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Carrick was on motd last night, provided some interesting insights of movement and passing through midfield, albeit I think it was rushed / lacking visuals for a lot of viewers. Did make me think of still being on MNF and us then hiring him 😂. He wouldn't be the worst appointment either. Did a good job at Boro with minimal budget, ultimately fell short but still young and improving, but he equally has the pedigree and knowledge. Quite like him as a bloke as well, so there is that at least... No personality flaws like most of our recent managers 😑

I think this is the crux of why challinor is so interesting and underlines how he's gone about building good teams. He is not a big name, and his record is frankly mad for the level of recognition he's received, he's only just now starting to get mentioned for championship jobs, yet his rise has mirrored Wrexham's. He gets his team's playing without fanfare or PR or flash, they know the system and work efficiently and ruthlessly as a team. Maybe saints are too much of a mess and too high a profile to make it work here ATM, but if I was picking one manager in the EFL to be the next McKenna etc - it would be him. It's certainly there for him - he just needs to make the right move. In fairness, I could see him at newly taken over Wednesday next season - and doing a McKenna / adkins etc.

Hah, thank you trousers 😅. But I am also on record as saying Will Still would, "Belgium the f**k out of the championship", so maybe don't damn yourself with faint praise just yet! 😄😂. For the type of manger that SR seem to go for, challinor would be my pick. I could see him as being a new Adkins for a promotion drive - or something of a ricky Lambert / Jamie vardy (but as a manger) - i.e., superb at the lower levels but unfancied until someone finally takes a punt on him. He evidently knows the English game and how to get teams promoted, he is going to get a bigger job than Stockport shortly, and i think he should be very high on any list of prospective managers for saints - if he isn't, we're either looking at a very impressive pool of interested managers (unlikely 😂), or sports republic really aren't learning.

If he is available and we let someone like Norwich pick him up, and then wait a few more weeks and sack still, it will be yet another massive frustration I will hold against SR for the foreseeable. He is the kind of manger we need - understands English football, up and coming, clearly going up the football pyramid (and not with Stockport), and we are the kind of club that can take him up to prem level and not have to worry about top many clubs coming in to poach him.

That's a good shout TBF.

After today's basic selection errors and substitutions, it's Einstein levels of insanity to think he can improve sufficiently to get us promoted. And promotion is the only goal.

If Southgate ends up anywhere near our club, we're done for the next decade at least. Would be an absolutely appalling appointment. Or do you really like 5 at the back, clueless tactics, and worse substitutions? 😄

Also not a bad shout.

Does anyone remember the "victor WAN - YA -MA" chant from Celtic. This is me but David CHA-LLI-NOR 😄

Let's be real here. Do you think he could bring himself to rejoin Stephens, macca, and bazunu? The poor bloke probably has PTSD from the last time 😂. But yes, as was obvious previously, he shouldn't have been sacked, and it was one of the first nails in the coffin that's led to where we are now.

We're below Oxford and Pompey after 12 games. FML.

I assume it's two troll accounts and Clark...

No acceptable scenario.

Problem is. We have left it too late for the likes of rohl and potter. Really think we need to go for challinor of potential options (I.e., that would consider us).

He has to go after today. Absolutely no question. We have hands down one of the best squads in this league and we are slipping further and further to the relegation zone.