So, who do you want?

Very good

If Locke was to be booted from Hearts which is incredibly unlikely given their financial state, they would just promote someone from within who is already working on reduced wages such as Billy Brown or even offer it to Robbo, they aren't in a position to pay compensation and bring someone in.

If Hartley has turned down the job, it would be a surprise if its financial as we will be offering much higher package than a part time club, if its geography - well he visited us as a player so knew where we were, therefore you can only assume its other personal reasons (family etc). Personally I still expect Hartley to be announced manager tomorrow.

Gonna be a nervous sleep for me now. Really had my heart set on Hartley. Hoping he is still going to be our man.

Heard Sheils on Sportsound this evening. Wasn't keen on him before and certainly not keen on him after that. That is some size of chip the man has on his shoulder.

Ewan Murray of Guardian saying that strong rumours it's John Hughes. So, Paul Hartley it is then!

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Gonna be a nervous sleep for me now. Really had my heart set on Hartley. Hoping he is still going to be our man.

 

Sleep well.

"Strong rumour in the north says John Hughes for ICT. I think that could be a good fit." Says Cyril.

Please not Hughes. Please no.

I think I'd rather Paul Sturrock than Yogi ... eh Beastie ;)

If Hartley has turned down the job, it would be a surprise if its financial as we will be offering much higher package than a part time club, if its geography - well he visited us as a player so knew where we were

 

But if the contract offer stipulates he has to live up north full time and he wasn't planning on doing that....

Heard Sheils on Sportsound this evening. Wasn't keen on him before and certainly not keen on him after that. That is some size of chip the man has on his shoulder.

You beat me to the punch, Kingsmills. Was about to post the same thing. Kenny Shiels really didn't come across at all well on Sportsound!

He could start an argument in an empty room, that man. He'd likely manage to somehow bring disharmony on our dressing room before January's out!

Not even in my top 10 contenders for the job. No thanks.

John Hughes got sacked by Hartlepool last year for getting them relegated compared to Paul Hartley who has won 2 promotions with Alloa. I have seen a suggestion that he is out the running due to personal reasons but also Inverness Courier has Paul Hartley as favourite in their back pages tomorrow so who knows!

If we end up with Sutton, Sheils, Hughes or Hartson after all this I think a lot of us are gonna feel pretty deflated.

Hughes would be a terrible appointment in my view.

Seeing as we are all guessing and guessing again on rumours I wonder if Foran having a coaching role was not welcomed by some of the contenders?

Who knows?!

If it's not sturrock please let it be Hartley. Please!

I think on the whole, Hughes would be OK but nothing more. If he really is still in the running, I'm very surprised he's made it this far, but I don't see how he could take the club forward at all.

He's not exactly an appointment that's going to make people jump out of their seats shouting 'yipee!' is he.

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We've never gone down the route of appointing the same old tired faces of Scottish managers, why start now?

John Hughes is so thick he makes Craig Brewster sound like an intellectual. No thanks.

Anyone still taking bets on managers post

We've never gone down the route of appointing the same old tired faces of Scottish managers, why start now?

Hartson would be a new face as a Scottish manager!

That was in reference to Hughes. But valid point. Although let someone else have that face.

(nice chap tho Hartson)

John Hughes is so thick he makes Craig Brewster sound like an intellectual. No thanks.

That's really harsh. Hughes is a Leither and speaks like a Leither. If he does get the job then I hope we're not going to be snobby about that. It doesn't mean he's not intelligent or indeed articulate.

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Just read this on John Hughes

http://www.hartlepoolmail.co.uk/sport/football/hartlepool-utd/welcome-to-hartlepool-three-words-sacked-pools-boss-john-hughes-will-never-forget-1-5660174

If John Hughes take over then our chairman needs to go hand his award back.

Very harsh words to describe John Hughes.

 

Forget the accent or the lack of high quality grammar. It's really just about  winning, motivation AND LUCK., plus an empathetic chairman or owners who believe in giving someone the backing he needs AND a fair chance --which is not , in my view, just one season.

 

He dresses well, is clean-cut and knows the game. Hartley for all his obvious motivational skills is basically a real scruff.

As  to his actual management abilities we know virtually nothing except that John Hughes picked the wrong team. The managers that came after him at Hibs were no great shakes so where did the problem at Easter Road actually lie, pray--with Hughes? I don't think so.

 

What is not in  doubt is his passion for the game! If you a looking for a University-educated, cerebral , rocket scientist for a Manager then probably he may disappoint. But give Mr. Hughes  a fair shake and let's just see what develops.