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It'd be interesting to run a new poll on who the fans want as CCFC manager. It wouldn't be surprising at all if Wise's popularity has significantly decreased.

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I'd be fine with this. The problem is that you'd need the right person to launch the 'renaissance' - fans would not get behind SISU and would see it as trampling on history. If it were to happen one day I do like the green and black kits, and think you're absolutely right about incorporating...

Sticky patches are generally acceptable for the manager who has earned success capital. Ferguson is often trumpeted as an example of the man who was nearly fired, but he had two seasons of success behind him. Just yesterday I was arguing that the lean final days of Black's regime were acceptable...

Some people just love playing the banker in Monopoly...

All those managers had initial success. The long-term tenures were created by success, not the other way around. If CCFC hire a manager who achieves success like, say, Moyes, then few fans would have an issue with him being here 10 years later. Not necessarily. Some managers are just more...

Disagree, Otis. Look at the average US sport. Teams draft players based on their league position. Drafted players tend to be under contract for five years or so. There are squad limits meaning creative trading of players (e.g. superstar in return for two or three top prospects). There is no...

Breen had left by then. Was quite surprised to find out that CCFC is the team he made the most appearances for in his career.

The new manager isn't likely to have a lot of financial help, so he'd be better off trying to unite the current rabble. Perhaps a squad meeting with a frank exchange concerning what has gone wrong to date. Start the process of drilling in a sense of collective responsibility rather than creating...

I hope it's Richard Money at this point. He seems to have a knack of getting his teams to compete.

By all means. A fair thing to do. All I would say is that we'd likely throw in the Wise qualifier to any fan from another club wanting an assessment of Adams as a manager. He averaged 1.2 points per game in his first (half) campaign, 1.1 before Wise, and 1.2 after Wise. The only exceptional...

That is perhaps the most desperate shot at SISU I have yet seen.

A lot of that was down to Wise. In the 29 games before he joined, the team averaged 1.1 points per game; in the 17 games he played through the end of the season, the team averaged 1.82 points per game. It is also worth noting that it wasn't necessarily the fans who pushed out Adams - there...

It won't take 3-6 weeks.

Think I'd rather have an expert in data analysis and recruitment like Fisher do the interviews than, say, Mike McGinnity...

The advantage of not having somebody lined up is that applications can be accepted, including those from managers already employed. That's a much bigger pool from which to choose.

Win percentage is certainly a good starting point, but one must dig deeper to gain greater clarity. Take Ince as an example. The overall win percentage might be good, but there are a few immediate asterisks: he has had five jobs in less than seven years and hasn't stayed in a single job for...

Heh, it is simpler to use three words instead of four.

Phil Brown (yikes!) making a strong run at 4-1. Richard Money is the current favourite having come in at all the bookies. Most of the others have drifted, including Terry Connor who has thankfully gone out to 6-1.

Either way, I just don't think it matters. There is no need to cook Black's statistics because (1) there were only 20-odd games and (2) they speak very well for themselves. What I'd say to any charges of a lean period is that Black had a very average squad to work with, and his intent for goals...