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Going on how much the odds shift after rumors are posted here, maybe this is a clever ploy to fool the bookies into lengthening the odds for the real appointment.

Must have been told he wasn't in the running. It was the same with butcher last year.

He applied for the job, so we're not "stealing" him. He at least views us as a bigger club (and our 130 years of history, exposure to European football, and other facts back this up) or else he wouldn't have applied. He will also see Motherwell or derby as good opportunities to get exposure in the UK. Whether Motherwell wants him or not remains to be seen, but if we do, it will happen.

Other than saying when they hoped to make the appointment, the club has (rightly) said absolutely nothing. This is the agent getting simo's name out there now that the Finnish season is close to done.

Who were the runners in the press before McLean and mcleish got the job? If I remember right, Sandy Clark was the rumor when kampmann got it, Ian McCall and Colin lee were touted before black got it. Can't remember the suspects when McGhee was appointed either.

When you do can you give us clues like in the old days when we'd have a two week treasure hunt to find out who our new sponsor was? I'll say it's McGhee and Latapy

I think vata is responsible for 100% of the story so far, because we know how the club works. If we really are after valakari, we will do what every other club does and speak to him unofficially and only approach the club if we decide to appoint him. I'm still of the opinion that new guy will be a name we haven't mentioned, or Russell Latapy because I said it first.

I think the club will be quite happy to let the papers and the like keep themselves occupied with the valakari chat while they conduct their interviews through the week. If I'm not mistaken, there still hasn't been a word from the club as to who we are targeting, and I doubt there will be.

Are you saying Wikipedia is wrong? So essentially, no one knows anything!

Other than the alleged meeting in Finland, has there been any real information on who is in the running? Seems at the moment that all we have is a twitter rumour based on a Wikipedia edit, based on bookies odds, which are based on a tweet that was probably started on here.

Gordon Duncan, radio Clyde @gordonduncan7: Understand representatives from Motherwell will meet Simo Valakari in Finland on Wednesday for talks. By no means a done deal though.

Motherwell reps to meet Simo in Finland on wednesday, source - twitter.

My guess is that with the Motherwell managers job only being of interest to a small group of folk, and since there's no real intelligence on who it is going to be, the market will change pretty quickly if a few people put money on one guy. So basically, it was Desp's fault.

Alan Irvine hadn't crossed my mind, might be a decent shout.

Bugger all

Jump on this folks, you can win your Van Der Gaag money back!

Are you not supposed to approach his employer first before giving him an interview?

Are all 3 loanees until January only? With the size of the squad as it is, the new manager isn't going to have much room to bring in his own players. Today's performance came from a team picked out of a fully fit squad, which is scary.

I'm not sure where some folk think our club is going that someone of calderwood's ilk can't take us to. I get that it is boring when we sign players and managers that we all know, but weve seen nothing from obscure/left field appointments to tell us this is the way we must go.

Aside from his personality, what are the reasons for the negative response to calderwood? I don't particularly like him, just curious.

Calderwood isn't the attractive choice, but he has a decent record as far as win% goes. He did leave his last job after a month when two of his players were sold, and has had similar rants before, so not sure if he'll fit our model.

Not a fan of Clark, but he did win almost half of his games over 4 years at Huddersfield. His record after that is pretty sketchy though. Yon Dijkhuisen guy looks terrible. I still have a feeling it will end up being no one mentioned so far. Or craigan.

Seems a bit early to be petitioning for that. Never saw him play in the flesh, but on the videos I have I can see why he was a favorite. Always seemed such a good guy as well.

I'd rather not. He's a tosser, and as said above, this would be his hopeful route to the Celtic job, just like last time.

So us scoring 6 goals in 20 minutes, while rangers score one in 160 minutes is a bad thing? Teams lose games because of split second lapses, if your team lapses for 20 minutes and concedes 6 goals, then you're maybe a shite manager.