I have to say that if this the shortlist then I am disappointed, none of these names really inspire me.
If these are the best who the feck applied, the 100 or so who did must be right tossers.
Where's the likes of Penney, Strachan, Levein, Newell,Thordason even.
Pearce - Unproved big risk unless he brings in experienced assistant
Pulis - Long ball merchant with a rather checkered past - another Bassett / Wilko disciple.
Coppell - Never really done badly but again he is the type of manager who is going to take us to the next level IMO probably not.
Parkinson - Done reasonable well at Colchester but has yet to achieve any significant success.
My Shortlist would include:
Penney - Two successive promotions, what more do you want.
Burley - Did a great job at Ipswich and seems to be getting the Sheep back on track. Would be great with our current squad and youth players.
Cotterill - Done a great job at Cheltenham and seems to be doing well at Burnley.
Jewell - Has done a fantastic job with both Wigan and Bradford winning promotion with both teams.
IMO all these managers would come to us, although Wigan are top it, we are still a lot bigger club and potential wise with our fan base and facilities.
Also apart from Jewell I would be very surprised if compensation would be a massive problem. Why are these managers not appearing on our wish list. We need to be more ambitious.