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It's the kind of thing that is likely to happen when clowns are running the circus.

Couldn't that have been discussed at the very first conversation they had with Marsch to save wasting everyone's time? It's not as though it's not well known in football that managers get sacked with huge pay-offs. Having said that we are talking about Ankersen and Semmens who don't strike me as too switched on when it comes to footballing matters which is a major worry in itself.

There's a photo of Rooney at Heathrow arrivals on The UIgly Inside claimed to have been taken yesterday.

I get the impression he thinks he could do it but then he clearly thinks too highly of himself in many aspects.

I think being player manager would put too much on his plate and he'd become a lesser presence on the field. I get where you're coming from but regretably SR's incompetence has left us all clutching at straws.

We could do worse and I never thought I'd say that. Can't and won't happen of course.

None of the above.

Not sure I believe this but, if true, it again reflects poorly on SR.

The ownership, management and whole club needs an overhaul - the loan system is the least of our worries.

I would think the longer a prospective new manager spends talking to Ankersen and Semmens the more alarm bells would ring. Maybe he was put off by those two.

Let's hope you won't be disappointed by who we appoint instead and also hope Jessie Marsch doesn't pitch up somewhere else and do a good job.

But again, would he take a short term contract? It's all well and good trying to avoid further pay-outs if a manager comes in and it doesn't work out but we are now making things difficult for us to protect us from another Ankersen screw up. It's a case of once bitten and means no reasonable candidates are likely to be interested so Selles gets the gig until the end of the season by default. It's not the way to run a football club.

He's probably on Ankersen's radar.

I dread to think what the ridiculous appointment of Nathan Jones has cost the club in terms of money and credibility. It was such a bonkers appointment you really have to wonder what level of intelligence are the people presiding over this shit show. Mind boggling. To think Ankersen makes money as an author of clever, high-brow books.

Will be interesting to see who Selles picks and how he sets the team up. Hopefully no Janny B!

Would any of them take a short term contract? I doubt it. SR have pretty much laid their cards on the table in that they won't be offering anything other than a short term contract. My guess is that counts out anyone of note so Selles gets the job until the end of the season. If that goes really badly SR will just be seen to be adding fuel to the inferno.

Do caretaker managers get a bounce?

I really wanted to see Jessie Marsch given a chance. It will be interesting to see where he ends up next and how he does.

As someone else said surely he'll need some other coaches to work with him?

There's a long queue I'm afraid.

The whole thing smacks of loonatics being in charge of the asylum.

Yeah plus Ankersen can't afford to waste any more of Dragan's hard earned - pigs need feeding you know.

Well if it's 3 losses it'll mean we've been knocked out of the FA Cup at home to Grimsby.

Those two would be enough to send most sane people running to the hills. Probably explains why we ended up with Mad Nate.

Those three are probably right back in the frame though not sure any of them would take a short term contract.