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Kennedy died 2 year ago

probably why
There is, if you go onto Rtg, his latest thread is " Crisis, yes there is"
Can’t believe there’s not even a peep from the club yet, fed up

damned if they ,do damned if they don't.....unless they announce who the manager/coach & coaching team will be. Just got the be patient or we'll all have coronaries.

I've got a ticket for Saturday and was going to take my 7yr old lad to his first game. If there is no positive announcement it will put him, and probably me, off for life. I'm partially hoping the dog eats the tickets when they arrive in the post
 
The silence from ITK and the actual club is deafening.

That's good imo.

It means serious negotiations are taking place rather than a revolving door of interviewees coming and going.

I was told a week past Keane had agreed to come, a personal 18 month contract agreed and a list of conditions, from both sides, to go through. The chap who tells me things isn't obliged to and I can't ask him ten times a day if there's any update.

It's like the old story of the woman who asks why, in fifty years, her husband has never said that he loves her.

"I told you on our wedding day, if the situation changes you'll be the first to be informed."
 
That's good imo.

It means serious negotiations are taking place rather than a revolving door of interviewees coming and going.

I was told a week past Keane had agreed to come, a personal 18 month contract agreed and a list of conditions, from both sides, to go through. The chap who tells me things isn't obliged to and I can't ask him ten times a day if there's any update.

It's like the old story of the woman who asks why, in fifty years, her husband has never said that he loves her.

"I told you on our wedding day, if the situation changes you'll be the first to be informed."
the worry is we go into Saturday's game with Dodd still in charge and get turned over yet again and out of play off places
 
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the worry is we go into Saturday's game with Dodd still in charge and get turned over yet again and out of play off places

I agree it's a worry but it would be a bigger one if we gave Keane everything he wants just to speed things up ....

... if he walks after a couple of months, because things weren't done properly, the club would cop all the blame.
 
I think it is worth remembering that Roy Keane really wants to get back into management and for all were in a mess he really won't be getting many better offers in terms of club. Further to this if he is appointed given is reputation he has to make it work and cant walk out early or he won't get another management job.

Can completely understand why it may be hard to reach that final agreement but let's hope we get there
 
I agree it's a worry but it would be a bigger one if we gave Keane everything he wants just to speed things up ....

... if he walks after a couple of months, because things weren't done properly, the club would cop all the blame.
very true
 
Yep absolutely. Not blaming our fan base for one minute, we are the best thing about the club. But for some reason collectively we have gone nuts over trying to bring back former people into the club at a time that should have been about new beginnings.

For Keane and Defoe, it was Poyet and Mannone in the last 16 months. Those two were avoided.

The Keane situation is frankly ridiculous now. Too much of our fan base have decided he’s the only option, so much so that he can’t possibly live up to expectations himself, and if its NOT him, that person has no leg to stand on.

I agree with that comment. However, could that not be because the other names being suggested are so uninspiring. All lower league managers with records similar to Parky's or those drawing their pension. The only other one is Lennon, who did okay at Celtic in a traditional 2-horse race, but was found out at Bolton.
 
I agree with that comment. However, could that not be because the other names being suggested are so uninspiring. All lower league managers with records similar to Parky's or those drawing their pension. The only other one is Lennon, who did okay at Celtic in a traditional 2-horse race, but was found out at Bolton.
I honestly don’t know enough about Lennon to judge so not defending him BUT Bolton was a mess at leadership level when he was there. I know people judge us like that now, but far far worse.
 
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I honestly don’t know enough about Lennon to judge so not defending him BUT Bolton was a mess at leadership level when he was there. I know people judge us like that now, but far far worse.

Charlton was a mess when Bowyer was there, but he still got them up and Rooney is doing a reasonable job at Derby, who are in disarray off the field.

I don't think we're a mess at the very top now, unlike we were with our predecessors, but this episode has highlighted just how poor a job Speakman has done in recruiting the right people for the right positions and adequate recruitment of his backroom team.
 
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