Neil Warnock | Colin Wanker

[Chrysalis]

That's the most retarded thing I've heard.

How so.

Forest eg. lost form when they ran out of strikers due to injuries.

Would love to know your reasoning on why its better to have less strikers then more?

[Ric Flair]

Tigana. - no experience in this division

Davies (yes if they dont go up we can get him) - good choice but be impossible to get if derby go up

Burley (why not ? Similar club etc) - good choice but I think he probably say no

McCarthy - as above

Simpson - who?

Holloway. - ok but would be not top of my list

Keegan. - I think has no hunger anymore

Worthington. - in my opinion a good choice but not as good as warnock

Coleman. - no experience in this division horrible away record

Allen. - a gamble but would put hub above coleman

Slade. - who?

Warnock has to be top choice he would probably get us in top 8 first season at least as we can expect MM to back him I would exect many strikers which is a good thing. with his age he will want a fast promotion which is what we all want.

He's won the fooker!!!!!!!!!! How is that classed as no experience?

[Dames]

Tigana. - no experience in this division

Davies (yes if they dont go up we can get him) - good choice but be impossible to get if derby go up

Burley (why not ? Similar club etc) - good choice but I think he probably say no

McCarthy - as above

Simpson - who?

Holloway. - ok but would be not top of my list

Keegan. - I think has no hunger anymore

Worthington. - in my opinion a good choice but not as good as warnock

Coleman. - no experience in this division horrible away record

Allen. - a gamble but would put hub above coleman

Slade. - who?

Warnock has to be top choice he would probably get us in top 8 first season at least as we can expect MM to back him I would exect many strikers which is a good thing. with his age he will want a fast promotion which is what we all want.

You lack the footballing knowledge to argue with me.

Be quiet before you embaress yourself even more.

[teblin]

He's won the fooker!!!!!!!!!! How is that classed as no experience?

Beat me too it!

[sackmycook]

Tigana. - no experience in this division

Davies (yes if they dont go up we can get him) - good choice but be impossible to get if derby go up

Burley (why not ? Similar club etc) - good choice but I think he probably say no

McCarthy - as above

Simpson - who?

Holloway. - ok but would be not top of my list

Keegan. - I think has no hunger anymore

Worthington. - in my opinion a good choice but not as good as warnock

Coleman. - no experience in this division horrible away record

Allen. - a gamble but would put hub above coleman

Slade. - who?

Warnock has to be top choice he would probably get us in top 8 first season at least as we can expect MM to back him I would exect many strikers which is a good thing. with his age he will want a fast promotion which is what we all want.

Tigana won promotion with Fulham.

Warnock is a twat and i'm surprised that so many fans want a guy who wanted us booted out of the league when we were promoted. or at least have his beloved blades would swop places with us.

the guys a nob and he won't get us anywhere instead he'll just be sacked in 2 years by MM. and we'll waste a couple of seasons with him.

[James.]

Tigana won promotion with Fulham.

Warnock is a twat and i'm surprised that so many fans want a guy who wanted us booted out of the league when we were promoted. or at least have his beloved blades would swop places with us.

the guys a nob and he won't get us anywhere instead he'll just be sacked in 2 years by MM. and we'll waste a couple of seasons with him.

Not wanting him here because of his comments back then is just plain stupid.

I'm no fan of his but would point to his lack of ability relative to other candidates as a reason not to want him. Not because he called us names a few seasons ago.

[shrood]

Nigel Worthington - on 18 March 2006 Worthington apparently refused to shake hands with Warnock resulting in Warnock sticking two fingers up at him, an incident over which the FA charged Warnock with improper conduct.[12]

classic.

[lookwhaticando]

In interviews with SU players recently - they all highly rate him: "He is the sort of manager you would die for" is one such quote from Saturday.

Currently, here's a number of players in our squad that I wish would just **** off and die.

I see these two things as being mutually beneficial

This is a quite fun debate.

Bollocks is it.

It's 400+ posts consisting of the likes of Babylon saying "we don't know who'll do the best job once they get here" (bravo) and hundreds of others going "he said unpleasant things about us, and signed Akinbiyi" and so on, ad infinitum.

It's getting so bad, it's on the verge of becoming handbags.

wasn't he offered a job at portsmouth by milan a while ago.

Yes... yes he was.

Mandaric had just dismissed Perrin (how come nobody has Perrin on their short list? ) and was looking for a new manager. He approached Sheffield Utd who allowed him to talk to Warnock. Warnock had a chat with him, but decided to stay up north (you'd have said no too when you saw how shit Portsmouth were).

Warnock was a 'top target' at the time. Warnock stays put.

[davieG]

Mercury Readers aren't too keen!!!!!

I can not beleive that we would be so negative in bringing in this complete and utter Muppet of a manager.He is a complete disgrace to Football in general - always blaming everyone for his teams failures and lets not forget what he tried to do to City!! My family are season ticket holders and not one of them will renew if Warnock gets the job!! Even all the irish are laugthing at the prospect.Is he better than Worthington ? Why would we bring him in with his record he buys average players and lets not forget it took him 7 years to gain promotion with utd. Milan cop on as i thought you were ambitious and had a 3 year plan. There are plenty of quality managers out there why not Hoddle !!This is just the same old ding dong story that infuriates all supporters connected to the club... Warnock if you read this stay in Cornwall WE DONT WANT YOU!Jason Sleath, Ireland

Warnock Out!!!Soho Fox, London

Mr Mandaric please don't do it! Warnock lacks integrity in the football world, i seem to remember several years ago he managed to get a game abandoned after his team were losing quite comfortably, he apparently used all his substitutes and then got a few of his players to feign injury which left his team with 8 players!! Every time i hear his post match comments he rarely has anything good to say about the opposition or even for the good of the game.. If he signs then i stay away from the Walkers! Phil C., Leicester

Warnock was the chief complainer during our bout with administration, he wanted us relegated or booted out of the league, so I hope someone close to Mr Mandaric knows enough about the history to advise against this appointment. There is very little to like about this man, from his foaming-at-the-mouth touchline antics to his splatter gun approach of blaming everyone but himself. He should not even be considered as our manager.Roy Beeson, Stevenage

Whilst Warnock may well be able to do a short term job of getting us back to the Premiership, surely his appointment would go against everything that Milan has recently stated. He said that he wanted someone with a long term vision to restructure the p[laying side top to bottom, someone who shared his desire to take this club onto great heights. Warnock did a great job in getting a modest team into the Premiership, but that is his limit. He would not, in my opinion, be a long term appointment for us and therefore I hope he doesn't get the job. I'm glad that Milan is taking his time to make sure we get the right man. I can put up with people I don't particularly like (Ince!) as long as they can bring something to the club from what they have learnt in the past, someone who has strong principles and sticks to them. It's clear that we are too lightweight to make a push for promotion with what we have. Roy Keane has been successful (to date) because he does what Ferguson and O'Neill do, they look for players of character. Most professional players are of a decent standard, what sets them apart is strength of character. That's how Sunderland have got promoted, hardly a team of household names, very much like Reading before them. From this point of view, maybe Ince is the man, surely he must have learnt something from his time at Liverpool, Man Utd and Italy. Tigana, is another principled man who is now looking for a new job and I bet Milan is all too well aware of Stuart Pearce's departure from Man City. We want, no, we need, a manager of character, one who can recognise that in a player and then we might go somewhere. Players like Yeates and Ryan Smith before him are not the answer. We have enough young talent at the club already, look at the Academy! We need strong people to bring them through and guide them. We need to get the Foxes Never Quit mentality back. I hope Milan gets it right first time. Craig, Leicestercraig bird, leicester

I would be totally suprised if Warnock was offered the managers job at City. Surely Mandaric realises that he's not the man we need to get the fans turning up in their thousands, renewing their season tickets full of excitement about the upcoming season with a promising manager at the helm. Please leave this moaning individual alone! Can you remember him slating city when we went up a few years back? I will never forget it and for this reason alone it would make it very hard for him to be accepted down here. Blue army!Jellyfish Joe, Littlethorpe

I just heard the Warnock story and I can't think of anybody I'd want less as our manager! I don't think he's the sort of character we want at our club.Keely McBean, Leicester

Whilst Warnock may well be able to do a short term job of getting us back to the Premiership, surely his appointment would go against everything that Milan has recently stated. He said that he wanted someone with a long term vision to restructure the p[laying side top to bottom, someone who shared his desire to take this club onto great heights. Warnock did a great job in getting a modest team into the Premiership, but that is his limit. He would not, in my opinion, be a long term appointment for us and therefore I hope he doesn't get the job. I'm glad that Milan is taking his time to make sure we get the right man. I can put up with people I don't particularly like (Ince!) as long as they can bring something to the club from what they have learnt in the past, someone who has strong principles and sticks to them. It's clear that we are too lightweight to make a push for promotion with what we have. Roy Keane has been successful (to date) because he does what Ferguson and O'Neill do, they look for players of character. Most professional players are of a decent standard, what sets them apart is strength of character. That's how Sunderland have got promoted, hardly a team of household names, very much like Reading before them. From this point of view, maybe Ince is the man, surely he must have learnt something from his time at Liverpool, Man Utd and Italy. Tigana, is another principled man who is now looking for a new job and I bet Milan is all too well aware of Stuart Pearce's departure from Man City. We want, no, we need, a manager of character, one who can recognise that in a player and then we might go somewhere. Players like Yeates and Ryan Smith before him are not the answer. We have enough young talent at the club already, look at the Academy! We need strong people to bring them through and guide them. We need to get the Foxes Never Quit mentality back. I hope Milan gets it right first time. Craig, Leicestercraig bird, leicester

What was that Bill Anderson was saying about the reason Sheffield United are down is purely and simply because they didn't get enough points on the board? West Ham won 7 out of their last 9 games. What was Sheffield United's record over the last 9 games? And this is to be our next manager? Still, watching him throw buckets of water over the ref should be good for a laugh.John Wilson, Clifton, Ashbourne, Derbyshire

He could be the man to get City Into top flight football again, but, he's also that type of character who Isn't wanted by many fans around 'The Walkers Stadium', there's better managers out there than him, and I hope Milan doesn't appoint him, though, It's a tricky decision. Rizwan Narma, Leicester

He could e the man to get City Into the top flight again, but, he' also that type of character who Isn't anted by many fas around 'The Walkers Stadium', there's better managers out there than him, and I hope Milan doesn't appoint him, though It's a tricky decision. Rizwan Narma, Leicester

I thought Warnock wanted to spend more time at his property in Cornwall!! I do hope so. I've just heard on the radio that he has left a "great" bunch of lads at Bramhall Lane but surely they can't be that GREAT they've just earned relegation,David Hankey, Great Easton

[Mark]

I'll be absolutely distraught if we get Warnock.

Not because of his personality, I actually find him quite funny. It's the fact that now we've got money again, and this man in the transfer market has done no better than Adams, Levein and Kelly, despite having more to spend that our past 3 managers put together. Sheffield United have never played attractive football either, it's not going to bring the fans back which I thought was Milans top priority? Oh and him and his striker fetish, they've had more joke strikers than us recently (Nade, Horsfield, Akinbiyi to name 3), but what makes that even worse is he spent MILLIONS on those wasters.

I think we're on the verge of blowing it again.

[lookwhaticando]

There are plenty of quality managers out there why not Hoddle !!This is just the same old ding dong story that infuriates all supporters connected to the club... Warnock if you read this stay in Cornwall WE DONT WANT YOU!Jason Sleath, Ireland

Bbl bbl bbl bbl bbl. Craig, Leicestercraig bird, leicester

I would be totally suprised if Warnock was offered the managers job at City. Surely Mandaric realises that he's not the man we need to get the fans turning up in their thousands, renewing their season tickets full of excitement about the upcoming season with a promising manager at the helm. Jellyfish Joe, Littlethorpe

I just heard the Warnock story and I can't think of anybody I'd want less as our manager! I don't think he's the sort of character we want at our club.Keely McBean, Leicester

Bbl bbl bbl bbl bbl. Craig, Leicestercraig bird, leicester

Bla bla bla. Rizwan Narma, Leicester

Bla bla bla. Rizwan Narma, Leicester

I thought Warnock wanted to spend more time at his property in Cornwall!! I do hope so. I've just heard on the radio that he has left a "great" bunch of lads at Bramhall Lane but surely they can't be that GREAT they've just earned relegation,David Hankey, Great Easton

Contradiction of terms, surely?

So good, they quoted him twice...

... and him.

I can believe it... he was offered the job at Portsmouth when they were in the shit, and Warnock was in the division below at the time. Mandaric rates Warnock. FACT.

Stands to reason... how many other managers have become available, and within 24 hours Mandaric has said that the manager in question is on the short list at all?

I can... Glen Hoddle.

[Ric Flair]

I'm really starting to fear that Warnock is on his way. Yesterday I kind of didn't mind if we got him, but the more I think of it and the more people unearth on him, put's the shitters right up me.

It all depends who's available and who would come to Leicester. Mandaric wants an experienced manager and that's fair enough, we've had in-experienced managers and they've fooked up. I just hope Jean Tigana get's in touch with Mr Mandaric if Milan hasn't already tried to do so and a deal can be struck.

Coleman probably wants to stay down south and i'm not keen on Ince, Worthington or most of the others linked.

Tigana please save us.

[Webbo]

i'd take Tigana over Colin but i can't honestly see him being interested. out of all the available managers who'd be willing to come here Warnock has to be top choice.

[Babylon]

the likes of Babylon saying "we don't know who'll do the best job once they get here" (bravo)

Errrr i've not once said that.

[shrood]

It all depends who's available and who would come to Leicester. Mandaric wants an experienced manager and that's fair enough, we've had in-experienced managers and they've fooked up. I just hope Jean Tigana get's in touch with Mr Mandaric if Milan hasn't already tried to do so and a deal can be struck.

Tigana please save us.

Tigana quoted in the paper today saying, "I can go and work everywhere that I like. I have received more than 10 propositions with much higher salaries than here," Tigana said. "I have decided to take a break."

If he's received 10 propositions I don't think he's gunna be rushing to manage a team at the lower end of the championship...

[lookwhaticando]

Errrr i've not once said that.

I was going on this line:

Arrrrrrrrrgh you don't know they would do a bloody better job!!!!!!!!!

[Babylon]

I was going on this line:

Yeah in a reply to someone stating as fact that any other manager would do a better job. Nothing wrong with what i put.

[lookwhaticando]

Yeah in a reply to someone stating as fact that any other manager would do a better job. Nothing wrong with what i put.

I wasn't having a dig at you (I added 'bravo' after I paraphrased you) - because your point is valid.

[Babylon]

I wasn't having a dig at you (I added 'bravo' after I paraphrased you) - because your point is valid.

Phew that's ok then!!!

Soho on foxfanzine...

"Now let me think. The last few managers have been (in reverse order):

Nigel Worthington

Rob Kelly

Craig Levein

Sgt Wilkinson and Dave Bassett

Are we starting to see a trend here?

Carrying on:

Micky Adams

Dave Bassett

Peter Taylor.

After the joys of that lot I reckon Warnock looks like Alf Ramsey, Bill Nicholson and Matt Busby all rolled into one."

[Dr The Singh]

Phew that's ok then!!!

Soho on foxfanzine...

"Now let me think. The last few managers have been (in reverse order):

Nigel Worthington

Rob Kelly

Craig Levein

Sgt Wilkinson and Dave Bassett

Are we starting to see a trend here?

Carrying on:

Micky Adams

Dave Bassett

Peter Taylor.

After the joys of that lot I reckon Warnock looks like Alf Ramsey, Bill Nicholson and Matt Busby all rolled into one."

I have to agree, the alternatives seem alot less attractive then Warnock. Unless Mandaric can pull something out of his hat, Warnock is the most suitable for the job!!! The likes of Tigana are not gonna come here, even the likes of Coleman are looking for premeirship clubs!!!

[Micky Ruddle]

Colin willy puller - Says it all. W*anker

[Ric Flair]

Colin willy puller - Says it all. W*anker

What does the '*' cover up in this word?

[lookwhaticando]

What does the '*' cover up in this word?

An i.

Wianker.

[Thracian]

The whole question is not made easier by not knowing who is genuinely interested in taking the job.

But the more I think of it and the more people I either reject in my own mind, who others pursuade me to reject or who reject themselves the more I'm left with the following:

Manager: Simon Grayson.

Assistant: Steve Beaglehole.

Grayson has been successful from a standing start at a backwater and on limited resources, his team have played good football on the way, he has plenty of footballing experience at adecent level, carries no baggage and was a successful player for our club.

Indeed the big thing about Grayson as I mentioned previously is that he seems to achieve more than one expects rather than less - a notable quality.

Beaglehole has also had success, knows the youth international scene and knows the players at the club now as well as anyone. He too believes in playing attractive football so, as a pair, he and Grayson should compliment each other.

They both perhaps lack a little outward glamour but MM is perfect for that and these two seem to do a lot of their talking on the pitch.

I doubt they would cost as much as an ex-Premiership man like Coleman yet I see no evidence to suggest they'd be more of a risk and would have the major incentive as a potential path to the Premiership.

Davies has apparently ruled himself out, Ince is a no no, Warnock seems to want a Premiership job but has hardly excelled himself and has already had a verbal go at the club.

There may be someone else in the wings we've not even considered but as it stands with the supposedly known candidates, that's my preference - unless perhaps George Burley became an option.

Between them I think we might get the right blend of decent players in the team and the sort of football MM and the fans would like.

We might also build something which. while it might require personnel changes, would perhaps not require a total strategic change should we win promotion, as might well be the case with Warnock.

[Babylon]

The whole question is not made easier by not knowing who is genuinely interested in taking the job.

But the more I think of it and the more people I either reject in my own mind, who others pursuade me to reject or who reject themselves the more I'm left with the following:

Manager: Simon Grayson.

Assistant: Steve Beaglehole.

Grayson has been successful from a standing start at a backwater and on limited resources, his team have played good football on the way, he has plenty of footballing experience at adecent level, carries no baggage and was a successful player for our club.

Indeed the big thing about Grayson as I mentioned previously is that he seems to achieve more than one expects rather than less - a notable quality.

Beaglehole has also had success, knows the youth international scene and knows the players at the club now as well as anyone. He too believes in playing attractive football so, as a pair, he and Grayson should compliment each other.

They both perhaps lack a little outward glamour but MM is perfect for that and these two seem to do a lot of their talking on the pitch.

I doubt they would cost as much as an ex-Premiership man like Coleman yet I see no evidence to suggest they'd be more of a risk and would have the major incentive as a potential path to the Premiership.

Davies has apparently ruled himself out, Ince is a no no, Warnock seems to want a Premiership job but has hardly excelled himself and has already had a verbal go at the club.

There may be someone else in the wings we've not even considered but as it stands with the supposedly known candidates, that's my preference - unless perhaps George Burley became an option.

Between them I think we might get the right blend of decent players in the team and the sort of football MM and the fans would like.

We might also build something which. while it might require personnel changes, would perhaps not require a total strategic change should we win promotion, as might well be the case with Warnock.

I just spoke to my bookie and he gave me odds of: 98838736798573892709587298367598698547598748965298347923874 : 1