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One year and all our better players wanting to leave.

Someone on the BBC transfer thingie has just suggested we are in talks with Gus Poyet. That would certainly be out of the blue! And almost certainly bollocks!

Agreed. As the club is supported mainly by whinging Brummies, Krulak obviously knows that some people won't be happy whoever the new manager is. If we get Jol, people will moan. If we get Moyes, people will moan. If we give the job to KM, people will moan. People will moan no matter who the new man is. Of course people will moan no matter who it is. I just suspect a far higher percentage would moan if KM was given the position.

Appointing KMac would be the hugest of huge gambles by the board. I really hope they won't be that stupid

Although we could all be more Inspector Clouseau than Inspector Morse...

Hmmmthis could be a bad end to a bad week I fear.... 0-4 to Everton.

I think its all a cunning ploy to make the new manager super popular when he walks in through the door. Two weeks ago if Sven had been announced as our manager I would have given a sigh of disappointment... if he was announced as manager now I would give a whoop of glee!

BOOOOOOOO! **** BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

Macdonald really is shit at this management thing isn't he?

What an absolute **** abortion. THis our first **** team. If Macdonald is named **** manager I will be an exceedingly unhappy man.

Davies needs taking into the yard and shooting. As I said we are going out of this.

Heskey scores the only way he was ever going too! Yes!

We're going out of this. We are shit.

Heskey is just the worst **** striker to ever wear a pair of football boots! What an arse!

**** me Heskey!!!!!!

Come on Ray now say that wasn't one!

No Ray Houghton you are a no nothing tit!

That is a penalty

This is a bit crap

To be fair this weird system we are playing really isn't helping him.

Davies is a bit pony isn't he?

That would make me an unhappy bunny so I am going to pretend it is unlikely so I can live in hope of us getting a good manager.

Macdonald wanting the job or not should be irrelevant - he should not even be in the running. We need a manager with proven credentials. If KMac wants to manage then he should learn his trade in the lower leagues and work his way up. I would rather have Curbishley than Macdonald.

What about taking three weeks to employ someone who could have been appointed at any point, but spending the aforementioned three weeks performing an exhaustive yet fruitless* search for a new manager who has more experience / better pedigree / "insert alternative desirable characteristic here"? *because of lack of availability, contract wrangles etc. That would be a great vote of confidence to the new manager - 'we tried to get in a really good manager, but unfortunately they were all busy.. so we ended up with you. Good luck!' Sorry, i'm just feeling exceedingly cynical about the whole situation at the moment.

I wonder how people can possibly know the length of time it takes to find, assess and hire a manager. Is there a book or something that says it takes 3 weeks? 8) Thank you for your usual witty/ patronising post. Taking over three weeks, or however long to appoint the right man because there are complications ie he is currently employed etc. is absolutely fine. I have no problem with this at all. Taking over three weeks to employ someone who could have been appointed at any point smells of 'playing the system'. Maybe I just hugely cynical.