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Have it on good authority that Hargreaves was offered the job 2 weeks ago. I am happy with that. Call me SNW Buckle is leaving you heard it here first

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Southampton Gull wrote:Sujes

I don't want to appear a bit of a dimwit but could someone please tell me whats with this Harsh Caregivers. Can't see the relevance to Chris HArgreaves at all. and Your qoute Dave "Sujes" ??? Please

Like you Andy, I am fearful that Trollope will be given the job. I know its something that Rovers were keen to push for, give me Hargreaves ahead of him any day of the week.

And we could do much cheaper. Penney is a decent manager; could just be out of our range, and I am led to believe the decision has already been made or certainly is about to be made.

Dave Penney did an excellent job at Doncaster. A poor (half) season at Rovers doesn't make him a bad manager. We could do much worse.

While it is undoubtedly a risk to make an appointment of someone with no coaching/managerial experience, I would certainly prefer Harsh Caregivers to Lee Hodges, Kevin Hill and Paul Trollope, unless in the latter's case you want to go back to the dinosaur days of hoof-ball and no style at all.

While Trollope might have a track record with regards to contacts, I doubt Caregivers is an unknown, and that is going to be the vital part of his job, should he indeed be the man to replace Paul Buckle.

I just hope he has spent some of his time off getting coaching badges as well as starting his media career, lifting weights, looking after his family and surfing.

He'll certainly be a popular appointment, and I would imagine that applies to the current staff as well. Might give us a chance of keeping the vital John Milton, as well as being good for the likes of Zebroski, O'Kane, Ellis, etc, who should all know him fairly well. Shame he and Branston, Stanley, Tomlin never really crossed paths other than as playing opponents.

We've already got a half-decent back-four under contract for next season, plus O'Kane, Lathrope (could follow Uncle Paul I guess), Kee, Zebroski and a few fringe guys. More to build on than PB had when he arrived.

Interesting times ahead - hopefully not negative ones as well!

I seriously wouldn't be keen on either.

Hargreaves was a fantastic captain but he has no managerial experience and next season we need somebody who can bring in decent players and hold the ship together in what is going to be a very tough League 2.

Trollope may appear to the uninitiated to have done a good job at Rovers but the real driving force was Lennie Lawrence and when he left, Rovers plummeted. I seriously don't think they would have got relegated if Lawrence had stayed all season.

I loved both as players and always will but as managers? no thanks

No thanks to Trollope, just ask the Gasheads.

For me Trollope as manager with hargreaves as his assistant would be the perfect ticket

Would love it to be Hargreaves ( so would my wife but for whole different set of reasons!!!). But and the big but is if all the doom laden rumours are correct what sort of squad would he get and how much or little would he have to spend!! And since he has just opened a new shop would want to put that on the line??

He has the contacts you don't play for that many years and that many teams not to. the will to win but the lack of managerial experience might count against him , remember Buckle had spent some time as assistant manager up the road.
Guess the next few days are going to be interesting ... He'll this is Torquay when is life not interesting!!!

He's too busy in Sidmouth to be thinking about football... surely?

Hargreaves has never managed a football team. Why do we assume that just because he was a good leader on the pitch, he'll automatically be a managerial genius? He might very well do, but it should be acknowledged as a risk. Perhaps he's all we can afford.

There are only two I would want as manager, that be Trollope or Hargreaves!

they will both have good contacts, Trollope is experienced, Hargreaves knows the club well, a great leader and will be a favorite amongst the fans.

Still, whoever the manager is, I as longs he can bring in a few and keep a few, we'll be good

Would personally prefer someone with some managerial experience. You can't keep throwing rookies into the hot-seat and expecting it to be successful. But this is TUFC.