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The Hunter said:
Don't pretend to be ITK these days but my contacts who ought to be tell me that contact has been made. Largely third parties at this stage but things could move quickly.
Saying that, the club will have more than one egg - and more than one basket.
But if you wanted an appointment to get an immediate reaction, this would be it.
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Cheers marra. Are you retired now like?
 
Sweeper said:
Aye I don’t understand the logic of six months. Even if we didn’t go up this year he should get a full season at it.

If we do go up, then in what universe wouldn’t we want to keep him?
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It may be our way of allowing him to 'feel' his way back in after 11 years out. 6 months and promotion gives him an extension offer automatically. We can still offer a manual extension so to speak if he fails.
After 6 months he can walk away either way. It might be to entice him.
 
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Boris Bear said:
We’ll have identity and a drive…quite frankly that’s the only way back for us. I’d rather go down in a burning blaze of glory with a legend like Keane than fade away with the Parkinson’s and Johnson’s of the world.
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We already have an identity - don't need to bask in the reflected glory of an ageing pundit
 
Wardley Makem said:
Anyone else feel a bit sorry for jay matete?
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I don’t know why, but I think he’s going to be the absolute business for us. I’ve never heard of him before the weekend, but it’s just the sort of thing that happens in football. That is …. League 1 club gets JD and Keane within 48 hours, but the most important signing of the week ends up being a 20-year old unknown from Fleetwood.
 
KEV_SAFC_FTM said:
Firstly, can I say I’d be happy If Keane does take over. He done a good job here in his first spell and raised the club’s profile. He would give everyone a massive boost but there’s certainly a few reservations this time.

How will he cope with managing poorer players? His standards were huge as a player and as a manager. He was used to managing Premier League players. No disrespect to the players here now, but our team is made up of championship/league one players who aren’t as skilful.

He’s been out of a job for a decade and his last managerial roles have hardly been a success. Will he be out of touch? Will his non-nonsense approach with players be accepted in the dressing room nowadays?

Will he commit and put everything into the job? Rumours of him being away from the training ground during the week in the latter stages of his reign and his reluctance to move here permanently did not help him at boardroom level or with the players (disclaimer. Not sure if this was true, but there was definitely rumours at the time).

Does he know the league? He’s a premier league panellist but I doubt that he knows much about league one, if at all. Will he have the feintest idea about teams like Wimbledon and Cheltenham?

How will he work with the off field hierarchy? His relationship with Short was rumoured to be strained. What will it be like with Kyril? How will he work with Speakman over transfers? Will he expect a war chest?

Obviously a lot of these questions can’t be answered and time will tell but there’s a lot of doubt in his appointment and there’s no guarantees that he will be as successful this time. Then again, there’s no guarantee any manager will be.
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Every candidate is a risk. I just hope the contract offered to whoever gets it means sacked with no severance pay if they fail to be promoted. It won't though.
 
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