Who will be the Vales new manager?

[barry]

More chance of Jap Eye with this clown at the helm.

[Tubbs]

Stam is currently 20/1 with skybet.

 

Trust me, get on as soon as you can! Mate in Manchester spoke to him tonight!

[geosname]

I can't believe people are suddenly so full of blind faith in the words of a man who took advice from someone 6 months after they passed away. There was no greater believer in Norman up until the fiasco at Exeter, now I wouldn't believe him telling me night followed day.

 

I took the advice of rep and others, I dont believe what he said but the PR was just what was needed to calm things a little and perhaps encourage ST sales, which are apparently over 50% down on this time last year [second interview].

I hope it all comes good

[valefan16]

Stam would be good, imagine the quality youngsters we could loan from the famed Ajax academy!

[Shropshire_Valiant]

I thought that and as an ex United player the publicity it would bring.

[The Kalamazoo Kid]

Although Stam is still favourite for the Reading job his odds have lengthened slightly, from I think 1/2 to 15/8.

 

As for Owen Coyle, who a few have mentioned, he is 1/8 for the Blackburn job so you would think is nailed on for it with odds like that.

[Robbie Earle's Perm]

There does seem a few on here who have it in for the chairman no matter what he does?

 

Never a truer word spoken.

 

He's not the messiah (that's Micky as well know!) but neither is he the devil.

[Robbie Earle's Perm]

He makes his own bed. Eventually he has to lie in it.

 

I'd imagine a man of his wealth probably has a maid so I doubt he does ;)

[werstayinup]

No chance of it being Stam....Smurf has said they all agreed to take our wage offer,yet it appears Stam has been talking to Championship Reading and any money they can offer would dwarf ours you would think

[Yukon]

No chance of it being Stam....Smurf has said they all agreed to take our wage offer,yet it appears Stam has been talking to Championship Reading and any money they can offer would dwarf ours you would think

 

The word "offer" is key, the wage packet is proportional. The likes of Stam & the Neville's are wealthy men, they aren't in management for the money.

[werstayinup]

The word "offer" is key, the wage packet is proportional. The likes of Stam & the Neville's are wealthy men, they aren't in management for the money.

 

That is true but its more to do with the chance of managing in the Championship but the main thing for me is if they are so high profile whey the delay in appointing them? you would be doing that right now wouldn't you

[Conrad]

That is true but its more to do with the chance of managing in the Championship but the main thing for me is if they are so high profile whey the delay in appointing them? you would be doing that right now wouldn't you

how I understood it the candidates are contracted to other things/clubs until the middle of June.

[geosname]

how I understood it the candidates are contracted to other things/clubs until the middle of June.

 

He could get the ink on the paper so they start and he could announce as soon as their contract ends.

[geosname]

That is true but its more to do with the chance of managing in the Championship but the main thing for me is if they are so high profile whey the delay in appointing them? you would be doing that right now wouldn't you

 

Perhaps, whoever it is, wants to create something he can say is his instead of taking the time to reshape something that already exists... there arent many players under contract at vale and perhaps the retained list players wont want to stay after smurfs interview on radio and video... so very few players and a very small backroom staff could be the incentive to come and build the team from the ground up... we can hope?

[Conrad]

He could get the ink on the paper so they start and he could announce as soon as their contract ends.

smurf did say that the interested people had been given the retained list, player details etc. so that they could hit the ground running when they are appointed.