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Who's it to be?

Another dull, uninspiring long ball manager really doesn't appeal to me at all.

Let's take a slight risk and appoint Luc Nijholt. At the very least, he'll probably bring in his own Dutch coaching team. Probably most of this lot:

http://www.stormvogelstelstar.nl/showmod.aspx?cat=25

The assistant manager looks a right laugh.

We're really in the shitter with this one.   Couldn't have happened at a worse time, what is needed is a period of stability on the pitch, so that events off the pitch can be sorted.

  We just seem to have the worst of both coinciding...to make matters worse, we've got FGR on Saturday......the stars dictate we lose to a non league side once a decade, it will hardly come as a surprise if its Saturday.

  I don't think an appointment can be made until ownership is sorted.  If as some suspect its plan B.....then expect  :king:

We need tpo go out and get a manager called Martin Ling.  He loves this club and wouldnt ever want to leave.  Bring back someone who was at the club in the 90s when we had some lovely football.  Bring in people like Moncur and Hazard and rebuild this battered club.

please god no to martin allen and mark mcghee

I wouldn't want that cunt Allen anywhere near this club, he's done nothing at any club, he failed with brentford and failed miserably with Franchise.

Also i wouldn't want rosenior he is totally crap and no way would i want that ex scummer denis smith either.

Out of those names i'd go for either Cotterill, Nijholt or Harvey, Cotterill being my preferred choice, Ling would be a good appointment as well.

One name people don't mention much and is a good manager is Mike Newell.

It may just be coincidence, but the thought does occur that Sturrock is a rat deserting a sinking ship ie he knows the takeover has gone tits up.

    Personalliy I'd regard Sturrock going and Fitton coming as a good week. I can't start to imagine the reaction to Newbury still being around.

I think I'd give Cotterill a try. His style isn't a passing Brazil like game, but it seems reasonably effective results wise. Also think he wouldn't take any shit from the players.  Whether fans would stomach his direct game approach I don't know, but Luggy is hardly getting us playing total football either.

Failing that it is a close one between Nijholt and having Glenda back. I guess I like the idea of Nijholt (for sure) but I don't know enough about his management style to comment.

If we get someone that from the start everyone else hates but I quite like then they might stick around a couple of years.Its the recipe for success.

I am thinking exactly the same regarding the takeover, maybe it's collapsed or on the brink or doing so? The takeover is much more important than Sturrock as long as it goes through i will be happy, if it doesn't go through the current board won't be here anyway as STFC will cease to exsist.

I hope you are wrong, because I don't think I could stomach going much more if that happens. Which as it turns out may not be optional anyway if our good friends at HMRC don't get paid.

If this takeover fails its curtains- fact. No further patience will be shown by the creditors of the CVA or the football league- and why should it.

This week is all or nothing for the future of STFC, if the takeover goes through the board will be gone, debts will be cleared and the future looks good.

On the other hand if it collapses then we get a points deduction, HMRC and other creditors will finally have enough and wind us up and STFC will be no more, it's deal or no deal.

for the love of god, stop repeating yourself. i'm getting sick of reading the same thing over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over.

when it comes to the crunch, the stumbling block doesn't carry sufficient weight to stop anything so if fitton proceeds then there's hope.

oh and there's no chance of ling coming to swindon. nijholt or cotterill for me.

you missed out an e in one of those overs.

Best fix it or Sussex will freak out :D

If we get Luc Nijholt we can pretend to be dutch and support Holland in the Euros.

iTS WIN WIN

I have to agree Sonic, with all the above....especially Ling...he wont leave the O's, it has to be Nijholt or Cotterill for me too.

disaster averted 8)

Let's get Kingy back. At least he'll stick around  :)

Have 2 people REALLY voted for Martin Allen..??

Excuse me for 5 minutes,  I'm just going to nail my left hand to a table.

certain to be Cotterill

 Why so Fatters?  Who would be making the appointment?

A lot of people seem to think Cotterill is going to be the next manager, some people on thisis seem certain, i was wondering the same as you reg, would it be Fitton or the board who are making this appointment?

Luc Nijholt would be ace, thats my vote.  8)

fitton will make the appointment.

anyone know if he was at the game yesterday?

wonder if he was consulted on the sturrock situation...

Good to hear that Fitton will be making the appointment.

I bet he wasn't consulted about Sturrock, the board probably let him go deliberately as a last parting shot to piss off the fans.

well, when i say he'll make the appointment, i base that on the assumption that he will be in charge as of tomorrow...

Fitton stated that Sturrock was the best man outside the premiership to manage the club? He will be fuming?!

As for manager I vote FB. Think his drinking habits will fit in nicely with some of our players.  :mrgreen:

I said Steve Cotterill when Sturrock was first mentioned to be going, I think he would do OK

Phew!  :D

Otherwise we could have a similar situation at Newcastle where Big Sam was appointed by Fat Freddy Shepperd, and then Mike Ashley takes over and their is uncertainty once again

No one's mentioned Mike Newell' his teams  played decent football

What the hell does that mean - your loquaciousness is beginning to know no bounds - are you Reg's love-child?

 *Shudder*

What's so special about Nijholt, what's his record like in management?

Didn't he take a small dutch team from a really low league to the second division, or am i making that up?

the team he's currently in charge of has a ground with a capacity of just over 3,000. make of that what you will.

i fear reg would be disappointed with me.

if diamandis is the hitch that's slowing the takeover down, will he be able to hold things up if things come to a crucial point.

stormvogels telstar are in the dutch second division, think he took them up a couple of divisions and they seem to be holding their own - they finished midtable last year

Who the hell voted for McGhee???  Why would anyone want that bloke in charge??

(He's managing in ther SPL so don't think he'd be interested anyway.)

I'd love it to be Martin Allen.

As somebody previously said, he's a cunt, but he'd be our cunt.

Everyone would hate us.

Nooooo Pumbaa, noooooooooooooooo!!!

You cannot be serious.  I hate those away managers that turn up and just over react to any decision that doesn;t go there way, Allen fits this bill 100%.

He has achieved little to nothing, managed at Franchise and Leicester, out spoken, big headed prick. He does not suit the manager's job at STFC.

Come on jan, see the light, it'd be ace. You know it makes sense........ :wink:

I can honestly say I'd hate having that bloke in charge.  Although one time in stood with the Brentford fasn during a match, it would be funny seeing the town manager stood in the town end during a game.

Funny but wouldn't get us very far!

It's still a no from me.

Bobby Gould would be my choice. I can't believe he's not been mentioned already.

Good one OST.

mel machin!

anyone but bloody martin allen

Dr Josef Venglos would get my vote, he's only 71, known as the slovak Peter Pan (by me).  He could share with Petr Brezovan, they could sit up late at night singing each other slovak folk songs.

Here's a clip of the great man in action

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Otvlt88hRv0

who was that manager at wimbledon, foreign bloke with welly boots and zonal marking??? He gets my vote

egil olsen?

currently in charge of iraq!

If we're going norwegian then it has to be Jan Aage, with his carrier bag!!

Id love that as well.  Im preparing myself for a complete downer when they bring back iffy or king

That's the worst thing about this situation if PS does go.  That interim period of having Williams back in charge.  He'll probably go on a 72 hour bender to celebrate the good news. :wink:

7 (seven) people have voted for Andy King...a walking sodding disaster...how could you?! :evil:

He's be the bestest most loyal manager and you'd know it. I don't think he'll get the job though. Hopefully England will be appointing him.

hehehe :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick:

my vote would go for Nijholt, wanted him in when Sturrock came in the first place.

no one has mentioned John Gregory yet - currently without a club. not sure he'd be any good though. anyone but martin allen!

To throw a few more names in the hat what about Steve Staunton / Gary Macalister / Mike Newell / Billy Davies (would he drop to this level ?) / Paul Simpson (ex Wycombe / Carlisle)

Personally I'd prefer either Newell or Simpson as I think they would be loyal and have experience...although I thought that of Sturrock

Any of these would be very good appointments: Ling, Cotterill, Simpson, Newell, Hoddle.

Many people have mentioned Hoddle, so why dont we go for comparable waged managers....how about Jose Mourinho I hear hes out of work too  :-))(

I think Hoddle may come here because he isn't going to get another job in my opinion and he may fancy trying to turn us around, he might even lower his wage demands i don't know, it depends how much he wants to get back into management, i don't know if he would be any good now though.

Guys why are we bothered about new managers. We are days away from oblivion. A new manager should be the least on our minds

Lower his wage demands?!! He would have to cut them by about 80 %!!

Hoddle isn't gonna come here people.

I haven’t voted because there is no option for:

No point even considering who the next manager should be until the boardroom shambles has been resolved once and for all.

If the latest instalment in the car crash soap opera that is STFC has taught us anything, it is that attracting and retaining a half decent manager will only be possible when the goons currently running the show have gone.

When your house is about to subside, you shouldn’t waste time and energy worrying about the state of the décor.

We need Diamandis out.  We need Holt out.  We need Fitton in.  And not next week or the week after, or when issues have been resolved and minor paperwork dealt with.  We need all this to happen this week.

And then I’ll start thinking about who might be a good replacement for Sturrock.

Ince?

Going to Derby, bookies have stopped taking bets on him.

i think the majority would like to see hoddle back but why would he want to come here when he can sit in a warm studio as a pundit?

there have been so many jobs that have come up since he last managed, i don't think he was waiting for this window of opportunity tbh

I'm sure he still has ambition and would welcome the chance to manage at a higher level.  :D

I wouldn't want the arsehole though.

To be honest if money were no object I'm still not sure if I'd want Hoddle back.  Now I've never been one for Judas chants or booing Hoddle when he returned, in fact I understand why he left us for Chelsea.

But do we really want him to come back, potentially do well, and then jump ship to join another club again.  For the love of God is there no managers like Dario Gradi about anymore, people who are looking to build a legacy.

Having said all that, I am with the people who suggest all this talk should stop until the takeover is finalised.  The last thing we want to happen is appoint some average manager on a 2 year deal only for Fitton to takeover and have to get rid of him, or worse still give him 6 months to prove himself.

Do you know I was only thinking earlier on today that Lingy has sort of become the new Dario Gradi.

He's been with the O's for 11 years now in one role or another. He's managed them for years, seems to be very secure in his backing from the chairman (who stuck with him through the first few years when results weren't great), and produces tidy attractive footbally sides.

He's just the sort of manager we could do with. A pity that a reverse of Catch 22 applies in this case. If he want's the job he's clearly mental and shouldn't be allowed anywhere near the club.

Colin Calderwood will be our next manager

Its Cotterill

would people be realistic regarding fucking hoddle! i'm pretty sure he gets more money sitting in front of camera talking bollocks about Champions League games and the like, than he would for managing us. Plus we're in the third tier, why would he?

When will this be confirmed? any idea?

I can't see him wanting to get back into management again

Trying to find out now Spud, but I can confirm that

"Steve Cotterill has been made aware of the current situation"

And look what he did in his last management job, I'm sure Wolves fans are still singing his praises :roll:

Neither can i for what its worth. people just need to be realistic about the situation we find ourselves in

Ha I voted Trollope as it would be classically funy if we nicked their manager. Even funnier if he became assistant here 8)

I want a gay manager. Odds of Justin Fashanu making a return to football must be pretty slim though?

I've just read Cotterill's entry on that accurate factual website Wikipedia, and he has been an ok manager at Cheltenham and Burnley (and Sligo Rovers).

His win rate at Cheltenham was 46%. But only 31% at Burnley though.

Id love to see Glenn back .. but its not gonna happen is it

I think Swindons new manager will be one appointed by the official receiver who will assett strip the club to get money back for the inland revenue.

Lets get the club sorted 'upstairs' before we even think about getting a new manager. Who in their right mind would want to manage stfc at this present mess we're in?!!

I actually had a really vivid dream last night that Steve McLaren was appointed manager  :shock:

I had a vivid dream last night as well.

It involved me and Girls Aloud (But not the ginger)

Messy!

I dreamed that George Wimpey had bought the County Ground and the bulldozers were knocking the Townend down.  :(

Building the new stand! hey I can dream too!

Do you know what Steve, that cheered up my fucking shit morning!

Just not the image!

No....


Building new houses and flats  :(

I'd guess so what with him being dead and everything