We've been here before, wildcard names decreasing in odds to become the favourite, dismissed as being the result of a handful of jokers putting money on or their agents trying to raise their profile, only to see them appointed within 24 hours. I'll never forget the disbelief at Fullarton when they stopped taking bets and then it was announced.

I might be wrong, but I don't think the Faeroe Islands pub team manager was ever favourite, always an outsider but became a talking point when he was rising above more sensible candidates.

You wouldn't put it past them, as that's where we've been at for some time. We don't employ people to be managers in the real sense of the word and that must put a lot of people off applying.