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Correct, the previous club (St Pauli) took a risk on him at 29 years old, and it worked out well for them. Winning 10 games in a row and promotion to the Bundesliga... so you never know!

18 goals in his 6 games and 5 wins from 6! And we still have some fans moaning about how we played and who we took off, christ alive, enjoy it man! I'd imagine Tonda took Scienza off after 60 mins as he missed most of last weeks' training (and the midweek game) with illness, so I'm glad to see Leo rested (and Azaz) and just manage the game and give some others a run out, as we have 3 games in 7 days. Good day at the office... again.

How sad if true, I really hope not. I’m really sick of how shit we’ve been and the negativity around the club for what seems like years (aside from the promotion season). I just want to enjoy being a fan again for a while, please can we give him some time, even if we lose the next few!

Or... perhaps they could also see the performances on the pitch (and had feedback from the squad) and felt that getting rid of Still was necessary, as we were only heading in one direction. And felt that whoever came in, even if Tonda for a few weeks/months until we found the right replacement, would result in an improvement on the pitch. And that's proved the right decision so far. There's so much that goes on behind the scenes that we aren't privy to, perhaps they did/do have someone (or people) in mind, but we need to wait for them. And the spanner in the works has been Tonda getting 12 points from 15, and putting himself into consideration. I feel a lot more relaxed about the situation than many on here it seems. If we were losing every week, then I would be worried and want them to make a quick appointment. But while it's all going OK, I dont mind them taking their time and trying to make the right decision (and a less rash one... like they usually seem to).

Love posts like this 😂 Genuinely intrigued why you think it’s Ankerson picking Baz and Downs each week? Are you blaming him for the poor quality of food and beer at the ground too? It’s all Ankerson’s fault! I’m sure he has little involvement in any of it now he’s based in Turkey, we have a new DoF, etc.

He said for parts, we were the best side he’s ever seen at this level. That was nice to hear… especially from him 😁

Im not questioning that they have made many bad decisions so far, and multiple bad managerial decisions and that things often dont feel like joined up thinking. What I was questioning is the thought that Sports Republic would deliberately be only looking for mangers who 'know less about football than they do'. It's just bonkers and I dont believe anyone really thinks that. Sport Republic have professional and financial skin in the game, they dont want us to fail. They are doing a good job of failing I agree, but that isnt what they want to happen. If we assume they are just a bunch of giant ego's, then they wont enjoy us being where we are right now.

Statements like this blow my mind... do you genuinely believe this? That our owners would rather appoint inferior managers/coaches, who will then provide worse results (on the pitch and the bank balance) because of their ego's? Wow. We have so many people on here going on about how we deserve to know exactly what they are doing and who they've interviewed, etc. Even criticising Rasmus for his selection processes, the time its taking him and that he only wants someone who knows less about football than him....FFS!? We dont even know that Rasmus is involved in the process at all (or to what degree) at the moment he probably has his hands full trying to guide Goztepe into Europe, under his chairmanship. FWIW, theyve lost 2 in 12 this season under the new manager that Sport Republic recruited 2 years ago. Sorry, rant over, it just does my head in how many people on here make so many ridiculous assumptions... how they are selecting potential managers, how many we are choosing from, that SR only want the cheap/crap options really. I never knew had so many forum members sitting in the boardroom and involved in the process.

Exactly this. I know from a previous director that when we have a manager vacancy, we typically have over 100 credible applications. There are 1000's of managers around the globe who would love the job, it would be in the Top 25 jobs in English football and desirable to many (facilities, potential, fanbase, route into English footie... Poch et al) We seem to think that there are only 3 or 4 managers at the table, because thats all we have from whispers and rumours on here. We quite probably will end up with Tonda, as thats the type of thing we seem to do (and have for years... Gray, Wigley, Pearson, Selles, etc) but there are definitely options out there and managers/coaches who would love this job.

George, Bobby and yourself?

I’m not saying you haven’t heard this, but I would be amazed. One reason is that we are pretty strong in the central areas now, so certainly not a priority. And he’s a lesser player than the JWP we sold. Secondly, it was widely reported he was on £100k a week with us, and left for West Ham and a nice big payrise. I don’t see how the numbers could ever work, as we can’t pay anything like that anymore. Would West Ham really cover £80-90k of his £120k weekly wages, just to make him able to play for us? I can’t see it. JWP also won’t be keen to walk away from those wages, as he will never get a contract like that again.

Barnaby Williams on the bench on Saturday then, anybody know what he's like as a player? I dont know anything about him.... attributes, style, position?

The presser is 2pm today, so maybe get an update of sorts then. I guess if he needs to rest for a couple weeks, then Sheff Weds at home followed by an International break is probably 'good' timing.

He also got busted (internally, not made public) for getting it on with my mates Mrs, whist he was manager at AFCB and she worked there! So I must admit... that and the fact he's a Skate really does put me off! Not sure I could bring myself to chant his name! 😂

Mick?