CONFIRMED Slaviša Jokanović

[Booker4]

When John Terry is announced with Jason Tindall with assistant!

 

[Pedro Verde]

Whatever the club do, I just hope they don't drive him from BDTBL to Shirecliffe before he signs- the sights of Pitsmoor and Page Hall on weekday lunchtime will be enough to put anyone off, even a mental Serbian!

You wouldnt go that way though would you unless you were a D Taxi taking the scenic route

I dont get all the panicking as long as we get the right man for the job
Wonder if the Baggies fans are having the same meltdown they are in a worse situtation than us

 

[Farnboroughblade]

Hopefully someone just showing him houses in whirlowdale.

Either that, or he's isolating in a hotel somewhere with 46 recordings of every game this season studying the performance of the squad. I'd be quite content if that be the case.

 

[Farnboroughblade]

Before I'm criticised, I meant 38 games plus cup games.

 

[nopigfansintown]

It's no biggie with our ongoing recruitment. As long as we have the fitness coaches in for pre season and the manager in for the games we're fine. The transfer committee is already in situ.

 

[S64 Blade]

It's like Brewster all over again. Went on forever.

Worth the wait though.

 

[PrestwichBlade]

Either that, or he's isolating in a hotel somewhere with 46 recordings of every game this season studying the performance of the squad. I'd be quite content if that be the case.

I bet he's not content having to watch through all that.

 

[Scarebus]

I bet he's not content having to watch through all that.

I didn't think 10 days quarantine could be any worse. I was wrong.

 

[Ldn_Rd_Blades]

 

[Scarebus]

Nixon is my only source of hope these days.

 

[Suomi_Blade]

Nixon is my only source of hope these days.

I think its fair to say this is all but done, no doubt it will come out in the wash as to why we couldnt announce it as quickly as we would have liked.

 

[Sam64]

Are we not just waiting for his contract to officially expire with his club in Qatar before announcing it?

 

[BadgersBigToe]

Hopefully someone just showing him houses in whirlowdale.

Young Prince’s house is available

 

[Toronto Blade]

Just like a player well down the line . Another club just have to outbid even up until the last minute.

 

[Grumps]

Seen it myself that WBA have come in for him SJ

 

[Carlton Blade]

Yes there has, when allowed to spend the amount of money needed to get it going.
The point you seem to fail to grasp is that we won’t be hitting the ground running, and that’s not because our manager has left at the end of the season and we’ve had no choice, we have been like this for almost the last third of the season. And it’s a chance missed to properly prepare.

Who’s doing the retained/released?
Who’s putting the list of targets together?
What’s the style of play we are aiming for?
Will the new manager get the best from players here in contract or will some need to be moved on?
A small list of the many issues we are blindly walking into, when this should have been resolved weeks ago. And all brought on ourselves again.

I stick to my prediction, and will sit back again and look at the loons on here and in the stands who will be hammering the players, the manager, recruitment teams when the real cause of the problem is some abysmal management of the club at board level which has led to us being where we are now, and where we will be in 3 months time. Because there’s one thing we can be sure of, we won’t be spending big money to get promoted, we will be carrying on with the same ways that led to missing out on targets last summer and eventually leading to the manager best qualified to get us back up walking away.
But it’s ok...they talk a good game and the loons believe every word so it will of course be someone else’s fault.

Or there's blame for multiple people and you just hate the owner?

 

[SotonBlade]

I don’t think we’ll hear anything until next Tuesday. My guess is his contract is up at the end of the month.

I could also be hugely wide of the mark as I do not claim to be in the know whatsoever

 

[Booker4]

Are we not just waiting for his contract to officially expire with his club in Qatar before announcing it?

I think it's got to be something to do with that. Said so before on here. His contract ends on 30th June (I think I've read that), so if we want him to leave before that then presumably we have to pay his current club. Maybe effectively Jokanovic is already making decisions but the club are waiting for every week to go by to pay less compensation. I may be totally wrong, obviously, but that's my best guess that it could well be with his current club.

 

[JJBlade]

I'll start believing SJ is in the building when he's basically unbackable due to suspended betting

As Bob says. All the odds tell you is that there's more money down. However, it doesn't mean yet he has the job. I have seen odds much shorter than that suggesting a particular manager has got the job, but it turned out to be wrong

It'll take more than him being unbackable for me to believe it.

 

[Harry's Game]

And another day closer to the eventual embrace of the reaper passes by….

 

[Mouth of the South]

You wouldnt go that way though would you unless you were a D Taxi taking the scenic route

I dont get all the panicking as long as we get the right man for the job
Wonder if the Baggies fans are having the same meltdown they are in a worse situtation than us

If you manage to book or flag down a D-Taxi, you're doing better than most!

Agree about WBA's squad - minus their loan players and with Pereira likely to go, they've got a big rebuilding job ahead! I wonder if that and a combination of the budget available is the reason CW seems to be stalling. He certainly won't be signing the calibre of players he was aiming for at Utd if he does go there

 

[Vikkster]

I don’t think we’ll hear anything until next Tuesday. My guess is his contract is up at the end of the month.

I could also be hugely wide of the mark as I do not claim to be in the know whatsoever

 

[BlairBlade]

It's like Brewster all over again. Went on forever.

.... and then look what happened.

 

[247Blade]

It looks ideal WBA is the new Aston Villa manager wise

 

[Old Programme seller]

I’d have thought whoever gets the WBA job may be pleased that there aren’t players to offload and can sign the players they want.

 

[Booker4]

I’d have thought whoever gets the WBA job may be pleased that there aren’t players to offload and can sign the players they want.

They're going to have to sell Periera and possibly Johnstone for starters. I don't think they're a more attractive proposition than us personally. Alan Nixon has also said we're well down the road with Jokanovic anyway. Any interest from West Brom will hopefully speed up the process!

 

[Old Programme seller]

Perhaps it’s agent talk telling us that if we don’t give him what he wants then someone else will

 

[Pandev]

Nixon update

 

[Bladesman]

Come on Blades lets get it sorted.

 

[BrisBlade]

I reckon it'll be sorted once the following two outstanding factors are resolved:

1. Out of quarantine and able to meet with media team to get the flashy signing video done for social media announcement.
2. This thread hits a minimum of 100 pages.