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I'm writing this from Victor Chandler the bookmakers who were betting on this and we had a massive plunge on John Ward to be your new manager. this afternoon.....yes that's John Ward.....ex Cheltenham Town....ex Carlisle United. If money talks it's a done deal............good luck

I fucking hope not!

Rubbish although it wouldn't surprise me. I would have thought you are on a wind up though mate.

what dv said.

no, it's alan mcgee

Malpas gambling his severance pay? Obviously hasn't got a clue about gambling just like football :)

Fuck off warlord

Someone must have put a quid on him...probably Mrs Ward.

Thing is it probably is actually him.

Yep

We suspended around 2.00pm. From our info and weigh of money.....it's a done deal.....I agree about what you are saying. Not altogether an inspirational chioce

Ahhhh this is class.

From a quick look at Victor Chandlers website, they don't do League One betting bar the outright winner.

How comes i just got holloway at 6/4 with vc online?

Yes....but we've got the guts to bet on the new Swindon Town Manager.....and what we have taken today....suggests that John Ward will be announced as your new boss. I hope they are wrong because we have a big liability on him. We were 12/i and it got bet down until we suspended.

Ha Warlord you just got merked.

someone give me the IP address so I can check to see if it really is the warlord himself

Who's warlord?

You are a clever man if you have just backed Holloway at 6/4.....because it ain't been available. Maybe it's denial......sorry lads......like I say. Good luck!

Deathbymilkfloat...its gota be Benny Hill.

A Cheltenham fan on another forum who is obsessed with Swindon and posts more about us them

And comes on here more than their own forum.

How would you know it was him if you had his ip, do they let you see the ips on the other forum?

Occording to this, Joe Kinnear is favourite :soapy tit wank:

http://www.oddschecker.com/football/football-specials/swindon-specials/next-permanent-manager

He's a Mod on there.

Ahh right fair do's. Pming you DV.

This is funny...I'm deadly serious. Don't know who Warlord is.....but anyway. Just giving you the good news

Its not Warlords usual IP address, so if he is Warlord (seems he isnt) he is on a different PC.

Must be some Oxford fan with no life then.

This thread amuses me.

I'd be majorly disappointed if Ward was appointed. It would be abit of an anti-climax with all the names mentioned. Then again, isn't that what always happens?

so it's nailed on ward,dowie,holloway and boothroyd so far today.

Ive had a tip hes going for Peter Taylor at Wycombe.

Seeing as Holloway and Dowie aren't even mentioned there, I wouldn't read too much into it!!

That's the next Newcastle manager you clown.......again.....are you in a state of denial

Fucking cunts, shit, bollocks wankers.

Maybe they mean Roy Kinnear.

John Ward sounds like the kind of choice we might make ... I hope not!

Wind up or not, I would be somewhat disappointed if he were to get the job :emo:

Can you give me the odds on Lord Lucan riding into Atlantis on the back of the Loch Ness monster. Thanks.

 :D :D :D

Replacing Maurice with a manager who got 1 point out of a possible 30 in the last ten matched at Carlisle?  Surely AF realises that won't get the positive vibes going at the CG.

I'm still drawn to Holloway, have a feeling he'd do well here.  Holloway did well at QPR and Plymouth, who are by no means big clubs with huge amounts of cash, okay he didn't do so well at Leicester (bigger club with money).  I feel Town are more of a QPR/Plymouth club so just have hunch (and that's all it is) that he work his magic here.

Oh and we could use Si Pie's Ian Holloway (there's no other way) song, which although a slight past/present tense clash in the last line, is superb.

The guy who first broke the news about the departure of MM on ThisIs,seems to be suggesting that

John Ward is emerging as the favourite.He maintains that the board are currently split between,AF's

choice of Boothroyd and the rest of the board, who favour John Ward.Pure speculation of course,we'll

have to see what develops.

John fucking ward?! dear oh dear

 Fit's teh bill of experienced manager with arecord of some success.

 Also probably his last job...so could provide stability.

If it is true and i stess a big if,then that would suggest that the board are taking the safe option.

In another thread, Reg suggested that only 1 of the out of work managers has actually applied and

that some of the others, who have expressed an interest,haven't yet done so.I'm wondering if Ward

is the only one of these to have applied?

  Ward would appear to be favourite atm....

  Doesn't mean it's a done deal yet though...

John Ward? What a massive let-down that would be.

Boothroyd or Hollowhead please.

i wouldn't be particularly thrilled by ward's appointment...

You have to consider that if they went for Ward, it would probably mean a minimum disruption to the

backroom staff.Holloway and/or Boothroyd would want their own staff, i would suggest.It's certainly

not a done deal as of yet,if the board dampen expectations of the "names" tomorrow,it'll show which

direction that they're going in.

Wouldn't exatly be an insprational appointment - we can do better I'd suggest

My worry is that sometime in the future, we'll be saying that this was an opportunity missed.

John Ward's managerial career

Team     From            To                   Games    Won    Lost    Drawn
Carlisle     02-10-2007    03-11-2008    61            26    23    12
Cheltenham 06-11-2003    02-10-2007    206            76    76    54
Wolves    18-12-2000    03-01-2001    4            3    1    0
Bristol C    27-03-1997    28-10-1998    84            38    27    19
Bristol R    01-08-1993    10-05-1996    155        65    48    42
York            01-10-1991    01-03-1993    70            22    24    24

Well I'm not inspired.....

John Ward who was sacked by Carlisle after a worst start to the season than ours!!

Understatement!

 Having got them in the PO's the previous season...Ward is also a fan of Grunt Sniff  ;)

 Ticks a lot of boxes, experienced, used to small budgets, has had some success likely to stay loyal at this stage of his career...a gentleman so would get on with AF, and probably reasonably cheap.

He's got a better record as manager than Holloway has I think.

John Ward can fuck off. We'll only be slightly better than Malpas under him. He plays poor football and his teams are normally never that great. He did well at Cheltenham on a shit budget so credit where credit is due there. Yes he got Carlisle into the play-offs as well but i think that was more down to the fact of carrying on where their previous manager had left off. I don't think we'll progress much under Ward and i'd much rather have Holloway.

 Here we go again, straight onto Mr F's pick before he's had a chance to officially announce it.....this after he's expressed his displeasure at the damage done by internet criticism of MM.

Dont even know if its his pick reg. Ffs if you can't show your frustration on this forum where can you.

I don't Ward end of. It's not even anything to do with not being a name etc. I really don't want him. I don't think he's good enough to take us to the next level. Will not be happy if he is appointed. And he's probably the only candidate i can say that about.

 All we can do is wait and see....ISOB thinks everything's shit  :)

the digby/taylor/bodin thing I went to on Friday (like a few others probably, but cant be arsed scrolling through) - after speaking with Digby, he seemed to think that Bodin will probably be involved with the 1st team alongside......holloway....like others, I'd be happy with him, but like someone else posted, an announcement like this inevitably brings an anti climax announcement......i'm praying to the lord above it is not John Ward....and I hope from a business sense point of view AF will see this and make an appointment that will guarantee more bums on seats and with holloway's 'infectious personality' (nicked from Digby talking about his time with Ollie at QPR) this would be more likely to happen under ollie rather than ward. I'm not naive enough to think that an infectious personality alone brings success on the pitch, but reckon he'll command a lot more respect from the players that someone like ward......in my humble opinion

mr fitton wouldn,t make the same mistake again would he?

Apparently Ward was at the Mem on friday night. Dunno if its true but with us up to play them next might explain why alot of people who saw im there may have put money on him and thus reduced his odds to favourite.

Surely not.
John Ward can fuck off.

I'm not too bothered who it is, out of the 'realistic' candidates mentioned. Either way, when an appointment is made I'll say 'Right, lets see what he can do then'. If it is John Ward, then I'll get behind him like I would Holloway, Dowie or (my personal choice but who I realise is unlikely) Richard Money - and like I did for Maurice, Sturrock, Wise, et al.

admire your commitment, but 10 months down the line, I don't fancy being in the same boat as we were with MM and excuse my negativity but this it likely if it is to be ward.....once an appointment is made, I'm hoping the phrase 'i hope he can prove me wrong' isn't continually being posted

unless its ramos im going to boo them.

twats

Agree Jimbob...the club has had a massive kick up the ass of the pitch...it needs one on it now,we dont want a pipe and slippers merchant like MM or Ward,Ward had everything going for him at Carlisle and showed he didnt have it.
Holloway for me...

I'm quite amazed so many people want Holloway

we need a manager we can identify with,a man with carisma,a proven track record and someone who isn,t a cheap option.our players need leading ,with a bit of organisation we have the nucleous of a good competing and quite skillful side and with a bit of sucess the fans will respond,great noise yesterday.Could be even better with a full town end,John ward no thankyou

John Ward would be a good solid appointment in my book. Probably about our level which, as Reg says, means he won't be off at the first sight of a few championship chequebooks. Exactly what Fitton said in that interview when he referred to 'stepping stones'.

 Firstly the cheap option would be Byrne...as has been argued elsewhere, being entertaining on the radio etc doesn't make you a good manager....Bob Paisley is upthere in the top 4 or 5 all time English football managers and Leefer he did quite literally wear slippers.

 If Ward gets some results and his record shows he can, the fans wont care about his quiet personality....last season Donny got out of this league under Sean O'Driscoll, playing good football.  O'Driscoll is very low key, almost to the point of invisibilty.

 Ward for me would be a sort of modern day Fred Ford....managed both Bristhole clubs.

  Who can forget Ford in Naples...saying I've fought these buggers in a  war, before taking the Anglo Italian Cup to show the Curva Nord as the Ultras ripped up lumps of concrete and showered them down.

Well his first stepping stone has just sunk....dont want a manager at our level,with the board weve got we should be aiming higher.

That is the thing it is about thinking about now and to the future, at least with Holloway, Boothroyd, Dowie they have had plenty of experience with teams at a higher level so knows what it requires and what type of players mentality etc to stay up there and then push on, I'd be a bit concerned that most of Ward's success and experience has been only at this level, I think we took a risk when we appointed Malpas the next appointment has to be right we need a manager at the helm that can get sucess and stay to build on it preferably

So....

Some don't want Ward, because he lacks charisma and isn't a big enough name for the MASSIVE STFC.

Some don't want Holloway, because of his links with Bristol Rovers.

Some don't want Ady Boothroyd, because of his tactics and style of play.

Some don't want Ian Dowie, presumably because they have young children and don't want them scared on matchdays.

Good luck AF in finding someone everyone will be happy with. You've got no fucking chance.

Hertab for manager!

Holloway's a cunt -anyone else I'd just accept(but not Fucking Ruddock!)

didnt ward get carlise into the playoffs?

I wouldn't want herthab for the same reasons he states some dont want dowie

That's just cruel.

Get used to it Adje.....Holloways a cert.

no he isnt

He might be

He is.

Might not be

A definite maybe

Just in time for his first match on saturday...v Rovers,would add some extra spice.

As soon as someone is appointed they'll have my full support, just as Malpas did from me.

However, until then I reserve the right to say who I would and wouldn't like as STFC boss.

If we don't want Holloway because he's gas (and quite annoying) then we can't have John Ward. Kevin Dillon is a Reading employee and yet we wouldn't mind him.

I honestly don't know who Fitton will go with and look forward to the announcement whether it's Byrne, Holloway, Ward or whoever.

Anyone think they will announce it tomorow

possibly

Agreed Rich as Herthab said everyone wont be happy whoever...i just hope its this week.

Its not Holloway's gas connection that bothers me-just the fact that he's a shit manager

I wouldn't fully agree with that. He's not amazing but he did a more than adequate job at QPR and Plymouth. My problem is that he's a bit of a knobhead, I don't suscribe to all this "badger at the start of the mating season" whacky nonsense.

But he has over 600 games as a manager and is still young in management terms.

I know who Scottie Munroe wants now that's for sure....

http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/group.php?gid=35103462444&ref=mf

Town chairman Andrew Fitton stated clearly before kick-off that he wants a manager with the ability, above all else, 'to motivate the players'.

I don't much about the rest but Holloway seems to fit that description.

Managers should not have to motivate players full fucking stop!

And Toni!

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=fB9rI7p7vmk


Well its a different kind of post-match rambling compared to Malpas....

i love him, we could have our very own david brent

Hooray......

I wish I could have found a YouTube clip that got the response ....."we could have our very own Sir Alf Ramsey"

 :D

Surely the players should be able to motivate themselves, surely it is their ability to man manage players and have a look at some of the players they have bought for previous clubs to ensure they know what they are doing in the transfer market.

It is also about who they surround themselves with i.e. do thry like working with certain people as their No 2 or in their coaching team

http://www.thisisswindontownfc.co.uk/news/headlines/3852368.Hunt_begins_but_bookies_halt_betting_after_Ward_backing/

oh god no

One of our favourite Cheltenham fans insists his mate Kelvin at the Swindon Advisor is certain it's Ward.

Here's todays headline from the WDP, who in recent weeks have had their finger on the pulse;

http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/wdp/sport/Hollway-Ward-set-talks-Swindon-Town/article-478220-detail/article.html

Well, maybe they should but anyone who's watched football at this level for more than 5 minutes would have seen performances that suggest that they can't. It's no use saying such and such "should" be the case. A manager has to be selected who can work with the way reality is, not the way we'd like it to be. Discounting motivational ability as a factor would be a disastrous mistake.

Exactly look at Spur's revival, same team, different manager.

I really don't want Ward, I'd be devestated if he took over.  He's been at flippin shed loads of clubs with little success (that I can remember).

Slave traders, gash heads, cheltenham....  What's he going for the west country clean sweep?

He had great success with Cheltenham, and last season took Carlisle to the play-offs. This season didn't go well for him but he was forced to sell his best players.
He's not my preferred choice but I wouldn't be too disappointed if he did become our new gaffer.

I want Iffy Onuora.

All bets are off!

The fact that Im not that keen or inspired by Ward - bit like Carlisle over the last few months! - means he is a nailed on certainty to get the job!

DONT DO IT FITTON!!! ARGHHHHHHHHHH

I wouldn't be happy with this appointment.

if its ward i reckon byrne will stay as no2

How Crazy, the same people who jumped on peoples back for not being excited when Malpas took over and told us just to back him are now wading in and saying they don't want Ward.

i think we could do alot worse

I agree and whoever it is ( unless Scum links ) I'll get behind them and support them. Surely whoever is appointed is better than what we had. At least lets give them a chance to screw up rather than use it as a default position.

I'm not. I think I've got gaffer fatigue tho.

i dont care if the new bloke has managed-played-or been linked with a team we class as rivals.not at all important.it wont bother the bloke concerned at all

Beauchamp in.

I was never on anyone's back for not being excited about it because god knows I wasn't. I was on peoples back because they never gave him a chance. Ward will get my full support if he comes, but I just think it'll be a silly decision considering he's taken Carlisle from promotion contenders to relegation candidates....

John Ward would be awesome! I'm going to be confident! :)

Bastard - my blood pressure just shot thruogh the roof. He's the biggest piece of shit ever connected to the club - even more than Lionel Smart.

Can't really knock Ward til he has had a chance. Yes Carlisle were rubbish lately but they had a few injuries. He took over the team last year and managed to maintain their good form to get to the playoffs. I also believe he had a few players sold on him like Westwood. Westwood kept them in quite a few games, If he was good up there similarily Brezovan and Smith can be fixed here and do the job that Westwood effectively did at Carlisle.

Exactly, at this stage we have a list of potential managers.  From which John Ward would not be the man I'd go for.  If he does come here then I'll give him the support he deserves, but at this specific moment in time the thought of JW being announced as our new manager doesn't get me too excited.

Should ward come here i'll give him my full backing. And to be fair he has done very well in the past - Keeping cheltenham up so many times is a brilliant acheivment, and city fans seem to rate him. The fact he cocked up automatic promotion for carlisle last season and seen them massively nosedive this season is a concern

Nor me, but he is certainly capable of doing a good job. I think he's likely to be one that would be here longer term as well which would appeal to Fitton if you go by his interview on the BBC site today.

It's all speculation though, we've still got the whole interviewing proccess to come yet. Fitton has been very clear on what he wants and I'm sure he won't rush this. Whoever we get in will have obviously ticked all the boxes and deserves the full support of the fans. I just hope this one doesn't come in and talk about the playoffs, one of Malpas' huge downfalls last season. We need to steady the ship and ready ourselves for next season. If we can get something this season then great, but we've got some catching up to do.

What style of football does Ward try to get his teams to play?  Can't say I've ever taken an interest in his managerial career so far, and he's not a manager who's record is jumping out at me.

When i saw Carlisle in televised games last season they did seem like a side who tried to get it down and knock it about instead of awful route one stuff.

I think we can attract better names than Ward though - a journeyman football manager

We are an attractive proposition these days

Bunjecevic - that's a 'better name' than Ward!!......!

No...? OK, I'll get my coat.

How goes it hanno?

Lets just hope Everard Cock (real person, honest) is looking for a managerial job if we're really interested in appointing just a 'name'

 :D

Yay Joey the cunt.

I wonder if he ever replaced his shoes after i pissed on them

Bring in Ryan Giggs ala Lou Macari, get the town buzzing, a manager of international repute who would demand respect and hard work of his players ;)

If he wanted it, which I doubt he does I would give the job to Gus Poyet

I want a black manager.

:Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick:

http://forum.thisisswindontownfc.co.uk/viewtopic.php?t=4809

That Superkoz gets right on my tits. The bloke's a self confessed cheltnumb fan who also goes to Swindon when he can be arsed. He followed Swindon when we were relativley successful in the early 90's and cheltnumb were dogshite non league. He should be hung by his bollocks and whipped with car aerials. Then his head should be covered in golden syrup and a bucket, filled with red ants should be put over his head. Then he should be soaked in petrol and set alight. Then he should be dragged behind a bus through the Magic Roundabout.

Totally agree. Thought I'd try and wind him up a bit. He was giving it all that on how great Cheltenham were when Allen was appointed their boss, not to mention his views of us on the Cheltenham forums before we played them.

 If we hang about for a fortnight or so Ince should be available.....

Funny how those thisis posters banging on about how we'd "missed out on Martin Allen" have become very quiet in recent weeks.  Thank goodness we never took a chance on that bloke.

I want a Chinaman in charge, preferable with his own junk, so he'll feel well at home when the canal is restored to Swindon central.

Not just Thisis. I myself said he was a good appointment for them.

Cock.

Batch Out!

Why would he need his own when he'd inherit plenty.

 Sammy Chung could be the man for you ex Donny and Wolves, now about the same age as Luis Aragones....the trouble with Sammy is he's a scummer having played for Headington.

I thought it was an old-school reference to drugs..

Really?  I've never rated the bloke tbh.  I now expect having said this he'll now lead Cheltenham to a 20 match unbeaten run and finish in the play offs.

He was on ITV before the FA Cup first round match and he just doesn't seem to have an ounce of intelligence. 

missed out? Dodged an effin' bullet in my opinion...... which equates to eff all anyway.....

Afraid so  :-[. Can't stand the bloke but thought he'd turn Cheltenham into a physical bunch of hoofers that would batter their way to mid table. A bit like Brentford.

I guess it's early days yet. But he seems to have cleared out Cheltenhams permanent signings whilst filling the gaps with loan players. As Reg will tell you, lots of loan players is normally a recepie for disaster.

We found that out in the premier league didnt we? Please don't tell me we actually bought McAvennie, Sanchez etc etc

 I might be wrong on this one, but my recall is that to start with in the Prem you weren't allowed loans other than in a goalkeeping emergency...so the likes of Sanchez came on short term deals 2/3 month contracts.

I think you're right, I've got a feeling that McAvennie and Sanchez were 'unnattached' so we signed them on short term deals. Christ, what a state to have been in.....

Try having the bloke own one of your local pubs. To be fair its a abit crap anyway and don't really go there as if you dare talk over an episode of Eastenders you get told off.

Its in Tewkesbury isnt it? Although I may have dreamt that...

Yeah 'The George Bistro Bar'

Ahhhh, thats the place yeah..... one step away from being Montels..

Yep with Montels being equally as bad but yet is the only place open after 12 so I frequent it most weeks.

I must be honest, I've never been in there so I can't comment. I was tempted once after stumbling out of Ye Olde Black Bear a bit drunk.....but I didnt.

UMMM YEAH I BET 220 SQUID