John Kear suggested John Kear, but all that managed to do was raise a chuckle when they saw he had applied

I always thought that the GF winners took the league championship, and the table-toppers took the League Leaders' cup. Ah well, can't win 'em all!

May we laugh in response?

You may!

I'm surprised noboby has mentioned Paul "Chubby" Broadbent. He would certainly turn the air blue in the dressing rooms.

i hear the club will appoint from within and it will be announced upon confirmation of the franchise ...............hay and thornton maybe ??????

I hope not. At the start of a new licence period this appointment will speak volumes for our ambitions.

Nobby or not Nobby, that is the question:
Hoping 'tis Noble in the mind or we'll suffer

Hay would be worse than Dave Sampson. Hay has never shown any leadership ability or example. He turned fromthe best prospect of his generation to a stroppy brat.

I love our fans, arguably he is an integral part for the last 4 years of the success story we have credited TM with, surely on that basis he, if appointed deserves at least a period of assessment before we castigate him for being crap?

Anyway, remains to be seen who we appoint I guess, anything could happen, I don't think anyone tipped Terry Matterson before he was appointed, or David Woods when he was.

History's warnings should be headed !!!!

Or even heeded.....?

You could make the same argument for Francis Cummins or James Lowes.

Didn't know they'd been at Cas in the backroom staff for 4 years.

Of course you must heed mistakes of the past, but similarly sometimes you don't change for the sake of it, there is a lot to be said in teams and brand values to continue development and progression, not bring in a new figure head who changes a lot..... Few can argue we have progressed in four years.

I think the distinction with AH's experience is that unlike the others mentioned when they got the top job - AH DOES have experience of bad times, relegations, struggles and has been around those things, particularly thinking of Steady, he had not. so when it came it was new to him and hard to handle.
I would also suggest respectfully of AH's career compared to Steady's that he was not a natural athlete and it did not come as easy to him as it did to GS - hence why GS struggled with the training mentality and instilling the discipline of looking after yourself for players, where AH I would suggest had to work a lot harder. (Note here, I would love to have been as average as AH, I have no discernable sporting talent and anyone who ever saw me with a ball or boots will tell you that)

I am not wedded to any plan to speak of, but each new coach has to get a shot sometime.