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Heavily linked with Reading, think it’s all set to be confirmed.

Hope we appoint someone soon. Lots of decent players out of contract atm who we should be looking at. They will start getting snapped up pretty quickly.

Surely it'll be this week?

No guarantee. Contracts of our own key players expire on 30 June, which is fairly standard in the Football League.

What's more important is the new gaffer getting a proper pre season in July. Much better to appoint the right person slowly than the wrong person quickly.

As much as I'd love to see Chris Wilder, he managed a top table finish in the prem with Sheffield United a few seasons or so ago. I doubt his stock is as low as MK Dons in League 2.

He needs to succeed in his next job as his reputation has taken a few knocks. It ended badly at Sheffield United, he was a complete disappointment at Middlesbrough and then came Watford; well it's futile to draw conclusions from eleven matches at Vicarage Road.
I suspect he's a busted flush and wouldn't be pleased if I was a Reading supporter and he got the job.

Interesting quote from Alexander on his time at Motherwell. Sounds like just the man we need here.

“It has been a privilege to coach the players and they deserve so much credit for what we achieved. We have made many friends and that means as much to us as our record of results. When we were trusted with leading the club 18 months ago, it was a daunting challenge. Bottom of the league and staring relegation in the face, the task was quite clear. Succeeding in preserving Motherwell’s SPL status, with a few games to spare, was so important to the club both on and off the pitch, as we knew what relegation would mean to the club and its fans.

“Our next challenge was to trim and improve the squad, to create a group of players that could aim for a top half finish. Whilst focussing on those aims, we also reintroduced the U/18’s back into full-time training, allowing us to include several academy players in our senior squad.
“In our only full season, we managed to do all of this and qualify for Europe, after spending 27 weeks of the season in the top six. That achievement is one that everyone at the club can look back on with pride.
“I will always remember what we, as a team, achieved together – qualifying for Europe, earning the third highest points tally behind only Celtic and Rangers, and being the fourth highest scorers across the league. It has been a fantastic 18 months. Finally, thank you to the supporters who got behind the team and helped us to reach Europe last season.
Good luck to everyone and take care.”

Sounds great and a lot to be proud of but also like he was writing his own epitaph.

Looks like betting has been suspended. That usually means something is imminent

[quote="East Wing Don"]Looks like betting has been suspended. That usually means something is imminent[/quote]
Yes, I heard that we've gone bust and thrown out of the EFL.

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