Pilko

You sunk my battleship.

Nop he never. Think he may have had a short spell with Bayern Munich though. Obviously not as good as the legend that is Ali Karimi. Still does a job in the PL on fm08

do it right.

I bet we sign Andranik then, as he's a Fulham fringe player who was loaned out to Barnsley the other year. He's Iranian. Fucking excellent news! /skirge

I never said he would be a good option for us right now. I just said if it came down to it and Keegan had full control and backing that I would chose him over Shearer. Okay, if you were given full choice then of all realistically available managers, where would Keegan rank in your preferred shortlist of appointments?

He's not very reliable though, is he? The fact that he's never seen out a managerial contract (unsure about whether he did at Fulham or not, maybe you can put me right?) is rather worrying. As much as you obviously love and respect the man, I still fail to understand why you think he'd be a good option for us right now. EDIT: Especially when the club lacks stability and really could do with having one manager for an entire frigging season.

If you actually look into the circumstances behind each one though I wouldn't say he was a bottler. It sounds like a myth created by The Sun. Read my post again: I'm not getting into a debate about why he walked away from each job etc, that's something that I don't know as much about as others (such as yourself). My point is, regardless of the circumstances, he has walked away from almost every job he's had, making him appear in my eyes to be someone who folds like a pack of cards when the pressure goes up. If he were to be appointed again then leave before the end of the season, we'd be stuck with either Hughton/Calderwood or another old has-been in the Kinnear mould. Keegan's been here twice now as a manager, to a degree of success that is measured differently person to person. I don't think getting him in again would be a good move.

How? the man has walked away from practically every job he's had.

You can't expect any bites if you're not going to put any effort in Honestly, I'm not fishing there. That's my honest opinion about the whole situation - we've tried the whole messiah thing recently and look where it (amongst other things) got us. "Keegan is just a man who is famous for his bumbling portrayal of a football manager." Not fishing? Come on Alright, maybe I was a little bit. But I really don't want Keegan back, he would be a very daft option. I think it was bobyule who said earlier in the thread that Keegan is still licking his lips at the prospect of £8m compensation money or however much it is, which for me is the clincher. Whatever reason there was for him to flounce and walk away in the past (rightly or wrongly) he has a track record of being a fucking bottler and that is not what we need again. Getting him in and then seeing him run off again when the pressure is applied would see us likely end up with Dave fucking Bassett or John Sitton or someone taking us down to League One.

Yep, the baldy guy.

You can't expect any bites if you're not going to put any effort in Honestly, I'm not fishing there. That's my honest opinion about the whole situation - we've tried the whole messiah thing recently and look where it (amongst other things) got us.

Good luck avoiding this thread then, unless your on holibobs in which case you lucky b'stard! Yep, away on the continent. Huzzah!

It's been confirmed on SSN as "breaking news".

No, I'm not going and its unlikely I'll even know the result, unless the BBC mention it in their WBA coverage.

Keegan or Shearer? Neither. I'd rather we got a real manager in, one who knows this division. Shearer is very inexperienced and didn't really pull up many trees (or even show glimpses of any managerial nous) last season, and Keegan is just a man who is famous for his bumbling portrayal of a football manager.

Hleb going to Stuttgart on a season long loan.

Is it worth noting that there's been nothing about this, nothing at all on SSN this morning? As in, they're not sure that it's true and therefore newsworthy?

Did you watch Martins get outclassed by a league on side the game before that? Lets not get into this sillyness mate, they're just friendlies. Exactly. Such a Martins fanboy.

He's fishing most nights.

Eh? How does that work? It's a £9m fee and most of us are fairly certain that the princely sum of £0 will go into the transfer chest.

I've said it before and I'll say it again: Man City will not get into the top 6 whilst Hughes is there.

Carroll would be my favourite who is here atm to get it. Would really galvanise him before the start of the season.

full time 0-0

The one that I did at the post office this afternoon involving notes was more interesting.