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For sure. IMO it will be someone who hasn't been mentioned a lot, like when MP took over.

Don't think we will go for anyone who is in work, and if it were someone like FBD it would have come out by now, from the Dutch end.

Struggled offensively tonight. Always wanted to turn back to his right foot and slowed a lot of their moves down.

Not when so much is happening in the background. Doesn't add up for me. I reckon he is out of the running.

Well either he agreed it all last Monday when he was interviewed or he hasnt been speaking to the club, at least not face to face since then.

Koeman still in Turkey. If its him that is our preferred candidate then surely he would have cut that short by now?

Source?

Chuck it on Ramon Diaz instead.

Blackmore not expecting any news re Manager this week, more likely next week.

It obviously won't be Mancini.

Funny how people get so wound up by Journalists reporting a story that is most likely true.

Could very well be true. If so, the bizarre question is why he signed for us in the first place - surely he knew we wouldn't be in the CL next season? Most likely he has an offer on the table, you would assume from Liverpool.

Should hopefully find out by end of week, some encouraging Candidates linked, miles better than the dross allegedly in the frame for the West Brom job. I think they have an urge to revert to the yo-yo days again, some odd decisions there in the last couple of years.

Anyone still think it will be Koeman?

He is sorting it, so I'm sure he does. if someone put £100 on Gary Pallister his odds would start coming in, it means nothing more than people are betting on it, and the SFC Manager market will be small enough that it can be manipulated.

Obviously not Mancini, doesn't fit with anything Reed said yesterday, none of it.

Pretty sure it will be an out of work Manager, especially if theybare down to a preferred Candidate now. It would have come out if it were someone employed IMO.

Bruce's agent working hard to get him a new contract at Hull.

Yakin's agent consistently said he had no contact from us, and he doesn't speak great English. Koeman could still be regarded as up and coming IMO.

He is a Pompey fan wind up Merchant, fake-ish Journo. Would ignore.

Too young to be Gaffer IMO.

Hopefully. Koeman seems like a great fit for us. Might get an idea from Reed later.

The longer it goes the less I think it will be Koeman. He is unemployed, we have already held talks....surely it would have progressed a little more? Sure we will get someone fairly decent though.

What cheap option Manager is that then?

It wasn't. But everytime I said MP was going there you said I was "bed wetting". Can we no longer discuss stuff and have an opinion? Or can we only comment on fact? Who do you want as Manager, or do you not really care?