only if you fall for all the bollix printed in the media every time a name is associated with a club. What's wrong with clubs taking their time to find the right appointment? Everton, Palace and Spurs all have their own unique needs - we all know what a wrong managerial appointment looks like. The 'saga' you speak of shows diligence rather than falling for the first fancy name that comes in for interview.

Yet another of our 'targets' apparently going elsewhere.

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Eh?

I was responding to someone who quite clearly stated that the Everton job was basically settled. My point was pretty much the one that you just made - nothing is done until it’s done. I didn’t say anything about the timing of it all - the "saga" I refer to wasn’t about interviews, but reports in the media of managers being close to appointments. That is a saga and it is unusually farcical.

Whilst Sky are hardly paragons of journalistic integrity, making a claim that something is all but done is more than just casual speculation. And, usually, if they claim numerous things are all but done - in some instances alongside publications such as the Athletic - you’d expect at least some of these things (or perhaps even most of these things) would be based on something official and pending confirmation. This summer, that hasn’t been the case at all. They’ve claimed numerous posts are about to be filled prior to it all collapsing.

As for Palaces timing, I’ve said since the start there is no reason we needed a manager in place in the immediate weeks following Roy’s departure. But, actually, it is reaching the point where need to start pulling our finger out. Director of football model or not, our situation is not comparable to that of Everton or Spurs.

Did you read the exchange between me and the other poster. And if you did - what are you sounding off about, exactly?

Edited by Mstrobez (18 Jun 2021 1.02pm)

You'd like to think the club will consider whether the coach is the best fit for the budget, given only they know what the budget is.