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I'm not sure MON is dangerous, but its obvious that when you take that job, it's part of the deal that you don't bad mouth their support. It's another reason their choice of managers is limited. The problem starts at the Board level, and that feeds all the other parts of the club. Graeme Souness is the only manager I can think that has taken any sort of stance, and while he shook things up by signing players from the "wrong school" he still didn't go as far as condemning the bigotry. Unfortunately for the sane fans, and unfortunately for Scotland, the sectarianism is good business for the media, so they will continue to take advantage of it for the forseeable future.

Still don't want McGlynn. No doubt he's done a great job with the Falkirk team in the past few years, but I'm not convinced he's the right man to drive the entire club forward. I could be miles out, of course, as I'm not as familiar with the running of Falkirk. I agree he'd be a great choice for next national team manager.

None of the above for me.

He can't sign them all, and managers and coaches often recommend players to each other.

A stern talking to, 20 quid fine suspended for 2 minutes, some hand waving to distract from that VAR decision.

I was thinking ShatGPT

And in earlier in the season he was "just the man for Rangers" before being on his way to Aberdeen.

Under most circumstances I agree about not wanting to sell our players to teams in the same league. If one of them came in with an offer of say, 4 million, for a player we picked up for free and who had given us an outstanding season, I'd be OK with that and chalk it up as a cracking bit of business.

Too many people making hilarious jokes about Pep instead.

The best I'm taking is that we have had an amazing season, and the man that helped us to achieve that has left the club and a great position that the Board has a clear intention to build on.

If you offered me a million quid and a house in the south of France, I'd support St Mirren for a season.

Even Elliott Watt said he'd been coached to play that way most of his career.

I don't want any new manager who speaks English as their first language. (I know - Cue the Yogi jokes, so don't waste your breath)

In fact, I see from the club statement, they have been doing exactly this: It’s no secret that we have got a strategy in place that we will continue to build upon our model, using the same principles, as we enter this new campaign. Managers leaving a club can be a hard pill to swallow, and whilst we appreciate Jens for what he has done here in the last 11 months, we have been continually working on contingencies and learnings to ensure we do not rip up and start again but continue to build and grow.

Disappointed he's gone, but as I said previously, glad it's now and not early August. I have no doubt the Board has a succession plan in place and will be getting things rolling for Askou Phase Tou.

I've loved the whole 'let's play the game our way and impose it on the opposition" approach.

I think that was confirmed by his play-off commentary and, from what I heard, his post play-off celebrations down the pub.

You can never be certain, but JBA to Celtic doesn't seem like a good match for either party.

The point is he leaves the club in a much better state than Kettlewell, has laid the foundation for future managers to build on, recruited some excellent players who will raise significant funds when sold, assisted in the development of our new training facilities and provided a season of football none of us will forget. Apart from that, a complete waste of time.

Can't wait to get my dividend cheque!

Contracts will literally stop them. Of course we can choose to sell them.

The ones under contract can think what they like. I"d also be amazed if they didn't expect Jens to leave.

Over at P&B the word is Max and Jens are now an item.

Certainly makes sense.

I suspect the Board and the Manager knew aobut the interst much sooner, but kept it quiet. Deals like this can be quite complicated, so likely some behind the scenes negotiations have been taking place. I wasn't sure when he'd leave, but was always 100% sure it would not be for a Scottish club. I'm actually OK with it happening this quickly, as it will allow us to bring in the new man for a full summer of preparation. Much better than losing him in late July or early August.