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I don't see any reason why not. We know that ownership has been covering substantial losses for a while now; surely any income is indirectly going into the first team/youth team.

He doesn't have to sign if he doesn't want to.

I don't think many of us could come up with an arbitrary success point (e.g. league position, points), just because we're probably not that familiar with the opposition in L1. It's going to be an eyeball thing more than anything else.

Well, sure, any manager would deserve a lot of credit for a very successful season. To do that, though, you need to be a very successful manager...

Results would be misleading in terms of assessing his ability because he will be managing in an easier division with (for now) a squad that hasn't been downgraded significantly. My doubts are profound - that he can't get maximum effort out of the players on a consistent basis and that his...

Not really. There wasn't enough collective effort on a consistent basis last season, so there's little reason to believe that will change this season. Perhaps Richard Shaw and (hopefully) the momentum of winning can improve the culture.

Sure, but it's a very thin claim for prestigious status. "Notable", perhaps.

CCFC has never been a prestigious club.

It's no different to when Blackburn signed David Thompson for £1.5m, with Souness saying something to the tune of "Yes, we were able to get a good price because of their financial problems." Transfer fees are compensation for a loss. Wanting wages off the books shouldn't require compensation...

I lived in Leamington and know of Noel's exploits, but people are capable of growth and maturation. I'm sure Andy Thorn was no angel - he was a member of the Crazy Gang, for god's sake.

It was previous regimes that brought SISU to the door of CCFC.

Who provided the line of credit?

I see. And why would you consider them "nut-cases" but not AT?

It doesn't matter. Nobody with AT's stats should have been allowed to stay in the job.

Nonsense. Plenty have suggested that nobody would take the job because mean ol' SISU are such horrible owners. As in, they've actually stated "NOBODY would want this job".

I won't fault the sacking of Dowie. His midas touch had worn off by the time he was sacked. The last 15 games had resulted in a 0.73 points-per-game average (20% win ratio), a -12 goal difference, and a drop from 8th place to 19th. Completely justifiable given that the slide was over a third of...

The fact that we had a Uefa-qualified coach apply to be assistant manager kinda destroys the myth that nobody would apply for the manager's job, doesn't it?

Sounds like SISU v2.

Grazie mille.

Definitely some truth to this. There have been a few unflattering comments about AT's intelligence, but there is no question that he is very savvy when it comes to PR.