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For personal financial gain I hope it's Moyes, have £30 on at 16-1 after YIM's tip off at the weekend. For footballing reasons I still want Rafa. Or for two fingers up at the media I'd like Ancelotti...

Bryan Robson is battling throat cancer, I imagine this is why he has stepped down from the Thailand job.

Considering hes only been in management since 2008 id say thats a decent record. I mean, if were looking for a sucessful continental then why not take Juande Ramos?? I mean, he took Seville from bottom half of La Liga and made them into champs league regulars and title challengers. Also won silverware with them. i think we should give him the chance to manage in the PL. Oh wait... He has been in management since 2003!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Falkirk and St Johnstone Sorry, i hadnt been on Wikipedia to check 8) So hes a shit manager because he didnt win the SPL with either Falkirk or St Johnstone? Alrighty then! LOL I never said he was shit. I dont want him because I think we should be aiming higher. Randy had a 5 year plan, MON cocked it up so time for a new 3-5 year plan with a top coach who can restructure the club from Youth level to 1st Team. I dont think he fits the bill, we have a massive chance for change right now but a Coyle appointment is a bit like John Gregaory all over again, will be good for a couple of seasons then go South as it always does. Why cant we do something big bold and exciting. I belive we are a big club capable of big things Well said KHV!

Yeah he's been posting now and then for a few years now.

I imagine that talks may take a little while longer than normal as Ancelotti has to get his head around not having an interfering, medelling owner pulling the strings above him. Ancelotti: ....hang on, let me gets this right....you give me the money....and I get to choose the players.....what's the catch??

Oh Maz stop it you're making me moist!

Well after last nights 'inside scoop' I've stuck £30 on Moyes at 16-1 with BetFred. The £480 profit will come in very handy for summer hols!

I got Rafa at 18-1 earlier in the week, so tell me it's him and make me very happy........ Sorry, was watching the match...didn't mean to be a tease. David Moyes. I got 19-1 on BetFair which is pretty good I think. Is this THE insider or a different one? This source does not have a beard Reliable in the past type of source YIM. Affirmative. Very reliable. I also heard Petrov is back in Birmingham because he picked up a foot injury yesterday (way off topic sorry). You are obviously willing to stick your ITK status on the line here. I may well lob a few quid on Might have to lump on too! I lost a bit today on the Derby and Bent to score a brace!! Need to recoup!

I got Rafa at 18-1 earlier in the week, so tell me it's him and make me very happy........ Sorry, was watching the match...didn't mean to be a tease. David Moyes. I got 19-1 on BetFair which is pretty good I think. Is this THE insider or a different one? This source does not have a beard Reliable in the past type of source YIM.

Cheers Hercs!!

Have you got a link to the markets Matty, just so I can keep an eye on them.

You're right. Your reasons for not wanting him are simple - too simple in fact. This ended up being Rafa's audition for the Liverpool job: Do you not like the way his Valencia played? As for the way Liverpool played, remember he had to build a squad to compete with Man U and Chelsea without ever having their budget. He spent something like £15m a year net. That mean't he had to make compromises. So he built a team to compete first, entertain second (a bit like MON, right?). But it was never counter-attacking football. It was based on controlling the game by dominating possession. As for zonal marking, don't listen to Andy Gray - it is proven to work. The problem is, when it doesn't work, it means somebody has a free header and a soft goal is conceded. But goals are conceded from man-to-man marking too. The difference is, rent-a-quote pundits don't spoon-feed those to us. Pal we don't want your **** cast offs if he was that good why did you sack him I presume the forum would prefer you spoke for yourself and not on their behalf. I could answer your question but there's no point, is there? You don't want to hear it. You presume right Redman. Smetrov turn it in, there's no need to talk like that to people, especially when they are offering reasonable argument. I think Rafa could be a decent alternative to Ancelotti. Great career win % and doesn't lose too many games either! Liverpool had a great defensive record under him, so this talk of his zonal marking not working is a little wide of the mark IMO.

Sounds like MON, but obviously without the Italians, that would be far too adventerous!

If Randy appoints McClaren there will be a **** riot outside VP, he will lose all the faith he has built so well over the last 5 years!! We will not sell out a single game all season IMO. Yes, the thought of it actually happening makes me nervously angry!

I think that's a poor comparison. Downing, once he started playing, made an obvious and sustained difference to the way the team played and quite a lot of people were able to point to substantive examples of that when arguing against Downing's critics. That just hasn't happened in Makoun's case. He hasn't established a role or presence in the first team. For people to cite the man U game - one we lost 1-3 - as a sign of his potential seems a bit far-fetched to me. As I say, let's see how things look at the end of next season. i dont think so last we said downing would be better once he was fully fit and up to speed now we cant say the same? and i didnt just cite the utd game, i cited the through balls vs wolves and newcastle which were perfect and id go as far as saying we dont have any other CM in our squad that could do it, give him time let his confidence grow and he'll become very good for us Agree V4E! He has shown some moments of real class in his short time here. The Prem is played at such a higher tempo than Ligue 1 or the CL and it must be difficult to adjust to that. Given a full pre-season and hopefully playing alongside some fresh talent in the middle of the park he could be a real star for us. I think if he played alongside a real stopper and a skillful No.10 type we'd see the best of his creativity. ............Capoue.......Makoun........... Albrighton........Payet.........Downing

Would be great to get him and Ray back together!

That's what I thought, it's no more made-up than the Mirror, The Sun, The Mail, The Star, probably if we're being honest, The Telegraph and The Guardian as well. Even the websites mentioned in the OP work in the same way, just people wanting Joe Public to read their publication because it, well, makes them money, surprise, surprise.

Well Avram Grant is a free agent now.... No I'm not advocating his consideration, but WHU will be moving to get their new manager from the pool of available suitors straight away I imagine. They'll go for MON or Fat Sam IMO, whether any of them will want to work in the Championship is another matter.

The thing with Flores is I can help thinking of Juande Ramos at Spuds when I picture him being in charge of us!

I know what you mean. I think he's given some of the younger lads at Chelsea a run out when he could afford to or when he's had to. He's managed smaller clubs back in Italy at the beginning of his management career so I could see him doing well here. I think the biggest thing is that I could imagine he, Wilkins and Randy would all get on really well, they all seem to have a laid back approach to life and work, Ancelotti especially would be grateful just not to have the interference he works with now!

I wouldn't say no, put it that way. I like the way he gets his teams to play. Good balance between attack and defence.

I don't think there is any way that GH is going to be able to carry on with front line management. The pressure is just too much these days. Like others have said I hope for the sake of it we are waiting until the close season to see who is out of a job or looking for a new challenge. For my two pence worth I think Carlo Ancelloti will be sacked by Ambramovic when the season finishes and will look to stay in England, reunite him and Ray Wilkins play 4-3-3 sweet as! We can all have dreams right?

I think with our more dynamic midfield two, we could play 2 up front, at home at least. .........................Friedel......................... Walker......Cuellar.......Collins.......Clark Albrighton....Bradley....Makoun....Young ..............Delfouneso....Bent...................

....and had a perfectly good one disallowed! Pleased for him, would love to see him partnered with Gabby, think the space that would created would serve us very well. Play a flexible 4-1-3-2 My team against Man Yoo! ....................................Friedel.................................... Young..............Collins.............Dunne...........Warnock ....................................Clark....................................... ............Albrighton.......Young........Downing................ ...................Delfouneso......Agbonlahor....................... That team would be brutally murdered, even by United's sub-standard team. This. Far too lightweight through the middle. For me, we have to play 4-5-1 against Manure. I hardly think we'd be "brutaly murdered" by changing Bannan for Agbonlahor, at the end of the day we're at home and we should be looking to score goals!

....and had a perfectly good one disallowed! Pleased for him, would love to see him partnered with Gabby, think the space that would created would serve us very well. Play a flexible 4-1-3-2 My team against Man Yoo! ....................................Friedel.................................... Young..............Collins.............Dunne...........Warnock ....................................Clark....................................... ............Albrighton.......Young........Downing................ ...................Delfouneso......Agbonlahor.......................