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Why? Do you know how much we're paying him? Do you know how much any other candidates were hoping for? Do you know how much dosh AL has in his arse pocket? If the answer to those questions is 'no', your point is, er, pointless. I will never get my head around this "cheap option" opinion. Unless you know how much anyone at the club is being paid or how much money AL has, it's guesswork based on fuck all. I'll sit back and wait for the arguments proving the"cheap option" theory and subsequent downboats.

Bunn won't be everyone's cup of tea, and if perfectly honest, I was hoping for someone with managerial experience of some sort, but he does have a wealth of coaching experience. He might just be the one to encourage the use of the younger players a la Edmundson etc. Like many have said, let's give him a chance before writing him off and see what he does with player recruitment, shipping out those he doesn't rate, steadying the dressing room (which by all accounts, if true, wasn't too friendly a place at times) and develops an entertaining brand of football. I honestly don't expect instant promotion, just top half would be a good place to start. If we make the play offs, great. Better than that and we'll be in 7th heaven. No one can predict the future, so instead of being determined we're on a slippery slope to oblivion, let's see where the ride takes us. The one is thing I don't get though, and never will, is the immediate assumption that he is the "cheap option". Unless those that are of such an opinion know how much we're paying him and how much other candidates were asking for, how the sodding hell do you know he is the cheap option? You've nothing to base it on. And that automatically negates the idea that Abdallah doesn't have any dosh either. You don't know, I don't know, no bugger knows. For Christ's sake let's just enjoy the World Cup (if that's possible), look forward to next season with a few grounds we've either never been to or haven't done so for years and get behind the club, the manager, the team, the tea lady and the woman (or bloke) that does the laundry. It really doesn't hurt that much to try and see the brighter, lighter side of life.

I would add to that, only actual facts that they are entitled or allowed to divulge. I don't get this belief that we, as fans, can demand to know the far end of a cat's arse's uncle. The members of the Trust simply cannot divulge every single snippet of information with which they are entrusted. Lee Sinnott talks to a number of people at the club. If they choose to give him insider knowledge and he wishes to post that knowledge on here, with their permission I would hope, then so be it. It could be the "insider" is giving the game away when he/she shouldn't be. That is not Mr Sinnott's fault. But the Trust must act ethically with what they are privy to and, if that is not for public consumption, so be that as well.

Very succinctly put. Spot on in every respect.

It's got it's own bloody post code.

To quote Graham Taylor, "Do I not like that?" Actually, no, I don't like it.

Signed a new contract at Swindon, hasn't he?

Latest from Sky Bet Peter Clarke 1/3 Paul Scholes 4/1 Darren Ferguson 12/1 Keith Curle 12/1 Neil Redfearn 16/1 Martin Jol 18/1 Seriously? Paul Heckingbottom 20/1

If that refers to Peter Clarke (I've not checked back to other posts), it probably makes sense for the owner and captain to have a chinwag about today's events.

Has anyone got the key to the Merge-o-matic machine?

I'm with you on this, but can you imagine what would happen if Clark, Westley or Ferguson rocked up at BP. Yes, we'd give them our support (I hope) because it's our club, but this place would go into meltdown in seconds. I honestly expect some would pack it in until any of the above had been sacked. Time will tell and, at the moment, it's nothing more than pure speculation.

No thank you to Steve Cotterill, Stephen Pressley, Robbie Nielsen, Paul Ince or Gary Megson. And don't even get me going on the possibility of Lee Clark, Darren Ferguson or Graham Westley. I'd be happy with Scholes, Rosler or Warburton. but I've a feeling it will either be Johnny Foreigner or somebody that no bugger on here will ever want.

Thank God I'm not a red head. Oh, wait, there's very little hair at all. What does that mean? Oh well, back on topic. I wonder how many promising kids we could potentially be missing out on? We'll probably never know, but there could be a young diamond out there that goes on to make a name for himself elsewhere. Crazy.

Hardly unique either. Long ago, we had a left back called Ted West (BP 1960 and LaticsPete will no doubt remember him) and he was right footed. Works both ways too. Chris Waddle was entirely left footed, but where did he play? I'm speaking, of course, from my own perspective as a one time (donkey's years ago) left footed goalkeeper, the purpose of whose right leg acted only in the interests of stopping me falling over. But, yes, it is somewhat odd that they will exclude right footed players irrespective of their ability.

With the knees I've got, there's no way I'd be kneeling. I'd never get up again. But I do like your unbridled optimism. I'll now remove tongue from cheek.

You didn't really mean "pathetical", did you? And (Shez)erection and get down on your knees should not be in the same sentence. Think of the children.

Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain roasted us at Southampton in their last season in League 1.

What? The cricketer? He died in 1963 and he was 81 then. Oh, THAT Jack Hobbs. Not sure he'll want to drop two divisions, but a bloody good signing for whoever gets him.

Another cracker.

You should come on here more often. More sense in those few posts of yours than we often get in dozens of others. Keep it up, even if you're told to stop being sensible.

Speaking of predicting, are you making a note of those entering this competition that haven't been in our Prediction League in readiness for your aggressive marketing? Just asking for a friend.

We've got Dummigan, Hunt and Hamer for right back (Wilson is gone). Hunt is (apparently) in demand and who knows whether Dummigan wants to play in D4? Looking at it that way, it could have legs, this.

I like him. He gave me his big wedge of chocolate cake from the buffet after the pre-season game at Salisbury last year. Proper gent. We should keep him just for that magnificent gesture.

leeslover can renew his bromance on a balmy Tuesday evening in Gloucestershire.