Ah OK I can't be arsed checking arrivals from Amsterdam 🤣

Yeah it was definitely home against Stoke I can still visualise the goals!

There's a flight from Copenhagen landing at Manchester around 10:30 so providing he doesn't have much luggage he'll be announced around 3pm. Yes, I am that sad I checked 🥲

Or he does want to help but it ultimately needs signing off by the loons in Pune and he's completely pissing in the wind? If that is the process and he's totally powerless then you'd expect him to resign, strongly suspect his massive salary sways that decision though!

The reason last season went tits up is because Mowbrays tactics were sussed out and he refused to adapt. So no, not really Mowbray all over again. A manager SHOULD adapt tactics depending on opposition.

Maybe we're hard to please. That lot up the road seem happy with Kompany, JDT so far has a better managerial CV than him? Would our fans be happier with Kompany? I wouldn't....

Why exactly? Championship football isn't some kind of unique form of football so why is there an obsession with experience in it? In recent years you've had managers of the likes of Norwich with Farke and Brentford with Frank, Watford with Xisco all nailing promotion, all starting out as championship rookies so to speak. If you're a good manager you're a good manager, whether JDT will be who knows, but it's ridiculous to write anyone off purely for not having this magical 'championship experience'. On the flipside you've had countless managers WITH championship experience like Hughton and Pearson flopping in recent years.

Knutsen isn't in the running and hasn't even been spoken to according to Sharpe, sorry to shatter your dreams on that one. I'd say its almost certainly gonna be JDT now.

I'd probably give him a shot tbh, no pun intended, but I think he'd at least get us scoring goals. Used to love watching him as a player. Obviously did a good job at Malmo and whilst they are one of the bigger clubs in Sweden it's not a 1 or 2 horse race to be fair. As I mentioned in the original post it might be a Graham Potteresque appointment and he's not done so bad....

Guilty on JDT Not attempted ITK behaviour though, he was just being linked with QPR so wondered how long it would be till we were linked....

Yeah I just noticed Figueiredo had been released, I'd be all over that for sure. Not expecting us to be that quick off the mark mind 😣

Seems to be a very Scandinavian theme to the latest links, surely only a matter of time before someone sticks a fiver on Solskjaer and makes him favourite on Sky Bet 😬 It doesn't feel like an end is in sight, at all.

Don't even say it, I mean Jewell actually head hunted Lowe when he was at Wigan so he'd even have his old mate already installed! It's literally the perfect appointment for the loons.

Just catching up on the days news, or lack of it. Whys Pardew being mentioned? Are people just being dicks or is there more to it? I have a feeling its going to be Deila, which isn't ideal but I'd give him a go. I'm surprised he's only 46, he must therefore have been managing in his early 30's I guess in Norway. 38 when he took over at Celtic? He's gained a fair bit of experience since then, debatable whether it's the right experience mind 🙁

A few weeks ago now someone asked Rich Sharpe about it and he said an update would be released the following week. The fact it hasn't tells you everything, the figures are dreadful and most likely even lower than anticipated.

Final interview today, announcement tomorrow 🤞 Not ITK bullshit - just what I'm hoping will happen!

I'd be interested to know what our marketing budget for the season is (if there is one 🤔) Greg Coar seemed to be the 'mastermind' behind the bundles we tend to wheel out to little success every season, wonder if there'll be something different now.

Wonder whens the last time any news at the club was met with unanimous positivity? Really is a sign of the damage done over the last decade. I totally get it, so many idiotic and corrupt decisions have been made, its created so much negativity and over cautious outlooks on pretty much everything now. If a prospective manager read this board he'd just be like nah f*ck that they'll never be happy that lot! We can only live in hope that the new gaffer, with the help of Broughton can bring some good vibes back, it's a big ask that's for sure.

Well the cameras and social media crew are at Brockhall today so..........

Seems a great appointment

I mean I'd be willing to wait if it meant the end result was going to be the right man for the job......but this is the Venkys/Waggott shit show after all 🤡 Personal opinion is we need someone in by the end of this week, we can't piss about going into pre season with Benson and Lowe running the show. This also makes me think their hands will be hovering ever so close to the panic button now meaning we'll either: A. get someone shite/unsuitable/potentially worse than Mowbray B. make some internal shuffles and end up with Johnson or Lowe as our manager citing the line "we interviewed several high calibre managers but none had the outstanding attributes Damien displays" This circus we're now in is the main reason myself and no doubt many others, gave TM more time than he perhaps should have been allowed, its still possible we get someone worse. For the record I'm not saying I wish he was still here though!

I know, that's why I stuck the 😏 on the end

Few people have pulled their face at the style of play adopted by Warne and Ainsworth, Deila favours a more attacking approach. I'd prefer Knutsen 😏

I'd argue its worse apart from a few standout players

Exactly my take on it