Willo of Whiteley

I don’t buy the “he’s interim manager, he’s hardly going to change tactics”. It’s not difficult to say to the players we’re setting up in this formation, you have license to get forward, you need to cover these areas etc. Give the players some freedom. We might win 6-0 by playing players in the right position and in an attacking formation, but we don’t know because we’re to bloody scared to try.

Will Still IN

Agreed, I see this happening

Sheffield Wednesday might be suffering, but these past ten days will have given them a new lease of life. They won’t go down without a fight. 1-1 I reckon

I haven’t watched the above video, but the vibe I’ve always got about Michael Carrick is “dull”, “boring”, “sideways football” etc. I could be completely wrong but he just strikes me as a safe option without any particular expectation going up or down.

Well that’s sad, and alarming to hear.

Will Still not looking as bad as some of those options now, is he? 😂 It is just the dregs of managers that were going to be linked with. No one with any pedigree or standing in the game.

I have faith in our wonderful owners to give a three year deal. 😂

Beggars can’t be choosers. And when you look at the shortlist there’s a lot on there that are not coming to us. I’m resigned to Tonda being given a three year deal now, sadly.

The funny thing is it doesn’t matter what player you pick for each position, they’re all equally as poor. The only three that I would say make every single fans starting XI is Jander, Scienza and Armstrong. Look at the goalkeepers, that could go either side, ironically, normally where the oppositions shots go. Defensively, we have five CBs, we have used all of them to varying degrees of success and failure so far this season and in so many combinations it was stun even the brainiest statisticians. Central midfield is slim pickings as a whole. And up top, or only striker that scores is Adam Armstrong, Leo Scienza has been a great addition, but I wouldn’t say Fellows has done anything of note, Fraser has gone off the boil, Robinson still a youngster etc.

I did have a go (on the previous page), Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain was my guess. Didn’t realise Oriol Romeu wore 14 when he first joined 😂

I’ll give it to you, albeit two months later 👏🏻😂 Next…..? 😃

Maybe he’s agreed to play with a back five 👀🤣

Makes you wonder what the “senior players” will make of the appointment if Gary O’Neill became the new manager. 😂

Wishing for: McCarthy; Jelert, Wood, Quarshie, Wellington; Downes, Jander, Azaz; Fellows, Armstrong, Scienza Expecting: Bazunu; Fellows, THB, Stephens, Wood, Manning; Downes, Jander, Robinson, Armstrong, Downs I just see the line up tombola being rolled out for this one.

Adding Gary O’Neill to the list. (Also a note: shortening of odds does not mean the bookies know something fans don’t. How utterly deluded are some people? 😂)

If Gary O’Neill is appointed, which I don’t think he will be, the chanting for Sport Republic out will be monumental after a couple of games. I don’t see him being the one to get a tune out of these players; and Sport Republic will want to do everything to deflect away from them.

Imagine the statement from the club if we hired a manager with pedigree and authority and stature. Nice right? Aaaaand back to reality. Tonda Eckhart three year deal incoming.

I thought he was unfortunate at Man United to lose his job, they played brilliant counter attacking football

I think it’ll be Eckhart even if we don’t win on Saturday. A real yes-man that SR dream of. But the continued issue of playing five at the back and shit substitutions makes me extremely uncomfortable.

This is the issue I said a week ago. The fanbase calls for Will Still to go (rightly or wrongly), who comes in? Realistically? It won’t be Ange, or Martin, or Ralph, or Gerrard, or Lampard, or Rodgers, or Carrick, or Southgate, or Rosenior. Then you keep looking at other sites and other names and the options look pretty appalling. I can see Tonda Eckhart being made permanent, being very underwhelming but the cheap Sports Republic option.

Steven Davis lives nearby still. Just saying 👀

Give him the armband immediately

He said this last night in the post match interview

Imagine the reaction if Tonda Eckhart gets the permanent job. How will you react?