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The BBC article says he informed the club "earlier this week''. Obviously you don't get a job in a couple of days.

Seems like they all knew he was leaving except us the supporters , fair enough . No way this came out of the blue ,no chance. I would expect the board to have been working hard the last few weeks on a blue print to get a new manager in promptly . Knowing us tho they probably weren’t.

Could get behind that appointment

It's got appointing Tony Docherty all over it. Won't go foreign again as we did and they left after 12 games. Will be a UK based manager most likely.

Came in done a job for us I wish him well and we actually played some decent football under Wimmer so best of luck to him. Now the board can't be sitting on thumbs for weeks and weeks as we need to get a move on with transfers and such simple as that.

Of course he's had the new job lined up for maybe a few weeks and Motherwell obviously knew about it as we've agreed a compensation package. Nobody was going to announce it while we were still not safe from relegation were they. So why not ditch the conspiracy theories and accept he put his family 1st in a far more dignified and respectful way than Kettlewell did.

No one of note has wanted this job since Alexander and there are three bigger jobs in the same division that are open. Hope the club has got a great pitch lined up.

He did the job that was asked of him, and he showed that the players could adapt and play in a different way to what we saw in the last days of Stuart Kettlewell. Its come as a shock as I was looking forward to seeing some fresh European talent coming in. No point in looking back, its up to the board to get on to the front foot and get the next manager in the door. All the best to Mr Wimmer.

That's kind of my take. This didn't happen overnight. When did the club find out? Had he just resigned because of family reasons I'd have been more understanding, but to have landed another job as well? Compensation package agreed as well. That all takes a bit of time.

Maybe, maybe not. Didn't stop him going straight into another job in Germany.

from his New clubs website ……..with dodgy translation…. The SSV Jahn Regensburg has filled the post of head coach with Michael Wimmer. The 44-year-old football teacher takes over the head coach for the new season 2025/26 and has signed a contract in the cathedral city until 30.06.2027. Most recently, Wimmer, who came from Dingolfing in Lower Bavaria, worked for the Scottish first division team Motherwell FC. The new head coach of the SSV Jahn has been determined and is called Michael Wimmer. Together, the heads of the SSV Jahn and the native of Dingolfinger have agreed on a cooperation for the next two years. Sports Managing Director Achim Beierlorzer says: "Michael Wimmer has left a very good impression on us and quickly showed that with his ideas, ideas as well as his energy and personality he fits our expectations and our requirements for the new Jahn head coach. His teams want to act courageously and with high intensity and show purposeful football. His approach focusses on people and the team, which is why he also stands for the further development of young players. As a native of Lower Bavaria, he knows SSV Jahn well and identifies with the values and the game idea. He can and will be able to give our club a lot. I would also like to thank those responsible for Motherwell FC for the constructive approach that makes it possible for Michael Wimmer to take over the coaching office in Regensburg.

At least it sounds like the club wouldn't have been totally surprised by it with chat "of support offered during time at the club". The club should have sensed this was a possibility and been preparing for it. Better now than when he assembled a squad...

That's how I feel, another summer window we should be building the team we are scratching around looking for a manager.

Is Luc Nijolt still just a phone call away ??

I think this might be van de Gaag’s time

Care to expand on that?

They do say the day you appoint a new manager is the day you start looking for the next one… Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I don't think there is anything dodgy. Wimmer has released statement. I get feeling maybe a family member has health issues so totally understandable he would return home. Has left us with dignity unlike that last clown. Ps. Yip...still raging 🤪🤪

Sorry, I`m not buying the family thing. Apparently this only surfaced when he went home to Germany after the County game....and low and behold he has a new job already.

He's saw the players, saw the budget, saw what the budget gets him, saw Scottish football first hand then said iv made a mistake get me a job at home. Family health reasons etc etc, politicians and football managers use this excuse all the time. Smoke n mirrors he just didn't fancy being our manager.

Massively deflating to be -in all likelyhood- being subject to utter mundane pish again. Part of me was thinking the last while that he realised what he had inherited and though 'fuck this - uncoachable'

Ah'll dae the jokes

Aye the standard list of failed managers will be getting rolled out as we speak, Naismith, Docherty, Valakari, Kettlewell, Lennon, McGlynn, Ketsbaia, probably Ferguson will be on there as well. The optics for the club are not good but it was fun while it lasted, and I hope his family problems are resolved, all the best Michael.

Utterly fucking fuming at this.

The biggest thing that worries me is that it takes us about 30 working days just to decide what colour to paint the walls, by the time we appoint a manger the transfer window could be well into its last days.