Rumour - Gareth Ainsworth

[Mid Sussex Royal]

Being lined up according to football league world.

Certainly noise is increasing nationally....Andy Preston locally published something where pundits were questioning our coaching and tactics...

[Sutekh]

Being lined up according to football league world.

Certainly noise is increasing nationally....Andy Preston locally published something where pundits were questioning our coaching and tactics...

Logical link, his family still lives in the Wokingham area I believe - would therefore be the obvious “go to” should Noel be decommissioned. However, how much money would it take to persuade Gillingham to curtail their Ainsworthing activities?

[Snowflake Royal]

It seems unlikely seeing as Couhig has said he has targets should he need them and Ainsworth isn't one of them.

Just lazy 'journalism'.

[Pepe the Horseman]

Being lined up according to football league world.

Certainly noise is increasing nationally....Andy Preston locally published something where pundits were questioning our coaching and tactics...

Logical link, his family still lives in the Wokingham area I believe - would therefore be the obvious “go to” should Noel be decommissioned. However, how much money would it take to persuade Gillingham to curtail their Ainsworthing activities?

Probably has some kind of release clause if a L1 club comes in for him.

[morganb]

Obvious/lazy article due to the Wycombe link

Couhig publicly stated that Ainsworth isn't on his 3 name list in his little black book of replacement managers

Also we'd have to pay money to Gillingham to get him out of his existing contract

In the following weeks expect articles saying we are also going for:

Selles (existing Reading link)

Parkinson (historical Reading link) once he gets sacked

Do not expect articles on:

Any other out of work manager like Carrick or Mowbray unless there is genuine interest

[Millsy]

I heard we have lined up the following:

Glenn Hoddle (alongside Chris Waddle)

and if that fails we're going for Mark McGhee

You read it here first.

[On Strings]

No problem with GA, He's won promotion from L1 before and worked on tight budgets, as well as for Couhig before. We have to face the fact that we wont pay for a decent proven Championship manager.

[Clyde1998]

Would make sense with the existing working relationship between Couhig; Jacobson and Ainsworth, as well as the relative success he had at Wycombe. Can't imagine we'll go for him whilst he's employed by Gillingham though, nor do I think he'll be who Couhig would choose for Reading anyway.

[traff]

I heard we have lined up the following:

Glenn Hoddle (alongside Chris Waddle)

and if that fails we're going for Mark McGhee

You read it here first.

Diamond Duo or the Gold Digger.
They would be really valuable appointments

[WestYorksRoyal]

Lots of fans suggesting Carrick which shows what planet they're on. We're in our third season as a L1 club. Not newly relegated and favourites for promotion. We're firmly L1.

And we're meant to go and get a manager with 3 top 10 Championship finishes. Get real dickheads.

[South Coast Royal]

It seems unlikely seeing as Couhig has said he has targets should he need them and Ainsworth isn't one of them.

Just lazy 'journalism'.

So it is ok not to believe it when the owner says that we would have an amazing transfer window but to believe him when he says that Ainsworth isn't on his list?

[oggy]

WATCH THIS SPACE MR SELLES IS COMING BACK, NEXT WEEK WHEN WE ARE BOTTOM AND NO WHERE ELSE TO GO

[Snowflake Royal]

It seems unlikely seeing as Couhig has said he has targets should he need them and Ainsworth isn't one of them.

Just lazy 'journalism'.

So it is ok not to believe it when the owner says that we would have an amazing transfer window but to believe him when he says that Ainsworth isn't on his list?

If one is capable of engaging one's brain to tell the difference between a factual statement and a hyperbolic aim, yeah, absolutely.

[Sutekh]

It seems unlikely seeing as Couhig has said he has targets should he need them and Ainsworth isn't one of them.

Just lazy 'journalism'.

So it is ok not to believe it when the owner says that we would have an amazing transfer window but to believe him when he says that Ainsworth isn't on his list?

If one is capable of engaging one's brain to tell the difference between a factual statement and a hyperbolic aim, yeah, absolutely.

The Ainsworth related statement can be taken as a factual statement and therefore readily believable rather than the transfer window statement which can only be ever taken as subjective and therefore only believable to a few with a particularly imaginative point of view (so, a bit like a government statement).

[morganb]

If we're looking for a new manager, why look any further than the dad of one of the current players? It worked out really well last time...

[ILoveMoonPig]

and if that fails we're going for Mark McGhee

Would rather have Debbie.

[rabidbee]

I assume that if it ever comes to having to negotiate compensation with a club whose manager you’ve just poached, it probably doesn’t help your case if you’ve gone on record several months earlier with your plan to do it. And whatever names Couhig had in mind in the summer doesn’t mean any of them would certainly be interested or available next time there’s a vacancy, so really that’s no more than dampening down the Ainsworth speculation at the start of the season.

[traff]

I assume that if it ever comes to having to negotiate compensation with a club whose manager you’ve just poached, it probably doesn’t help your case if you’ve gone on record several months earlier with your plan to do it. And whatever names Couhig had in mind in the summer doesn’t mean any of them would certainly be interested or available next time there’s a vacancy, so really that’s no more than dampening down the Ainsworth speculation at the start of the season.

If we take the transfer window as a model, it seems we had to readjust expectations and shop in a less exclusive pool.
I can only assume the same would apply when looking for a new manager and coaches.

That would hopefully rule out Ainsworth, since he’d cost money. The highest probability is that it will be someone unemployed and already in Couhig’s or JJ’s small “black book.”

If they move soon, I think the likeliest candidates are Selles, or someone with a Wycombe, Shrewsbury, or perhaps Welsh connection.

So, based on nothing but my own guesswork, my prediction is… a duo of Robbie Savage and Mark Bowen.

[SouthDownsRoyal]

WATCH THIS SPACE MR SELLES IS COMING BACK, NEXT WEEK WHEN WE ARE BOTTOM AND NO WHERE ELSE TO GO

Are you happy about this?

[Brogue]