Quote Originally Posted by sinkov View Post
Mr Pace has been aware for over five weeks that we needed a new manager, RVN has been available for the entirety of that five weeks, yet that has not been enough time for Mr Pace to have closed the deal. Coaches of the stature of RVN do not remain available for ever, perhaps Mr Pace thought that they did and there was no particular hurry. I can only respectfully suggest that next time he wants to sign a big name manager/coach, he gets out of bed a bit earlier and moves at a faster pace than the proverbial striking slug.
I don't think it works like that mon ami. Der Kaiser dropped our Alan a bombshell and in fairness to the bloke he will be trying to work out how not to get hit again. Quite obviously the fickle RVN was not meant to run the show at Turf Moor.