whelan

Bicky lad. You really have to let go. It’s not doing you any good.
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1) he hasnt gone yet
2) it will be bobs decision to go
3) has dw as said he will hold no one back if a bigger club comes in

Just because he’s going for talks in Boston doesn’t mean he’s made up his mind if he’s offered the job. The Mail is saying he spoke to Villa yesterday, that the talks were positive and that Bob was giving the offer serious thought. Yeah right.

In my line of work I regularly throw my hat in the ring for jobs that I don’t want, don’t think I’ll get or don’t think I’d be able to do, as it’s a great way to market yourself, build relationships, demonstrate ambition, practice and learn and seed longer term opportunities.
I wouldn’t be surprised if Bob is doing something similar, esp. as he’s under the gaze of the world’s media, biggest clubs and highest profile managers.
Also, given that FSG are showing him enormous respect by courting him, Bob would be foolish and disrespectful not to accept their invitation to talk.

Plus, would you turn down an all expenses trip to the States to talk to a competitor if your boss said you could??!

I have to say Griff I tend to agree with you after sacking King Kenny the scousers will be expecting Pep or Jose. I don’t think Bob is anywhere near ready and his appointment would go down like a lead balloon on Merseyside. If he didn’t hit the ground running he would be lucky to still be employed by Christmas.

I don’t blame Bobby for wanting to talk to them – who in life doesn’t want a better paid job & in football in particular, where he could have the chance to make himself into a legend to millions of people as opposed to 18000 or so on a good day. I also doubt that he’ll be put off by knowing that he’ll have to hit the ground running or be dumoped as quickly as Hodgson was because to do so would mean that he would have no faith in his ability to do the job & if there’s one thing Bobby does have it’s complete & total faith in his ability to do the job & that his way is the right way.
I also don’t blame Whelan for allowing Bobby to talk to them. Yes it would probably go down better with the fans if he turned round like Norwich’s chairman re lambert & said they will fight tooth & nail to keep him, but at the end of the day if Lambert wants to go he will go. Whelan knows that with Bobby & I’m pretty sure that he’ll fight to ensure the club is well compensated

My own personal opinion is that I don’t think they’ll offer it to him as in the cold light of day I think they’ll know that a) he’s probably not ready (same with Rodgers who they have also approached) & that they as a club aren’t ready for his “long-term” rebuilding style & b) that they would in fact be basing their decision on the last 9 games out of his 114 game reign (as well as he has done at Latics & as much as I’m looking forward to next season if he’s in charge) the fact of the matter is that if they’d sacked Dalglish in early march Bobby wouldn’t even have been on their radar c) as someone else has pointed out it would go down like a lead balloon with their supporters (although with dalglish’s sacking they look prepared to show that they don’t always care what they want) & d) from reading the Echo a short time ago they have also started to make moves to speak to some big hitters including a bloke called Klopp who I believe has been very successful in germany.

From Bobby’s viewpoint the only reasons I can see him turning it down (if offered) are that they just seem a club being run by people operating in a fog & not really knowing what they need to do (& I think Whelan has been quite clever in alluding to that with his “they’ve got no soul” comments) & (again from reading the Echo) they seem to want a manager prepared to operate within a structure & in a direction that they’ve already decided they want to go in & Bobby seems to want complete & total control from top to bottom