R.Bear

If Randy gives that idiot the job then he should go back to America and remove that tattoo. I thought this was a bad joke until I saw it on BBC.

I actually cannot believe we have done this.

Meh. Until something is on the BBC homepage I dont care anymore.

If it really is true. That we only needed to provide 60m to get Benitez and didnt because of that reason then I'm really disappointed with Randy. 20m of it will come from Young.

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

The idea of martinez is that he will bring us sucess in a different way.

You mean he'll win us the Championship?

Who ever thought Tony Barton would win the European Cup? Don't think Europe quaked in its boots on his appointment as Saunders successor. Probably just as well we didn't have Internet forums back then!

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.

because 2 seasons under MON we went close to finishing in the top 4.

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

Just had a crazy moment. Bought my chips, as I always do on a Friday. Anyway I squirted ketchup all over them... and what do you know? The ketchup spelt out the word 'Ancelotti'. It was of epic, ouija board style proportions.

I'm just not sure it's a reliable sauce.

:wink:

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 Ancelotti are strange.

Fans who don't want Ancelotti should be sectioned.

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.

Im still thinking its Hughes.

I dont believe in coincedence. Hughes resignation a day after signing an extension to his contract?

If we were to acknowledge any type of interest in him, then im pretty sure we will end up in the dock for tapping up. There is no way, we are going to admit it.

Therefore, im predicting no movement until July 1st. When hes free to take the job.

In the meantime, he will be looking at the squad, identifying where we need strengthening, and mulling over transfer targets, so when he does take up the reigns, he will do running.

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.

Im still thinking its Hughes.

I dont believe in coincedence. Hughes resignation a day after signing an extension to his contract?

If we were to acknowledge any type of interest in him, then im pretty sure we will end up in the dock for tapping up. There is no way, we are going to admit it.

Therefore, im predicting no movement until July 1st. When hes free to take the job.

In the meantime, he will be looking at the squad, identifying where we need strengthening, and mulling over transfer targets, so when he does take up the reigns, he will do running.

exactly my thoughts as well.

I dont buy that at all. There is no way we will wait a month to appoint a manager.

I also worry about what interest he'd have in the youth side of things. Thats the only way our club will ever become big again. By nuturing our own

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 hope we don't get Ancelotti. I've a feeling he'll come in, neglect the youths, fill the team up with pension age Italians, play turgid football and ultimately leave the club with a big bill and a bit of a mess.

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

Ancelotti to be confirmed as new manager on/by Wednsday 8th June !

Certain European betting markets have suspended betting this afternoon.

This from a source within the betting industry !

Why has Carlos Cuellar just tweeted 'Vamos Rafa' ??

edit: already been said. Nadal?

Because Rafael Nadal has just started his match with Murray.