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Is anyone else bored of people pledging their 100% support to the new manager, whoever gets in?

No?

Just me?

Oh well then.

I pledge my unwaivering 100% support to your point of view, axs

You've swayed me.

New guy, you have around 63% of my backing.

Board, you have 76% of my backing.

The whole thing is tedious beyond belief and dont get me started on the many hilarious wags on this forum with their "joke" in the know posts.

I am in awe of your potential percentages.

If it's an ex-scummer they can fuck off.

Otherwise they'll get my support, I'm inevitably going to be less patient than I was with Malpas to see an improvement on the pitch though. That doesn't mean I expect us to suddenly become world beaters however.

Why thank you.

I imagine if someone in the Hockaday-type category of candidates gets appointed, our dear friend Bart will return and will give 0% backing from the off... It should be fun.

I will support 100%:

Hockaday, or

Money

but I think that Sheena Easton has all the support she needs.

I won't be too happy with Hockaday but I won't be booing. I just won't be getting very excited about the rest of the season.

I think that sums it up. Sit back in silence and hope somehow the gamble works out.

Yup indeed.  I know ppl will prob have a go for not being overly enthused, however I find it hard to find the appointment of Hockaday (if true) Particularly exciting.

I'm excited by it. Fuck you all.

I think we need a reality check. We are a third division team. We aren't going to be able to attract Sven Goran Erikkson or Otto Rehhagel to Swindon. If it is Hockaday then lets trust Fitton's judgement. He made a bungle with Malpas but the fucking appointment is taken so long that surely he must have got this right.

I'll be happy just to have a manager to be honest!

Ive changed my mind!  His birthday is the same day as mine woop! That makes him cool so its ok.

It's not about a name. It's about getting someone with experience or pedigree or a track record. IMHO Hockaday has neither and so is another massive gamble, whereas Money does have some of those attributes.

If Hockaday was appointed by Diamandis 99% of people would be moaning like fuck that the cheap option had been appointed.

Hockaday is a cheap option though surely, i thought they wanted someone with a "track record"? He has none

He fits the bill in the sense he doesn't have the "wow, wow, wow" factor  :D

How much more experience in england does money have than Hockaday as a manager, if it is hockaday i am fairly certain a experienced head maybe brought in with him. possibly someone with alot more experience than Money for example

Hockaday ruled himself out in todays adver tho so I don't think its worth having the discussion, Calderwood still looks a good bet.

Money has about 4 seasons as a manager in English football.

1992/93 Scunthorpe (Appointed in the January)
1993/94 Scunthorpe
2006/07 Walsall
2007/08 Walsall (majority of)

Plus UEFA Pro licence and years of coaching abroad.

Dave Hockaday

18 years of more-or-less constant coaching experience. Helped form the first football academy in England and helped bring the likes of Ashley Young through at Watford.

I have a feeling Kingy is coming home!

I'd give Hockaday more support than Money.

Couldn't put it better myself.

Fair enough, but why?

I will give any new manager 123% support, potentially rising to an variable 136.3% support depending on appearances, league position and not being dour in post-match interviews which is apparently a very bad thing.

My support will follow a variable tracker rate aligned to the Bank of England Base Rate.

So you'll be starting out giving the new manager around 2% support, probably falling to less than 1% over the coming 12 months. Best get over to that comments section on thisis :)

Most pundits (economists) now think there is a real chance that Dozno9's support will actually fall to zero before next summer.  At this point, he may start supporting Oxford.

I think there is a serious risk of some of your support going into deflation.

Sure you say you'll start of with 100%, but come 5pm tomorrow that may only be worth 99.9%.

Which is why I've started out with a recession-protected 123% to give me some slack as a buffer against that. Of course, I'm running the risk that we experience a period of hyperinflation, sending my support into unsustainable 200%+ levels, at which point I'd probably implode in my seat or simply pop and fly out of the stadium like one of those balloons that fly off making a rude-ish noise. But frankly it's a risk I'm willing to take to get us out of this support recession

I did start off some 6 weeks ago with my anticipated support being 100% for the new chap but has suffered severe deflation as an eon has passed.

Given my lack of enthusiasm right now I might need to borrow some of your support to keep me afloat. I'll pay it back in 2012.If you all contribute I'll be the first nationalised fan in the world.

If all our demoralised supporters do likewise we'll be out our depression much quicker.

I can confirm, I will not be supporting the new manager whoever he may be.

Word.

I know we're all meant to hail before Fitton but if he bollocks' up this appointment I'll be quite fucked off.

Trust Fitton's judgement like we did with Malpas? Sorry but that doesn't wash with me. Respect the bloke for paying millions and saving our club, but that doesn't mean I have to bum him over every decision he makes.

Six weeks and no manager is insane. We're more of a joke than Newcastle.