Sent your application in yet mate. Sounds like you meet the criteria 
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Anyone applying for the role will have a network amongst football. Thatās firstly absolutely crucial.
Dutton might be a great coach one day, but Iāve no doubt it would be a disaster asking him to build a squad from scratch, which is the main thinking behind this. If itās not Dutton, it will still probably be a young coach Iād imagine. So it still applies.
Secondly it needs to be someone who will utilise a tightened playing budget properly. Something Walsall have struggled with for years ending up with ridiculously lobsided squads, I. E Whitney spaffing all his dough on wing backs and crying i to his beer at pre season friendlies.
And the rest comes after that for me. Whatever that might be.
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Wasnāt Sanchez part of the crazy gang set up at Wimbledon? i would be in favour of him getting a crazy gang atmos down at the Bezla 
Ok it was long ball football but the camaraderie was second to none, i would suffer that for a season to see us back in the first division again, then introduce some skilful footballers get the American backing then onto the championship there you go sorted
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Get ya application in chunks and you can use me as a reference 
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Unfortunately my training skills stop at teaching them to grab gonads
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That was part of the crazy gang ethos also, remember the photo of Vinny Jones giving Gazza a good squeeze
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I can just see it now, Sanchez bringing tears to Gambles eyes as he tells him what the playing budget will be
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While squeezing his gonads
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Nah, I want someone who knows what it takes to get the best out of League Two/League One players and what surroundings to move a League Two/League One club forward rather than someone who knows what works with French, Spanish, German players etc.
Sun tan man it is then.
Whatās he doing these days ?
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In prison 
Canāt see us signing any foreign gems anyway with the way new rules after Brexit are liable to affect teams at our level. Not even with a Suntan man mk2. So no more Andreas Makrisās sadly 
Going to have to have to depend on who is available here already.
Very interesting article Hullsaddler. Our new DOF will know all this of course and will find opportunities for us. Not a bad thing if the top flight has to rely on the EFL a bit more.
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Thats not such a bad call mate, even though in jest
We could find the new Jamie Vardy
One for the DOF or LP to look at
https://www.connectsport.co.uk/news/football-clubs-train-prison-project
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If they can swim through the water to the changing rooms.
Being local is a key consideration for me. This person needs to live and breath the role.
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Think I am gonna put Ā£ 50 on this fella TBH
He fits but we probably wonāt see much of him and be gone mysteriously
Martin OāNeill spotted on the M42 apparently 
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Surely that is the head coaches job? I want someone with fresh ideas, emotional intelligence, business acumen and a wide network.
Most of the names mentioned on the thread are old school or just old. The Johnson fella sounds interesting though.
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Donāt know what sort of DoF heād make, but heās obviously a āchickenā-meister.