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Town confirm signings of Kasim and Rossi Branco
           
           


  SWINDON Town have completed the signings of midfielder Yaser Kasim and defender Raphael Rossi Branco on one-year deals, with Rossi Branco’s deal still subject to Football League approval.

           

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Rossi Branco sounds like a trusted and unswervingly loyal henchman to the Corleone family in The Godfather.

I just cant get this out of my head now.

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Yes.....and we all know what happens to them!

Joke signing players without a manager.

The board dishing out contracts willy nilly to players who they fancy...not the incoming manager.

Laughable.....and no doubt in my mind the reason K Mac walked out.

these were all supposedly targets drawn up and agreed between KMac, Cooper, Jed and Power. If that is actually the case then I don't think it's so bad, preferable to being left behind in the transfer market.

Haven't you worked it out yet? Cooper's going to be the new manager...

This is our immediate problem....on the one hand if we get a couple of results early doors, then Cooper will be installed, seemingly on no more basis than he happened to be around the place. If we bomb, then I don't think even the happiest of the happy clappers on here can justify his appointment. Bit of a dilemma really...

I fully expect him to get the job. If he doesn't, well, the board are showing a bit more get up and go than I gave them credit for, but who's his replacement going to be? A long list of terrifying prospects has crossed my vision and mind over the past few weeks.

Cooper at least has worked with the squad and the club since January, he knows the score, understands the players, has a little management experience (his time at Peterborough was shit, but that was apparently to do with the style of football he played more than anything else, and as we are repeatedly told by posters here, Spurs are dictating that to us this year).

Of course I'd rather have a proven good manager, but I'm resigned to the fact it will most probably be Cooper. Let's judge him based on what he does with us over the few games he's got as opposed to his (tiny) managerial record. If that makes me a happy clapper then so be it.
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Its pretty impressive to think that this Board will be on their 3rd permanent manager when they've been in situ since march and the majority of that time has been in between seasons.

I wouldn't mind Cooper being given the nod.
Just be nice if he knew and we knew he had the job....until then the signing of players and giving them contracts?
Not good in my view.

take out the word "permanent" and we have 5:

I make it

1   PDC
2   FabPic
3   KMac
4   LP
5   Cooperman

Managerial instability and interim appointments being made during a period of major overhaul for the club? Shock!

The only surprising departure was KMac. We all knew PDC was going to leave suddenly at some point.

No one said it was a shock did they?

Hope our defence today is as strong as yours has been in recent weeks :D

I've been fairly critical of the board recently, not that I blame you for not reading my posts.

Two players that a couple of Brighton fans on twitter had good things to say about.

Welcome aboard.

Would you bet against 6 by Xmas?

Of course not, we're likely to make that sixth appointment soon

Given that Cooper's interview with the Adver backed up the view that the manager's job was actually a coaching job, then maybe not.

Add Ward & Miller to the list and it's 6/7

so if Sonic's bet-table now "8"th comes and goes and Ward takes over temporarily again, we might manage 10 in a year.

If No. 8 were to come and go, it would be nice if he left because he was poached and we were top of the League (again).