People need to chill a bit. The board never expected to have to make a change this summer. As soon as sam went they went after Silva. However, he was already in advanced talks with Watford and Porto. Likewise, when talking to his representatives it became abundantly clear that silva saw his next move as s blatant stepping stone, trust me. There is an almost gentleman agreement in place with Watford and silva in that he knows how they operate in getting rid of coaches and they know, regardless of how well he does, he'd be off in shot for a 'bigger' club. Parish didn't want this and I for one applaud him for that.

Reading between the lines it will be Pellegrino. The Dyche story makes sense but because we'd be trying to get him from elsewhere and there has been zero leaks from Burnley, I think it isn't going to happen.

Bit bored of all this waiting, even if it doesn't bother me that we are. So...bit of fun. Who will it be and when will it be announced?

I will declare the winner. I say it will be De Boer at 11am Thursday.

Sounds about right - you'd not hire a CEO in a rush & considering the first week or so after Sam resigned was probably taken up with player issues (including Wilf's new contract) and meeting up with the yanks to discuss who/how/when, it's really not been that long.

Then again, just about every 'report' I've seen about this manager & that manager have all been media speculation or those infamous 'sky sports sources'. Have any been confirmed by the Club?

What would be interesting is, once they have their man, for SP to tell us (maybe via HOL Radio) exactly who they shortlisted & who was interviewed just to see how close/far away the media have been through the whole saga.

Galteir is definitely worth an interview.
Did wonders at st Etienne and built them up over a long period of time.

Being there for seven or eight years shows the kind of loyalty Parish wants from a manager.

I just read his best mates with c***tona. This is a massive stumbling block.