Doubt it.

What on earth is Hyam thinking? Lucky boy.

End product is non existent though sadly.

He's shite. End of.

Really poor from Kargbo.

Whatever. I still think this guy represents quite a difference in approach from the last three and the players will either buy into it big style or the opposite will occue.

Im really apprehensive about this one. Either we'll get the new manager bounce, be prepared to run through a brick wall, and win impressively, or having been used to a few arms round the shoulder type coaches, they wont take to him, down tools and be well beaten. Dont think there'll be too much inbetween.

Ismael had Dennis on loan when he was at Watford didnt he? Anyone know if the relationzhip between them was good, or is it the nail in the coffin for our £20k p.w. "significant investment?" Cant imagine him putting up with Cantwell for long unless he starts pulling his finger out either.

Absolute nonsense. Wahlsted cant even catch the ball. Bit of a liability for a keeper to say the least.

You have a point about Pears not being good enough but you invalidate it by being obsessed with him and going completly overboard all the time. Were you in a coma when Wahlsted played for us?

Missed the letter "yesterday". It obviously wasnt written by him, Id imagine he gave someone at the Club one or two ideas and they fleshed it out. Overall I think it's a nice idea IF it came from him originally. At the same time I dont think its anything to be overly impressed by and I treat it with a lorry load of salt, it's just a slight departure on the usual "I used to support the Club when I was growing up as a kid" nonsense that you often get when a player switches Clubs. Not really worth getting worked up about either way. I was a lot more impressed by his comment today about how other teams are wanting to take our spot and we need to make sure we keep it! Ultimately Ill judge him primarily on results on the pitch. Not whether he looks like a former member of a boy band and flashes a disarming grin after getting stuffed or says "you know" too much in interview.

Yeah but in the above hypothetical, you gave her written permission to "flash the eyes" at other fellas and you've been giving her 50p p.w. allowance for herself and to run the house with so you sort of lose the right to complain about it. When she threatens to leave for another fella it all depends what you think of her. If you think she's "a keeper" then you do your level best to keep her. The next one might be far worse!

Well done! Its an absolute disgrace that ever got as far as Court - talk about a waste of money and Court time!

One advantage I can possibly see is he might be more inclined to use the January signings than Eustace and Lowe who looked like they'd had them foisted on them and seemingly weren't keen to use them. Then at least we wouldnt have signed six players for nothing.

Before a ball is kicked I'm completely underwhelmed with this appointment, but obviously I hope he proves me completely wrong. The one thing that gives me a bit of hope is that he looks the type who might be able to scare the players into playing out of their skins short term for the next 15 games. Which is really all we need. Longer term if we don't go up, he doesnt seem the sort of bloke to be messed about so I doubt he'll be able to resist chinning Waggott or Pasha at some point and I cant see it ending well in the long run. Much the same as with our last two coaches. Until then we'll see how it goes. Welcome to Ewood and the very best of luck Valerian.

So.....is the masterplan to hire someone without a work permit and then hope it takes a couple of weeks to sort out by which time we'll have dropped well out of the play off picture?

Everyone will give him a chance if appointed Im sure. I've enjoyed a lotvof your posts recently but it seems you (along with a certain red top journalist) are back in full PR mode for the Club. Has Waggott been on a recruitment drive?

So (if it's him) we previously had a very successful Head Coach whose contract expired in 16 months. We refused to extend his deal and instead are reportedly giving this guy, (who could be great or could be awful) a 3 year deal. Makes sense. No guarantee he'll maintain the standard set by Eustace but I assume he's agreed to do it for less. Happy Days in Waghail world.

Yeah, got to admit he doesnt look like someone you'd want to get the wrong side of. If he can scare the living bejesus out of them for 15 games it might work. Im a bit worried about the work permit situation. How long will that take?

The point about Mowbray is that he looked a really uninspiring appointment at the time, he was unemployed having walked out on Coventry with them near the bottom of the table. Obviously with hindsight he did better than Coyle but neither of their appointments looked promising at the time they were made and Id say the same applies in the case of Wagner and Ismael. The only plus side is that at this point we dont really need anyone to come in and be great for 4-5 years, we just need someone to come in and make a real short term impact for 15 games.

Yep, Ismail and Wagner are very Coyle/Mowbrayesque type appointments in that any success they had was some time ago and more recent appointments ended badly. The difference with Eustace is that he'd been successful in his most recent endeavours before coming here. I was really pleased when he was appointed whereas with these two Id be completely underwhelmed.

Not bothered about either. Im sure Im not imagining Norwich fana hating Wagner and that when we went to their place the atmosphere was completrly toxic!

When a new manager is appointed it should have you bursting with enthusiasm and optimism. If Ismael or Wagner are appointed I think the fanbase aa a whole will feel completely deflated . Not so much of a new manager bounce, more of a new manager "meh."

Is that from Jackson? Why doesnt he name these unlinked candidates then? Anyone could claim there were any number of mystery candidates if you cant back it up by naming them. If we end up with Ismael who's been heavily linked all along Im calling BS on that tbh.

So IF it is Ismael, how long will a work permit take?