Kingsmills

For a curry in the Rajah.. I have a friend who was recently in Tibet. She got speaking to a local there. They were making small talk and she mentioned that she was from inverness in Scotland. The guy allegedly said he knew it as he had had the BEST curry he ever tasted there, at a small indian resteraunt, behind the Post Office. Small world eh and to think he could have walked another 100 yards to Sam's and had an even better one.

Can I please offer my sincere appreciation to Butcher and Malpas for giving us something of interest to discuss and debate during the international break.

Although, to fair, neither is that much of a challenge..

For a curry in the Rajah..

I appreciate the fact that the club are keeping the fans informed as far as possible and don't think it will make a blind bit of difference in attracting candidates to what will be a much sought after position.

As the press release says, we have a good track record of appointing managers who have led us to ever greater success. Terry and Maurice have done well for the last season and a half in particular and it would be churlish not to acknowledge that but I am looking forward with eager anticipation to the next exciting chapter in the remarkable rise of our wonderful club.

Not quite sure if it is affecting his health but was he not diagnosed with Parkinson's disease? Has had a mild form of Parkinsons for years but, as far as I am aware, it has not impacted on his ability to work.

Hearing fairly strong suggestions that all three will be on their way to Easter Road. If so a bit of a blow but it gives the board a clean sheet as far as assembling a new management team is concerned.

Given the way football seems to work these days, many of those applying for the job will have done so already.

Paul Sturrock would be a decent candidate in his own right but might also have the added benefit of persuading Maurice Malpas to stay on as number two given that they were long term team mates.

I see that article was published yesterday. Unless my watch has stopped, those 24 hours are up. Silence deafening.

Hard to tell whether he is still here or not. With that coat and hat, he is the master of disguise.

There's a much more fundamental reason why he wouldn't come.

Laughing all the way to the 'Championship'

That may be so. He was indeed sitting beside football agent and well known former Hibs goalkeeper Jim McArthur but he was also in the Hibs boardroom wchich some may regard as a rather odd location for a 'neutral' especially one still contracted to the away team.

Christ no !

There was no prospect him of him staying anyway but, for me, his decision to sit in the home stand and accept hospitality in the Hibs boardroom at a match against the team who are effectively still his employers has burned his bridges. I must say that that decision surprised me, I thought Terry would be more respectful to the club who took a chance on him when his stock and reputation was at a low ebb.

In that case can I be the first to recommend Vetle Andersson and Marco de Barros...

Yeah so most of you are missing the point... Brill, Shinnie, Foran, McKay, Vincent(pre injury) sub for Warren, no wait Doran. Tough call. Not really, until edited by the OP, there was no indication that this was restricted to a list of current players.

We wouldn't need a new goalkeeping coach if Steve Marcella was still at the club I said that steve would be Mo's assistant so esson would be the goalkeeping coach We are not a massive giant of a club like say Hibernian. Marcella could easily fill both roles.

ICT Not if we are League Cup holders and have enjoyed a foray into Europe under a new manager. I hope you're right I am almost never right. Just ask Mrs Kingsmills...

We wouldn't need a new goalkeeping coach if Steve Marcella was still at the club

ICT Not if we are League Cup holders and have enjoyed a foray into Europe under a new manager.

Did we not give Brewster the boot, quite literally? Brewster was sacked and so was Baltacha but, frankly, a record of only sacking two managers in twenty years is still remarkable by modern football standards.

It might to fun to astonish the pundits by actually being the first club to appoint the legend that is Stuart Baxter although I think he may be more myth than legend. Kevin MacDonald seems to fall very much into the Maurice Malpas mould. A great player who went on to be a very well respected and successful coach but who, for whatever reason, seems to fail when handed the managerial reins in his own right. I seem to remember that when Pele left the job was offered to Duncan Shearer and that when Robbo departed to follow his dream to Tynecastle Donald Park was sounded out. Although both decided to follow their bosses to pastures new we seem to have a track record of being keen to promote number twos when managers leave so it may well be worth having a punt on Malpas. Speaking of having a punt, has anyone seen the odds yet ?