R.Bear

It scares me how some people are trying to put a positive spin on Martinez being appointed. It shows how desperate we have become.

You mean he'll win us the Championship?

We also didnt have Billionaire owners with unlimited cash that could turn mediocre, nothing clubs into one of the most famous sides in world football inside a couple of years and tempt any world-class player to join with astronomical wages.

We didnt really. It's like saying we got close to winning the Premier League in 98-99.

So Roberto as we're consistently told is a "good young manager". Good - highly debatable Young - Totally irrelevant I'm sold on him :shock:

Regardless of Wigan's poor team. They didnt win back to back games for like 70 matches or something. I dont care what players you have, that is indefensible.

It's actually hilarious that we would turn down a manager who won a club its first ever trophy and then won another club in another country its first ever league title over a manager who got promoted from the third tier of English football and little else. I'm far from saying I wanted McClaren, but to choose Martinez over him is a total farce. I'm embarrassed that we are even linked with him. Dreams of Ancelotti last week have turned into fear and dread. **** football, dearly me.

If we appoint Roberto Martinez then we may as well face the fact that we are nothing more than a glorified feeder club with absolutely no ambition whatsoever. We may as well appoint Phil Brown, Alan Curbishley or Chris Hughton.

Has Rafa been ruled out or something? I would be very pleased with him. He easily has the most credentials of anyone we could get.

I'm late to this but delighted that Randy has ruled out McClaren due to the reaction, lets be honest, on here. To think we actually influence in some way the next manager of our club is a great thing.

After the dark day of SHA winning the tin pot, things couldnt have gone much better between us and them. They bottle nosedive and get relegated and hopefully bankruptcy to follow. We somehow finish 9th and may get Ancelotti. Karma

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Carlos Cuellar just said on his twitter that he's had his Ferrari lowered. Ferrari = Car Lowered = Low = Lo Car + Lo Carlo HE'S COMING!!!!!!! :notworthy:

Fans who wouldn't be completely over the moon and ecstatic if we got McClown are strange. Fans who don't want McClown should be sectioned. just because you say it doesn't make it true. Of course not but I would love to hear people try and talk away potentially the most successful and experienced manager this club would ever have had. To me its insane.

Fans who wouldn't be completely over the moon and ecstatic if we got Ancelotti are strange. Fans who don't want Ancelotti should be sectioned.

exactly my thoughts as well. I dont buy that at all. There is no way we will wait a month to appoint a manager. Why not? It didn't stop the board taking a whole month looking for a manager while we was in a season getting trashed by promoted Newcastle and getting knocked out by Rapid Vienna in our park. Not to mention when they hired houllier he couldn't take over straight away either and there was weeks of him having to work notice in his old job as well. The board do have form for this We haven't got a first choice keeper, 2 of our best players want out, we've released several players and have just had a mediocre season. Now is not the time to have players twiddling their thumbs on the training ground with no manager with their agents in one ear and players from other clubs tapping them up in the other. We must act now and Randy knows this.

exactly my thoughts as well. I dont buy that at all. There is no way we will wait a month to appoint a manager.

Tell me what clubs have built their squads and success on nurturing their own players though in the last 10 years? United, Chelsea, Liverpool, Spurs and Man City have all expensively assembled squads with a handful of quality youth team players between them. To get big you need a shedload of cash and a good manager. If we get Ancelotti, then we have one part of the equation.

I sort of feel the same way. Im just not convinced by him. It must be all those Champions League, Premier League and FA Cup medals, vast experience with World Class players, clubs and facilities. I'm not convinced either.

Hughes 2/1 Ancelotti 3/1 McClaren 4/1 Martinez 4/1 Moyes 10/1 Jol 12/1 Benitez 16/1 Coyle 25/1 McAllister 28/1 Klinsmann 66/1 Zola 66/1 Eriksson 66/1 Poyet 66/1

Because Rafael Nadal has just started his match with Murray.

I understand but hate the silence from the club.

I will go insane if it takes us two weeks to get someone in. In fact I will go insane if it takes longer than Monday...

Scoring bucketloads of goals AND has subtle digs at Emile Heskey... If there anything he cant do? :?: