It must be great news to Washy and Whiting.

He never said he'd get rid, he said that he would work out which was there best positions & try to play them there instead of them just being 'utility' players.

Will be the first time in four years.

I know, these two have the biggest utility tags in the squad.

So hopefully they'll get a run in the backrow without having to be moved around.

Who will he bring in as his No2 ? Any news on that?

do you know what the most exciting thing is, he'll not just have a plan, but he'll have a back up plan, and a series of options around each.

I can see it now next season, FC v Wakey at the KC, 10 minutes into the second half and Fubar has used his 10 interchanges, has forgotten it's not 12 anymore, Mr Gentle still has 4 interchanges left!

Forgot about that, aren't we still in need of a conditioner aswell?

Really? Try rlthis onerl. Or rlthisrl. Or there's lots of alternative words for crazily balmy in rlthisrl thesaurus.

But, as I said, I bet these are American sites as balmy is the US abomination of the "English barmy" and, as such, has little credence from me.

Andy Last?

I for one hope that there is a place for Lasty in the new set up. The kid has been at the club for years now and has done a great job with the under 20's. Given the chance to work under the guidence of an experienced coaching staff, I believe Lasty would develop into a fine coach.

Yeah, I hope that Andy Last stays because you only hear good things about him. Seems a valuable person to have around.

There have been a lot of good reports about Andy Last but if the new coach wants a clean sweep then so be it.

not doubting his abilities but surely the definition of doing a good job coaching the age groups is how many come through to the first team not if you win the u 20's cup then all the players move on or drift into amateur.

Not too many have come through on andy last's watch for whatever reason.

That's down to Agar not playing them to find out if they're good enough, Last can only prepare them for being good enough for first team

Agreed. Last has clearly helped to make many players amongst the best in their age group. That they haven't kicked on in the first team is IMO down to a combination of not being sent out to gain open age experience and not being given enough first team game time. I highly doubt Last is influential in either of those decisions.