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King has done what I think most of us thought he would do and been reeled in by a high profile media name. Lampard will be picked apart by savvy championship operators. Having said that he’ll be our manager so if he gets it I’ll back him all the way.

You have to look at what sort of manager we need. It’s not really a complete shoestring exercise now. Neither is it embarrassment of riches stuff. We need someone with a track record in the division and who can make good players better. We’ve got to get away from being seduced by big names.

No, he hasn’t.

Well that’s your opinion. Answer me this: if rvn had been a L2 journeyman striker with the exact managerial experience he currently has would you be encouraging his appointment? The answer is no. So we’re taking a punt on a name.

Lots of talk about what will be the head coach role. Less about the seemingly likely DoF role. Just as important. Any noise on the runners and riders for this?

His back story is far more suggesting of being capable. Rvn is being suggested because he scored lots of goals for Man Utd. Don’t get me wrong, ill naturally back whoever comes in.

I tend to agree listening to his more recent communications. Sounds like it will be two people anyway with a head coach and a DoF. Inevitably the coach especially will want his own team of coaches etc which will cost. So yes, a significant investment.

“Spell” is quite generous for the period of time it covered.

Is that the enigma code?

If it is rvn it’s a complete punt based on his playing career and name. Surely that’s not where we want to be. King has fallen for the feelgood factor of having a big footballing name linked with his club rather than making a good football decision

Not sure Henry trialled. I know we nearly had Kevin Keegan way back.

King’s spin on midfield was that we had enough in there already. He basically said if Stamenic had arrived Sheaf was off so we were never going to boost numbers in there. I understood his point to be fair. We’d signed Torp. Kept Allen. Still had Palmer. His argument falls down with the Palmer...

Carr would be far cheaper which would appeal to King. But I think he’d know that getting rid of Robins and not essentially replacing him would be a PR disaster for him.

And will probably want it back

Why is he unlikely to come. Big wage rise. That normally does the trick. Probably still less than the novice RVN and the “name” Frank though.

I’d have prioritised Buckingham. Next on the list would be Skubala. Even Darrell Clarke. I don’t want a name for the sake of it.

Don’t get the excitement here. He’s done nowt.

That’s a huge loss.

Yes.

The most obvious captain for me is Van Ewijk. Infectious enthusiasm. As far as Austin is concerned it was obvious questions about recruitment would come up - seems logical enough.