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I’m personally waiting on yet another thread being made before I make my decision on this one.

In my mind club need to learn to listen again. Communication is a 2 way conversation. Been lacking for a long time now

May be some rose-tinted glasses on my part, but I always thought the Pele era saw us play great attacking football utilising the full width and camber of our pitch, where we were just as liable to win 5-1 (quite a few of those scorelines back then) or lose 1-5. It was entertainment nonetheless and I seem to remember we also went some insane length of time without a 0-0 result. You always knew there would be goals, just not sure at which end or in what quantity! Ayr Utd in particular seemed to generate crazy scorelines. (even before TB's sermon in the stands). Nowadays, if it hits 1-0 (or 0-1) in favour of the opposition then you really wonder if we have the quality or tactical knowledge to get back into the game. Too often, the answer to that is no.

Snap reaction pod on the Dodds sacking for your listening pleasure.

CEO Scott Gardiner, John Robertson and Scott Kellacher, can't believe he was never shown the door with Dodds and Wilson.

Mine has to be 1/ Scot Gardiner I believe in all honesty he has NOT delivered anything that he said he was out to achieve for ICT and has just made our football club 10x worse through a lot of bad decisions . Bad egg on the board for me and a must to go . 2/ John Robertson I think he has had his day and couldn’t cope with it last time . Would truly be a mega cheap option but such a backward step and will not get fans returning . Average coach so how does he suddenly think he is a messiah now. Been more interested in his book , media roles and really anywhere but near his employers on match day . ICT is a football club that plays most games on a Saturday so why wouldn’t his job entail a Saturday at the game ?

An interesting and pretty well balanced discussion.

Obviously a survivor from both previous successful and failed regimes yet never seems to be the 'go to' guy when in need of a stand in. You'd think being so heavily involved with the first team coaching he would have been the prime choice to assist Robbo / CC or even take the responsibility but instead he's just continuing with the status quo. Schrodinger cat in may ways.

Some people say Kellacher is an excellent coach. I wonder if that could have something to do with it?

I believe his wife has a family member on the board so that explains that

The reason Pele is remembered so fondly, for me, is that he truly believed that his team could beat anyone, and he had the players believing it as well. That meant that win, lose or draw, the football was always exciting to watch. Unfortunately that became harder for any manager to maintain as we progressed through the leagues and the cost of failure brought with it a fear of losing. Focus then shifts to being defensive and the priority being to avoid relegation. It also becomes more expensive to just stand still as a team/club and whilst we've been blessed (for the most part) with people willing to throw money into the club, the returns diminish. I have no issue with us being a Championship level club, or even a league 1 or 2 club, but it scunners me that we no longer have that sense of community and the entertainment has totally gone from the football.

Surprised no one has mentioned Sergei... (Who is Sergei the crowd whispers...)

Definitely Scott Gardiner closely followed by John Robertson and lastly Scott Kellacher we simply don't have the finances for the later.

He was interested in 2007. And our 'next game' back then was Dundee United. Experienced. Still got it. Would get respect of the players straight away. A favorite with fans everywhere he's been. And he wouldn't take any **** from above. Maybe get those ties in with Sheff Utd again like we had before? Youth development etc. People may laugh, but I think worth a consideration

Barry Robson? We’d have to wait a few weeks until he becomes available.

For me Callum Davidson is a horrendous shout. He had a spectacular first season with that double League / Scottish Cup win but his subsequent seasons were a disaster with win percentages of 23% and 29% before he was emptied. He filled Saint Johnstone with old has beens on long contracts. That said I am led to believe he is looked upon favourably by the board/CEO so he'll probably get appointed. My favourite shout.

Gardiner/Morrison will be hoping that takes the heat of them for a bit. We can't let it. The club is rotten to the core and whilst Dodds needed to go, so do the aforementioned.

I may be misremembering Robbo's last stint, but felt he had us hard to beat but we lacked a proper goal threat, wonder if having Brooks and Mckay as options if his tactics would get better results this time

Alan Kernaghan has applied. Interesting.

Certainly not a very popular choice by majority on here even if it’s on a temporary basis . For me it’s a big No. couldn’t hack it when things were going wrong and buried his head in his book