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Exactly, that is all we can do at the moment.

I see Ray Wilkins has left Chelsea, seems a bit out of the blue?!? http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/chelsea/9181246.stm

Well, I guess we knew this was going to happen considering he wasn't sacked already. Please turn this around McGhee. The board need to give him a bit more support now, despite the climate. Time will tell if this is the right decision now....

Welcome aboard Tommy!

This is where our catch 22 situation comes in to play. I want McGhee gone because I don't trust him, but the fundemental problem is still here, the board. They have made so many dud appointments over the years that I have no faith in the club full stop. We're stuck in a vicious cycle and the only thing that keeps us from chucking it all in is the faint hope and optimism that someone may turn it around. Either way, our SPL status is no way guaranteed, no matter who is in charge.

What's the point in that? Ajja, great post as usual, as GS says, my biggest fear is that if we do stick with him, he doesn't appear to know how to turn things around. I really thought after the Hibs and the cup game result our season may turn for the better, but it hasn't. The board need to be firm about this. They should have either sacked him, or stated they will back him in the January transfer window, allow him (ensure that he does) get 2 full backs in and then see how we go. Then they could at least say they tried. Surely if it's going to cost too much to sack, then this would be the option? Either way, it's a long wait till Jan....

What the hell these clowns that are running our club are thinking is beyond me. It's just words! He's tried to do his talking on/the side of the pitch and failed. If we are bottom of the league, the board have to realise we are very much in a relegation battle.

In/Oot: In Prematch: Some pub in the weeg Match: I'm guessing Row G Post match: Boozer in weeg and then watching the boxing somwhere. Possibly in 3D. Prediction: Despair.

Wish you well Mackie. How anyone could be happy about an injury is beyond me.

Well, I've emailed asking for a bit more conversation and transparency between the clubs thoughts and the fans today, so will be intersted to see if they will respond. In memory, they have only ever replied when it was something positive.

AFC in PR shocker shocker.

I'd disagree with you there Stoney, I can only speak from what I have read, but I think everyone wanted him to do well, but obviously thought he was the wrong appointment. why would any of us want a club footballing legend to fail? It doesn't make sense. Of course the board have a hell of a lot to answer for, but Mcghee got off to the worst possbile start, and it didn't improve. It was his decision to neglect the full back positions and it's haunted him from day 1.

I have thought about that too, though to be honest, I don't see the point. The team may have surprised them. I really didn't think I'd be seeing Mcghee in the away dug out on Saturday afternoon.

I'm guessing he's now going to be here till Jan. This is a farce. Why delay the inevitable?!?

Couldn't care less about the flag. May have been a nod of respect towards the british troops considering which weekend it fell on.

Not bad for Koreans!

I wasn't there in the 80's, so can only relate to What he has done in my memory, and that is made a complete cunt of it. Please go mark. You meant a lot to a lot of people but you're in danger of tarnishing those memories. You are killing the club.

Has he gone yet?

Again another decent enough article. Doesn't quite get that the board are just as much at fault as McGhee, if not more so.

What were you searching for when you "stumbled across" this Slim?

If he doesn't resign, sack now. No other option now, he has been a horrendous signing and it just hasn't worked out from day 1

Totally, it was probably the one occassion which we had a reason to push the boat out just a little bit further. As the herald article the other day said, we'd all like football clubs to be run like business' but at the end of the day, they have to take other things into consideration, like the quality on the park. It really was a monumental cock up. Edit: You can also add Super Kev to that.

Too soon. He'll make a very good manager, but this is not the time or place to try it. I love having him as captain and want that to remain.

I think thats what makes this situation even more harder to bare. As you said, we were a couple players short of having a team that could have arguably made 3rd place theirs and possibly challenged higher up the table. Hartley would have made a huge difference, but it's all if's and but's, but the board fucked up as they so often have done and ultimately caused us to be where we are now. A mess.