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Think we should consider a player-manager .

No update on injuries as manager won't know until tomorrow. Also, worth noting, this match kicks off at 5.30pm on Saturday as it's live on Sky Sports.

Great to see a match thread back. Wasn't saying that a few months ago 😁

Oh bollox! Thought I'd got one over on Rousseau there!

I don't think that the deal stands or falls on the putative land value, or, indeed the developability, of Auchenhowie for housing. Overall, what is interesting about the takeover proposal is that the principals are -an investor with ownership/control of very considerable funds, who has a background in health insurance , and -the investment and development arm of an NFL franchise, who, at first sight might seem strange bedfellows. Perhaps, however, there is method in the mix: Cavenaugh gets to share risk, and to share it with a partner vastly experienced in running a sports' business; the 49ers get to share the risk with an investor with considerable financial backing (and, an interest in sports, it would seem). I don't know who brought whom to the table, but, perhaps, it provides a modicum of comfort that we are not facing ownership/control by some rich guy, bored with cocaine, and looking for a new set of thrills, or seeking merely to asset strip, but with some serious players in the world of sports' business. . The 49ers do not seem to have fucked about with Leeds United, nor have they developed Elland Road for condominiums. (I am sure we would have found out if they had.) Maybe we should take these as good signs.

Thanks for that R, adding where these guys are puts a bit more perspective on it and I agree that from the looks of it we should be an attractive options for that list given their current employers. I also agree that the usual lazy names that get banded about like those you mention are uninspiring also. I dont have any names myself, I dont have the time to watch a ton of football other than our games and some EPL top games and some Champions League so dont really see any managers that could be potential suitors. Although names I would suggest would likely be awful anyway as I didnt want Walter first time or McLeish and they both went on to prove me completely wrong! I did fancy PLG as well and that didnt turn out well. I think im pretty much in the camp that as long as I dont know the guy, and it isnt a staunch appointment, then I will be happy to give the guy a chance. I am much more comfortable now I understand the Park family will have no influence on the appointment!

That was rubbish made up by Keith Jackson, not true according to the Rangers Review.

Wot? No Derek McInnes?

For whatever reason we always seem to be a bit rusty after these international breaks

I have no clue whatsoever who should be the new manager. Rangers are long gone from hiring in the Souness/Advocaat Category which means Ancelotti must stay at Real for now and I have no knowledge of the lower levels. Whoever is offered the job should have a consistent record. At the beginning of this season the chap at Aberdeen was a diamond and Gray at Hibs was a laughingstock out of his depth. Now look at them. (NB: This is not an endorsement of either)

Kent cost £7m: we can get Cerny for 5.5 if we move before the end of May.

I wasn't suggesting Mourinho for manager. Just quoting him.

If this takeover works out, and we get the debt sorted and have a decent budget for players, I'd rather have Clement than Mourinho. I stand by my assertion that PC was the right guy at the wrong time. Mourinho is a soundbite manager now, the press demand it from him, he always delivers. As Rousseau rightly says, he's just been owned by BF, managing a bunch of players that even our own fans don't think are good enough.

I think Martin has built up a good body of work as a coach. I did try to be somewhat realistic. Jaissle is in Saudi so we're not competing with the money but I hope he's looking to return to Europe some time in the future after pocketing as much as he can. Bielsa is unlikely. I'm just a fan of both. Martin and Motta are free agents. Motta was just sacked by Juventus, so maybe too much of a step down. Henriksen (Mainz), Nancy (Columbus Crew, MLS), Marsch (Canada), Rohl (Sheffield Wednesday) and Rystrom (Malmo) could be poached, maybe. McKenna is about to be relegated with Ipswich. He's not getting sacked, but could be poached. Although, he probably has enough credit to get a PL job. Knutsen is at Bodo/Glimt, but seems to be averse to moving as he has a cushy situation. Compo asked the question, I just provided some names that interest me. They're better than the same old names that get bandied about, like Warnock, Dyche and Lampard, surely? Do you have any names?

Quite. Many have expressed an opinion on the banner. Few really have an opinion on the banner. An opinion has been formed for them.

I think @Rousseau has taken that into account in computing the list.

If his decision making was better, he wouldn't be on loan at Ibrox. He still has much to offer, including experience, and I don't think that the much vaunted player trading 'model' means that you churn 10 or 11 players per annum. You need the basis of a continuously successful side, surely, with 'keepers' (and this does not refer to 'goal tenders' -get used to it). Maybe Vaclav Cerny is one that should be looked at in this regard.....