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 Time to move on from Cooper.

 Who do you want?

 Who will we get ?

Who do I want? Jose Mourinho.

Who realistically do I want? JFH or Tisdale.

Who will get it? Michael Standing or Hockaday.

Who do I want? Klopp

Who realistically do I want? Tisdale or Hasslebaink (Holloway can do one)

Who will we get? Hockaday (assuming Williams doesn't want it)

Steve Lomas

Michael Appleton

Who do I want? Klopp

Realistically? JFH

Who will we get? The cheap option...

PdC

Who do I want - luc nijholt  :D

Realistically - Ian Culverhouse

Who will we get - Hockaday

I've suggested Tisdale every time there has been a vacancy for Manager at STFC in the last few years and this one is no exception (technically there is no vacancy yet of course but I'm sure most would say it's inevitable there will be one by the weekend). I would be fascinated to see what he could do for us and whilst I don't think the majority of potential candidates would not want to work within the present management structure I think that possibly Tisdale could.

Edit: I also think Hockaday could work.

I would literally piss myself if Lomas got the job  8)

the thought of hockaday fulls me with dread.

so did the thought of cooper mind.

I don't know who I want, are we assuming the manager has a free hand in making decisions? if not it doesn't really matter, just need a composed and respected mouthpiece

Lets face it, there is hardly a raft of quality managers about who would work under Powers style of management.

Going to be Ade Akinbiyi.

I don't think there is any chance of that whatsoever.

Who do I want? Klopp

Realistically? Jimmy Floyd-Hasslebank or a temp manager for a season until Gareth Barry joins us as a player-manager in 16/17.

Who will we get? A sandwich.

I don't want Williams to get promoted because his relationship with the players in a coaching role is clearly very effective and we may lose that if he was the manager.

Bumped into Paul Tisdale the other day (he lives in a village the other side of Chippenham). Nice bloke.
Laughed and raised his eyebrows when I asked him about Swindon Town, didn't dismiss it exactly, but definitely gave the look of "I doubt it"

That was before this Wednesday lark mind...

I think we can assume that the manager, or whatever title he holds, gets an input into decisions on players etc.....for example I think Smith and Hylton are Cooper players....whereas the Brighton boys are Williams players, and the Spurs/Norwich lads Power players.

Certainly it's not a job for everyone....The Prof (Hockaday to you young uns) would fit the bill

Another outside thought might be Paul Trollope, currently head coach at Cardiff, bags of experience, worked under a sort of DoF at Rovers.  Did a stint at Norwich which may have got him onto Power's radar for good or bad.

Proboably be only 3 players left anyway so wouldnt let that bother you :D

The CG would be flooded in a sea of Fatburys jizm if that happened

JFH wouldn't be a realistic option in the slightest, the way his managerial career has gone so far he would have his sights set higher than us.

Realistic options for me are managers who have done well on tiny budgets. Ardley at AFCW or the fella at D&R spring to mind.

Oh and Tisdale but I'm guessing if that were to have happened it would already have done one of the previous 63 times he has been linked.

Good point....make that a Trollope then.

Gareth Barry  :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick:
Has somebody been sniffing the spray-paint ?

Who do I want? JFH

Realistically, who do I want? Tidsdale, Ardley

Who will we get? Hockaday, or an "unknown" Power pal. Culverhouse maybe?

Also, anyone mentionioning Holloway needs to take a long hard look at themselves. It's not 2006.

Hylton is definately a Power player, COoper had nothing to do with his signing, Smith is much more of a Cooper target and I feel will probably leave this summer.

As for Trollope....hell no, I know you always raise his name when the managers job comes up but he has no loyalty to Swindon unlike his father. Also he is a poor manager and his record speaks for itself, I am 99.9% certain he won't be in Powers plans whatsoever even if he did apply.

Ardley has a win ratio of 30% thats worse than Malpas! no thank you!

We will not get a new manager in the traditional sense. Williams will have a free rein as far as style is concerned without the worry of friction between him and Cooper.

Power will continue to recruit the players. The only aspect is who will front up for the media.

I'd imagine Tidsdale's is even lower but he still gets linked to every job going. Both have their small clubs punching above their weight.

Fairly certain it was Cooper who spotted him when he was watching his son

I said an outside thought....partly because we don't really need an old skool manager, more a team player with something to add to the mix.  Cooper's record was distinctly average, but the collegiate approach seemed to work for him..

The only other time I raised PT's name was in the long running saga, that led to Wilson, solely because at the time I had an inside line to info, and this was what I'd heard on the grapevine.

Then I stand corrected, Power said on the radio previously that he had spotted him and had him scouted.

This upcoming season is his last full playing season at Everton and he's been linked with us in some capacity since Power took over. Spoke to an Everton fan and he can see Barry going into a player-manager role somewhere in a few years time.

But yeah, it's not realistic.

I can see Hockaday coming in.

I don't know who I want tbh. Someone who can coach defence.

Tisdales is  near 37% compared to Ardleys 30% but when you take into account he has managed Exeter for 460 games with his hands tied by Perryman for almost all of those thats pretty good IMO.

Tony Adams

P.S - I am of course joking

sol campbell :D

All I feel is that we won't pay any compensation for any manager currently in a job.

Whoever comes in will be a freebie.

Win ratios is always a pretty naff way of judging managers performance. Has to be used totally in conjunction with the circumstances of their job.

Hence Ardley's 30% stands up quite well

Steven Pressley.

100% certain

One thing we can guarantee with Power is that he won't pay a penny if he can get away without paying a penny....frugal I think is the word ;)

 How about Gus Poyet?

 Link to Williams, likes to play possession football, available and stock low atm

Links to Swindon too.....can we afford the loo roll bills for the refs dressing rooms though?

We can use some of Jay's leftovers....

Genuine question....do you think if he was approached that Poyet would be willing to work under the circumstances at the club at the moment?

Not that I think we could afford Poyets wages but maybe a promotion incentive wage structure would be acceptable or maybe he has his asperations set a bit higher than our current league.

Surely better to be in a job paying lower wages than not be in a job at all.

I think he'd probably hold out for something better.

hasn't he made disrespectful comments about us since leaving, or I am imagining that ?

You could be right but they passed me by if there were any.

ive heard about barry being at sheff utd at home, at Wembley and he IS in some business venture with power, I would say JFH was more laughable

Gareth Barry would have had trouble being at Wembley when he was playing for Everton that afternoon ;)

Not anything I've ever heard, but I suppose he may have slagged off Diamond Mike, Grey and Holt...enough to tarnish him in the eyes of some of our support.

I very much doubt we'd get Poyet, but sometimes when your stock falls, that's it nobody wants you.....see PdC.

:doh: at FA cup final with power

Would that rule out Hockaday? Would Cov expect anything?

I know it's an academy manager rather than a 1st team coach, but I seem to remember that being an issue when Fitton went after Dickie Dosh that time.

If he is under contract then normally some form of compensation is normal unless its in their contract that if offered a managers job they will waive any fee....which I would think with Hockaday is fairly likely becuase he wouldnt want anything standing in the way of a new managers job.

What sort of manager would happily let the Chairman and his 'associates' recruit the players and also expect an input on tactics and who plays?

Very few.

It's a shame Teddy Sheringham has just joined Stevenage as  he would of fitted in with previous appointments. Doubt he would of taken it if offered though.

It will definitely be someone already linked to LP who will no doubt take the job knowing they wont have full control Imo.

I've been saying the name for around 3-4weeks now. Oscar Garcia.  He left management due to a heart scare but had managed well with Watford and Brighton.  His stock will have fallen purely because he hasn't managed any games and is also currently unemployed. Not really under the radar of many I believe.

I'd certainly give him a go, as he may fit. Might want to come back into management (but not have to manage, so to speak so slightly less stress). His only major task would be get the media to understand what he's talking about. They'd get bored and give up. Great PR strategy! Haha.

The reason I mention him is because he turned down a coaching role at Barcelona in Jan 2015, because he wants to return to English Football management.

Could be a fantastic and shrewd move....

If Garcia has heart troubles managing town should finish the job nice and quick.

:D i thought that too! sign him on with a massive life insurance policy!

Les Ferdinand, anyone?

Director of Football at QPR > Powers puppet at Swindon

Hmm, maybe. But if Power is only in the country 90 days a year, how can he be fully running things on a day-to-day basis? Surely a manager would be more than just Power's puppet?

Ok, put it another way. How much money do you think he's on at QPR? How much would we be able to offer?

Again, he'd be one part of a football management team of four. Unusual, but no-one's puppet.

The 'Powers Puppet' remark was in jest, I more meant that he wouldn't swap DoF at QPR, a club owned by one of Malaysia's richest men, for Swindon, owned by a man who is certainly not the among the wealthiest in Switzerland

He probably wouldn't even be in Swindons wealthiest 100 people if he moved to Swindon TBH.

Let's put this manager title to bed - the new man would have the title of Head Coach

He will be expected to keep and work with the current coaches, he will have an input into players but a lot are brought in by the chairman and his advisor

But I think there will be a lot of interest owing to where we finished last season

I'm expecting the appointment to be announced a short while after Weds announce Cooper as head coach, I'm sure Power will consult the likes of Ferdinand & Sherwood and probably appoint someone who has been a coach but is highly rated as a coach

Unless Williams wants to step up to be the main man then I'd suggest the job is his

According to the Sheff Weds forum there will be an announcement at 3pm tomorrow and that we will get £150k compensation.

Any one you fancy from this list :D


http://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/trainer/verfuegbaretrainer/statistik (http://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/trainer/verfuegbaretrainer/statistik)

1. Keith Hill
2. Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink
3. Paul Tisdale

I think that's all a very fair summation  :nod:

:) Uk's answer to dignitas!

I see Ian Crook is available...ex of Norwich - put 2 + 2 = 5 or how about Lee Clark - done well until the basket case that was Blackpool

Surely that would be the Sports Psychologist? :)

(I think you're right btw)

Get him in.   Crook/Swindle fest.

Not sure Birmingham fans would agree.

Or possibly even Huddersfield fans given the amount of time it took him to get their pretty good squad up

They've been as bad/mad as Blackpool. Isn't their owner still locked up in the pokey?

No perm new manager until 10 games in then appoint Rambo once he has been bombed from QPR after losing 5/10 games

Said Garcia earlier but how about Kevin Bond.....He is leaving QPR at end of June...Interesting.

No more managers called Kevin, please.

no thanks, he's a crook

It's going to be a massive appointment whoever gets it.

This summer already reeks of self-implosion to me.

...and I'm fairly sure I wasn't panicking last summer as court issues were beyond control. I'm not panicking now but I feel kind of shoulder-shruggy at this moment. 

It'll be low key 'yes man'. Williams-Trollope-Pressley/Hockaday.

I'm only linking Pressley as he was at the Sheff Utd game but he had to deal with the quirky guys at Coventry.

Here's a name I'll throw into the hat.....Adie Viveash.

Just won the UEFA U'19 Yoof League with Chelsea.

Very unlikely, as he'll be on prob double our manager's wage, but he might have ambition, and be looking to start out somewhere.

He'd get subbed off after 20 mins in his first game.

It will only be another power puppet anyway so it won't be anyone off the beaten track like JFH. Will probably be Williams.

Hope it is.

Ian Holloway

Some tremendous names there:

Marco Paolo would be good for those long away trips, and Quim would probably advocate a bit of diving in and around the box...

Poor old Quim. Doomed from birth never to be able to pursue a career in England.

I think it will be a younger coach, not some long in the tooth

Announcement imminent on Wendies website.

Or not. False alarm.

Moosehead just tweeted:
As it stands, I expect Mark Cooper to still be with #stfc when pre-season training starts on Monday. Mechanics of move seem to have stalled.

If it wasn't already.....This. Is fast. Becoming. A circus...

a Wendy induced farce

Just stick him on gardening leave

What are Wednesday playing at?!

Plenty of fun names here: http://www.betvictor.com/sports/en/football-specials/manager-specials/coupons/982100/126456098/615204200/0/0/PE/0/0/0/0/0

Well if they're upsetting our pre-season, they're completely screwing up theirs.

Simple way to remedy the situation is to add £10k a day to the compensation needed. Might speed things up a bit.

Adver reckon bookies favourites are Brian McDermott or Ferguson.  I'm going to go for someone not mentioned like Brian Horton  :D

Jim Smith

8/1 Williams is buying money

I'll lump my winnings from Operateur at Hamilton this evening!

Hi guys as a SWFC fan I come in peace. All gone strangely quiet this situation hasn't it, none of our supporters know what is going on any more. We've been talking to Cooper for well over a week now, if he wanted to come you'd have thought it would have happened by now. Are you all just resigned to Cooper coming or are you not sure what is going on either? We need to get this sorted soon for the best for both our clubs, an ongoing saga is not helping either team going into pre season soon. Have you heard anything in your local press lately?

If Cooper doesn't want to come here we should move on quickly and look elsewhere, though who knows maybe that has already started to happen. We will find out very soon surely. Apologies about how this has been handled, we are not happy about it as fans either and it isn't fair on you guys.

If he does join us I wish you guys all the best next year. If so, go get Di Canio back, he'll be ready to jump back into a job after how it went at Sunderland, could definitely get you up next season.

PS please don't call us Wendies, Wednesday or even Sheff Wed would do   :) . Sheffield is ok too I guess, after all there is only one proper team in Sheffield (as you guys proved!).

Wow I've drunk waaaay too much.

Coincidentally, I was just having a conversation about the proper Sheffield club...

https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Sheffield_F.C.

and it's not Wendies.

Lee Power for next manager 

Definitely some interesting names in the list for next Manager!

Stuart Pearce living locally doesn't he?

Yeah, England somewhere isn't it?..

The whole club at the moment is a total shambles.

For all the good Lee Power has done it makes me wonder if he is wanting to sell up. This whole situation with Cooper is an absolute joke and he should be placed on immediate gardening leave.

The club for organisation has the horrible feeling of Blackpool this time last year.

I am all for the club being run properly and prudently and would not want to go back tin the Andrew Black days- however I fail to see how we just cannot compete in the transfer market- apart from a handful of other clubs we have the highest average gates in the division- clubs who have much lower attendances seem to be able to compete.

Also we have just pulled in £4m in transfer fees (included is Wembley money) whilst I agree the majority of this should be balancing the books I would expect 25% to be reinvested.

This may well be so- but Powers biggest downfall is communication- it really is absolutely diabolical which is alienating the fans and sponsors too

I didn't want Mark Cooper to leave and now I want him to go in order for us to just get on with things.

As I always say, I do like a managerial 'hunt' but this'll be the second internal/low key appointment in a row. Me thinks the bookies are wasting their time.

For. Fuck's. Sake.

It's all getting boring now.

A lot of people have lost the buzz, and I can't blame them at all.

I tip my hat to those who are still passionate, if I'm honest. I don't mean to be a miserable cunt, and I'm normally very optimisic, sometimes annoyingly so, but there's just no communication whatsoever these days.

Unless you wanna know that the shop has been redesigned, of course.

I understand that there may be no news, but I think we must be the only club with no news to sprout it seems..

Really, the only legitimate gripe is the failure to communicate the BOO signing

Nobody knows who or what is holding up Cooper's move.

As for any new signings most clubs play things close to their chest until it is a certainty.

Loans, especially, are secretive to prevent getting gazumped - remember how long it took Stephens loan to get OK'd last year.

There is nothing similar to Blackpool

Has it? How exciting...

Even they have signed a player  :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick:

It's the summer. It's still June. Nothing has happened. Comparing us to Blackpool is ludicrous and knee jerk in the extreme.
I predict quite a lot of news coming from the club towards the end of next week. Until then, can we keep the Corporal Jones impersonations to a minimum please?


(One for the older posters there).

it will probably all happen at once

What Jed taking over again, points deduction & relocation to Newbury ;)

nah, the return of Diamond Mike

We only know about BOO because he's gone public (when he probably shouldn't). For all we know there could 3 or 4 others lined up. I'm patient with signings, it is still early.

However, this managerial situation should have been addressed a good while ago and, within this industry, there's no real excuse for it. Even a 'we are aware of the speculation but...' statement would have sufficed (for me).

I totally agree with pullen. players will come. but to go dark on everything is plain odd.

Odd that the club have gone so quiet....particularly in this day and age when practically anyone can be a 'journalist' and report anything through social media.....there must be so many bullshit stories about you'd think club would be getting official communications out just to put the bullshit rumours to bed....


Ian Culverhouse as the next Town boss!!

There was speculation Cooper could go back in May during the play offs. If it was that clear cut he would surely have been gone by now. Seems a bit odd that we are holding out for him to go elsewhere. If he has fallen out with the other 3 then surely he would have left by mutual consent by now. Unless of course he is being forced out and refuses to walk unless he gets another job. I wish Wednesday would hurry up though. 75k FFS it isn't a lot.

By that token, we could just waive it, if we wanted to.

It all seems a little odd.

I expect we will find out more in the next couple of weeks.

Doing the rounds that Cooper and Williams have fallen out

Whiteout any concrete news either way are you surprised? That is just a tendril of the rumour, gossip, innuendo and speculation tree.

Club should say something all the rumours going round don't help anyone. 

The stories about Cooper and Williams falling out are all true - if my sauces are correct.

According to the sauce, they fucking hate each other and there is zero chance of a reconciliation.

They fell out about a year ago and the relationship has soured increasingly.

Power wants Williams to stay.

Williams was going to go last summer because of the situation and they brought a new guy in as his replacement. Williams did a sudden U turn though, so matey was appointed in the YT setup instead as the club had already committed to bring him in. He's still there, playing the waiting game.

Once Cooper has gone, I expect Williams and matey to be the new pairing in the dugout.

The sauce is reliable, but don't be a cunt by asking me to reveal it like we're involved in some kind of fucking kids playground game.

this guy?
http://www.swindontownfc.co.uk/news/article/newsunder18scoachunveiled-1759710.aspx

Lindsay was linked on the Sheffield Wednesday end to be the one following Cooper to Hillsborough (if anyone was) plus there's a Tamworth link between the two which makes me think they're associates.

I know nothing.

We all know Cooper is gone no way he can come back from this.  We all know that Williams will get the job so why is this taking so long.  Surely its in everyone interest to get this sorted.  What players we have left are back in tomorrow to start preseason. We need players and a manager.

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Heinz ?

Sauce?

Cooper can't agree on what roll he should have at Sheffield Wednesday thats what the hold up is.  If it goes on much longer he will be out of a job all together.

So what happens if he can't agree anything with Sheff Weds?  Does he stay here until another offer comes up?  That's going to bode well for next season, a manager who doesn't want to be here!

This is turning into a bit of a farce.

Stick him on gardening leave i say. The club really need to clarify what the fuck is happening.

We will have a good idea tomorrow when preseason starts

Totally agree.  However, I assume if the club was to put him on gardening leave, it could then open a can of worms for him to say he was forced out and try and get compensation?

Sad way for what's been 18 months of decent football to end.

Cooper wasn't many people's choice, but he helped in turning the team into an often exciting one to watch - the first half of last season was the best football I've seen for many a year.

The obvious personal turmoil between the 3 of them must have had an effect on the team.

Hope he gets a real good welcome when he returns to the CG

I not going to bet on that. 

I think he will get a good welcome from the majority of fans, then loads of stick when the match starts.

Radio Sheffield now reporting no approach has been made for Cooper.

WTF is going on?

Hope the players enjoy their 2-a-side games today!

I doubt the hold up is anything to do with what type of sandwich filling is required for his roll

Obviously asked for Edam, and they've gone WTF, poofs cheese...

Looks like (for whatever reason) they didn't want to pay compo. Even if it was between £75k and £150k, you've got to question Sheff.Weds finances.... £75k is about one tv appearance, hell one "low" gate of 20k for them at £20 each brings in £400k.

I'll guess they'll try and spin it back towards us to make us look bad.

Cooper's taking training today. Be happy if he stays but maybe too much has gone on for that.

Tbh, all thats gone on is speculation. Neither Coops or Power have come out and said anything, and as far as I know Sheff. Wed have never said anything publicly too (until today, to deny it).

I still stand by my early guess, that someone in the Owls fold started it off to wind up the Blades fans.

Who knows??

If it then escalated from 50/50 rumour/truth, so be it. Maybe MC & LP had a heart to heart........ :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick:

On the forums and Twitter? I'm not sure that should have any effect on Cooper's job to be honest.


For the record I have no dog in this fight and don't care who's full of shit and who's ITK.  :smugfu:

If it was all rumour and speculation, why hasn't the club come out and said something to that effect.  I think the lack of communication is starting to irritate people.  Not surprising given the crap we've endured previously.

If it is all bollocks, why should the club have to come out with anything? Saying that, it's been reported in the media hasn't it? If it has maybe they have to clear up some things.

Regardless, like all close-season entertainment, I think it's a simple case of "too much internet" and it's probably not as bad as the ever worsening scale of speculation would imply.

I love twitter (mostly) comments saying "The clubs's a mess", "It's all a joke" and the like because the person making the comment doesn't know what's going on.

If they don't know what's going, how could they know it's a mess/joke/whatever? For all they know, things could be going pretty much to plan.

All media expect BBC Wiltshire have been reporting the saga that is the Cooper to Wednesday rumour. This doesn't mean there's nothing in what's being reported but make of that what you will.

Exactly this.

BONG!!!!!!!

BONG!!!!!!!

BONG!!!!!!!

Hi and welcome to News at When. First, over to our sports editor, Randy McFuckwit live at The County Ground- Randy?

Thanks Steve, yes, here at SN1 we have a major situation breaking- Lee Power, the chairman of Swindon Town has recklessly failed to come out and deny anything is going on. Frankly Steve, a situation  I find incredible.

To make matters even more incredible, Mark Cooper, the 'Manager' here at the club has turned down every opportunity to speak to me and CONFIRM something is going on.

This is obviously a club in crisis- no none knows what is happening- no one has a clue.

So, to sum up- something might be happening but we cannot confirm- nothing might be happening but that has yet to be corroborated. back to you in the studio Steve- I need to lie down and recover.

Thanks Randy, so folks, there you have it, a News at When exclusive- no one knows what is happening at Swindon Town FC.

In other news, Sepp Blatter..........

Indeed.

Its not even just this managerial situation, which I can sort of understand may be delicate. But still no further friendlies.  Not even the normal "back in training" story. Absolutely nothing on the club website other than the club shop opening and villa hospitality.

I'm sorry, but that is a joke and a shambles.

I agree that the 'club is a mess' statements are very silly. Same with the 'who would want to join this club when we don't know who are manager is' statements when we know that the manager doesn't do the leg work RE: transfer policy.

Most of the issues people have could have been dealt with via a very simple but of press releasing.

What happened to the 'we'll do our business early this pre season'.

Sure it was Cooper who said that.

After the Jed shambles last year this time being blamed for poor ST sales and the lateness of new players coming in, I'd have hoped for something better than this 'nothingness'.

Will you give it a rest?

Fuck off.

No more posts or saying much different to anyone else.

So fucking do one

Calm down ladies....


Look, I can appreciate your concerns, but honestly Wednesday is the 1st of July. So I won't be worrying about anything until then. Even then I would give it a week (around the 8th) and if "NOTHING" has been mentioned RE:Players/Management, then I will be concerned.

Before then please, go and have a beer, green tea, knock one out or "surprise the mrs".

 :-*

Stab him Tails

"but everyone else is doing it!"

You're the most annoying. Go have a snickers sweetheart.

Who gives a shit what you think.

I'll post what I like. So fuck you.

Fight! Fight! Fight!

I love pre-season when we have to make our own entertainment.

Ah, fuck this nonsense!

Tails, if I have somehow annoyed you, I apologise. And for telling you to fuck off.

Cunt!

Are you trying to seduce me?

It's only entertainment for a small number, for the rest it's about as close to armageddon as is possible. I personally think it's absolutely brilliant.

I lose count of the number of times the child within me has written posts purely to infuriate and then the adult decided against hitting the post button.

The FB Swindon fans page has gone into meltdown too, its fucking hilarious, some people have no patience whatsoever when it comes to STFC things.

I felt I was missing out on these sort of comments so I joined up. But I refuse to comment due to the sheer impossibility of arguing with someone so stupid.

The kind of shit I got from them with the displays stuff was 10-fold more extreme than the stuff on here. They are really a special bunch.

Never a truer word....

Is that where they migrated to from the Adver comment sections

Yeah, there was the mass migration. Like gypsies. Moved from one place to another after they were hounded out by the locals.

I might give them something to send them right over the edge...

You think they need anything more to tip them over? :D

Suicide watch commences....

Added meltdown/confusion in t-5mins  :suicide:

I guess the question is, how do we know we haven't done our business early if there hasn't been any communication from the club?

There may have been a Barnes coach loaded with new signings that turned up today at Calne/Wanborough/Faringdon Road park and we wouldn't know about it.  Maybe Power set it up like Xmas morning for Coops as a surprise...  "Right Coops/Williams, this is what you have to work with this season"

Time for some light relief and a period of self reflection:

http://www.owlstalk.co.uk/forums/index.php/topic/228600-radio-sheffield-reporting-no-approach-for-cooper-and/page-28

That's us that is, would seem twitter and forums have created a beast that knows no local football cultural bounds.

Just heard that Danny invincible is in line for the managers job.

Just heard Michael Duberry's in talks.

I saw rufus brevet navigating the magic roundabout earlier

Mel Machin is about to finally agree terms, 13 years on.

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 :sherlock:

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:sherlock:

I knew that was coming - almost put it up myself  8)

According to ASD, Cooper may not be going to Wednesday at all now.

Very messy for all concerned.

Hope it can be ironed out but it would appear doubtful

Messy yes, but if they all stop being big girls' blouses and say sorry then it can be ironed out (blouses and everything!)

Unless ... Gurneying is involved  :eek:

 :eek:  Is that even physically possible?

It's what puts the OOH! in OST :)

ASD seems a very poor journo. He seems to have got a fair few things wrong recently. Almost as though he uses twitter as his "sources". Last week was reporting Cooper was locked in talks with Wednesday when it seems he didnt.

AS-D lacks experience and seemingly training.

I think it's all about wording with him. He has the contacts but takes a lot information as 100% which you should never do in football.

You also kind of get the impression that other local journalists kind of roll their eyes at his statements (not in fear of being scooped).

Word is that Leicester want cooper.

Fuck me, I didn't see that rumour coming.

Bit harsh, he's eager true enough, but I'm sure he doesn't just get his stories from Tansmedia

Agree, AS-D is keen to do well I believe. I think the real truth is all media sources haven't had so much of a squeak of any info. While it's good for the club to keep a lid on things it makes some of us twitchy and we hunt for answers (or make them ourselves).  Possibly some media outlets have felt the pressure of needing to post something, rather than nothing.  Rightly or wrongly, the media in this situation have a thankless task.

I'll have it be known though, that Tansmedia is a very "palpable" media outlet.  :nod:

Best sources since the Daily Sport

Don't put yourself downs Tans, you're f@£king better than that!

BBC Sheffield guy on Twitter doesn't think the Cooper link is over...

Tansmedia is good.

But it's nowt compared to the Daily Sport until it prints headlines such as this:

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Cooper is stil 7/2 to go to sheffield Wednesday. 

Bloody hell, is this the same guy that keeps changing his mind?  Also, are Wednesday really that keen to make Cooper their number 2??

From the photos in PST at Beevers Muff Coops looked pretty happy to be there....

Looks like the Cooper saga is over with the Portuguese chap appointing his full staff (no Cooper).

Let us move on...

http://mobile.swfc.co.uk/news/article/carlos-carvalhal-named-sheffield-wednesday-head-coach-2516013.aspx

ahh you got there before me Cost..


I was leafing through the Wednesday forums (some have clicked on, some haven't) but it seems to be easing their end now too.

Finally, we can talk about something else....like Cooper to Leicester :) haha. I'm hoping Power/Cooper have two or three signings to surprise us with tomorrow. That'd shut the doomsdayers up...for a while!

http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/sport/football/sheffield-w/carvalho-named-head-coach-by-sheffield-wednesday-1-7335361

Strangest thing though is that he won't be presented to the public in a press conference until 9th July A little odd, but I guess thats their problem and not ours... :zzz:

Correct me if I'm wrong but we've not renewed Cooper's rolling contract? Add to that the understanding from Sam and other people with sauces (like, real ones) that MC and LW can't stand the sight of each other and we're hardly in utter "he's going nowhere it's all bollocks" territory.

It's not exactly orange hat stuff mind, I think GWH might need a specialist ward this time of year..

Where do we go from here now all this is "out there"?

IHO Cooper/Power need to issue a "happy to stay" statement or, if as reported it really is all FUBAR behind the scenese, I can't see how Cooper can stay and continue to work the role.

I'm sure he'd be professional about it mind but how can he have the backing of anyone while they either can't stand him, or while he wants out.

Why should they release a statement? It's all been rumours and hearsay.

It's all been blown out of proportion by the t'internet.

So kill it off via the Internet?

Fixed

Just a bit of clarity from the club, closure on this matter and move on to the important stuff

I might be missing something here but the point of a rolling contract is that you don't renew it, you just re-negotiate it at the right time...  in other words at any point Cooper has one year left on his contract unless notified (dependent on wording of that contract of course)

It's been the 1st July for fucking hours and still no news!

Booooooo sack Cooper, sack Power, sack the board.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-3145636/Mark-Cooper-rejects-chance-charge-Sheffield-Wednesday-despite-flattered-approach.html

Such impatience, it's in the Mail, so must be true.

As much as I hate to give them any credit, the DM are usually pretty good when it comes to reporting on the footy.

I'm not convinced...but I don't have a problem with Cooper staying, if that is how it turns out.

The whole point of a rolling contract is that it is a rolling contract and does not expire I believe Cooper is in a 1 year rolling contract which means he will always have 1 year left on his contract regardless

As the thread title isn't specific to Cooper

Cotterill is favourite to take over at Leicester

If that happens,Coops to the 82ers! 😂😂😂

Is he? How are OTIB taking that?

Depends if BCFC have sent out an official statement or not I suppose.

As with most things - up the arse!

Breathing heavily through the mouth and making complaints to the police I expect.

So what I said then...


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Oh yea....helps if I don't miss posts  :)