pearce @ 20/1 (6/1 2nd fav with BetVictor)  :hmmm:

And of course he has a Luton connection. Ex coach and was he assistant manager there as well?

Would really love Hoddle and his Academy here 

So you say he has left because he had no say on transfers but have said recently that players who were going arrive didnt because Kmac changed his mind,McEvoy for example.Which one is it Chang?

KMac should come out and put the record straight as to why he fucked off. If it isn't because of abuse then he should have some decency and come out and say so rather than let these rumours fester.
And if it truly is because of a few kids on twitter then KMac really isn't cut out for the world of football management is he.

People talking of Stuart Peirce, Hoddle etc are living in dreamland. Why the the fuck would they come to a club without a pot to piss in & cowboy directors?
We need a manager who is used to scrapping in the lower leagues on "lower leagues" budgets.
Paul Trollope anyone?

I was thinking Trollope earlier actually. Fits the bill with what the board might be looking for. Did well at Rovers just as a head coach with a DOF above him.

You'd be surprised how desperate some people are for a management job

Fair point well made.

Unfortunately though, Chang is right on this occasion.

Why? Because it suits what people want to believe

No. Because the other explainations all seem highly improbable under the circumstances.
 

It was also probable 6 wks ago that the current lot were apparanty crooks and had no money,that was proved wrong.Said it loads of times that thirs lot could be a fucking nightmare but have apart from bitching what would you do different?

Les Ferdinand now 6/4 fav

Have they got money? Genuine question, I'm not sure what they have put in over and above a £1.2M bond (returnable) and have said they can make up a shortfall of 500K in budgeted wages v current wages bill.

It doesn't much matter, since they are the only game in town. 

No I think that was more or less bang on actually. Hence the scratching around for investors and willingness to put the likes of Greg Hall on the board. Power is quite obviously the 'money' you refer to. Which sort of brings my point full circle...

That's Sir Les to you :)

So Swindon are off to Portugal next week. Hopefully a permanent replacement and backroom staff are appointed by then.

 :popcorn:

And what would you do different

Pick me Jed, pick me. I need a holiday.

Was it? How? When? All I've seen is confirmation that at least one of the guys they got in who did have money (Hall) pretty much was a crook. Nothing that proves they have a proverbial pot. And as manc_red says, their desperation to get folk like Hall in rather suggests they don't. Or that they're a bit shady themselves. Desperate or bent, neither looks terribly encouraging

For fuck's sake.

All was positive after the business plan presentation yet after the manager resigns, whom was not even rated by many, they board are now a bunch of crooks again?

Reaction... knee and jerk. Arrange these three words into a well known phrase.

Lets get Stefan Freund in.

I don't think they are desperate and/or bent.

What they are is clueless as to the setting up and running of a professional football club.

They may well learn in time - the question is where will we be by then

I do not believe that KMac had no say on the players brought in although within that I do believe that some players were brought in for him, I believe that he was consulted on who he wanted to try and bring in from spurs and it was left to power to do the wheeling and dealing.

I would like a statement from KMac perhaps through the LMA to clarify his reasons.

I posted before that we all knew who was coming into the club for a few weeks - re the Spurs contingent.

So why did KMac wait until, probably, the worst possible time to do a runner?

I think it has little to do with player recruitment

I would cry with happiness if that would happen. We named our futsal team after him.

If someone makes a point that the board have money, which is **good** news, is it not OK to ask what we missed that showed they do?

I was under the impression they showed accounts at the meeting with the trust

Not even close to the point Batch. The meltdown was occurring before Dean said a thing.

Oh OK, ta. Will try and look around the Trust site later.

We can argue about everything else, but this is hardly the worst possible time to do a runner.

That'd be just before the January window closes so we have to scrabble about for whatever transfers or loans come our way. I can't imagine anyone who'd be so self-obesessed they'd do that though, leaving us in the lurch.

I'm slightly skeptical as to the reasons of KMac resigning, but there is no concrete evidence to say it's the fault of the board, their transfer policy or whatever. On that basis I'm reserving judgement until the real reasons KMac decided to resign come out. The fickleness of some astounds me, the same people who were praising the board last week and abusing KMac a few months back are now the ones who are panicking.

Sorry. I thought you were referring to the reaction to Dean's comment.

The "meltdown" then is presumably the way a fair few people, myself included, have wondered if KMac left because of board interference and/or the potential state of the squad.

I think this highlights the need for clarity, as I don't think its an unreasonable conclusion to make given KMACs "don't know what is happening yet" regarding what kind of squad we will have come start of season, and a very heavy link with Spurs.

If the manager has left because he didn't like being a manager rather than specifically due to the recruitment policy then yeah, not as big a deal.

Thats kind of my point,if Kmac comes out and says it was personal how many will believe it

Got to take it at face value, but I see your point that many wouldn't. It would be useful if he explicitly said it wasn't to do with recruitment policy/board members though (and social media criticism).

All of this shit that keeps happening just makes me care less and less about STFC. As a result,  I have no real feelings about MacDonald's departure other than surprise.

Whoever is our next manager will only let us all down eventually.

Our manager has decided a few weeks before the new season starts he can no longer work for STFC.

Now, until KMac states his reason - then there is an infinite number of possible reasons why he resigned.

Its not outside the realms of possibility that these reasons are due to board members and/or transfer dealings. It could of course all be personal reasons. We will probably never know.

Sorry, my actual point

I think its a fair reaction to question just why the fuck our manager has decided to quit...

Ha, see, you are getting old Sonic. That's what happens. You realise managers are either:
 - really good - they get poached and leave
 - really crap - they get sacked and leave
 - average-competant, building a squad over time - The fans get bored and put pressure on the board due to 'lack of progress', then they sack the manager.

That's why the last couple of years have been literally exceptional. Until Black gave up.

Les Ferdinand now 5/6

Eh? I didn't say the board were a bunch of crooks, just asked DRS what this "proof" was that dispelled the "potless/crooks" stuff. Which I'd like to see as much as anyone. FWIW, I don't think they are crooks, but they do seem to be potless and more than a little hapless.

Excuse me if I am wrong but I am fairly certain we had a manager throughout January and had 3 players at the ground all but signed untill the football league had their say.

If every manager who resigned here left us top of the league with less than 3 months of the season to play I would not have too many complaints.

Bizzare post.

He applied for the job when Kmac got it so I expect this is a reasonable suggestion when you add in the Spurs connection.

I have never felt an affinity with a manager since Iffy and he was shite

I wasn't responding directly to your post directly and I should have said 'crooks and/or incompetent'. My post just happened to follow yours.

Similarly, I loved Iffy (I suppose because of my age, he's pretty much the first player I remember) and the fact that he did so badly put me off ex-players as I don't want any memories ruined.

I'd take Ferdinand considering a lot of the names mentioned. I think the key thing is that we need a really quick appointment.

No idea why but Sir Les as manager would make me very happy!

Tee hee. :fishing:

That would cement our link as Spurs development team. Would we still be Swindon Town?

Sorry, assumed you were. FWIW though I don't know that there's been a "meltdown" per se, but I can see why folks might be a touch concerned, just when things seemed to be settling down a little. Ho hum, that's the Swindon Town rollercoaster

Wiltshire Hotspur Allstars

Although I am pleased with the link to Spurs (to some extent) I would prefer it we do manage to sign a few non ex-Spurs players, hopefully any new manager we appoint has thee nous and contacts to pull a few decent signings out of the bag before the start of the season.

Swindon Gettingwarmerspur FC (FC = football creche)

If we get Sir Les will we be the only club apart from Man. U to have been managed by a knight of the realm?

Technically he's only an MBE isn't he?

Not sure whether it was accounts - I wasn't there - but they certainly showed a document indicating there was money in the accounts, and a reasonable sum apparently!  This point about showing a document was reiterated on Wednesday evening.  Have we had the Trust's take on the situation yet?

Well, he can sod off then!

I could get behind Sir Les.

Yeah fuck it, why not.

Kind of irrelevant but doesn't Ferdinad fly everywhere in a helicopter?

Ferdinand or anyone else from the spurs boot room can get fucked.
We are Swindon town,not spurs development.
Getting all their kids is bad enough,let alone their coaches too.

Yep,he is a fully qualified pilot....Jan Fjortoft tried to get his pilot licence but he never ever got off the ground.

Obviously at some time the board will know who they will appoint

Why don't they just lump on with whatever is in the coffers?

Financial problems vanish!!!

Who would you give it to

I know some Premier League clubs have, in the past, suggested that they would like to have their 'B' team within the Football League (which I am against)... I wonder if this is Spurs' way around it.

A maximum of four loanees plus selling players with buy-back clauses and they've cracked it.

no idea. I am more concerned at why the manager we did have has fucked off. And why our squad is so weak and full of spurs kids.

I expect Watford fans were asking the same questions last year when they were overrun with an influx of Italian reserves

Meh, didn't do too badly the last time we relied on a Spurs contingent from Manager down.

when was that? Please don't say hoddle. Clubs situation miles apart. He came from france too.

Hoddle brought in a fair few players from his ex club.  I know it's a different situation but I have no doubts a few favours were called in, it always happens.  Difference here is that the Manager bit is missing.

Probably forget some of them, or show myself to be a tit by getting the wrong era, but:

Hoddle
Hazard
Moncur
Galvin
Close (came in under Ardiles didn't he, agan of Spurs, although don't think he was direct from Spurs?)
Gray

Anyway, neither here nor there.  The players coming is not an issue if they are good enough and it's for all the right reasons.  Whether that is the case is pure speculation for now, but Spurs have a stated aim of giving players between 18 and 21 loans to get matches under the belt as part of their development.

Galvin was an Ossie signing.

All the players above had more experience than the guys we've got.

The Spurs thing doesn't concern me, mangerial stability does.

Close, Hoddle, Hazard were signed from other clubs. Macari did the same with ManU - digby, Coyne etc.

The loans are fine if we have the option to drop them if they're shite. If we're signed up to play them every week regardless of form then that's a worry. I'm sure we will soon see.

I think the issue is if the loans don't work out, we don't really have other players to fall back on.

My point is having a bunch of players who have played together may not be a bad thing (time will tell on ability).  Managers tend to go for players they know.

The thing that needs clarifying is whether this is a policy of using a good relationship with a club to our advantage or something more structural. We have signed a few non Spurs players, so my gut tells me it's Power and Sherwood working together on mates favours, and that doesn't cause me much concern.  Having a shit squad would do, so ultimately it depends on the quality.  Reports from Spurs fans suggest we have the best ones available, rather than their Jamie Slabbers this time.

Oh, and I'll be the first in line to kick off if it turns out to be some underhand money making scheme for the top dogs involved, not least because I despise Spurs.

They were all permanent signings were they not?

Thus meaning whilst they were at STFC they were employed by STFC and STFC could in effect do what they wanted with them.

Completely different to having half our first team all employed by another club

...yep and despite this we've not bought in a single ex Aston Villa youth teamer have we?

Or rather did we under KMacs tenure.

The only one he managed to get hold of was Devine..

This sums things up perfectly for me....

....has he even signed?

I appreciated your pun even if nobody else did! :D

Yep. Increasingly, I don't really care one way or the other anymore.

I must admit I am feeling more and more apathy towards the club, in past years i would have been straight down to the club to book my ST seats for the Spurs game but I just cant get excited about anything that is happening at STFC at the moment . I am trying to remain optimistic about the future but you cant help but think this current period of our history is all going to end in tears.

Hmm. I don't get it. You don't care as much because things aren't going well? I think that says more about the individual really.

I've seen so much written on here about how the fans are the lifeblood of any football team, ours in particular, yet now, because things aren't as we'd like at our club (which let's face it has been a soap opera for the best part of 25 years now) we can't be bothered? Paolo was slammed for walking when 'things got a bit tough'. What's the difference? If we're this apathetic towards our club then really.. we don't deserve one.

I feel a bit low about everything, and I am as concerned as the next fan but jeeeez I'll still be there supporting the team!

I have been a ST holder for over 20 years and I will still be in my seat come the first game of the season so please dont tar me with the brush of a fair weather supporter. I was one of the sorry souls who witnessed our lowest ever league attendance in the mid 80's against Darlington so I think I have suffered plenty in the name of STFC but I just cannot get enthused about anything to do with STFC at the moment the whole thing has an air of inevitability about it but I will still be there on a cold tuesday night in december.

This inevitable 'get behind the club' bollocks is boring as well. The club seems to doomed to be run by idiots, lurching from crisis to crisis, pausing only for moments of ineptitude. One shower of shit follows another, and you begin to wonder whether it's all worth it.

It's not even about whether the team is doing well or not. It's the inevitable mixture of structural incompetence and sheer bloody bad luck that leaves people just not giving a shit. It makes it all seem unimportant.

Once upon a time, I'm sure there was pride to be had in being the most die-hard fan. Insults like 'part-timer', or suggesting being disillusioned 'says more about you' mattered once, probably. These days, it makes you look a little bit sad, like someone still pleased they were toughest kid at secondary school.

That said, if you can muster up any enthusiasm not only for the coming season, but the next five, then I do envy you.

I've started to see STFC as a soap opera that I've got a vested interest in. Apathy is understandable as unfortunately there's very little we as fans can do in situations like this apart from keep asking questions and seeing how it all looks in a few months time. I always thank my old man filler giving me a team like Swindon to follow rather than someone dull like Northampton or Burnley or Wycombe. At least it's never dull.

Never mind "Salubritas et Industria", I give you our new club motto :)

Could we get that on the badge?

It's translating it into Latin I'm more worried about tbh

Some people seem more resilient to the never ending cycle of 'disaster disaster disaster triumph disaster..' than others.
I am not sure when it changed for me, but it did. "Inevitability" sums  up my mood, which could of course be wrong, but I've somehow been worn down.

However there isn't any danger of not going yet. More that I can now see how that could happen, whereas  I once found it inconceivable.

fatuis currunt, lurching de discrimine ad crisim, intercapedinem tantum momenta ineptitudinem.

(It's only Google translate, so probably wrong).

This is just how I feel. 2013 has been a complete embarrassment for STFC and I've lost interest in watching us play. So that's one season ticket holder of 23 years you've lost Jed (I know it's not all your fault).

You do know "lurching" isn't an actual Latin word don't you? :)

Hahaha. That is just so over the top. We've been more embarrassing than this before! If you can't summon up the enthusiasm to go, fine. But surely there's other reasons apart from the club being embarrassing?

Quod so sic est sempiterna :)

Using my 'O' Level in Latin for the first time since 1968, when I took it tells me lurching isn't a Latin word.

Google translate isn't the most accurate!

Yet most who attended the presentations last week seemed presently surprised by the plans of the new board, then the manager leaves for whatever reason we don't know and thats it they are clueless idiots again?

How dare you post something that's balanced in such a logical and reasoned way?

No place for your sort here.

I agree with this

We don't know why the manager left, we are speculating entirely. He had a poor record at the end of last year, seemed to fit with the philosophy this year but onwards and upwards i think. Hope it gets sorted quickly, especially before they go to portugal on sunday

I know, I am just getting my coat!

The reason you feel worn down is these forums.

Before, you probably had to make do with a good moan with your mates - now it'S wall to wall, 24 7 barrage from all and sundry.

You are not alone - we all feel to some extent, worn out by these shenanigans

People are too trusting when hearing what they want to hear. There is no evidence that the current board are competant,but plenty to the contrary.
Reckon Kmac was fed bullshit prior to coming in which in time didn't go to plan. He can see the club is a mess and has fucked off.

The only thing that will see me back on a regular basis is a complete change in the clubs structure. We go from one bunch of cunts playing at running a football club to others doing the same. Fans are just pawns in their ego boosting games. Doesn't sit well with me at all. I continually read posts from fans being happy to have a club-so and so saved us etc.  It's like fans are turning into dogs rolling over on their back to have their bellies rubbed submissively by the board.
This cycle of shit is enough to turn anyone off going. Likewise i fully  understand why people do go. It's a habit that can be hard to break.

I used to be someone who hated missing games. Now i can't even muster up the desire to even take up free tickets.

The cost doesn't help! But no, I've seen plenty of shit over past couple of decades and kept going. I've worn the orange hat, done the 1st not 3rd protest, but now I'm just fed up with all the boardroom bullshit. Who knows, my enthusiasm may return.

I have been a part timer at best for a few years. I don't feel inclined to spend money I can't afford on something that nearly always ends in disappointment. I felt uncomfortable throughout Paolo's time in charge and didn't enjoy it as much as I would have done otherwise. 

I still care, obviously,  otherwise I wouldn't comment but I just feel apathetic towards managerial changes, supposed crises and the rest. I guess it's a type of fatigue combined with altered priorities.

I'm looking forward to the new season and seeing how things pan out, whether we are awful or spring a few surprises it'll be exciting.

I think everyone must have just missed the slide in the presentation titled "Key staff resigning next week"

Its time for the usual swindon cycle of shit after a few good years, We know when we are properly in the shit when Shah appears in the team photo!

Fuck me there is some depressive shit on this forum. I reckon this... he probably quit because...no one knows ffs. I honestly couldn't care either, its not ideal this close to the season but kmac had done nothing but frustrate me since he arrived anyway. He is a good youth manager but in his short spell he did nothing to show me that he could make it as a manager. Whereas, some of those names listed would bring back the buzz, with the amount of new players we were always unlikely to start the season strong and imagine the abuse he would have got then. I'm much more excited for a change bring it on

Back on topic, Les Ferdinands odds have shortened a little further today. Thoughts on if he is the one to takeover?

Correct me if I'm wrong, but you haven't been a regular for years have you?

The LMA would be delighted.  

Second non white manager I think.  Chris Powell springs straight to mind.  Might be others.

uuuuurm Iffy Onoura?

Keith Alexander is another.

I meant currently in a job.  Is Iffy in a job?

I'd last describe myself as a regular them Wilson play off season. Been a part timer since. Expect to be a stay away from now on. No pull there for me anymore to attend.

If the club was re-born from scratch I reckon I'd have the hunger back.

Chris Hughton

Chris Kiwomya at Notts County.

Going back to giving famous ex players a go in management is nice, although being a Spurs stooge, can he be trusted?

(http://lunaticoutpost.com/usersmiles/graphic/images/2011/March/12/3F78_4D7B8618.jpg)

Ah currently in a job no. Paul Ince certainly is though.

A few more than I remembered then.

Sir Les could maybe do a job up front for us.  I'd back him over Andy Williams any day of the week.

I personally would happily take Chris Ramsey with or without the Spurs link if its an upcoming new manager who has a track record working with youngsters, but yes Sir Les would be pretty good too..

Good name...no real experience other than playing and would come from a background a world away from most of our players. If it works, he'll fuck off asap if it doesn't he can prob afford to walk. On argument goes if he fucks off, no matter as he'll leave you in a stronger position...most seem to think that PdC contradicts this.

Iffy works for the PFA.

Arriba your point about the board works both ways. Ive seen nothing thus far to suggest theu are dodgy crooks apart from a thisis poster who apparently claimed to provide evidence to the trust.

Ferdinand would be an interesting one. We seem to back (fairly) recently retired ex-players quite well and he's certainly had great experience as a player. I would hope that players like Storey would benefit massively from his arrival.

Only downside is it takes us one step closer to becoming Swindon Hotspurs. I'm all for taking their young talent but to take their coaches too?? I've noticed he is only a 'Forward coach' at Spurs as well. Would we need a 'Defence coach' to be appointed alongisde him?

Has Les done badges and all that stuff?

You have managed to translate somebody who states they are investing less emotional value into what is going on at the club at the moment into somebody that will not be supporting the team.

Good work.  That is almost the happy clapper arguement all over again.

Happy Clapper and fucking proud mate.

Yes Ferdinand has his badges, according an article from Stan Collymore I read earlier. Will try and find a link.

I believe he has yes.

http://www.talksport.co.uk/sports-news/football/130608/exclusive-%E2%80%93-les-ferdinand-slams-fa-over-inaccessible-coaching-courses-199262

Sir Les comes across as an affable chap, who comes from a traditional extended English footballing family, with historic Spurs connections a bit like Les Allen.... ;)

My main worry would be when he arrives at Calne for training in his chopper, the inhabitants might respond by forming a Melanesian style cargo cult.

all depends how people interpret things. I accept your point though. Personally think many are showing blind faith. Nothing wrong with that as without hope there's no point to anything. I just am naturally more pessimistic by nature I suppose.

Haha, superb.

One for Reg,if Sir Les is appointed are we the first club to have had two black managers

I think your Arsenal bias is coming out  ;)

I don't want to worry anyone, but I did take this picture when I rode through Calne earlier.

(http://i467.photobucket.com/albums/rr38/oldmanrivers_photos/the-wicker-man.jpg) (http://media.photobucket.com/user/oldmanrivers_photos/media/the-wicker-man.jpg.html)

The last question in this article suggests he is now chopperless

http://fourfourtwo.com/interviews/one-on-one/111/article.aspx

ha. Was waiting for that. Would be equally concerned if it was arsenal using us as a development team. Well almost  :D

You like to misinturpret don't you.  I didn't say you were a happy clapper, but you knock yourself out and read it how you want.

No betting on it in Stan James!

Skybet:

Ferdinand 8/13
Sherwood 7/1
Cooper/Pearce 16/1

20 Bar

Sir Les is now 8/13 with Skybet.

Trying to remember who was the hot fav before KMac got it

1/2 at betvictor

Cant remember who was fav before Kmac, dont think any of the odds got this short though

(http://thetownend.com/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=50664.0;attach=3967;image)

http://thetownend.com/index.php?topic=50664.1410

Page 95 of this thread suggests KMs odds got to 1/6 just prior to him being appointed.

Have a bit of a way to go yet!

Ruud Gullit and Chris Hughton at Newcastle.
Paul Ince and Keith Alexander at Macclesfield.
Keith Curle and Chris Kiwomya at Notts County.

I was think of Jimmy Floyd before KMac was a cert

It's ok Robbie Williams has a helicopter pad in his mansion... But not much point if he hasn't got a chopper

Has Adkins got a job yet?

Not suggesting he would be interested in our soap opera, though

He's been at Reading for months.

Ah, Reading.

No wonder I took no notice

That and the Alzheimers

Just asked our traders.. interesting..

Jordan Crisp  {Devizes 318}: Afternoon all, is there any betting on the next Swindon Town manager? Can't see any in the system on closed & live

***** (7020): we are not getting involved in this market

***** (7020): some sort of board member with stan james or Swindon has a connection with the club so we cant bet on it

Robbie Fowler might be up for it.....

@Robbie9Fowler 1h
@SamMorshead_SA thanks for the offer,but don't really wanna chat about it,Would I be interested in the job? Of course I would,who wouldn't

He has very recently completed his UEFA A Licence too.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2345771/Peter-Schmeichel-Robbie-Fowler-Nigel-Clough-UEFA-A-Licence-coaching-course.html

I'm flattered, but I think the answer might be "really quite a lot of managers"

(http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=i&source=images&cd=&docid=2pgh48hsTul8_M&tbnid=w1P9E89C5zEXMM:&ved=0CAUQjBwwADgD&url=http%3A%2F%2F8wayrun.com%2Fattachments%2F1336364959housesadnod-gif-gif.22532%2F&ei=mwnkUbKUCoKK7AbSuoCoDw&psig=AFQjCNH1iDZli9y7ZqWnmHurJtJGKOsrXw&ust=1373985563246511)

A quick question for any who knows...why is Ferdinand known as Sir Les?  I think it's the biggest issue of the day, if he's to be our new manager.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/4080346.stm

QPR fans apparently.

According to Sir Les himself....

If winning the league, a jpt final and playoff semi plus premier league fa cup scalps hasn't won you back over the last couple of years I doubt ul be attending again. Doesn't get much better for supporting a club in league 1 or 2.

I would take les or fowler without any issues. Both will have plenty of contacts and would have been idols to many of the young players we have on our books. Go get em jed, an early appointment in time for the Portugal trip will be ideal. I'm in a way pleased that no media is going, let them get on with training and get them prepared in the heat.

Jed said we'd know more today didn't he? Should we be expecting a statement of some sort?

Since he said that we do know more as KMACs departure has since been confirmed.

We have a good history of appointing 'newby' managers so wouldn't be surprised if the appointment is Les. Especially with the Spurs 'link' that we have.

Ah, right.

Bet we get a manager none of us have ever heard of again

John McDermott?

I have never understood why some fans would prefer us to start from scratch, what is the appeal? It's ludicrous.

I can't fathom it either. I don't see the benefit.

No and its never worked for us in the past.

Thanks (and to Nemo).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFrj8hQazDc

Hopefully they don't ask him to impersonate James Bond as part of any interview process

What's Ferdinand like as a pundit?

That, my friend, is pure genius...

Not too good.

Apparently the strawberries keep falling off him

when has it happened before then?

Gary White

Nev would have been proud of you :)

Is he still giving Danni Behr a portion?

You're wrong. The turban keeps falling off him. :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick:

I don't get the strawberries joke....... help me out.

Punnet, sounding like Pundit.

Oh dear BR, keep up.  I know you have been outside the strawberry loop for a while but even so...

Hoddle now 10/11 favourite with Skybet

 :sherlock:

 :jester:

Surely this just indicates the unrealistic views of STFC fans placing stupid bets...

Not sure hoddle is unrealistic. What with his academy he may look for a lower league club.

Hoddles Academy has not been running for months now. Was put on hold due to lack of funds.

Oh. I didn't know that

What are the latest odds on skybet? Can't get on betting sites at work.

Next Permanent Swindon Manager
Next Permanent Manager
Glenn Hoddle 10/11
Les Ferdinand 6/4
Tim Sherwood 6/1
Stuart Pearce 16/1
Mark Cooper 18/1
Terry Butcher 20/1
Terry Connor 25/1
Neil Warnock 25/1
Robbie Fowler 25/1
Micky Mellon 25/1
Gary Megson 25/1
Martin Ling 25/1
Carl Fletcher 25/1
Dean Holdsworth 25/1
Michael Appleton 25/1
Paul Sturrock 25/1

It's only listening to him on talk sport a few times. It still exists but unless i got the wrong end of the stick it's not running currently. Maybe this is the opportunity he needs? He's now favourite with the bookies. Spackman Beasant & Rix are part of his team.

Thank you!

Interesting about Hoddle.

Well, if Hoddle's academy isn't running, I can imagine he'd be willing to take the job. Nice to see Sherwood's odds lengthening.

Jeez imagine Rix here after all the shit we give Pox..

Said all along i'd love hoddle back here, better football to be played, emphasis on bringing young players on, perfect, hope its true

...bringing Julian Alsopp with him as Assistant, I'm hearing.

(I'm not really.)

It would win the majority of fans over (barring a couple unforgiving types) certainly the best player I have ever seen in a town shirt. Still can't see it but hope I'm wrong.

It might also shift a few season tickets. I don't think it will happen, what do they say? Never go back?

A lot of water under the bridge since he left us for Chelsea.  Getting on for half of the fanbase won't even have been around then, and most of the rest would have let it go by now.  It's not like we're discussing the possibility of Steve McMahon coming back.

Hoddle is looking for a managers job in England thats quite common knowledge. He had applied for the Brighton and Wolves managers jobs recently.

Few shirts too I'd imagine. I'd be tempted, even though I got a new one last year and normally wear them to the death. The man's too much of an STFC legend to not even think about it.

And we can only hope he'd do a Gary Johnson at Yeovil, (spits on floor) not a Schumacher.

at the moment interest in the club is at an all time low for me, and apathy at an all time high.

Fickle I know, but a hoddle esque appointment would certainly get the buzz back around the club.

Morsheads latest tweet suggests there may be something to hoddle rumour. At least thats how i'm reading it

Hope he brings in Eileen Drewery as well -

http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2011/aug/21/gary-neville-england-glenn-hoddle

He'll look to play good football and is an excellent technical coach as well.

Same. Would be bloody brilliant to have him back, bringing through technically gifted English players that have perhaps been discarded by others for being too small etc.

Appointing Hoddle would get me straight down the ground to buy a season ticket.

Won't happen though.

Would Gorman come out of retirement

Chang says it wont happen, perfect news. Hoddle it is!

Quoted for posterity.

Don't get how your support of a club can be so conditional though.

Is that an official Chang prediction?

Hazard, Ling and moncur running the midfield again, jumpers for goalposts, owffff isn't it?

I think I'm getting slightly carried away.

Indeed it is.

Unlikely. This was him after he announced his retirement.

 - I've had one or two health issues which restrict what I can do on the training ground.

"I've enjoyed a long, long time in the game but sometimes you have to realise the decision needs to be made, so I did it for the benefit of everybody."

I do, I said pretty much the same thing a few posts up.

Shaun Close for striker coach

Wait, Hoddle might actually happen?

Glory hunter

Fair enough, I'm not criticising anyone for following the club however they want just have a different view on it personally.

Seems to be a possibility, unless I'm reading too much into it.

I've not read the thread, so don't know if it's been mentioned, but if Nijholt applies, as he's rumoured to always do, I'd like him.

I'd still save judgement even if we appointed Hoddle. Obviously there will be the initial excitement... But Oxford fans were excited when Jim Smith returned, and look what happened there!

Bumped into JG a few months back in London- SWMBO and I walking along Piccadilly and spy a bloke walking towards us who we both think- I know him. he looks at us looking at him and suddenly it twigs- John bloody Gorman! Result. Stop him for a chat and he takes the time for us. We reminisce about how he was our manager for the best season we ever had (I know we were relegated but we were Premier League FFS!). He looked well though you could tell he had been ill. I don't think he will return to the game. Too much enjoyment of his family time now.

In true Keegan fashion "I would looove it" if Hoddle came back! Can you imagine?

I think you have to go with an adult due to your age!!

Just to add some fuel to the fire... from just after the PDC appointment

http://lesrosbifs.org/mixed-fortunes-for-the-glenn-hoddle-academy-in-spain/

So Hoddle is back in England and on the market again. Perhaps. The Academy website explains how he is looking for an English club to form a link with, so that his players get regular, competitive action outside of the friendlies they already play. The aim seems to be forging a link with a League One club or lower, with recent chatter linking the academy to Swindon Town, the club he used to manage, and who have just appointed Paolo Di Canio as their new manager.

Hoddle did not apply for this job, although his academy assistant, Graham Rix, did. Although he still speaks fondly of the club, it is uncertain if the academy will establish a link with the club. But West Ham United? Unlikely.

Didnt Watkins say they did talk to Hoddle about this before they appointed Paolo?

The concern then with hoddle would be that gha is the priority and not stfc

Doesn't Hoddle always get linked when we were searching for a manager? He was favourite for a period aswell when we appointed Paolo. Think someone has just put decent money on him and the bookies have shortened the odds.

Ill be very happy if I'm wrong though.

Craig Lyrus and Morshead seem to think it's a real possibility. It appears to have more legs than just somebody putting on a lump at the bookies.

Hopefully someone spots him in the stands tonight.

Would save us appointing a new youth team manager as Hoddle would do all this via his academy, but I dont think Hoddle would return just to sit in mid table and he would want to bring in his players not those suggested by others, and can he work with our budget

I cant see it happening.

Let's face it Swindon.  Anything could happen.

Trouble is now, if it doesn't happen it'll be another 'useless board' fest

This really would be a bit like getting back with the stunner you pulled as a 17 year old.  She was way out of your league back then and yet, somehow, she briefly fell for your charm before leaving you for a narcisistic wanker who spent most of his time in the gym.

She's now middle aged and has a few tricky relationships behind her.  You're not sure really whether the years have been kind to her.  She might still have it, or she could be a pale, washed up immitation of the godess that stole your heart all those years ago.  But curiosity demands that you find out!

Beautiful.

Mail that into Radio Swindon and see if they read it out.

I do like these manager/girlfriend analogies.

When did you get admined BR?

I wouldn't know how.  Happy for someone else to though.   ;D

A couple of weeks or so ago.

What's the difference to being Swindon Hotspurs to being a feeder club from the GHA? Has Hoddle discussed before how he would integrate these players into a club and numbers involved?

I'm sure my Pdc one got nicked and used in a washbag column.

Whether Ardilles is right or not and despite not fully forgiven him for walking out on us I'd welcome him back with open arms.

He is a better bet than everyone else being touted and I haven't heard the phrase "early doors" in years.

Do we still have to pay Eileen Drewery ??

that is brilliant

What were the odds on MacDonald close to his appointment?

Hoddle would be welcome so long as he leaves his Christian bullshit at the door

At the same time he become the boards number 1 supporter, coincidence?

As for Hoddle - been out of management for 7 years now. Not sure he's going to be up to speed, most managers seem to have a shelf live...

He left Wolves in 2006...

Are there any Swindon Managers that you don't mind having a view ?

I hear John Trollope was a marxist - was he OK ?

From what i am reading these guys might just be the only happy supporters in Swindon at the moment.

http://www.swindon-spurs.com/about_us

Yes, it's 2019 isn't it?

Still 7 years is long enough....

I draw the line at religion,  fascism and Oxford.

Think I've been there and done that one.

So what was the answer?  This is important.

TBF Flasheart had achieved his # 1 status....before gaining modular powers, but that event did seem to coincide with Murrall/McCrory hacking DRS's account.  :hmmm:

Me too!

Good times

So if the Spurs takeover of us continues would they become the THEF?

Are we rated? Does this happen in the 'lounge'? You wait till Dosser gets back, he'll go mental. Secret cabals and all that.

And its obvious the admins are all board lovers. It's all part of the conspiracy against the football club by the board. Sleeper agents in place to silence the truth on the forums.

It's clear you spend far too much time fantasising about this. What was her name?

we are paid heavily to be pro-board, to be fair if a group paid us to be anti board we'd probably give that a whirl to

Sky bet:

Hoddle 13/8
Ferdinand 9/4
Paul Hartley 4/1

Are they getting those odds purely from speculation from this site?

Paul Hartley has never been mentioned before. Ex jambo legend!

Paul Hartley out of nowhere. Interesting management career to date with 2 promotions in 2 seasons at Alloa Athletic.

Still playing as well

Hi Paul

Pint of heavy for me, hen

I scoffed at Hartley when I first read this simply because I'm convinced that it'll be some Tottenham link.

However, if I recall correctly, MacDonald's name appeared suddenly within the bookies lists and he went on to get the job so you never know.

Still registered as a player but has not played for Alloa in the last 2 seasons.

Hartley now favourite with SkyBet

Hoddle may be many things, but I'm pretty sure he's not a Christian, he believes in re-incarnation.

Liking evaporated milk doesn't make somebody a bad person.

Sam Morshead ‏@SamMorshead_SA 5m

Jed McCrory suggested to me earlier this evening that a managerial appointment would be unlikely this week.

Does that give Cooper time to get a draw against Spurs, a win against Brum and organise the team in Portugal before being given the job?

He's my favourite too, so much so I changed my avatar. I also once did this with Leon Clarke, what could go wrong?

 :)

Would be exellent I reckon.started his career at Alloa when they were in disarray with one pro footballer on the books in pre season and won the league also promoted following year.only Scottish football but its all relative .

Two promotions in two seasons, can't say fairer than that.

Would happily have Hartley here to try and get us out of this jam.

We'd be haring away with the league.

Perhaps he could help us preserve our L1 status at least.

Didn't he write a book about Fly Fishing ?

Probably be the toast of the town.  A really jammy manager.

Apparently Mccrory and Power are agreed on who they'd like to see as manager - just a case of whether they get their man...

Got a lot of respect for Hartley due to his role in the "Riccarton 3".

The man has a lot of footballing morals

I had a season ticket when Hearts split the old firm and Paul Hartley was my 'favourite' player that season. Seems to have made an excellent start in management with Alloa.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/22591976

I thought this bit was interesting -

"It's fantastic to come into training.

"You would not believe some of the stuff we do - fittest team in the league.

"We do hundreds of stuff you wouldn't even see and the hard work shows in the end."

:D

One of the people not mentioned thus far is Ian Wright.

Now, don't get me wrong, I think he would be a disaster. But, he was allegedly one of the ones in the running when KMac got the job.

Bloody hell NMH, I just came to this thread to say Ian Wright is too thick to be a football manger, and there is your post mere minutes earlier.

In conclusion

NMH - quicker thinker than me.
Ian Wright - too thick.

He wasnt in the running and has not taken a job coaching at Man Utd I believe but ...

I could have been tempted by Phil Neville as a player coach maybe.

If there's Maurice Malpas taught us, it's that Scottish management record is a bit like winning Monopoly money or getting your Lego Land driving licence....it doesn't really count.

United got lucky with Fergie, Shankly did well with Grimsby before Liverpool. Grimsby is practically in Scotland (i.e. north of Birmingham).

erm, erm, OK maybe not.

Malpas had a poor record in Scotland!

MM had a win ratio as a manager of 26.3% at Motherwell before we employed him.
Paul Hartley has a win ratio of 54.2% albeit at a lower level.

FWIW I feel Paul Hartley being linked is just fan/paper talk I would be concerned that he has little experience of the English game having only had 2 seasons in England during his playing career but fuck it a good manager is a good manager at whatever level he is at.

If he is willing to work with what he has got and on a lowish playing budget and can motivate players and get them playing good football....might be worth a gamble, I expect that Alloa will want a fee for him though as he is recently signed a contract extension to the end of 2014 season.

A couple of good quotes about Paul Hartley after their play off games last season.....



They seem to tick the right boxes.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/22591976

Hundreds of stuff you say? Sounds excellent.

He'd have said 'hunners of stuff'.  I guarantee it.

Indeed, one of the problems with appointing a manager without huge experience of English leagues is he might not know as much about the sort of players he wants to/ can bring in. Given that our squad is likely to be dictated to the manager, this would be less of a problem in this case.

Plus he must know a few talented, hungry and under paid Scottish pros who fancy a crack south of the border.

Let us never mention hungry, sottish, pro and crack together in one sentence again.

A very very good point. Forgive that oversight.

Latest SkyBet oods:

Hartley 5/4
Ferdinand 3/1
Hoddle 5/1
Pearce 8/1
Sherwood 11/1
Warnock 14/1

I would be reasonably happy with any of them to be honest, but cannot believe it would be any of them!

Me as well.

Think the final choice will probably not be on that list. At the moment, no real idea who it is likely to be really.

I'm not interested in who the new manager is unless they are allowed a budget and then left to do their job without interference. Pointless otherwise

Bet Cooper gets the job anyway.

Malpas had a shocking time at Motherwell, nearly got relegated and fans hated him.

That's why he had to take the step down to join Swindon.

Ha ha good one.

I reckon it will be Ledley King

Never really understood credence given to odds, especially odds offered by the same company that's providing the news that will result in people having a punt.

I'd wager Skysports "hint" at someone being a shoo-in for the job, someone who's not really in with a shout, give said person decent odds (so it's convincing, but not silly) then loads of thick punters start to wade in on the back of the news from the bookie.

Sky then barely drop the odds, release another "news story", maybe even interview people in-the-know to give their opinion on how likely it is and yet more wade in. Sky then maybe start lowering the odds or make them favourite, and talk about this on TV. Following this revelation, every idiot has a bet on it before betting is closed. (Rinse and repeat.)

Suddenly, out of nowhere, somebody different is then appointed and Sky thank punters for the money they've just printed for themselves. Great business.

The other thing I wondered is that whoever comes in may have to accept the existing staff as we cannot afford to pay off Cooper & Digby so the new man can get his own staff

That may have a say on the type of manager we can attract

Was thinking about Cooper last night. We're so thin on the ground in terms of coaching staff that even if the new manager brought in an assistant, we'd still need a first team coach and a head coach of the u18s. Cooper will slot in to one of them, no probs.

Maybe Cooper is being given a chance in the 2 friendlies to see how his tactical nous is.

Morshead posted on TEF the other day implying that Jamie Pitman was the new U18s coach.

Cooper said it also in one of his recent interviews.

Odds for 'next manager' are very fluid an are influenced by individual bets whereas odds on horse racing are influenced by national betting patterns.  Hence why the 'favourite' can change by the hour.  Apparently it's because there will always be someone within the club who knows who it will be and the bookies will drop their odds at the slightest hint of a big wager being placed... As if a Swindon board member would ever be caught up in a football betting scandal... How very dare they!!!

has been for months. Since Bodin went sick

Dirty boy  :girlgiggle:

Like your theory - where can I wager that it's 100% correct?

Jed's on twitter again, Seems to be suggesting he didn't say Hoddle was not being considered.
Or if he did he seems surprised by it.

Quote


Did I ..??..We are reviewing all candidates and will announce once we have signed, But again thank you for you're support

edit. You know what i've posted this and now regretting it, I've lost interest what he has to say frankly. The chairman is playing games and it's beginning to become tiresome.

poor Sam

Maybe if Paul Hartley gets the job the headlines will read...

HARTLEY HEAR.

Is there anyone called Topov or Pipkins who could be a coach?

::)

You're mean you are... Your means your

Lets face it, he still has no grasp of basic punctuation. This does not necessarily make him an idiot, it just makes him look like one.

Except that MM's record in Scotland was shit...

I meant it! The club are fucking everyone around, despite making some positive steps last week, and like the majority of fans you've done nothing to warrant the wall of silence and/or misinformation you've received of late.

Sam is over tired, 2 games in 2 days is enough for anyone.

I think it's about time we saw another piece aimed at posters on the TEF.

Good news everyone

Mike Newell has appeared in the sky bet betting at 8/1 joint 3rd favourite with Glenn Hoddle!!

M Newell was sat in front of me tonight, and he was making very detailed notes on all the players

Caddis went up to shake his hand,

Placed my bet on him at 16/1 on sky bet  :)

You better be jo....oh god....nooooooooooooo

Didn't someone say Mick Harford was in attendance aswell? Think we know who our management team are going to be then.

Seriously, that would be the biggest stitch up by this board. Surely Jed wouldn't risk it. Surely.

Harford joined lomas at Millwall in June

Thank gawd for that.

If Mike Newell is appointed as the new manager of Swindon I will be seriously be pissed off.  He had some success managing Luton but he's been out of management for too long now

Newell's appointment would indicate to fans that the current board have no interest in progressing the club football wise & are just here to make a fast buck.  

Wouldn't surprise if it was true though friends with Jed & Power  ::)

I'm still not sure if he was even there or not. If he was it doesn't mean he was there as a perspective manager. Still worrying enough though!

so jed and power appoint a female to the board one week and then couple weeks later see fit to appoint a massive misogynist in newell?  could happen but but would be a strange move surely?  one he'd be uncomfortable with himself also you'd assume.

Coming this winter, a great new reality show! Follow the misogynist football manager and his powerful female boss as they get involved in HILARIOUS hijinks!

Apparently McCrory likes to make his appointments after contemplation during a round of golf. I heard he had a round with Newell at Muirfield recently.  :hmmm:

when?

As I said last time, not even McCrory would be so dense as to appoint Mike Newell. He'd be instantly and universally disliked.

Dense - no, arrogant - yes. He's the only gig in town, remember.

I think you've been whooshed - suspect Reg was referring to Newell's past controversies around his somewhat antiquated approach to the fairer sex's involvement in football and the current furore surrounding Muirfield hosting the Open but refusing membership to lady golfers.

Why do you say Newell is a misogynist?

Ahh! Got it !

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/l/luton_town/6140922.stm

Big move in the Skybet list

Sir Les into 1/2 with Hartley pushed out and Hoddle right out to 16/1

Thankfully, Newell also gone out

I really like the sound of this Hartley fella.

Sir Les is an unknown where management is concerned but then we tend to do well with those.

I fucking hate Mike Newell. Absolute cunt.

Never really liked Ferdinand either for some reason.

doh - I'll woosh him if I see him in the hive

Being related to Rio doesn't help...

Have we ever had a manager with a blue Peter badge?

Me too. The Celtic fan at work's cousin (I know, I know) plays for Alloa. Can I get him to get any inside info...can I heck.

What about this Hartley lad does everyone like?

Is it just because he has no spurs connection

Anyone know what sort of football Hartley likes to play?

Andy King?

A good player in his day and a decent track record at a level lower than we hope to play!  Other than that - nothing!

Hartley has fabulous head of hair and the ability to grow a no-nonsense beard.

Two promotions at Alloa is good work, but were they not a part time team? Therefore the professional methods he employed will have made a big difference there. Taking over a full time team he can't do the same thing and get the same response.

More evidence he can be a good manager than Sir Les, just not sure why people really like him.

Played for bristol city as well!

When I first saw his name I did a double take as I missed the last 3 letters of his name.

http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/alloa-athletic-boss-paul-hartley-1910164

P Hartley?

Ha, I was literally just about to post that too bud, the following quote stood out for me:

"When I stopped playing football I wanted to be a manager and not a coach because I insist on running my club’s playing side from top to bottom. I have to be my own man.”

Surely he can't be the right man for the job at the moment?

That was my first thought when I read that sentance as well KT!

Fitness and passing, both good attributes.

almost every manager claims they want their team to pass the ball and be the fittest team, just standard manager talk

That could well put him off then if as suggested Lee Power brings all the players in, we will have to see.

That wasn't a quote from him but from one of his players.

What's he like at fly fishing?

But are these the part time players that he took over? Just seems that he came in and introduced a full time attitude, not sure you get the same affect from players who are already full time.

Not saying he's shit, just questioning why a part time players views hold that much weight really

He wins football matches.

hmmm you have a point.

For those that are interested

Sir Les has gone from 1/2 to 5/4

And Zoom Zoom has shortened into 2/1

Skybet odds

Even better is Newell is out to 40/1 no odds at all for Harford

It's a massive gap after those two to the field.

Any chance someone could post the latest odds, I'm stuck in Afghanistan and can't check odds?

Next Permanent Manager
Les Ferdinand 5/4
Paul Hartley 2/1
Stuart Pearce 9/1
Tim Sherwood 20/1
Paul Tisdale 20/1
Glenn Hoddle 20/1
Mark Cooper 22/1
Peter Taylor 28/1
Alan Curbishley 33/1
Terry Connor 33/1
Robbie Fowler 33/1
Paul Sturrock 33/1
Carl Fletcher 33/1
Martin Ling 33/1
Micky Mellon 33/1
Gary Megson 33/1
Dean Holdsworth 33/1
Michael Appleton 33/1
Neil Warnock 40/1
Mike Newell 40/1
Ian Wright 50/1
Terry Butcher 50/1

Next Permanent Manager
Les Ferdinand 5/4
Paul Hartley 2/1
Stuart Pearce 9/1
Tim Sherwood 20/1
Paul Tisdale 20/1
Glenn Hoddle 20/1
Mark Cooper 22/1
Peter Taylor 28/1
Alan Curbishley 33/1
Terry Connor 33/1
John Connor 33/1
Jimmy Connors 33/1
Jimmy Savile 33/1
Robbie Fowler 33/1
Paul Sturrock 33/1
Carl Fletcher 33/1
Martin Ling 33/1
Micky Mellon 33/1
Gary Megson 33/1
Dean Holdsworth 33/1
Michael Appleton 33/1
Colin Wanker 40/1
Mike Newell 40/1
Ian Wright 50/1
Terry Butcher 50/1

Saville will fix it! 33/1

Thanks

Has mr Todd changed his surname at 40/1

No, that's Neil Warnock :)

Anagrammatising

Oh yeah, didnt Leeds fans call him that

I bet whoever is appointed will never appear on the odds.

Or not until the day before he is appointed like Malpas and KMac weren't mentioned until hours before they actually had the job.

The ability to work with part-timers might be the attraction for the Board....

What odds can you get on that? :)

So who did you wade your money on?

Indeed

And before he finally fucked off just wanker  :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick:

Wants to be in cornwall so no way he would be interested nor us in him

My vote goes for Paul Hartley, last week Alloa managed a 1-1 draw with Poxford so thats better than Paolo could do in 3 matches.

Sky bet seem to have suspended the betting against Paul Tisdale.

Tisdale has experience with a vastly smaller playing budget and working with a senior head (although I don't think the relationship with Lee Power would be the same as Steve Perryman... I don't know).

As always though, I can't see this one happening.

I hope we get Tisdale,so does my skybet account

Didn't Tisdale rule himself out yesterday?

Not exactly (despite the headline), more reiterating he was happy at Exeter..
http://www.sportsmole.co.uk/football/exeter-city/transfer-talk/news/tisdale-im-not-joining-swindon_94069.html

Tisdale was well thought of a couple of years ago, don't know what has happened since then

I'd take him at our place

Would Tisdale be more kosher if we got Perryman as well?

Its probably nothing but it just looks a bit bizarre that everyone has odds next to them apart from Tisdale who is suspended!

Agreed, would they not suspend all bets if Tisdale was going to get it?

Usually means he has been backed heavily

:nod:

What about other bookies? What does oddschecker say (at work so can't look)

I don't think we will get Tisdale, I think we will have another Kmac situation where someone comes out of nowehere to get the job.

Interesting that we are still trying to sign mason, guess whoever comes in will have very little input into choice of signings

So Tisdale fits the bill then...

Ferdinand 5/4
Hartley 9/4
Tisdale 10/1
Pearce 10/1
Ramsey 16/1

20-1 bar

Where can you still get tens

Queue dean searching every betting site on the Internet for decent odds haha

Tried to get 6's at BetVictor and by the time I'd typed in my stake it changed to 11/4

No smoke without fire I guess.

Would be happy with Tisdale. In fact of the managers mentioned on this thread - Hoddle, Tisdale, Hartley and Ferdinand, I wouldn't be unhappy with any of them.

The nightmare scenario is if the manager comes from leftfield, and its somone like Richard fucking Money.

I can see it being cooper, with players being lined up without a manager, why do they need to appoint one, plus what half decent manager would come to the CG and be told by power or whoever thats MY team,can't see the need for one

Will Hartley give up the chance of getting a job in the SPFL?

Doubt it.

Call me nuts but tbf I wouldn't mind giving Cooper a go. Granted he was shit at Peterborough, but more fool the chairman for plucking him from the conference straight into the championship

Nuts.

Actually he's done a reasonable job at most the clubs he's been at.  Shit at Peterborough but so were Ferguson and the other managers they had that season (was it 4?).  Very good job at Kettering.

Still wouldn't take him.

Looking at Cooper's managerial history it would seem that he went on a couple of good cup runs with non-league sides but didn't do too much else (Kettering aside). If he is to be the new manager perhaps we'll get relegated but get to the 5th round of the FA Cup, and probably win the windscreen wipers.

Tisdale back to life on skybet ....

7/1 3rd fav!

Have we ever poached a manager from another team before?

Although staying at Exeter has dented his repuatation somewhat (perhaps harsh), he'd be my first choice. We need a manager who wants to be here for the long haul.

We don't pay comp for managers though!

I think the last time was Bobby Smith back in 78 from Port Vale for a £10k fee.

Tisdale now 4/1

I would like Tisdale here but then I have wanted him here since before Danny Wilson.

Even if his style of football may not be the best he does get results on a low budget.

A quote from the Exeter forum on the managers job and Tisdale...

Exeter play direct football?

Not sure that is going to work with our team of midgets!

Tisdale has gone from 7/1 to 4/1 to 2/1 in the space of around half an hour on skybet!

For some reason i thought tisdale had his team playing good football? Agreed that direct will not work with our team

I did as well, bit of a surprise.

I have a mate who is an Exeter season ticket holder and he says they do play direct football, but that was only the last 2 seasons. Before then they played a passing game but something changed.

That said Cureton was a midget and he did ok in their team last season with 20+ goals.

He did say that they are cutting back on wages as well, moving on their top earners for youngsters.

It must be time for Tisdale to move on and take up a new challenge, he has taken Exeter as far as he possibly can IMO.

People only want Tisdale because he's recommended by fB....and he only wants him because he wears cravats.  I'm surprised he hasn't backed the case for the ghost of Jack Tinn...spat wearing ex Pompey boss.

Um, um ...oh never mind.

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That's not a cravat...its a kerchief.

They were not connected comments, just that it was time for Tisdale to move on in MY opinion not that he had to move on because of the players being moved on.

That is why I put them in as 2 sepearte statements not as one sentence.

Now 11/4

" 'Arrooooooolllllddddd"

Looks like someone I used to sit near in the DRS.

Out of interest as I'm not up on whats costs are per game for the club. What sort of profit would be made from the spurs friendly?

If we have money from this and the concerts plus transfer fee's for Caddis, Collins (hoping he doesn't go)
and flint that's going to be over a million quid.

Maybe they will be able to pay a club compensation for a manager.
Tisdale is on a 2 year rolling contract so can't imagine the compensation would be enormous?

Anything from Sam with regards to new manager?

Tisdale would be stupid to come here as things currently are.

Jed and co get new cars

Any manager currently in a job would be daft to come here. People inside football will have a fair idea of what is going on and will make their own judgements.

exactly.

I am sure than any new manager will make up his own mind based upon a chat with the owners of the club rather than listening to rumours on an internet forum.

  Any prospective new manager's first call should be to kmac.

Bet he has a nice NDA as part of his severence.

That would speak volumes in itself.

As opposed to people on here who have no idea what is going on and still make their own judgments

Exactly.

Agombar and Jed are the same person.

oh OK. It was only a joke anyway

edited: stupid predictive text.

If it was as bad as half of you are making out do you think Paul Bodins best mate would apply?Do you think Tisdale would even bother talking to us.This strategy may totally blow up,the board may well do us over and royally fuck us up but until we know what these players are like and who the manager is lets wait and see.If getting in players cheap means we tread above water for a while then so be it.I would rather have players like Luongo,Pritchard,Hall and Mason trying to make a name for themselves than a bunch of overpaid cunts like Navaaro,Miller,Roberts who fancy a big wage

Do we know Tisdale is talking to us?

Well said Sir.

Zola does not seem to have a problem at Watford where they only bring in players from 2 foreign clubs that the owner has links to

http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11688/8831102/transfer-news-watford-sign-eight-players-from-udinese-and-granada

What do the Watford fans make of it? Is there a similar thread on their fan forums?

Don't think any manager in a job would be likely to leave it to come here, but there'll be plenty of takers form the unemployed pool, even if the word on the grapevine is that it's shit, a lucrative 2 year contract which will have to be paid up if it goes tits up rapidly, is nice work if you can get it....you might even come out without a damaged rep, ready for the next job.

there isn't a fan out there that wouldn't want hungry young players. They should be players the manager wants and selectss though. Again, nothing wrong with a tight budget, if that is the managers to spend his way.
Clearly the players coming in are coming irrespective of who the manager is.

It would be a huge gamble for someone already in a job. Someone out of work has little to lose.

The difference with Watford is that their owners own both clubs

There are many threads on their forum about it and they actually quite like it as they get better players at their club for little outgoings.

They also enjoy the fact that they are disliked/hated throughout the Championship for doing it, at least they aren't anonymous like they used to be and have a fairly good team out of it too.

Oooh...wouldn't it be ace, if we do OK, so a few more Div 3/4 clubs hate us...there's got to a handful left.

Thanks, back on a proper computer now and can see what you mean.

I guess then that our own fanbase will be the same should we be as successful with the Spurs kids. I don't think our fans are any better or worse than any others.

Wonder what names the Adver are going to publish? Roll on 10pm....

Signed,

Bored.

Mike Newell?

I think people would secretly love it just so they could EXPLODE with rage :)

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The meltdown on here would be quite a sight. I think the Adver uses would spontaneously combust.