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This seems more plausible to me than anything else, especially the Villa speculation.

In fear of sounding like Frankie Howard : No, no, and thrice no.

You may be right but seems illogical to me.Get out of L1 first then change rather than jeopardise the promotion prospect. Last paragraph, we'll have to wait and see but fear that unless a good appointment is made soon, then we will be on a very slippery slope again. On first hearing AP was gone I was expecting an announcement was imminently to overshadow it (ie O'Neil or Keegan).I am amazed nothing is in the pipeline so wonder what - other than a rift over transfers/club structure between AP and NC - led to AP's hasty departure.

Someone suggested Holloway earlier, and those under pressure - Martinez ? Perhaps Grunt wants to be nearer his sleazy knocking shop down this way again. May also be assistants/coaches in the PL looking to move up.

Don't joke.Having beaten us three times in about the last 12 months he may very well have registered on NC's radar.

Further reasons not to consider Sven's application any further then.

Anyone else considered the Hart rumour has been 'leaked' by Saints in order to manage expectations ie when they announce Ince/Turdishley/Zola/some random Serie B Italian no one has heard of, fans will breathe a collective sigh of relief and say "at least its not Paul Hart...".

It must have been a case of mass-misconduct then...Any suggestions ?

That we don't know do we ?

So, after over 3,000 posts we end up with two right backs, and a left back. Not many people can claim any ITK success this time.Can't wait for Jauary's window......

New to me???

how do they know? Cortese hasn't said

oh, not a well known 'affair' though is it

Tell me more!?!?!?

It won't be hart please can we forget about his name

yep, thats true

Nooooooooooooooooo please god

I see, and how reliable is the official twitter. I mean, who writes it?

Have the club twitter not dismissed the 'Hart rumours'??? I must admit, I don't quite understand how twitter works.

Was Les Reed once connected with Keegan whilst KK was in charge of England ? Just a thought.

Oh good, that sounds like a rimming endorsement from other fans then. Actually, I remember he did a reasonable job there and many were disappointed when he left.

Perhaps he'll be Stuart Pearce's assistant.

I'll go with CB Fry on this. Pearce is a serial non-achiever as per Robson, and Platt who incidentally were also talked of as future England managers.

He was certainly an appointment that Lowe did well to avoid after Hoddle left.

Zola would be preferable to Pearce, who like Platt, Bryan Robson etc continue to live on their playing reputations. Zola can also string a more coherent sentence together in English which always seems beyond Stuart Pearce.