Is some one keeping an eye on jim? A win at Boro he's going to be quite depressed you know.

But yer Squid doesn't buy what it used to, unless you go shopping in the Asian market. You could actually be close to the truth there 1864, but I don't think it is a case of him being fired. I think if anything it would be a case of Souness retiring, the board wishing to hold funds for the new man to start building his team as he sees fit. Nationwide Football does not beat thinking about we all know the clubs feelings on that but we must be prepared should the drop happen. Prepare for the worst, hope for the best.

Quite a concept there Mr Fleming, but it will never catch on, this new fangled stuff generally never does.

Never heard a Rovers fans call Gillespie that before, where you been mate? (Or where've I been even?)

We all have low periods at work and know what helps us get through them. I was just thinking how on earth do you gee yourself up as a football manager? Why you just have a look at your Paycheck, smile and say gee up I'm on a doddle here.

Great post tris, I'd never looked at it that way. Does this mean mediocrity is the best thing to aspire to for a footy manager to keep his job?

Oh please! By all means, feel free to argue in favour of Souness - but this well-worn argument is totally stupid. Was Brian Kidd on the pitch when we were stinking up division one? Was Graham Taylor playing alongside Carlton Palmer for England when he was England boss? Were they still culpable for the bad results? Would having Todd and Short, available have made a difference to Souness' "performance" on Saturday?

Especially since rover6 is Sturrocks agent :'>

Dingles don't have jobs.

Nationwide journeymen??? Rich, coming from the fan of a club who has to beg their fiercest rivals to borrow players. Yes Souness must stay, you never know a new manager may not be so generous to you.

Would your "feeling" keep us out of the First Division. Non of the names you have put forward have any experience with the exception of Hughes. Mark Hughes did well with an entire Nation of Footballers to choose from but eventually even he failed to acheive the goal with his team.

our next 3 games are all winnable,but i'm more confident off gaining 3pts than 9pts if souness saves the day and we do not get relagated then swans off to spurs what will you souey can do no wrong brigade think then Well, I'd think we'd need another manager.

With some of his tackling and the red cards he's got jim perhaps rugger is something he should think about.

Jan, not quite correct. Living in Arizona and having lived through the worst Forest fires ever here, the main culprit of the fire spreading, apart from dry windy conditions, NOT removing the saplings. See if you actually understood your analogy you would have realized that thinning is the best way to help prevent the spread off fire. Its a matter of knowing which saplings to leave and which to get rid of. So on your theme, had the wrong saplings been left in place it could have led to the destruction of the entire forest. Some saplings are removed by the correct people in charge but the best ones are yanked from your Forest by others against your will.

Souness took it outside and kicked three shades of caca out of it.

Good point, not something that many of us have considered. He refused to criticise Lucas and is still make his feelings known on the Cole incident, instead he keeps hiding behind comments such as 'the general feeling is...'. Strange comments from a man who is not afraid to say what he feels His analysis of the formation and general frustrations of being a Rovers fan at present are spot on too. Fecking nitpicking omniscient yahoo's, you are really. Just how many times have you EVER heard a manager come out and say anything against his player in a situation like that. He copped to Neill's sending off being righteous isn't that enough for you perfectionists. What next, sack him cos he shaved his tash, sack him cos he ties the wrong shoelace first or pulls the wrong trouser leg on first. Ridiculous. Like the earlier poster said, he does you whine, he doesn't you whine.

But there are no guarantees that you will be there to greet us are there. I mean if your borrowed team goes back from whence they came what do you have left.

And there he shows his ignorance. Anyone who thinks Alex McLeish is fit to lace Martin O'Neill's boots isn't a football fan. However, that said and realising that Martin O'Neill would never look at a club like us, Alex McLeish wouldn't be a bad choice. He's young, had relatively good ideas. I wouldn't have a problem with him. Not a football fan huh? You are right, I am a big fan of fishing and I hooked you big time. Alex McLeish may not have as long a track record as O'Neill but has done a good job in getting Rangers back to being Scotlands number one football team.

jim, I don't usually resort to this but quit being an idiot. Your personal vendetta against Souness cos of what happened with your kid is ridiculous. Does your son know how you are reacting to that? If so I am sure he is embarrassed. Not very good life lessons you are giving there jim.

Lose to Leicester? It could well happen, as I mention elsewhere, we seem to be playing the "lesser" teams immediately after they have been embarrassed, spurs them on. If our lot think they can just show up and win then as waggy says, we are doomed.

What about that Rangers manager, far and away best manager up there, perhaps he can get more out of Barry Ferguson.

Nice post Ultra Blue

And bringing in manager X would be a guarantee of fixing all that waggy? Rubbish we would get a new manager, he'd lose a couple of games and these CM player fans would be after his head, they'd all be crying "why'd we ever get rid of Souness". I do agree though, Mr Williams needs to sit down with Souness and find out what he plans to do. Perhaps even have him answer some of the fans questions about his tactics and playing players out of position. Hang in there Graeme you can do it, and if we are bottom at Christmas, then Feck off. (just kidding)

So? Does this mean Rovers can never get a new manager no matter what ? I, like Rover6, am sick and tired of "Lady Luck", "On another day", "We did enough to get something from the match" etc. I think the lineups looks like something pulled out of a hat. We´ve lost 5 of 9 pl matches, 4 of 5 at home, and are out of Europe straight away. 9 matches and 1 point off the dropzone. Who cares what happened 1,2 or 10 seasons ago ? Go on. Kill me. So after three very succesful campaigns you would fire him for losing half a dozen matches, pathetic.

Welcome Mr Whalley, good of you to join us. First let me say, I commented that you slated Neill, you did, so what? I never implied that it was bad to do so or that the article was rubbish, those were the words of a subsequent poster who put those words in my mouth, so to speak. In actual fact my comment WAS intended to be more complimentary. Some on here have commented that you were too bland, perhaps politically correct. Clearly there was little PC in your lambasting of Neill, and hence my question, is that more like it. You have a difficult job, as Revidge did before you, you mention that we all have our opinions this is true but I hope you find that you have the intestinal fortitude when some of the folks on here are voicing theirs. Good Luck.