Thetownend.com

Mystery candidate linked with Town job
           


  A name that has so far not been mentioned anywhere is one of the strongest candidates to become the next manager of Swindon Town, interim chairman Jeremy Wray has told the Advertiser.

           

http://www.thisisswindontownfc.co.uk/news/headlines/9027376.Mystery_candidate_linked_with_Town_job/?ref=rss
           

Well that blows it all wide open again. I'm actually enjoying all this speculation.

Anyone going to take a guess?

DRS

Is it Reg's mystery man?  Or did he eventually tell us?

I assumed that was Burley.

fabio capello was rumoured to have resigned from the England job last night?! Could we be tempting him? we did teach him a footballing lesson in 1970 was it?

So, Mystery Candidate, Burley, Di Canio, Rix, Magilton, Trollope, Taylor, The 2 scottish lads and someone employed.

Now I was never any good at Maths, but I'm pretty sure that isn't 8.

 Anyone going to take a guess?
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Tisdale - Luc Nijholt... ???

I can't think of many names that haven't really been mentioned. Chris Coleman is the only one that really springs to mind.

Carlton palmer

Paolo Sousa

Now even Wray and the adver is doing a reg.

Chris Hughton!!!

Fred Elliott

Would fit in with what I've heard... ;)

It's you isn't it Reg? How did the interview go?

Pat Rice

fB

You'll have to ask my agent and solicitor...

I'm getting a really good feeling about this whole new manager thing.

That'll probably be the incontinence raising it's head again.

Derren Brown. Or Agatha Christie

Seve Ballesteros?

Ryan Giggs ?

Scooby Doo. Shaggy as assistant

I'm taking a punt on Di Matteo he applied for the Brentford Job so obviously keen to get back into managment quickly

Former 70s soft porn star Michelle Melons, after a mix-up following a conversation with Reg on a crackly phone line.

Ian Culverhouse

Mich is still a good looking lady....marvellous what reconstructive surgery can do these days.

Ooh another twist in the tale.  There's never a dull moment at STFC.  Alan McLoughlin is my thought.

I'd be very chuffed if it's Di Matteo.

I thought Di Matteo was wanted by Sheffield United??

Gary Neville and the employed candidate John Coleman the Accy Stanley manager

Neville wants to be a pundit so no chance.

Can't be Di Matteo then, unless Wray's not been reading TEF assiduously. Which, clearly, is inconceivable

Just noticed the candidate is in a job apparantly so obviously not Di Matteo

No, that's one of the others

Anyone else worried after all this excitement and hype we'll end up with a major disappointment?

Taking it as read tbh

To be honest Ralphy no matter who it is will piss somebody off mate. We could have a choice of Morinho,Ferguson,Wenger,Ancelotti,and Mancini and someone will still kick off we picked the wrong manager.

I love this part of football it's what being a fan is about.

Wednesday seems such a long way off!

It's probably Avram Grant then !!!

I'm working on the assumption we'll get someone shit/dull/fascist/pederastic, that way if we do, I'll at least be prepared and if we don't I'll be even more chuffed. Or that's the theory.

Inspector Wexford

It's Paul Ince - concerns about us interviewing a self declared facist has convinced the board we need to grab the moral high ground and appoint a black manager.....

Nah, they're only up in Sheffield, few hours at most

Anyone know that woman from the adver that talks to maddie and princess di? We could get her to predict the new manager!

Isn't Steve Mclaren out of work   :D

I think the Adver have missed a trick here (expect to see story in Monday or Tuesday's paper)

Alan Shearer

[fake Dutch accent]Shure thing[/fake Dutch accent]

Schteeeeeeeeve.

With Rix and Magilton linked, we might as well make it a hat-trick.

Paul Buckle hasn't been mentioned much, or at all, by the media has he?

He's still my number one choice - lower league experience, successful and only 6 months on his contract.

Dean Saunders from Wrexham..................you heard it here first! Obviously no truth in that but I fancied getting my own random name in. Either that or Stuart Pearce has decided that now's the time to take over as he can't be arsed to give up his summer and go to Denmark for the under 21 european championships.

Or a glorious  return for the new houdini of the football league.......Juliano Grazioli!

Southgate's not really been mentioned much either has he? been out of the game for some time, could be looking for a way back in. There's plenty more names to throw around.........................

He's something to do with the England setup these days. Only been in role few months so we can rule this one out.

Sorry beat you to it, get your own name...

touche salesman! How about Dean Holdsworth then?

Done that one too...


Think those are the only ones ive mentioned apart from Pat Rice yesterday so the world should be your oyster now. :))

I tell you what Ian Culverhouse isn't a bad suggestion at all.  Cultured player, town connections, experience at this level and a good record as yuuuuf and cone gathererererererrrrrrr level.  

If you were looking at a manager who ticked all the boxes he fits the bill and while he doesn’t come with the glamour of Paolo Di Canio although he has a good few years experience and unlike Burley and co he arrives without having been on the old manager merry go round.

Reginald, is Culverhouse your man?

Tony Adams?  Heard he wanted to come back to UK....

You can fuck off with your Tony Adams suggestion.

I think it's this guy

[url width=200 height=241]http://www.unwinnable.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/invisible_man.jpg[/url]

Chevvy Chase?

Gotta be the stig

nah, my boss in the alps is the stig (well his name is stig), he's danish and always takes the piss out of swindon...

Definitely my pick.

Would show some serious intent on our behalf.

Learnt under Lambert who learnt under O'Neill. Good perdigree.

He's not my man, but you never know....these are volatile times.

Didn't say it was a good thing!!!

oh for cock sake! Right then.......Darren Perrin, just got Frome promoted!

A return for luggy and luggy junior naturally

I've not seen a single scoff at psycho yet

Reggie Perrin. I didn't get where I am today by not suggesting Reggie Perrin as the mystery candidate for Town boss

Malcolm Crosby

Bing Crosby

Chandler Bing

Raymond Chandler

Victor Chandler?

victor hugo

Hugo (the) Boss

I like this game - it's kind of like a "mystery candidate Mornington Crescent". We should do this every time we need a new manager

Culverhouse is Norwich assistant manager, don't see him dropping down after their promotion

Big Boss Man

Man Ray

Puerto Rican footballer Terry Boss?

ray wilkins.............legit possibility!

One for all the parents- Mr Tumble. 'It's time to sign'.

ray charles

how many names to get to sheena easton?

Craig Charles
Craig Easton
Sheena Easton

Three, anyone top that?

Charles Dance

craig middle name charles) easton?

dance bitch!

good work nemo....have a pat on the back

Brilliant. That's the game - "New Manager Mornington Sheena"

it can be addictive, this posting lark

Mr Sheen

Charley Sheen

barry sheen

Gareth Barry

Barry White.....

Its Steve Coppell.

Straight up.

jimmy white

ummm......that matches neither barry, or white

The gravel larynxed love walrus in the (have to be specially reinforced) dugout. Now there's a shout!

Umm kulthum

ive heard that Malpas wants to come back!  :doh:

Lil' Jimmy

You haven't quite got the hang of this have you?

Umm Kulthum bint Muhammad

it's ady boothroyd. i see he's stopped off on his way home to do the reading game tonight.

kaid mohammed

Stu Pearce

What a tease this Wray fellow is.

It better be good! :)

This is quite a strange one. If this person were to not be offered the job, then why mention it? Therefore I think one of the unnamed is to be employed by us and we can put down our weapons over the current candidates. It's making me think we're going to get someone we didn't see coming and it's going to knock our socks off. This is exciting.

You are not allowed to make any reference to socks being knocked off. It will end in tears.

I'm still going with psycho

fit's in to Reg's rumour, and I have not yet seen Reg deny it.

But then, it is possible that Reg is just being a cunt

If it is psycho I will go to every single game with absolutely nothing on underneath my clothes. Christ, that would be a sick appointment and one I feel everyone would delight in. Well unless he has any opinion on politics that is... :)


I'm an optimist. Socks not being knocked off doesn't hurt, I just dust myself off and convince myself I'm happy anyway. Which I will be. :D

He's dead. He waa cremated. And his ashes were spread at sea. Apart from the blow back that some of his family swallowed. Probaby wouldn't need much reinforcing

Ancelotti? The timing fits.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/13393163.stm

Makes sense as well. Possibility you might be sacked from Chelsea, so quit and take the Swindon job instead.

I think we've got a winner.

It's tough being unemployed in these times.

I reckon it's a missprint and we're actually hiring a mysteron

Mark Robbins

FFS! There's always some little niggle people have to come up with for any decent candidate for manager isn't there? OK, so he's a bit dead and we'd need to reconstitute his physical presence from ashes scattered across the Seven Seas, but isn't the spirit of Barry White, Walrus of Love, enough? Would not that alone drive our players on? Surely when it comes to the "passion" everyone's so damn keen on, Barry was the King of Passion? OK, so he might be a bit dead, and relatively untested in lower league English football, certainly in his post-corporeal phase, but we've always done well under rookies (except when we haven't) and at least he's not a kiddy-fiddler or Scottish.

Maybe our potential new manager has taken out a superinjunction to stop us naming him

You missed out having been partially inhaled by family members

Perhaps deceased is related to the Clinton family. They do not inhale.

Oh an a name I can't  remember seeing has been mentioned on the Adver comments section -Gary Johnson.

Don Rogers.

Grazioli? Comes across very well.

Now assistant to Sanchez at Barnet

Peter Reid?

True, but one got a big chunk of him on her dress

I think it could be Sanchez. He said on the radio that although Barnet stayed up he felt they would always struggle due to the size of their budget and so was considering leaving for a more ambitious club.

Hes took the job there though

Yes, he was actually appointed manager there yesterday so I suspect he won't be coming here.

Thank fuck.

Now, are we 100% sure the person's name is not Mystery Candidate?

Only this kinda looks like it is:

SWINDON TOWN: Is mystery candidate leading the race for top job?

Seconded. I have no idea how I would react were Sanchez appointed, but I know it would start as very negative.

Lawrie Sanchez is a christian isn't he?  :(

Won't be Paolo Sousa, now managing some Hungarian team!

Good point. Maybe we're getting a racehorse as manager. That would quieten the neigh-sayers

Only if he's the mane candidate of course.

Hay! Stop that!

 Too much hoof ball for my tastes...

I'm looking forward to seeing who takes the reins.

Santa Claus

Winner of the 64 Derby.....think 72 winner Roberto might be closer  ;)

Ooooooooooooh...............Di Matteo Reg?? :eek:

I think I would be quite happy with that :nod:

I know it's been mentioned before but personally I would love to see Kevin Phillips cut his managerial teeth with us and he could still do a great job up front in league 2.........just needs an experienced assistant.

Mancini. He'll be looking for a new job by 5pm tonight

Miss Terry Candide, 8?

Ian Dowie?

Robbie isn't in work OST....our mystery man is.

martinez is definitely going to drop from the prem/championship to us

Ah, I didn't realise the 'mystery man' and the 'currently in work man' were in fact one and the same :hmmm:

They appear to have merged overnight.

He's heard about a good tapas bar in Old Town...

Colin Calderwood or Tisdale would be my guesses.

Hmmmm...well if his name is Roberto or Robert and it's not Di Matteo, I'm fucked if I know who it could be. It's not going to be Martinez and as Lumps quite forcefully (and quite rightly) pointed out, Robbie Savage is all set up for a media career having already done a lot of work for ESPN and BBC TV and radio.

I'd love it to be Tisdale...Calderwood not so much.

But surely that is only going by what Reg has said, thats not actually come from inside the club at all is it?

Yes of course it is. I was only trying to guess who Reg's tip off was. That does not mean that is who the mystery man actually is.

Fowler's still contracted to Perth Glory isn't he?

Fowler?

Why didn't I think of that?!

Can rule out the McCanns on that basis.

Roberto Carlos

One man currently in work but who if the rumours are correct is being replaced - Neil Warnock!

On the basis that we seem to have been linked with every Ipswich manager from the last few years, what about Roy Keane.

Not that I would want him

Latest on Victor Chandler:

George Burley 6/4
Paolo Di Canio 2/1
P Trollope, P Taylor, J Hudges, G Macpherson 6/1
G Rix 8/1
R Money, J Magilton 10/1
P Bodin 11/1

12 Bar

Nothing new there!

It wont be but if this mystery candicate is Paul Tisdale I will personally offer to drive him to the CG!

Hope Powell. Our sponsors would love all the press coverage we'd get, guaranteed a tv game or two as well.

Robbie Fowler :hmmm:

If it was him I really would not know what to think about it :eek:

I think I'd be apprehensive. I'd certainly rather have anyone in the betting apart from Rix, Magilton, Money and Taylor.

So is that your tip off Reg you tease?

Robbie Fowler?

Pires?

For some reason I would prefer Pires to Fowler. Don't know why really. I guess I'm not that keen on having another scouser in charge.

That wouldn't be Reg's hint because he said it was a name not mentioned and he was mentioned by Herthab well over a week ago.

How can Vic Chandler rate that scum paedo at 8/1 ahead of Dickie Dosh and Zippy?

I'd expect Obama or Osama to be evens at that rate

Luggy to make a return?

Peter Reid with Andy King as assistant manager?

Its David O'Leary

Because that's how the bets have gone on?

Paul you are not that naive are you? Victor Chandler have been fucking around with the odds as the please and had nearly two weeks of good free advertising from it.

Keith Hill of Rochdale and I'd very happilly drive him down to the CG and buy him a pint.

Buckle - Torquay may go up to L1 but we have better prospects but I think he has been mentioned how about Shearer he always said he wanted to get back into managment

If it turns out to be Tisdale I think I would be extremely excited but unfortunetly I can only see him going to the championship

seriously why do people keep talking about Tisdale? he turned down Southampton when they were in league one and likely to go up, why the hell would he come to us in league 2, and when we're much smaller than Southampton. people need to get it into their heads that he wouldn't come here!

I thought Buckle may have been the 'already in a job' candidate who applied until I realised today that Torquay were in the play offs.

I can't believe he would have been applying for another job and being interviewed for it instead of preparing his team for a play off semi-final.

Even if he had, and it was him who the board had interviewed, they would not be saying they would be announcing the new manager on Wednesday when Torquay have a semi-final second leg to play on Friday followed of course by a possible (now looking highly likely) appointment at Wembley.

I was actually getting quite excited at the prospect of having Buckle as our next manager but as soon as I realised they were in the play offs, for the reasons given above it became apparent that there was no way that was going to happen.

True dat. Sorry RedRag and I think DRS has your answer

Tisdale is the most successful/popular manager in Exeter City's history, it would take some significant behind-the-scenes problems for him to leave them.

...and then there's the whole L2 thing.

If Tisdale leaves Exeter over the summer, it will be for a Championship side. Why would he bother for anything less, he's earned a crack at that level

Whilst I tend to agree you have to also remember his contract is up in 6 months. I'm assuming that despite his exploits with them this season he's yet to be offered a new one. Now I know i'd be looking if I didn't have long left in my current job. He may also be thinking he has taken them as far as he can espeically if players like Benyon are going to be sold off cheap. For him it might make sense to move to a bigger club where he can progress his career more. Staying at Torquay might damage his rep if they go up but come straight back down wherea getting us up and then taking us to the top end of L1 would see his rep rise more.

It's Paul Ince.....got overtaken by a Merc on the A419 with the numberplate 1NCE on Wednesday so fits with when interviews took place. 

But doesn't fit with the mystery candidate
Although as much of what the Adver "believes" is on a par with astrology, not sure how much that counts for

Can't have been Ince as his number plate is C U N T WITH A FUCKING GREAT BIG CHIP ON HIS SHOULDER - he drives a wide car.

:Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick:

Don't think anyone disagrees with that, nor that he is likely to leave. It's just unlikely he'd have been applying for jobs and that we'd announce his appointment on Wednesday whilst they're still in the playoffs. Much as I'd like it to be Buckle, I think we'd have delayed the process if he was in the running.

He wouldn't be the first though would he to be honest. Our very own Hoddle did it.

Ooops, that'll teach me to get to the bottom of the page before I post.

I'm afraid the fact that they've said they would be announcing the new manager next Wednesday just blows the Buckle theory apart for me. Shame, would have been good I think.

I'm gonna stick with Peter Reid. Based on pretty much fuck all.

Hasn't Peter Reid publicly stated several times that he wants to stay with Plymouth to get them back up? Ordinarily, I'd take the standard protestations of loyalty in football as utterly worthless (as they usually are), but in his case, his extraordinary actions this season (selling his FA cup medal to help pay staff wages, paying their leccy bill out of his own pocket etc) do give his words weight.

I have a sneaky feeling that its Tisdale.

Me too :sherlock:

Sure but that was different - Hoddle was offered the Chelsea job on a plate, there wasn't any interview process to go through. If we wanted Buckle it would have been a few private phone calls and then no announcement till after the playoffs.

If Burley has actually been interviewed, it'll be him - surely the best candidate for the job by far?

You'd hope so, but there may be sticking points we don't know about e.g. (and these are just random examples off the top of my head) his salary demands might be too high; he might want what the board regard as an unrealistic transfer budget; the rumours about Hoddle on the board are true and Burley sought assurances that couldn't be given about no DOF-style inteference; he turned up to the interview in his "Friends of Stalin" T-shirt

I doubt it. If you're an experienced manager like Burley and you apply for a job with Swindon Town you've reached the point of desperation and all demands and expectations are out the window. Besides which, we've got to have one of the top 5 highest budgets in the lowest two divisions, so I'm sure we pay a decent wage to our managers.

Perhaps it's a bit like rock groups - when you are playing The Congress Theatre at Eastbourne you know you are finished. As a manager you get offered Swindon Town......................... :eek: :eek: :eek:

If it's tisdale I'll go dancing naked in the street and take photos and post them on here.

Gary Waddock from Wycombe??
I know they've just gone up but might think he's taken them as far as he can?  :hmmm:
Please not Rix or Magilton though.

Probably best not Tisdale then :D

That's true, especially the first bit. Well, hopefully it is Burley then

I'd have been quite happy with Tisdale until you said this. No to Tisdale!

It's not Tisdale...

I’m not quite sure what type of manager I want us to have in League Two. I certainly want us to compete for promotion. There have been plenty of successful rookies at L2 level to take their teams up.

2004/05:
1st: Yeovil Town (Gary Johnson: had been in the YTFC job 4 years when promoted)
2nd: Scuthorpe United (Brian Laws: had been in the SCFC job 7 years when promoted)
3rd: Swansea City (Kenny Jackett: Experienced coach yet still a relatively rookie manager)
P-O: Southend United (Steve Tilson: Appointed in 2003 as a rookie)

2005/06:
1st:  Carlisle United (Paul Simpson:  2nd job, still new to management)
2nd: Northampton Town (Colin Calderwood: Appointed as a rookie)
3rd: Leyton Orient (Martin Ling: Appointed as a rookie)
P-O: Cheltenham Town (John Ward: Experienced)

2006/07
1st: Richard Money (Experienced)
2nd: Hartlepool United (Danny Wilson: Experienced)
3rd: Swindon Town (Paul Sturrock: Experienced/Dennis Wise helped build the squad)
P-O: Bristol Rovers (Paul Trollope: Appointed as a rookie)

2007/08
1st: Franchise: (Paul Ince: Relative rookie)
2nd: Peterborough United (Darren Ferguson: Rookie)
3rd: Hereford United (Graham Turner: Over a decade as manager of Hereford)
P-O:  Stockport County (Jim Gannon: Relatively new to management)

2008/09:
1st: Brentford (Andy Scott: Rookie)
2nd: Exeter City (Paul Tisdale: Rookie)
3rd: Wycombe Wanderers (Peter Taylor: Experienced)
P-O:  Gillingham  (Mark Stimson: No Football League experience as manager prior to GFC)

2009/10:
1st: Notts County (Multiple managers)
2nd: Bournemouth (Eddie Howe: Appointed as a rookie)
3rd: Rochdale (Keith Hill: Appointed as a rookie)
P-O: Dagenham & Redbridge (John Still: Experience, had been with D&R 5 years or so)

2010/11:
1st: Chesterfield (John Sheridan: Decent experience)
2nd: Bury (Experienced Alan Knill did the work, rookie Richie Barker finished)
3rd: Wycombe Wanderers (Gary Waddock: Decent but relatively limited experience)

A nice piece of analysis, although I'm not sure what it shows....other than no Italian has got a side out of Div 4.

About this promotion talk....in all the excitement of new boss talk, we've kind of lost sight of just how poor we ended up this season. Whoever it is, they've a massive job over the summer, getting rid of the unsuitable players and bringing in better replacements.  This wont be easy.

The first aim for the new man, should be to at least make us a bit competitive in games, by introducing some basic competence in key positions. 

There's a lot who seem to think that last season's underperformers, will somehow be magicked into a promotion squad....not sure it happens like that. 

I'm unconvinced about a Director of Football position being created. It's only going to take up more of our salary budget and for what? Wray seems like he's trying to focus on the football more than Fitton anyway but time will tell.

I put that up to show what kind of manager takes team up.

It doesn't matter if you're English, Italian or Uzbek - a rookie manager is still a rookie manager. I would rank Di Canio as a 'Paul Ince' type of appointment. Big name, little experience, has coaching badges.

You could say that there isn't a "George Burley" in that list. A manager who enjoy relatively high profile success who is slowly falling down the leagues.

For the record, I'm not suggesting that promotion will be given for Swindon. Although, I would say that it isn't unrealistic to state that I wouldn't mind a high table finish if possible!

D of F is a strange thing....possibly one of the leading men in the field is Nicky Hammond, appointed at a young age.

they're mostly too good to be having anything to do with Div 4...and at least PDC would get the training running on time

Isn't Di Matteo technically still employed by WBA and was put on 'gardening leave' and not officially sacked ????

I thought the supposed problem with Fitton was that he did focus on the football?

Good point. Why do we need a DoF then? I think I poorly worded my point, someone who will sign players for football reasons moreover business reasons.

Wray has recently clearly said that he wants to appoint someone he can leave to concentrate on purely managing and signing players. Would imagine that rules out a dof

Ah, OK. As I understand it, the alleged rationale for us needing a DoF is that the current board members have demonstrated this season they need someone more footballistic ((c) Arsene Wenger) who can act as a conduit between them and the manager. Partly to advise on player recruitment and partly to advise when the manager's just going through a sticky patch versus needs sacking. Kind of a Conduit of Doom.

Not that convinced that merits a full-on DoF, but they perhaps need some better advice anyway

Alan Shearer in the Observer, today:

"If the right one was to come along then, yeah, I would look at it. I'm not desperate to go in at a club that's got nothing and where I'm peeing against the wind. I'm not naive enough to say I'm not going in unless I can be a Premier League manager, I'm not that stupid. Somewhere along the line you've got to do your apprenticeship. But I'd want half a chance of being successful at it.

"You get faced with a different task every day as a problem is thrown at you. Someone's late – how do you deal with it, do you upset him or do you upset the group? You try to instil some discipline. Someone asks for permission to go somewhere [London, usually]. It's all the little things. What do you decide to wear on the match day? When do you decide to go to the hotels? You're asked different questions every day and I loved it. It was great."

"I don't want it to come across [in this interview] that I want to skip all the apprenticeships and go straight in at the glory end."

Is Steve Tilson still at Lincoln? Because now they have gone down i've got a feeling it could be him.

He has been very vocal in saying he wants to stay where he is. Which probably means fuckall

Their chairman's been very vocal about slashing budgets (e.g. they've just axed their reserve team) by around half a million. Which may have an impact

I think we could do a lot worse than Steve Tilson.

Horses for courses and all that.

Has Roy Keane been mentioned ?

For me, Tilson and Keane are both horrible prospects.

i'm convinced that i don't want a dof.if we get a good enough manager we won't need one

If he came here he would want money to spend something we havent havent got.

Who said we havn't?

Shearer would be crap. No charisma.

Gary Neville.

I think he'll make a great manager,but I think he's doing Sky for a few years first

He's very Marmite,but when you hear the bloke talk he's suprisingly articulate for a footballler/manc

I agree about Neville... i'm just not sure if he even fancies management

I'd agree too. His abrasiveness disguises a pretty intelligent bloke

He's only interested in Man United.

Personally I can't stand the bloke and think he's total cunt. I wouldn't mind him as manager though (I don't have to like him, I don't even like most of the players!)

His abrasiveness doesn't disguise the fact he's intelligent, it just prooves he's a bit of a cunt.

Have it on good authority that the mystery candidate and/or contracted manager is a former Swindon player.

Nijholt.
Calderwood.
Fjortoft.

Nijholt really wouldn't suprise me. He has applied about 3/4 time already so i see no reason to see why he wouldn't apply this time.

People talk about Di Canio tearing people a few new arseholes...well, Luc would do it in a very literal sense.

Kerslake or Culverhouse - both no 2s looking to step up. Hockaday was fancied last time.

I'd quite like so see the appointment of Luc Nijholt.

Loads of experience, wants the job and would be popular for being a former player too. Also, people can't use the "don't ruin the memories" excuse as his only two full campaigns at Swindon both resulted in relegation so the memories aren't that great anyway :)

Actually...

Oooooh Hockaday.

Good shout Chalkie

Anyone mentioned Nicky Hammond yet? Might have decided he fancies a go at management.

Don't they say bad luck come's in threes?

You mean bad Luc. Stick that in your fucking pipe and smoke it Neville.

Maybe that's why they let him join Volendam in '95?

Robbie Fowler's in the country...

Hahaha, i was just going to type the same thing

Has Mark Robins been mentioned on here yet? Just noticed that he may well be on his way out if Barnsley.

He resigned tonight.