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I'm going to trust the Board's judgement on this appointment. I will be giving Yogi my full support and hope that the majority do the same and give him a fair crack of the whip.

Don't mistake disappointment for disloyalty. Of course I'll be at the next game and of course I'll get behind the team as much as ever. I sincerely hope Hughes makes me eat my words! I just can't hide my disappointment at the decision, which I find uninspiring. Over to you, Yogi!

Absolutely awful appointment. He did OK at Falkirk but succeeded with a bigger budget than his First Division rivals and he left them with a squad of raw kids and past-it old pros. Then at Hibs he had a good start, mainly due to signing Anthony Stokes, but followed that up with a horror run towards the end. If Yogi's last 38 games were taken as a full season then they'd probably have been relegated (they got 33 points). Since then it's been Livingston and Hartlepool, doing nothing. He's one of these managers who "tries to play football the right way" which is code for playing tippy-tappy garbage with no cutting edge, passing the ball back and forth in your own centre circle then either losing possession or knocking it long. He's from the Alex Smith school of Scottish football management, no doubt we'll hear that SMith singing his praises in the press soon enough. I can also see him making unnecessary changes to our team with the justification that he "has confidence in his own methods" and wants to "put his own stamp on things". This is one of the things you get with an 'experienced' manager - managers who have failed yet have the arrogance to persist with the methods that have seen them fail. We didn't/don't need an experienced manager, we are the perfect job for a young new fresh manager. As it is we've joined the Scottish football merry-go-round of pish managers. Terrible, terrible move from the board.

Going to nail my colours to the mast (again). I think I said it somewhere else in a distant or exceedingly long thread in the last couple of weeks, but I dont have an issue with Hughes. Liked him as a player, liked him when he was in the away dugout on his visits to the TCS, and despite sounding somewhat inarticulate in interviews due to his accent, he's not a stupid man if you actually listen to what he is saying rather than being swayed by the accent. As to his record? Butcher had a stellar record before coming here did he not? no, thought not!!! I dont give a crap about his past record, its what he does at ICT that matters.

4 weeks since Butcher agreed to join Hibs, an attractive vacancy at a team 2nd in the league and still in all cups, 100 applications from all over the world, a serious of impressive interviews and presentations from high calibre candidates, And now it's John Hughes. Really?

An absolutely inexplicable appointment from our esteemed board. In some ways you've got to take your hat off to them for managing to assemble an international array of stellar managerial talent (their words not mine) and then contrive to appoint the hapless Yogi. Way to go guys. Let's be brutally frank here, Yogi has done absolutely NOTHING in his career to warrant making even the short list for a club sitting second in the SPFL. Undeniable fact of the matter - anyone suggesting otherwise is deluding themselves. I personally await tomorrow's press conference with the excitement of my kids on Christmas Eve. I'm not sure what I'm looking forward to more; Yogi's oratorial master class or Kenny Cameron's attempts to roll this turd of an appointment in glitter. Good times..........

I'll give him a chance but if we lose to St MIrren he should be sacked.

Jeez, the end is nigh!!! The board of ICT have interviewed the applicants they wished to talk too, they have decided for the way ahead for ICT to select John Hughes, they knew best to pick Butcher, Yogi obviously came across as the one with all the right answers, and if that's what they wanted that's ok by me. Will you have a coffee and suck in some fresh air and calm down!

I wanted Hartley (made no secret of that) and whoever passed on the information for todays Courier needs fired...quickly. Whether we like it or not Yogi will be our new gaffer. Ive had my time to contemplate it and as a fan I feel the right thing to do is to put aside who I wanted and what I think and back him as our new boss. Im pretty baffled that the board have gone for him and can only conclude to some extent that they are settling for him. He would have been a decent appointment if we were still an aspiring mid-table side but we are that no longer. I wouldnt be surprised if he had a decent season with us on this team, its what follows that I will watch with great interest, when he makes his own signings and tries to stamp his own authority into the side. If he tries to change too much too quickly he will be gone before he begins, he will need to be patient. To some extent he has suffered from bad luck. Falkirk was his first job and he did well bringing them up and developing players like Scott Arfield, Darren Barr and to an extent the likes of Anthony Stokes, all of whom have become good players, as well as getting them to a final and keeping them in the SPL. Hartlepool was a sinking ship and he was perhaps given a raw deal at Hibs in the end (open to interpretation). If it goes well then fine, we can look back on this and laugh, if it goes wrong then the board will remember the reception this news got when it first broke out...

CaleyThistle fans?? I can't believe what I am reading on here. A professional team selected him but of course the arm chair know alls are sure the team is incompetent . I agree that he will not have the name to attract some English players up here but... In my opinion, he will have a team of players prepared to run onto the park through shut doors for him. My only concern is the FORAN factor - let's hope they see eye to eye.

Actually sitting and thinking about it maybe it isn't as bad as it seems. Craig Levein was first name that was tipped favourite to get the job. Although that would have been a great signing in terms of the name and profile of Levein his wage demands would have been far too high for us. Henrik Larsson or John Hartson again would have been great signings for the name and profile of these individuals but again wage demands would have been high for us. Realistically this left us with Paul Hartley, Kenny Shiels and John Hughes. Now, the personal reasons that Paul has declined us for seem pretty straightforward and I can only sympathise with him as sometimes life is more important than football. So this left us with Kenny Shiels and John Hughes. Both of these men are very good at motavation and that's something that Terry Butcher did apply to us and we've raised to the top with this outlook on football. Kenny Sheils although he has a great work ethic, he comes across a loudmouth pr*ck to the media like we heard on Sportsound last night. So that's left us with John Hughes. His recent CV hasn't done him any justice but he does tick all the boxes that the club needs. He took Falkirk to a Scottish cup final and took Hibs to Europe. Sometimes when managers get sacked or leave clubs we tend to forget the positives. I'm ready to give John his dues and I welcome him aboard at TCS.

Agreed, we can't even get the KO time in a cup semi final moved with reasoned argument, but Celtic seem to be able to move a whole league fixture to another calendar date altogether. Disgusted.

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.

Perhaps we should postpone our game that weekend and play a glamour friendly against Brora.

FFS give the man a chance. I seem to remember Butcher getting huge negative comments from fans on here but eventually got plaudits for turning the team around although that took 2 to 3 years. While he may not be the man many wanted, at least it appears he wanted to come here unlike some others. Truly saddened by some of the negative posts and comments on this appointment.

The RETURN of the dark glasses brigade...............I thought it was too good to be true. The Cub have a history of choosing the right people, have a bit of faith. To whom it may concern................... Have you thought, if the club could choose it's supporters would you be selected ?........................ Just thought I'd ask !!

As many others have said at least it's not Brewster!!! Not over the moon with Yogi but it could've been worse. Hope he's not reading this thread! Hope he is reading this thread and sets out to prove us all wrong...

No wonder Grassa resigned. This is the most indefensible clusterf*ck in the history of the club. Absolutely gutted by this decision.

This makes me feel very warm inside.

I agree Yngwie. I've been dipping into various fans' forums and have been pleasantly surprised at how the consensus is we're 'better' than appointing him as manager. I mean even Jimmy Nicholl had more backing than Hughes with our fans and he's gone off to Cowdenbeath! For many Scottish football followers, with John Hughes as our manager, we're now just another St Mirren, Hamilton, Dunfermline or Partick with a journeyman manager. The high profile has certainly gone. Henrik Larsson would have grabbed attention and got bums on seats. How things change in football. A month ago we still thought the sun shined out of Terry's backside and were on for a memorable, historic season. Now, I'm not so sure. The squad already at ICT might paper-over-the-cracks until he has to start building his own team with his inevitable Scottish journeymen. Can he convince our soon to be out of contract players to stay? Time will tell.

Well everyone knows you wife ran off with the scaffy but time heals and you're getting over it- even getting quite excited about all the gorgeous exotic beauties you're going to be going out with. BANG you wake up with some old dog and you're stuck with her. Surely we can do better than this. I would have thought that our current standing would have merited a better shortlist but I was coming round to the idea of Hartley being a decent gamble. This is just depressing.

Hopefully the fans will be getting Trains, Planes and Automobiles to the games and not staying Home Alone, listening to the radio! I trust you're all not planning staying Home Alone 2? Joking aside, it might turn out to be Somekind of Wonderful appointment. I just wonder what kind of Weird Science the board were using to come out with this appointment. Forget Ferris Bueller - clearly, today must have been Kenny Cameron's Day Off!! Yeah, some great films from the director, John Hughes. I really liked The Breakfast Club - but this outcome surely is a dogs dinner!!!

Or bonfire night when your expecting one last massive boom as you know its coming to the end and then.... is that it? Or when you strike up an online relationship with the girl of your dreams, for weeks you spend every waking moment looking forward to the time when you can actually meet up and fulfil your relationship, then when the time comes it actually turns out to be a fat middle aged man called Nigel with a combover and poor personal hygiene, but you kind of feel obliged to go along with it and make the best of the situation. No wait.....

It's like seeing your xmas present sitting, wrapped under the tree for a month and wondering with anticipation what is in the box. Your folks have assured you they were impressed with the quality of 'wants' you presented them with in your xmas list. Xmas morning, you tear open the package only to find a run-of-the-mill jumper and socks set that wasn't even on your wish list!

Signings by Hughes at Hibs: Darryl Duffy Edwin de Graaf Jonathan Grounds Francis Dickoh Valdas Trakys Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/h/hibernian/9057294.stm

Not denying I liked the sound of Hartley better, but I don't see any point in prejudging Hughes. Most people seem to think he was treated pretty harshly at Hartlepool, and his record in Scotland was excellent until that long slump towards the end of his Hibs tenure - and we've had a couple of similar spells under Butcher, tbf, but our board stuck by him. In the short term, I can't imagine a manager who is going to be more motivated to be Hearts in the League Cup semi and get us to our first final; in the long term, once he's won us a couple of trophies and got us into Europe twice in a row, he'll return to his beloved Hibs to replace the disastrously-appointed Terry Butcher, just in time for Richie Foran to step up to the manager's job at ICT that Yogi has been keeping warm for him.

If County appointed Hughes I'd have a wee chuckle and think that the only place they are heading is down the way.

Would rather Kenny Shiels.

Not saying Hughes would be a disaster, but he simply doesn't get the pulse racing. Would the crowd be up or down for his debut? Down without a doubt. And for Hartley (or even Hartson) - up, I'd wager! We still need somebody to inspire sufficient confidence in the squad to inspire them to turn down offers in Jan and Hughes is not it. Would be delighted to be proved wrong, but if it is Hughes, his appointment would be unjustifiable, given the alleged competition.

John Hughes for somehow still being in the running despite a woeful managerial CV.

Too much happening but Top Six will be happy, the thread is back at the top, and Inverness beat Dundee United 2-3 today. One Inverness goal was an og, the rest is sketchy at the mo. Calum Ferguson scored one.

Good luck Yogi and welcome to the ~Highlands. Let's maybe judge the boy after he's been here a while eh even if he isn't most people's first choice (not mine I must admit). The Butcher thread prior to his appointment suggests the board have a better track record at choosing managers than us posters. Who knows, it could all go tits up but it might, just might now, be a great appointment but we will only be able to see that when he has put his mark on the team. By all accounts he is a top bloke and deserves a chance.

Gutted. So disappointed for the lads. We had to see Butcher's departure as an opportunity for bringing in real quality and/or a man who would instantly command the respect of the players and we get....Yogi! The risk is an exodus in Jan and failure to turn this year of exceptional promise into mush. Please prove me wrong - humble pie is at the ready - but he'd better get off to a cracking start because December-Feb will define our season.

Seem to remember that in the straight choice between Robbo and Butcher, Tel was the fans choice. Different scenario here.

Saturday is massive for him: lose or draw and he'll be on the back foot from the off. Whilst this fixture was by no means a given, Hughes cannot afford to start his reign with the end of a winning streak (others would have been cut some slack). We've got a tough Christmas/January and there is simply no time for him to f@nny around. Next 7 games will shape our league season and then the cup games....yikes!

Its a bollox appointment, the kind of thing I really hoped the board wouldn't do, another been around and done feck all manager. Plenty of young up and coming managers out there and we go for Yogi ! What exactly are they thinking ? hope the guy proves us all wrong be seriously fear the worst

Derek Riordan is pish now. He can't get a gig in the lower leagues. If Hughes tries to sign him we should sack him.

it's not that bad guys.............personally I thought Trains, Planes and Automobiles and Lampoons Vacation some of his better efforts

Just that no other team could ever afford to. The same as no other team would ever be invited to play in a 'glamour friendly'. These rules are only in place for the good of the OF.

I heard Buster Keeton , Chergar and Rin Tin Tin were in the running Only one winner there Lord Lucan turned the job down Maybe after yesterdays sackings three more hopefuls may apear

Yeah c'mon lets get behind him. He did do well with Falkirk, I hated playing them under Hughes and they have been rotten since he left. I don't care about his reign at Hartlepool as most managers seem to struggle in the lower leagues of English football. Can we go back to hating Hartley now?

So our manager f**ks off to Hibs so we replace him with someone who was not deemed good enough for them. Not pleased.

I have no issue with Celtic going to Marbella - it's the fact that they plan to return that I object to.

But then again The Courier also seem pretty sure a plural needs an apostrophe.....

I think folk are being a bit harsh on Hughes. He has a real passion for the game and with the right club with a supportive Board he could do very well. My gut feeling favours Hartley but I would be happy with Hughes. The main thing though is that whoever the Board appoints and whatever folk may have said about certain candidates on this forum, we give them our full support.

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

Let's play for the draw and take them back to our place and really make some money.

It should be given to the players and coaches. They have done a great job of carrying on with their job in a most professional manner under some unusual circumstances. Which in itself, deserves an award, never mind the great results they have had.

I really didn't expect CJT to get the location or time changed. They did fantastically well to get an audience. What a difference a few years make, a supporters group that really works for the fans interests and a club/chairman that listens and liaises with the fans, well done to all.

I see Butcher will be dealt with on the 5th of December for his conduct while the rammy was going on during the Dundee United League Cup game. From my vantage point, I saw it all and what he did was simply outrageous. Worthy of at least a ten match touchline ban in my view.