EBS1980

Potential would appear to be the cheaper option as the proven manager would demand a higher wage. Potential is more of a game but when money is tight that is why clubs go for potential over proven. My fear over Adkins is that he has done well with no pressure, no transfer budget and no expections. I worry how he would cope with pressure, some money to spend and massive expections....

No it's not. It's not confirmed until it's on OS, until then it's just speculation.

Seems to like telling the public his every move. That wont go down well with NC. Maybe they have interviewed the unemployed people first while they get permission to speak to those employed.

Who do u think has been interviewed already phil and who u think we will get?

Can't be number one choice if it's taken us a week to decide to speak to him.

nooooooooooooooooooooooooo!

IF it is Adkins i'd be very surprised if it costs us that much. It's well known Scunny have a small budget so i can't imagine he is on a massive amount as manager. Just their chairman trying to get greedy as they know we have money. My worry with him is that he has done well with no money, but if he joins us i'm sure he will be given some money in Jan. Might not be very good when he is given money to spend, many managers have failed there. Peter Taylor and Craig Burley (Ipswich) to name just two.

I think it just shows nobody really knows who it's going to be.

Who is football agent 46 though?

I'd like a PM too :-)

Cos it appears only Woodgate and Kightly are the only players left out of the squad lists. No other real names left out of the squad.

Wolves have just announced theirs and Michael Kightly isn't in it due to coming back from injury and they have said they will loan him out. Probably go to a championship side, but fits the mould of the type of player we need (ie winger)

I'm sure some wanna be managers will be watching tonight just incase. Get those cameras out and get looking.

You can stick Paul hart up your a**e now being sung

And Alan Pardews red and white army

That's quite a take up if 30 have applied from people currently employed. Excluding the premiership teams that's 72 clubs and 30 have applied! Not all will be working as a manager but still that shows what appeal we have.

Really hope we don't go for Hart. Seems crazy appointment IMO, how old is he?! Hardly a name to pull in players to drop to L1 to play for us. Hmm, just hope it's as a coach or something instead..

To be fair i did miss O'Neil on that list. When we got Pardew we all thought it was a good appointment and we did well to get him to drop to this level. I don't think anyone else on that list (bar O'Neil) would fit that criteria either.

Don't think there is anyone on there i'd actually want in preference to Pardew. I hope our new manager is someone not on this list. Gianfranco Zola 4/1 Paul Tisdale 5/1 Eddie Howe 6/1 Glenn Hoddle 7/1 Gareth Southgate 8/1 Phil Brown 10/1 Tony Mowbray 10/1 Ian Dowie 14/1 Jim Magilton 14/1 Alan Shearer 16/1 Chris Coleman 16/1 Paul Jewell 16/1 Dean Wikins 16/1 Steve Clarke 16/1 Dennis Wise 16/1 Alan Curbishley 20/1 Paul Ince 20/1 Gary Megson 20/1 Kevin Blackwell 20/1 Micky Adams 22/1 Steve Coppell 25/1 Kevin Keegan 25/1 Chris Wilder 25/1 Alan Knill 28/1 Jim Gannon 28/1 Martin O'Neill 33/1 Jeff Kenna 33/1 Dan Petrescu 40/1 Carlton Palmer 66/1 Matthew Le Tissier 100/1

Not Blackwell either please, played hoof football while at Sheffield utd. Can't think of any likely options. I would guess an Italian because of NC but we need someone who knows the lower leagues but also has good contacts and well respected in order to get people to join us. Wonder if Wilkins will leave once manager in too if not wonder why he is only one to survive?!

Wonder what Gully makes of it, signs one week and the manager has gone already. Maybe we got him because of who was going to be the manager?

Shocked!! What's the betting it's a Italian coming in? Strange timing.

Who are the players wearing 8 and 11 in the training pictures on OS?

i went for PFC-SOPAC (same old pompey always cheating) but mine didn't get thru!