Wade Garrett

Tell you what, I'll turn my back on you on the goal-line, you shout turn as you hit it, and I'll still save it. I may tie my arms behind my back and close my eyes, using nothing but my athleticism and some old jedi-mind trick I learnt many years ago (the one where you can actually hear where the ball is going).

I made many a save at full stretch, but I made it look so easy. Next year playing against you lot will be a breeze. To make it fair I'll play one half for each team.

Broken down like that it does seem a very uninspiring choice. Can't see it really lifting the club or putting bums on seats. It seems to me that the main thing he has going for him is that he has done a lot of Les Reed's courses and would be happy to work in the environment that Reed will create for him. Seems like a Lowe-esque appointment to me.

Can imagine Reed is. It keeps him in work.

What if some big bets went on Adkins to keep the price up on other candidates. Just a thought.

You must like that post because I've seen it before. What about managers who have achieved at all levels of the game (Keegan, O'Neill). That way you wouldn't have to change managers everytime you get promoted. Crap analogy.

We've been here before. I would rather Le Tiss said nothing. Unfortunately, he likes getting paid for interviews. Like you say, comments like these don't help the club, just like failed takeovers because you don't have a pot to **** in don't.

He sounds like someone good at exams. Brian Clough once got his league medals out to young Nigel and said "There you are, there's my A levels". I think Alex Ferguson might have a City and Guilds in welding.

The 'nimble' point is a fair one. And bear in mind that some 'cracking' looking saves owe more to poor positioning and luck. I know this because I was an incredibly gifted goalkeeper who didn't rely on luck, just on ability. Can't wait to show you lot up next year. Count me in.

I was an incredibly gifted goalkeeper, and you never lose it.

If he's got a contract he doesn't leave unless we want to get rid of him. I couldn't give a f*ck if he was Pardew's best mate or not, and I suspect this is b*llocks anyway.

The keeper in the pictures looks crap. May have to dust my gear off if you have another game.

Apparently, Cortese and Di Matteo grew up together in the same village.

I'd love it as well. I still remember the exact moment I heard he was signing for us, on a teacher's car radio on the way to a school football match. He would generate as much excitement again if he came here as manager. He would lift the whole club and would get fans back to St Marys. He also has a great record in lower leagues. Unfortunately I can't see it happening.

If it was him they would surely have announced it by now. Either it never was him, or we wanted him and he turned it down, or he accepted the job but Cortese got cold feet.

Nothing that Reed has done in his career suggests that he should hold a top post at any football club. If the article is true there is no way in the world a 'big name' manager would waste their time with us. Can you imagine Ferguson, Wenger, Moyes, Hughes or even Pulis tolerating such a situation?

Perhaps you've posted in good faith, but Shearer is very much his own man, and I couldn't see him working with Keegan in a managerial role.

This is getting f*cking boring now. For f*cks sake Mr Cortese, put us out of our misery. It's not like the team don't need a decent boss, Saturday should have told you that. Just get the new man in, it's getting ridiculous now. Really f*cking fed up.

Nick doesn't repair photocopiers does he? Was he Xerox trained?

Copacabana - Barry BigNose.

Try a blunt disposable Bic.

So you think you know it's O'Neill, but you've covered yourself with the last bit?

I didn't like Pardew's dress sense. The black shirt with the dark suit and no tie was just a fashion roadcrash.

Adkins isn't going to have wouldn't have the impact of lifting the club and getting people back to St Marys (18k on Saturday). He also, for all his achievements, has a relegation on his CV. We need stability and the club needs a lift. Giving the job to someone who has only managed a smallish club would be a big gamble on Cortese's part in my humble opinion.

agreed, it was more like a 4-4-1-1.