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The way this has turned out with Still it does feel like that if he had come and did well he would be looking for his next move in the summer!
 
The Stephen Robinson link just can’t be true. It makes no sense.

the club don’t leak anything.

so it has to be from Robinson’s end

which makes no sense. It’s in his end’s interest to keep it quiet to avoid fan backlash

so the only thing that makes sense is his agent wanting to get his name out there to English clubs
Beale made zero sense, he was still brung in. Nothing at all would surprise me with the club currently.
 
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Beale made zero sense, he was still brung in. Nothing at all would surprise me with the club currently.

Beale made a lot more sense than this guy. Championship experience, Rangers experience. EPL experience as an assistant. Reputation as a great player developer

Don’t get me wrong, not for one second suggesting Beale made sense as he obviously didn’t. But this guy is a whole level below in terms of sense
 
Beale made a lot more sense than this guy. Championship experience, Rangers experience. EPL experience as an assistant. Reputation as a great player developer

Don’t get me wrong, not for one second suggesting Beale made sense as he obviously didn’t. But this guy is a whole level below in terms of sense
Absolutely. My point was it just wouldn’t come as a surprise if we went after him.
 
I've kept away from this thread and not offered an opinion on whichever name has been touted as our next manager for one simple reason....
Whoever we appoint is a gamble, some more than others apparently...I've no idea.
I decided 879 pages ago to just wait and see who gets the job then cross my fingers and hope he does a cracking job.
Don't see the point in looking for someone to blame for us not getting ' our man' , it looked like we had and he renaged on his agreement..we move on.
Obviously would like to see it done sooner than later but happy to wait and see.

Saw you and thought of this ...

https://x.com/hashtag/SaveOurShrimps?src=hashtag_click
 
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I think it's just happened tbh, not sure as I'm still waking up <laugh>

While I was on there, this Will Still quote popped up.

It made me wonder what Lens fans will make of it ...

"It’s just my place. I want to go home , confided to the coach. I've been abroad all my life and worked all my life in an environment that wasn't quite my own. And I just want to go home. [...] I would work for a Championship team without any problem. What I now understand is how important people are. And how important finding the right place will be to my career. Obviously the Premier League is every manager's ultimate dream [...] But if there is an ambitious Championship club, who wants to work in the right way, to be open and honest about things, and to really try to push to get somewhere, then I would love to do that."

So the PL is his ultimate dream but he'll go to Lens for a bit ... doesn't sound too inspiring.
Maybe this isn't our model - if there is an ambitious Championship club, who wants to work in the right way, to be open and honest about things, and to really try to push to get somewhere
 
Sense does not matter to some peoples agenda - Smug seems to be happy with our process of a new head coach
Do you know what our process is at the minute, who we've had talks with, who is on our wanted list, how far down the line we are with those talks, or are you just going off Internet rumours.
Smug has stated he's happy to see the process out and wait and see who we actually appoint before making judgement which is all we can really do.
However so many are judging and commenting on Internet rumours as if they are fact. Although some are only picking up on the negative rumours
 
It has been announced hasn't it, I thought it was all done and a three year deal agreed ...

... I'd better check with l'Équipe <laugh>

Just had a look and it says,


Franck Haise is the new coach of OGC Nice for the next three seasons.

A total agreement was reached between all parties this Friday.

L.T.updated May 31, 2024 at 6:30 p.m.

"After a few hours of hesitation, negotiations between Nice and Lens have just concluded this Friday, for the arrival of Franck Haise on the Nice bench. The latter will commit to the Gym for the next three seasons and will take over from Francesco Farioli, who left for Ajax Amsterdam."
So can someone please confirm that what I think is right. Still is going to Lens to replace someone who is going to Nice, that’s replacing Farioli, who’s going to Ajax. Is this the same fella we were linked with last summer to replace Mogga that started all the upheaval?.
 
So can someone please confirm that what I think is right. Still is going to Lens to replace someone who is going to Nice, that’s replacing Farioli, who’s going to Ajax. Is this the same fella we were linked with last summer to replace Mogga that started all the upheaval?.
Farioli is, yeah
 
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Also that Echo story saying Maric is being offered a deal at Bayern… that’s not new news. Wilson is just writing a story about other people’s stories. Modern day journalism.

The Echo don’t have a clue what’s going on at Sunderland. We supposed to believe they have the inside scoop at Bayern?
 
I think they have well and truly ballsed this up yet again and are now in desperation mode.
 
I think they have well and truly ballsed this up yet again and are now in desperation mode.

I think they have ballsed it up but it’s going to take a lot more than Nixon saying a random Scottish manager is in the hunt to make me think we are in desperation mode. For all we know there’s 10 other Rene Maric types in a queue.

Put it this way, at 10pm last night nobody had even considered Stephen Robinson might be a candidate. There’s more or less infinite options that we might not have heard about yet.
 
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