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we've had six weeks to discuss names and possible reasons for and against. We've had threads about every man and his dog, so having considered all that, and assuming sheena easton has turned us down, who do you want? One name and one name only, and reason why? Bart, this is where you can have a constructive opinion...

me: Dave Hockaday. We can't have steve cotterill or peter taylor, Calderwood is doing ok now, Money seems a no and I think we may have burnt our bridges with Holloway, so for me Hockaday over Wilson/Gary Mac/Steve Staunton and all the others. He knows this club, still local, good coaching credentials.

John Ward

why's that si?

I have been seduced by the Hockaday idea as well Juddie.

Also, Southampton's youngsters will be easier to poach than Newcastle's :)

Calderwood as manager with Hockaday as assistant.

at first I was meh, but I remeber interviewing him a while back and he knows his onions. My mate said he'd be gutted to lose him and hopes he takes over fom that dutch dude at saints...

All the names mentioned should do a better job than Malpas and definitely a better job than Byrne.

I really don't mind which one.

Sorry, I did realise I forgot to say a reason, but had the more pressing matter of putting garlic bread in the over.

Anyway, I think it'd be quality to have a manager named after a pirate.

Richard Money

I'm a bit like that now. The way I see it who ever gets it, we'll be better off than we were/are. Except Staunton!

 If it's to be a pirate, I'm not settling for anything less than Edward Teach

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Bristol scum. No chance.

 I was hoping no one would notice....OK Teach is out.

Did Hockaday not get Watford promoted to the prem?

 Yes Hockaday did not....
 
 How about Barbarossa?

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John Ward as manager, make Jack Sparrow captain, although he could be out of his Depp.

 John Sparrow, used to play fro Chelsea in the 70's, he always gets into my team of players whose names are also those of birds. So does Luke Nightingale...whom some of you may recall.

I don't suppose there's a footballing Hartnell-Troughton-Pertwee-Baker-Davison-Baker-McCoy-McGann-Eccleston-Tennant about?

Hockaday with burkinshaw would be cracking.

 Davros for me..

Sgt. Bilko for me.

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...... or Hockaday with an experienced head by his side looked like a good idea.

I've heard that in the one of the coming specials that The Master is going to come back and regenerate into Davros for some crazy mindfuck whoage. Actually I made it up.

Back on subject.

Bobby Sontaran, Guthberg Cyberman and Boris Sea Devil have got to be worth a shout.

And whilst I'm making up names then get in Fishponds Horfield and Cinnamon Dreams (Cinnamon Dreams may be me in a revealing dress, plastered with fake tan).

I apologise juddie.

I nominate Karen from outnumbered.

Heart: Calderwood
Head:  Dowie / Wilson (couldn't decide)

What does your Spleen say?

holloway please Mr Fitton

 I'd say you're more like Cinnamon Pong Hole

There is no perfect candidate,never has been,never will be,so we're bound to come up with different names.

I'd go for Danny Wilson.I want someone who has been an established and experienced manager,because i'm

tired of coaches and assistants being STFC managers.Wilson knows this division and what's required,if the

worst came to the worst and we went down,he showed with Pool that he knows how to take a team up from

League 2.Remember their 18 game unbeaten run?

Above all Wilson can indentify our problems,is a motivator and can work with Fitton IMHO.

he was my 2nd choice

Ian Holloway.  By an absolute mile.

Because sometimes the bleedin obvious is bleedin obvious for a reason.

While I agree that Holloway has the experience, I'm still not convinced that he is the answer.

No man has come out and pleaded for this job (other than several fans), which is the sort of thing I'd expect someone like Holloway to do! The last club he took over during the relegation battle ended horribly (for Leicester fans anyway) despite all the talk.

Holloway for me.

Though ime suprised we didnt go for Ling...or if we did why he didnt come here.

Danny Wilson. Because it won't be Holloway and it probably won't be Money or Hockaday. He's the most experienced candidate really that we don't have to pay for. Really not too keen on Staunton or McAllister.

Assuming Money is a no go, Wilson.

Hockaday would be the worst appointment since Malpas. :)

It would have been nice to see Holloway but as this is highly unlikely to happen I suspect Danny Wilson would be a very worthwhile alternative.... Just having a Manager would be nice...!!!!

Gus Hansen.

I'd go with Hockaday above Wilson.

Could be a bit of a Maplas-esque risk, but despite the eventual outcome I still agree with the reasons and thinking behind the Malpas appointment, so it doesn't bother me if it is a bit similar. Sometimes doing the right thing for the right reasons doesn't work out, that's life (and poker, ahem).

Hockaday seems like less of a risk, has bonus points on Malpas. He's like Super Malpas II Turbo.

Holloway gives be a bad feeling. I'm not sure why. I generally quite like the bloke.

Maybe the womany prison vibe Ben?

I agree with Batch.

MoS posters stick together!

Same.

Holloway leaving Plymouth to **** up at Leicester was the reason why we lost Sturrock, bad karma.

Danny Wilson's knowledge of this league will a big help in keeping us up.

Joe Kinnear?

http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/76895/Kinnear-options-are-open-after-his-call-to-Swindon

Lead sports news story in the Express this morning (I saw the headline on SSN just as I was leaving for work). Nothing in it IMO, so that's my quota of bollocks fulfilled before 8am......

Since when did you believe anything you ever read in the Express?

Of course not. But then its old news anyway.

I found this article on the BBC website somewhat more interesting.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/paulfletcher/2008/12/mcallister_out_what_next_for_l.html#051838

I know it refers to Leeds, but I am warming to the idea that Billy Davies should be the man we appoint as our next manager. Is he likely to want to come here after being linked to Leeds? We'd probably have to punch above our weight to get him, but he would be my first choice at this moment in time.

This was on SS News this morning!

Dave Hockaday.
He's got all the coaching credentials necassary and, although its not guaranteed that he'll be able to make the step up to 1st team manager, I think he would be a "long term" appointment who could build the club back up.

There's no such thing as a long term appointment.

Hence the quotation marks.

I'm going to be all optimistic and say Hockaday with Burkinshaw an experience number two. If it was to work out as it could, it would be one of the greatest advances ever made by mankind, just ahead of the moon landings, fire and the wheel, but slightly behind beer.

Happy now Lumps?

I'm surprised we haven't made more of an effort to tempt Tisdale here. If Fitton wants an ambitious young manager with something to prove who can work with young players and believes passionately in developing the youth for the long term benefit of the club then why not go for one with about five promotions on his CV already? We ought to be able to present him with a business model that displays greater potential for improvement than Exeter. And he lives pretty local too.

Having said all that my one name has always been Calderwood, although if I was Fitton I may well have phoned Ian Holloway on Saturday night and asked him to start in the morning. We need something to happen.

How about Pardew,  I doubt if any sides from the Prem or Championship would be interested in him with his record over the last couple of seasons so Div 1 is probably the best on offer for him.

I rated him as a manager, think he's been a bit unlucky overall.

That's two names you cheating fucker!

Danny Wilson, experienced and a good man manager apparently, he did well with City for a long time.

I'd go for Pardew, had a fairly decent record at Reading and did a job at West Ham just didn't really go right at Charlton, but I think he could build his reputation back up at Swindon.

I would not be surprised though to see Macalister roll up in Jan though

As unrealistic as it maybe Billy Davies would be my first shout off the available list.

Cracking record at Deepdale and the phenomenal success he had at Derby in such a short space of time pretty much led to his downfall.

If we’re poaching someone already employed then realistically it would be Tisdale.

I'd love it to be Tisdale or Hockaday. I know that's two names but I care little for your "rules".