Cant for the life of me see why. I had no idea who he was but and had to look him up but he was apparently sacked before Klopp had even started his job at Red Bull with his side 10 points behind the leaders Sturm Graz. Also with his side 32nd out of 36 in the Champions League group.

We could actually be barking up the wrong tree. They could actually have a genius appointment up their sleeve, however everything you say appears to be correct and as many of us have said the suggestion you're proposing seems so simple and obvious. Every managerial appointment is obviously vital but given the challenges we're likely to face after this season if we dont go up, I think the next appointment we make is likely to be one of the more pivotal ones in our history. I think we're talking after we went down to the third division in 1970 for the first time ever and when Jack was ill and we'd sacked Bryan Kidd type crucial. Luckily we came up with Ken Furphy and Souness (before he lost the plot) on those occasions and our longer term futures revived in each case. Do we trust current management to make a similarly inspired appointment? Feels like a real "sliding doors" moment.

A week's a long time in football, if there was any feeling of grievance against Eustace amongst the players that will be dissipating and after a week of training the temporary arrangements will feel more like the norm Lowe will be doing REALLY well to make it 3 out of 3 on Saturday.

Quelle Surprise! (About the wage) As a final shortlist of 3 could that actually be any worse? Hope to god Nixon is completely wrong.

Touche` Sir. Who WOULD be your choice? Its easy to dismiss individual candidates.

Yeah. Just live hand to mouth on a month to month basis until the Wharton/Szmodics/Raya/Carter money runs out.

He's getting shorter and shorter in the betting. (Talksport Bet) O Neil 7/4 Ismael 4/1 Next nearest in the betting (Lowe etc) out at 10/1. Suggests to me both have expressed an interest in speaking to us but are nowhere near accepting it otherwise they'd be heavily odds on or betting would be suspended. First one who decides they can tolerate working under Waghail for any sort of period probably gets it. I'd personally expect O'Neil to run a mile as soon as he speaks to us.

The dream scenario sounds sweeter and sweeter. Gueye scores an 89th minute screamer to win the play off final against them. With Dyche at the wheel. Lol.

Sadly you might be right. If we can "lease" players, perhaps the thinking is we can also "lease" managers etc. Especially if you dont know what you want to do with the Club beyond summer 2026.

Dyche is a name who hasnt been mentioned at all this time round. I did hear him linked quite strongly initially after Mowbray went. He'd be another very good choice as a short term appointment.

Agree completely.

Yep, could be desperate enough to take it after a series of recent flops. The prospect wouldnt excite me personally but arguably better than Wellens/Boateng/Boamorte etc.

O Neil was surely always an extremely unlikely candidate due to the colossal difference between his Wolves salary and what he'll get here and the fact he's still apparently receiving a very generous severance package? If we did bring him in, irrespective of his ability, Id be mildly impressed by the statement of intent on our part. Just think it's so unlikely and always was.

Completely disagree. Id expect us to tail off under Lowe whether it's just a case of his honeymoon period coming to an end or after he were appointed until the end of the season. There's nothing really for Waghail or the owners to fuck up for a new man on a temporary appointment before the end of the season. Unless they forget to pay him.

I'm not paid £300k p.a. to sort out these kind of problems. However Ive maintained from the off that it seems a very straightforward situation to me. The job for the rest of the season SHOULD be a very attractive proposition indeed. However despite you claiming Eustace had no reason to leave, If we don't go up, the job medium to long term is a dog with fleas imo. Therefore the solution is obvious to me, initially appoint the very best person you can until the end of the season. On the basis that all you really need to do is to keep us going in similar fashion to what Eustace managed to do for most of the season and keep them motivated, my initial choice would have been Warnock (and to a lesser extent Allardyce) but Im quite happy to accept the latter is a non starter for the reasons people have mentioned. Don't see why Warnock couldnt have been appointed within 48-72 hours if he was interested. After that I'd go for Gerrard to raise excitement levels, keep the players motivated and keep the spotlight on the Club. After that Id be reasonably happy with Duff and after that Id be reasonably happy with O Neil. Dont see any of those as particularly realistic on the basis, Waghail wont want the spotlight on the Club and Cost, Duff reportedly doesnt suffer fools gladly and the again cost in the case of O Neil respectively. Lowe has done a good job to date and earned the Club a bit of much needed breathing space but I would expect his honeymoon period to end sooner rather than later and if he was appointed permanently Id expect our results and performances to tail off markedly. Its human nature. If you've been told it's Wellens we really want does that not ring SERIOUS alarm bells with you? That smacks to me of preparing for Life medium to long term in League 1 or lower. And If the only reason he doesnt end up here is because we arent prepared to pay the £250k compensation then that should be setting off even more serious alarms and showing the real reason Eustace opted to leave to join a Club in 21st. It wasn't just for a short term bump in salary.

Great deal of certainty there. Hunch or concrete info?

Bet Man Ure thought that before they appointed Solskjaer permanently.

This hundre Correct. Sifting through lots of applications is for run of the mill joba where you've no idea who any of the applicants are. We should have our targets in mind before any applications even come in and approach them in order of preference.

So if we lose a game under Eustace it's Eustace's fault and if we lose one under it's not Lowe's fault. Lol.

Still 5/2 on Talksport Bet If anyone is that confident he's coming there's a killing to be made! (Boateng 7/2, Wicky 4/1 then a big gap to Carsley 10/1.) He is one of the least worst options being floated, I still have difficulty seeing past the financial considerations.

We've had this argument a number of times already. He can only go somewhere where the window is still open this season. (I think)

Absolutely spot on.

Did you say the same about Mowbray when he took us down?

Jalil Saadi. Anyone seen him play? Can't recall hearing his name even being mentioned.

Interestingly Mowbray, (unsurprisingly) Mark Robbins (which we knew about) and CARSLEY are front centre on HSH Sport's instagram page. Not sure if Boateng and Boamorte are on there wouldnt recognise them if I tripped over them. There's a young lad in a Rovers strip on there I dont recognise.