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Reckon he's got as good a chance as anyone else of getting it. The past week should go someway to preventing GON at any rate.

Significantly better performance. I would keep him on as interim rather than hiring GON.

This. It won't be monumental, but it will be broadly unpopular. He will have to get off to the perfect start or forever be a manager the fanbase doesn't accept. And besides that, he just isn't very good. It would quite blatantly be a bad appointment... which sadly means it's more likely than not that its the kind of appointment SR will make.

Whoever we hire will have less support than Ralph would have done, and will be coming into an atmosphere of significant fan discontent - it's a shame that it won't be Ralph really, as amongst the fanbase, he is likely the most popular name mentioned so far by some distance, is a good manager, and would have settled a lot of issues with some initial positivity and zero tolerance in the dressing room... He may be getting on and eyeing up the Austria job, but I would have thought there was a chance at a deal for the rest of the season as a minimum. Something in the rumours that SR won't swallow their pride when it comes to him (and the shit show decision making since)? It is still odd to me that he came all the way to England to see a former colleague and chose to do that whilst watching an evening saints game at the same time - has to be something there for the club from his side at least.

Is GON being linked so that everyone will accept eckert?

Wrong thread!

You seem to have left Challinor off this list Hypo 🤪

Its academic that he's ex Pompey to me. He just isn't very good.

He's a Redknapp style manager to me - first and foremost, he doesn't coach/develop players, he's reliant on the quality of players he has given to him. His football/tactics are simple, lacking in any real tactical nous/depth, and he comes across as one of the lads - albeit with the distinction to be the boss and show dissatisfaction. Just like Saggy, he's the sort who sticks players in simple positions, and when it works he'll be happy when his team win or get plaudits for a good performance, but really he's pretty clueless and lacks the ability to adapt or change things when he's being tactically outplayed. He might get this squad out of the champ, but his football is also generally quite dire - or at least it was in the prem. Very uninspiring. Sigh.

I am very underwhelmed if it is him, and tbh somewhat concerned for the future of the club. The task is promotion and i just don't think he's up to it - obviously I hope to be wrong.

The club has told both Alfie House and Blackmore to rule out Martin for them - Football clubs do not come out and disrespect and turn down managers publicly when looking for a new manager. Let alone when they're struggling and humbled at the wrong end of the table.

I don't think Spors will rush now. We could be on 6points from 6 going into the international break and look a far more attractive proposition as a result. I actually (possibly very naively) have a feeling Spors will make a good choice on next manager. But equally it will depend whether its really his choice, or whether he is being interfered with to play in the "preferred" SR way (as Blackmore eluded to a couple of weeks ago).

I would be appalled if anyone at the club makes an appointment to "keep us up". Whoever we appoint should be hired with targeting playoffs in mind.

Do you have the source for this, and the rest of the figure?

I meant we can play a higher line as he can sweep and is far better with his feet and positionally, that we can drop deep with him and pass the ball to him (and not get a Macca newcastle-esq cock up like first game last season), and that his kicking is genuinely very good and can be used to launch counter attacks etc. These are all things Macca is significantly worse at. If we're going to park the bus and just invite shots on goal, play Macca... Either keeper is going to struggle with our CB's spontaneously deciding not to compete for headers or track runners, or react to rebounds etc., inside the 18yard box - we can't keep giving oppo attackers chances on a silver plate.