Still hoping for a U-turn by S. Allardyche, telling Steve Parish he is fed up with golf and crying grandkids. Welcome back, Sam!

It'll have been three weeks in a couple of days and, with so many out of work potential candidates, it really shouldn't take that long. If it's going to be Dyche (which I personally hope not), it would seem that we still need to ask Burnley for permission to speak to him, if their Chairman is to be believed. In just over a month we'll be on our way to HK and it's beginning to look like, whoever we appoint, is going to have just a few weeks before we're on the plane. From a pre-season and recruitment point of view, this is less than ideal.

Other clubs seem to focus in on a potential appointment, based on the mass of information already available, sound him out and interview him and, if it's someone they can work with, offer him a contract. Drawing up these massive shortlists is fine, but we don't need to interview half a dozen; we should already have a good idea of who we want, based on who's history best fits our criteria. If the best fit candidate checks out at interview, bloody appoint them.

Based on previous managerial recruitment exercises, we seem to find someone we like, but can't resist putting him on hold, whilst we interview half a dozen others. Would we like it if we offered the job to someone, who then said, I'll take a raincheck on that whilst I see if anything better comes up? We seem to be treating the process like you would if you we're recruiting from a bunch of strangers, based just on their application form, when in reality pretty much everything about a candidate professionally is already known.

Bexley Dave

Can you hear the Brighton sing? I can't hear a ******* thing!

"The most arrogant, obnoxious bunch of deluded little sun tanned, loafer wearing mummy's boys I've ever had the misfortune of having to listen to" (Burnley forum)

That still doesn't answer the question I posed as to why it has taken so long when everything that one wants to know about a person is already in the public domain

I wouldn't grumble at any of the supposed last 4 candidates, but my preference would be -

Pellegrino
Dyche
De Boer
Ranieri

Edited by Stuart Shave (11 Jun 2017 8.17am)

Perhaps SP has got a defined change in direction that he is looking for the club to go. Then there are negotiations on top of initial interviews and chats. Maybe the person he wants is employed still and he is trying to get permission to speak to them. There are many different reasons as to why this isn't just straight forward and succinct process. And I for one am glad that he is taking his time to find the right man.

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Perhaps you are right but it would be nice to get the occasional update from the Chairman. It doesn't even have to be specific