To me, it reads like "We were going to appoint Sharp. People don't seem to like that. So we'll interview a few blokes and go through the motions, and then afterwards we can still appoint Sharp, but can tell everyone that he was clearly the best candidate of those interviewed and stood out head & shoulders above the rest".

Let's be honest, we're all getting used to total guff coming out of the club these days, that you fully expect it on almost every press release. Although the press release will likely spell his name John Sharpe...

You maybe right Hamster but is anyone at the club really that good at spin?

Maybe it's just as simple as someone is dragging one interview out into as many articles as possible.

At least there's plenty of positive stuff coming out from official sources at the club about other things and the benefits of us buying season tickets, oh hang on....

Perhaps we've made the 3k target?

And perhaps my application for Emma Stone's personal Gigolo has been accepted.

Congrats. Who's she?

Sister of Joss Stone?

Perhaps we are going through this process to delay hi appointment and thus saving a months salary.

One of the Duffsters harem of babes.

But surely, when the contract expires that only means we have to hang on even further into the season to get the next new coach?

'Lets put this back a tad Sharpy. We'll announce you after the season ticket deadlines have expired and we have them pinned. Doing it now may put people off as you are not popular...'

To be honest I don't get why he is unpopular, he is a successful coach? Forget anything other than his coaching ability.
I think some "fans" would rather bring teddies to games and Bullman or an unqualified player from the 90's do the job..
Sharpe may well be a turd but who cares if he gets results??

Being sacked from Shudds & Fev does not a successful coach make.

Agree, that was my interpretation too.

But who are these important/influential people who dont want Sharp appointing?
Players?
Sponsors?
It cant be the fans because we dont have any clout - we just pay up.
Oh hang on - if Duffy/Chalmers got a sniff that fans wouldnt be happy with Sharp they might worry it could impact on Season Ticket sales - how could they get around that - set a ST earlybird deadline before the coach is announced, and make out it might not be Sharp - Good idea - wait a minute - that's what they've just done.

For the record I'm on this side of the fence - I dont give a stuff about Sharp's history if he gets us promoted out of League 1 he gets my vote.

Well said.

I can't imagine that more than a tiny handful of fans (if any) are really going to be too fussed about exactly who the next coach is going to be. Yeah, for sure, with modern comms and a permanently open invitation to vent any perceived, or even imaginary, displeasure via the internet, I'm sure there is bound to be the odd dissenting voice. But come on, even on here where you'd expect some criticism, there is no great groundswell of opinion either way and it shouldn't matter a jot there were. Management are there to manage - just get on with it.

Maybe not if your pianistic (spell-checked it!!) repertoire only extends to "Chops' dicks".

Had no idea who she was until Googling her just now and realising that she was Spiderman's love interest in an ITV2 re-run watched with the teens tonight.

Hope that whoever is appointed as your coach achieves the primary objective of a Championship spot in 2019.