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Apparently Iffy is going to have to reapply for his own job according to the WDP. I know a lot of people slate the WDP but there are direct quotes from Bill Power so I don't think it's bollocks this time:

http://www.westpress.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=145787&command=displayContent&sourceNode=145780&contentPK=14480821&folderPk=69656

This is all leading to Holloway coming in I reckon - Dead cert :nod:

And Power said: "At the moment Iffy is in the driving seat but we need to make sure we are doing the right thing.

"If Iffy can prove he is the right man then he is the man who will be there.

"But if there is any doubt at all then we have got a list of other people."

Think it might be game over for iffy. Bit harsh. Holloway is obviously the big hope, although knowing swindon we'll end up with someone like peado Rix.

fucking ridiculous,if they want rid of iffy it should have been done when our fate was sealed.not let him dish contracts out and make offers to players then give him the boot.
if that is what they do then i will haver no faith in the board whatsoever.
its madness

Very harsh on Iffy.

This is a sly way to get us a different manager in but better than just getting rid.

Fingers crossed for Holloway.

why holloway? i dont want him here at all

Who would you like then?

I think holloway will offer us a higher profile and thus allow us to attract better players. He also has a proven track record and experience of getting teams promoted. I can overlook the fact that he's a gashead.

holloway unless i'm mistaken has one promotion to his credit,he ballsed up at rovers and blew promotion when they were home and dry.struggled and relegated ever since.
i just think that there are better options out there if iffy gets the boot

if the board are letting iffy hire and fire players then he should be given a crack at it

arriba sucks goats.

like i said its only worth it if we can get someone in who may be worth while (i think holloway or ling would both be worth while)

It’s a tad odd but not an unusual concept to reply for a managerial job before, during and after a big change.  

Just a bit strange with it being quite so public but that said I don’t think it’s a bad thing in the slightest.  If Iffy really believes he can get the club up next season as the board require (realistic or not) then he’ll get the job.

A bit of healthy competition never hurt anyone and if Onura does think he can do it and keeps the position then it should help put an end to some of the speculation and hopefully spell out that the big man is here on some sort of merit rather than being the cheap incumbent alternative to Andy King.  I think for all concerned it’s better to get this sort of thing out of the way now rather than wait two months down the line into the season and start discussing the manager’s future.  Likewise if Iffy thinks there are more prospects of keeping a hard-on in a pensioner’s sock then it gives him the opportunity to walk with some dignity and pride and make for a fresh break.

I don’t think he’ll be going anywhere to be honest, he’s got the position interview or not and it’s his to lose.  No bad thing either in my opinion.

He took a pretty poor Gashead's outfit from 17th to the playoffs in his first season in charge.  I don't think anyone could have kept up QPR in the position they were in when he took over mid-way through that season.

Who else would you recommend aside from Iffy?  I went through the list of available manager and aside from Ternent and Brian Flynn couldn't find anything really worth mentioning.

That said Ling a Ding Ding is mentioned in that interview and there have been a few rumours about on that front for a few weeks now.  I think I'd still take a Holloway over a Ling mind.

well if we are to get holloway he will have to bring his wage demands right down, according to people at the club i have spoken to, holloway wages were well out of our leauge, ling could be odds on, i dont think his working relationship with hearn is too hot.

if i was a betting man i would stick a fiver on holloway, its to cosy not to be.

i think lings a non starter as he's a londoner managing a newly promoted side.unless he's offered stupid money he'll stay put.

i'm sure holloway would take the job if offered and i suspect if iffy goes then it will be him.

i haven't looked at the list but would like a young player manager who is hungry to succeed.all our success of the last 20odd years was acheived that way.everyone of those men was a surprise so i would welcome something like that again

I assume there is no legal requirement to re-interview a vacant position now King has been terminated? I wouldn't be suprised if the WDP are blowing up something that isn't anything at all.

I'd be suprised if Iffy wasn't here next year. Unless he has said he doesn't want an experienced assistant coming in undermining him, in which case he could have shot himself in the foot.

Wonder when BP made these quotes?

The article sounds fair enough having spoke to the guy at the Huddersfield game.  It certainly didn't sound like everything was signed and sealed on the exact make-up of the backroom team.

This can only be good news, I like the quotes attributed to BP seems like a man who wants answers.

Just hope that his friendship with Holloway will pay off.  As despite Arriba's thoughts I for one think he'd only be a good appointment for us.

I think Power was refering to his knowledge of what Holloway was paid at QPR.  Of course if the guy offered his services at a knock down rate it becomes more likely.

Mark Stimson  just left Grays,  why not give him a crack at league management.  Hes more experienced then Iffy, hes done a good job for Grays, and im guessing he wont be asking for a highish salary

I reckon they've taken my apprentice style reality tv show idea into account. We'll have Iffy and Holloway taking part in crazy tasks by the end of the week.

Iffy?

I don't remember Iffy playing much this season. Good idea this I think, still hoping we'll get Holloway, I read he was on £180k at qpr which would be out of our league but not out of Bill Power's.

would this explain why nobody's signed their contracts since the end of the season?

if holloway arrives i might wee myself.

Excellent news!!!

Holloway // Ling // Stimson // Westley .. all good managers .. all potentially available

Look; Iffy took us to a position of relative success and fucked up royally... it's quite right he has to justify himself to the new money men... it's Powers money he'll be spending ffs.

Stop bumming Iffy and accept he played a significant part in our relegation and he has to front up to that.

Out of our league even with Power, according to him upon questioning.

Fuck it, my village team are generally quite successful, let's interview their manager too!

King was on £100k so that dosnt really add up

Just to show fans can often get a bit carried away with the doom and gloom, and sometimes peoples opinion of a Manager based on a brief period can be a little "off":

Note the Manager was involved in a Cup Final recently and the other has often been discussed on here as being the mastermind behind a low budget club doing so well

http://www.royals.org/matdoc/131001.html

Cheer up people, we could be them :cry:

We all know Reading fans are idiots though.

sounds like Iffy is off then

Not sure what you mean? £180k is a hell of a lot more than £100k, £100k is the average managers wage for league one, King was on a bit less.

Pardew was also very unpopular at West Ham until this year too. Just shows fans can be wrong, apart from maybe Redknapp Pardew has to be manager of the year for this premiership season.

We weren't wrong in the case of Andy King though :wink:

Iffy needs to go. End of story.

Iffy was in charge of roughly 36 league matches last season, yet still claims he should be judged on the coming seaons efforts.  Fair enough he inherited a pretty crap team, where morale was low etc.  However it seems clear that the majority of the players who got us relegated last season seem to be staying this season, otherwise Iffy wouldnt be renewing the contracts on Nicholas, Jenkins, Shakes, Platt etc.

The matter of the fact is,  iffy had over 3/4's of a season to save us from relegation, yet failed to achieve safety.  In my eyes, the likes of Holloway, Wise and other managers with more experience probably would have kept us in league 1.

What frightens me is,  Iffy seems to be offering a large amount of contracts to players who helped swindon get relegated.  Why should we suddenly believe that with the addition of 2-4 new sqaud/team members, as well as keeping the bulk of players who helped swindon get relegated;  we will suddenly be a promotion chasing team.

I think if we keep Iffy next season, we will be a midtable team at best

Well I wasn't no, many were though.

fuckin hell will you admit you were wrong once in a while

this links with the wise story then! Either way it kinda looks like Iffy will be replaced!

well said!  :D

Not really. With Bill Powers investment, if he wants a better manager (such as Holloway) I'm sure he could stump up the extra wages. In context the £80k difference would be roughly 1 player at the higher end of our wage budget

When pressed Devlin said Holloway was a def no because of the money I think.  He did also say Iffy wasn't 100% certain as Manager for next season yet at the same time, so I'd accept what he said on that basis given the news leaking out last night and today around Wise.

Rumour links Holloway with Yeovil at the mo as well.

Rumour's, lovely, it's what the summer is all about.

Rumours are great arent they  8)  I love the "a friend of a friend told me..." ones. Get them all the time on Thisis.
I remember a few months ago when someone on Thisis, was convinced Ole Gunnar Solsjaer was signing on loan with us  :D

I also liked the one about Franny Jeffers - Yeah right. And these people are always SO convinced that it's not complete and utter bollocks :mrgreen:

Haha  :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick:  Yeah that one was great too!

Quite. He clearly failed the task that he was set (keeping the club up). I think that the club is actually being quite decent in giving him an interview, and a chance to explain himself.