Worcester Owl

Please God, no.

As long as any winger selected doesn't put over crosses 8 Mile high like Stobbs was prone to doing!

Given your track record on forecasting results, God help us in that game then.

So what? You expect him to hang around for a few more days and oversee the 4th qualifying round of the FA Cup? Seriously? And when he doesn't does that justify him being called a wanker? I don't see a difference sorry. We don't even know whether his old role was still open to him. Exactly. And when a club fires a manager he has to walk straight away, why should Thompson be condemned for doing exactly that?

We have a new contender for Ridiculous Post of the Year and I'm not sure I can see either of the above being beaten. In what other walk of life would a stand-in manager on learning he hadn't got the job he'd applied for be condemned for leaving and seeking a role elsewhere? If you want loyalty, get a dog.

2.30pm tomorrow on ITV. It literally appeared on screen as I read your text

Do we know why JDavidson is/was crap? What's he done to deserve that?!

As I always say, you just can't beat a healthy burst of optimism at the start of a new manager's reign.

I’d never say that. I would say that Pele regarded Best as one of the greatest players of all time, and that’s good enough for me. I’d also point out that, unlike Burgess, who is a decent player, Best played at the highest level for his club and won League titles, a European Cup and if I remember rightly was European Footballer of the Year.

Well good to see you again BP, but with all due respect to you, Burgess and Australia, playing for Australia is hardly going “to the top”.

I hereby nominate this for Ridiculous Post of the Year Award. Do I have a seconder?

Yes, but would he be likely to get the boot after a poor start?

Some extraordinarily OTT posts on here. Presumably ST would have had feelers out to other clubs in case he didn't get the gig, and once that was confirmed he maybe decided he didn't want to stay in any capacity but move on. Good luck to him regardless. Now let's calm down and await the appointment of the new manager.

Yes, I think they may all be in Dover.

Yes there used to be couple of cracking Belgian bars in the town centre, I'm going back a few years though, don't know if they are still there.

I think this is where I am. At this stage, with 1/3 of the season gone, I think it's worth giving the job to ST to the end of the season with a play-off position as his target. If he doesn't achieve that, then we recruit a new manager over the summer with a budget to bring in players as needed. I completely get L1F's point about needing 4 better players. At the same time, it's a shame that all fans (me included) think the necessary remedy these days lies in the transfer/loan market. Every club, whatever its status, seems think that's the quick and easier way to go, rather than coaching players to play better, more consistently (yes our performances have been poor overall but we've seen potential in certain passages of play). ST is popular with the squad, it's said, and is respected as a coach. See what he can do.

We're still on page 1 of a match day forum. Bit sad.

Interesting. Is it actually lawful to cancel a purchase without offering a refund? "Visiting supporter" sounds somewhat vague. Visiting from where? Supporting whom?

It shows the problem of making a successful appointment. By the time they left us Frizzell and Royle were among the most experienced managers across the entire Football League (I remember well the outrage when Frizzell was sacked and replaced by the rookie Royle). It's a problem at all levels - look at the roll call of managers at Old Trafford since Ferguson. City will have the same problem when Pep moves on.

Wasn't it effectively Sharp's relegation? I think he resigned just before the drop, and Warnock had no time at all to rescue that season. Could be wrong.

But you're happy to assume that we have access to said "abundance". Maybe rein in your imagination in future.

There may well be an honourable tradition of mis-spelling our own players' names, but FFS!!! LUNDSTRAM !!!!

It always amazes me to watch subs about to come on standing on the touchline with the manager (or more likely assistant) while the latter goes through all the notes on his clipboard or iPad. Why not just let a guy go on and play? Everything has to be analysed to death.

I want facts, not imagination. How many nutritionists/conditionists do we have on the staff?

And how many of those do we have access to in the 5th tier?