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Thought he resigned with Liverpool recently.

I'd take him been crying out for a proper holding midfielder for years.

Aye I bet he did.

We really need to get this sorted, our 1st competitive game is in just over 4 weeks, ans so far we only have two new faces in McGhee and Fadinger.

It doesn't

If that mentions a recommendation from Ange anywhere I'll pass. He recommended signing Danzaki.

Heard this elsewhere as well. Apparently Scott Burns tweeted about him

We are apparently in talks with Mo Sylla according to Scott Burns

Finally a rumour! Just a pity it is from The Sun https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/sport/14923404/mark-jackson-motherwell-manager-ange-postecoglou-australia/

An agent's dream.

I could be wrong but my memory of that is they were relegated under Gary Locke with a team of youngsters during the transfer embargo, then Neilson came in. It would be a bit of a cheek for him for bringing them through when they'd already had a full season in the top flight under their belt - a bit like the Kettlewell puff pieces giving him credit for developing Cornelius, who made his debut under Robbo and played dozens of games under Alexander and Hammell, or Miller a generational talent who made his debut under Hammell and only a total moron wouldn't have moved into the first team.

Yep, but if we go from an unpopular Option A manager to going all in on Option B and giving everyone a bit of optimism then suddenly back to someone from Option A in the space of 3 months - despite talking about using the same metrics in our search - it would show that we've really got no idea about what our plan is or what we want our 'identity' to be. Like a heavily scaled down version of Everton failing to get Bielsa so appointing Sean Dyche instead. Guys from complete opposite ends of the spectrum who teams that know what they are doing and what they are looking for would never have in the same conversation.

I know it was in the USL, but at Tampa, he had the highest xG and most touches in the oppositon box in the League. I expect coaches to be a bit more flexible these days and, to some extent, they tend to follow trends. The high pressing style is a more recent trend, as is the short passes out the box. 10 years ago most coaches were doing neither, but now almost all of them are doing the latter. Like most jobs, if you don't develop your own skills you'll get left behind.

I might be misremembering, but I thought Neilson was in charge during the spell Hearts were subject to a signing embargo and his first stint in the Championship involved playing youngsters. I think he was also head of Hearts Academy at one point.

It really depends on what the club wants. If it wants pragmatic solidity, clear structure, and safety-first organisation that grinds results, Neilson is your man. If they prefer high-intensity pressing, rapid transitions, attacking fluidity, and a knack for developing youth talent, someone like Wimmer offers a more modern, progressive style.

Agree with you on Wallace.

Ideally, we'd like him to go somewhere where he'll get sold on fairly quickly for a profit, so that we cash in twice.

I forgot about the plane, that made me laugh there until i realised he might be our next manager. On our budget I’m guessing we’d use a kids drone

Dull and boring seems to be his style. He left for MK Dons first time round but the fans were already heavily on his back - they flew a plane over Tynecastle wanting him out. 2nd time round was much the same and he was eventually hounded out again.

Funnily enough Im reading Tommy McLeans autobiography right now and it's spooky that a lot of stuff he talks about is even more relevant these days like the lack of young talent being given a chance for example.

What is Neilsons style? I don't pay much attention to the other teams. Does he have a preferred formation? Also, did he not leave hearts for a job down south the first time around?

Two very different styles of management, wimmer was around at the right time when we needed someone in, we might not be so lucky this time and as such have to settle for the best of the applicants who actually want the job. Which might not be who we would like to apply.

I don't really remember him being big on bringing through youth players at Hearts, or even Dundee Utd. Was it not his Hearts team that was full of old guys like Naismith, Lafferty, Michael Smith etc? He was hunted from Hearts twice for playing depressing football. Apart from that we completely agree. Going from Wimmer to Neilson would suggest to me we don't really know what it is we want.

Also Craig Brown and Mark McGhee. Agree about Wallace. Quite the contrast to Davie Hay from the previous season.

It can certainly be a stepping stone - Liam Delap just got a big move from Ipswich to Chelsea after their recent insta-relegation. I just saw him going to a title contender in a European league. Although Sunderland has the potential to be successful if they can make it past the first season in the top flight. 10mill would be some fee though.