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Given their apparent penchant for pulling out of 'difficult' interviews, I would suggest totally unrealistic...

I had a bet on him telling us again... Just before the odds dropped massively... Kerching!

I don't usually comment on this kinda stuff, as it inevitably ends up in a futile circular debate, but one thing that did leap out at me reading that piece is that he very much focuses on front line staff when he talks about the challenges of getting productivity gains in the public sector. Which made me wonder what the productivity spilt is between back office and front line staff. One would imagine it's easier to make savings in the back office compared to the front line? As I say, just an observation rather than wishing to stir the opinion pot.

Unless the question is: Do you know any good questions?

Ryanair's / O'Leary's whole marketing schtick is to make light of bad publicity to the point where they almost crave it... Not sure if they'll get away with it on this occasion though.

Socks...?

Mason Holgate

Cheers for the info MB.... Here's hoping it's more "done" than your previous two exclusives... Would be a tad unfortunate if things didn't work out for a third time... Fingers crossed for you 🤞🏻

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A Saintsweb Traitors series... Now there's an idea.... 😁

Surely Rodgers has got to be lowest risk option for Sport Republic? Even if he fails they can always turn around and say to us fans: "well, you wanted a high profile manager rather than one of our usual project / experimental managers and look where it's got us...". If they go for another of their 'clever' options then it's high risk and all on them (yet again)...

Yep, pretty much a 'non brainer' if Rodgers is definitely interested. We need a big personality / strong character as manager and he ticks the box. Dear Mssrs Spors & Solak, Ignore my plea for Viera earlier... Rodgers is your man. Yours etc...

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Dear Mssrs Spors and Solak, Good morning gentlemen. I know you and/or your representatives use this forum (amongst others) as a barometer of fan opinion, so I hereby declare that the majority of us would be happy with Viera. Please therefore make it so. Yours, Lord Trousers and his Saintsweb chums

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I'll have to stop jesting on the off chance that people start taking me seriously...

"Least polished"... Yep, doesn't get much more damning than that...

Aye

Fair point 👍🏻

It's almost as if you have a vested interest in not saying anything negative about it MLG....

Might be partly due to his better managerial stats compared to O'Neil, albeit in the Championship vs the Premier League. Carrick's win % over 139 matches is fairly impressive at 46.76%, whereas O'Neill's is 31% over 100 matches. As I say, not directly comparable due to different leagues, but I guess it might be a factor in swaying people's viewpoints.

Ralph Kruger knew more about running a football club (and I'm only half jesting...)

Inept and/or toothless industry regulators; e.g. the Gambling Commission

Bloody hell... Talk about déjà vu... "No plan B".... "Totally predictable tactics"... "No in game management"... I was unsure about Carrick, but having watched that I'm now certain... No thanks!