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Well here is one contradiction. The official club statement read "Over the past couple of months it has become abundantly clear that the manager was not fully committed to the club and, despite our best efforts, he repeatedly refused to sign a contract." Brown wouldn't sign a contract either, but the board didn't see that as an issue.

My argument still stands. Saying we punch above our weight is an insult to the team's ability as it's implying their skill level isn't sufficient to justify their league position.

He still had more of a budget to spend when he was boss than he would see a second time around -both for wages on guys like Cooper, Russell etc. and on transfers. The reason he left, as I recall, was at least partially due to board not wishing to finance his plans to enhance the squad. Not a great indicator of someone who wants to work with no funds. I agree though - he won't be back.

It doesn't annoy me, it's just factually incorrect. I doubt anyone could even explain what constitutes our 'weight', what constitutes our 'punches' and quantify the quality of those punches in such a way that makes us somehow lucky in beating what, by definition, must be consistently superior opponents. It just sounds like a label tossed around by some incompetent, OF loving tabloid journo.

Tommy had a lot more money to spend back then than he'd be given this time around.

Not saying that post is wrong because I know nothing about Penney, but I remember the Oldham fans telling us about how Porter was a crock with bad knees who wouldn't do much for us.

You mean like McGhee (or even Brown) had from his time down south? I don't remember him bringing in the quality of player (using all his contacts) that Gannon introduced. It was widely reported that when JG interviewed for the Hibs job that he had a list of 30 or so targets for every single position on the field. Not 2 or 3. Targets he had watched develop since they were playing in the the youth leagues, and targets with whom he had developed a good footballing relationship. More importantly, when he said he was going to acquire a striker or a keeper or whatever within the next few days, that is exactly what he did. I'm still waiting (along with Aberdeen fans) to see McGhee's big powerful centre half he has been promising.

The only desperation I can see is from the posters on here. A few Twitter 'exclusives' from the Daily (Yesterday's news the day after tomorrow) Express is hardly worthy of anything but healthy skepticism. I haven't seen any fact based stories of people being offered the job only to knock it back. All I have read is unsourced stories of people of have decided they are no longer interested. I'd rather we took a few more days to decide than rush into a Malpas situation.

The reason they get away with it is simple. There are more of them than us and it is easier to control the actions of a few than the actions of a few hundred (or thousand). With a few hundred, it's a matter of containment.

Well, we don't know if it is true,so I wouldn't be too worried yet. I wouldn't be surprised if some applicants decided to withdraw after an interview - that's pretty normal. However, it's not the same as being offered the job and turning it down. Time will tell, I suppose, but there's no use in worrying about Daily Express Tweets.

If he does end up the new boss, it's another good job by the board keeping a name under wraps for so long.

You can't punch above your weight for 18 months in football. It's 11 vs 11 every week, and over the course of a season the better teams finish higher up. So if we are top 6 it's because the players are sufficiently talented to merit being in the top 6. Not because we keep beating teams that are better than us.

Pretty sparse looking crowd there.

Yes, you did.

The one thing we know from previous appointments is that the press really has no clue who the manager will be. They churn out theories, but have been way off the mark many times. The Board does a great job in keeping things under wraps.

Calderwood, not too long ago, said he was bored with the SPL and needed to work in a different league. If that's the case then he doesn't meet your criteria as it sounds like he will be heading south (or back to Europe) sooner or later.

I'm more of a Day Before Yesterday's Man

That's what I was thinking. The string of postponements is going to put us at a disadvantage when we need to play 3 games a week to get back on track (unless we can expand the squad somehow).

According to the article in The Scotsman, the police said they couldn't cope with 12,000 travelling Rangers fans as the surrounding areas were so iced up that, as well as a safety risk controlling a large crowd, there wasn't sufficient space for parking etc. That was why the Dundee game could go ahead but the Utd. game was cancelled.

No way Michael Ballack is our new gaffer.

I wouldn't wish it on the club, but the seasons we spent in the First Division were a lot of fun with days out to some great wee (and not so wee) grounds. Another reason for a 16 team league.

Nobody. But over a period of games it's less likely to affect the overall accumulation of points. Also, if you are the recipient of a bad, game changing decision in game 3or 4, you have plenty of other games to bounce back. A bad decision in a one-off match could have significant financial consequences.

Lies. I read your posts - you never laugh.

If the fans get bored watching teams play each other 4 times they aren't going to be watching the games on television either. The TV money is only there because it gets bums on seats. Putting the 4th or 5th meeting of teams on telly doesn't magically make it more interesting to watch.

What are the odds our new gaffer is currently employed?