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So we've already got this model? What does Jon Rudkin do? Just looking for a way of being respectful towards CR and his achievements while bringing in someone who can give the team the discipline that he doesn't seem to be able to.

Lots of debate up here (Scotland) about Rangers possibly bringing in a director of football and coach rather than just a new manager to replace Mark Warbuton. If we went with this model, would it allow us to 'promote' CR and bring in someone with grit to sort the playing side out? Does it have...

Terry Butcher of Caley Thistle and Derek Adams of Ross County both doing superb jobs up here with very limited resources. I know Butcher turned down Barnsley (or was it Burnley?..somewhere South anyway) but was reportedly quite interested. Step up for either and a chance to build for the next...

Oh, now it's appeared...

Anyone else not getting any sound from LC Player?

Yes but it starts making sense so I know I'm not listening to RL

We've got a wireless router and laptop but don't really want to take it outside (especially as it's my wife's!) and we don't have mobile reception in our part of the island. I thought about an internet radio but they're expensive and don't know if you could sign in to LC player on them. Perhaps...

err...depends where you are I suppose, in or out, or both, in a kind of omnipresent way...inwhich case there wouldn't be a problem cos I'd be at the Walkers as well as here. Also, if I wasn't subject to time or place, I would already know the result. Makes you think really; or at least stop...

I'd like to listen to the RL commentary (via player) when I'm the garden - up to 200yds and a solid wall way from my computer. I can stretch one of the cables to one of the computer speakers about 5 yards, hang it out of the window and turn up the volume but it's not very neighbourly! Has anyone...

This has been going on for years - and probably still does at most clubs. I remember in the 80's Mark Venus getting some real stick regardless of how he played and then, when he left, it was Mark Bright's turn. Conversely, some players who had quite forgettable careers at City seem to become...

We tried but had to give it back after being caught doing a "let's see whose currency survives a full cycle the best" in a small town north of Aukland.

As we found out 2 years ago when we found A$800 in a tumble-dryer in a campsite in NZ!!

I couldn't resist temptation and signed up on the Sat morning. No problems signing up and only a couple of short 'buffering'-type interruptions (requiring no action and possibly due to our dodgy broadband up here) during commentary but otherwise fine. Can't say that I'm overly impressed with any...

Okay, so I've worked it out... Fly from Stornoway to EMA via Aberdeen on Fri (no flights at w/end) - cheap at £569.50, back on Mon (assuming I can get day off) plus cost of getting to Walkers + ticket = about £650 + accomodation etc...makes 2 hours staring at TB match forum seem quite...

Bum! If I had known about any other theoretical choices, I might have relied on them. I'll just have to see what folk say about the Player thing when the season starts.

Do we have any other choice(s) if we want the commentary but live out of RL range?

Leicester City manager Nigel Pearson demonstrates the latest craze to sweep the nation...virtual exercise, in this case, the 'air benchpress'...

SW: Tell you what...I'll do my Clint Eastwood and you do Clyde and we'll get on that 'Stars in your eyes' thing when we get booted out of here in September

Just another bewildered fox stuck between a slow death in a backwater grass verge or a quick one under the wheels of a talentless driver...

My Chinese friend Mit says you're all getting the order of Chinese first and last names wrong. He also says why not appoint a muppet as the new manager because it wouldn't be any worse... Anyone know where you can get an application form from?

Whoopi Goldberg?

I work on the Derbys/Notts border so I dunno whether I'm going to laugh or cry when I go into people's houses. Usually cry when I think about it

Dead Kennedys - Hollaway in Cambodia

Oh right; more of a plank than a board then

I wonder what the chances are of a new manager being appointed by the board rather than MM alone. He would probably attract less individual flack if he shared responsibilities (including the media stuff) plus we're more likely to get a sensible appointment.

"Doctor, I've got a lump on my finger..."

MM may be hacked off but I'd be pretty surprised if he didn't have a good idea already what his plans are. I also get the impression that he's not overly bothered about what others (i.e. us) think about him and what he does. Maybe he's waiting to see what sentence Steve Claridge gets for his...

Am finding it very hard not to be completely disheartened by todays news. I thought the only way we could salvage something positive for next season was by removing IH quickly and giving a new manager time to work on developing a hungry and capable squad. The worst thing that could happen is to...

Apart from the fact that he continually plays players out of position, makes tactically terrible decisions and can't seem to motivate them at all? They at least would seem to be pretty basic requirements for any kind of manager.

You're probably right but then, why would he want to stay at Reading? Arguably they have been over-achieving for the past 3 seasons and have got as high as they're going to get. There are plenty of potential positives at City (fan base, set up, young talent and hopefully money) for it to be an...

What d'you reckon about the chances of prising Steve Coppell away from Reading now they've been relegated? Admittedly I don't know much about his managerial abilities but I like his approach (quiet and articulate) and he seems to be a chap with integrity.

Surely the aim of a football club is to entertain and succeed not to rehabilitate an individual whose tactical decisions have been repeatedly questioned, who is visibly unable to motivate his players and, frighteningly, still has no idea what went wrong. Why do we think this will change if he is...

Oh was that Beaumont? Spot on!

I need to stop listening to this stuff...same old, same old...cut off anyone who is articulately critical but give others (including Birch) time galore to say the same stuff week in, week out...

I agree HF and not to mention that he's invested a pile of his own money without any reward. I hope he doesn't go as there's not enough thoughtful and articulate people in football these days and I just cannot see what the alternative would be. At least he's had the courage to acknowledge his...

Perhaps giving the job of 'director of football' to Dean Richards or Martin Johnson would sort that one out. I sometimes think a hefty dose of intimidation would do wonders for motivation...

...come again? (sorry!)

Nipped in to see our next chairman I hear...

What about sticking Sappleton on the bench? By all accounts, Stoke are a big, bruisy bunch who may well have the likes of Hume for breakfast everyday. How would they cope with someone as big as them, probably faster and who has been scoring goals?

I remember feeling like this in the mid- to late-80's and deciding that there was more to life than paying for self-inflicted pain every Saturday. After several seasons of watching every home game and many away games, I just stopped and re-introduced myself to normal life. Now I just switch off...