It Looks Like Sean O'Driscoll !

Bet Wade Elliott has a smile on his face and John Spicer at Donny must be wondering! Whatever happened to Garreth O'Connor?? lol ;-)

I suppose O'Driscoll does play the same style of entertaining attacking,to feet football as Coyle did and doesn't go for the hoof&hope approach. Donny certainly had the better of us last season too. I suppose if he can keep our style of play going and maybe introduce one or two other ideas we might be all right. Interesting times

Sean O'Driscoll dahda, dahda? Has a certain ring to it.

Pardon? ;-)

Would be a very good signing if he has the hunger to prove himself at a big[ger] club. Seems a quiet chap but that is never a clue as to his hunger, determination, talent or indeed ruthlessness. If Doncaster are haggling over compo then surely it's only a matter of time - they can't deny SOD this chance, he'll never get one again. They must know that, and he's got them where they are. Bookmakers are still 50/50 at 4pm so I'd be tempted at those prices since you can't see it falling down on either compensation or personal terms. I expect something like a £500k settlement and SOD to be with us sometime on Wednesday to take training before Man Utd, Liverpool. Chelsea......and Bolton!!! 4 points and a cup replay he is an instant hero.

Did you notice how they also pointed out Bolton are 20th? I thought that was a nice touch.

We shall see what happens - Long term SOD ( if he gets the job) would be a good manager, just not sure about the short term. Having said that, we may never find out - the BBC now states that Laws is in pole for the job

Nigel Pearson's odds are dropping suddenly.

What the heck I will get behind either, I would prefer Sean O'Driscoll but if it is Brian Laws I am not going to do anything other than get behind him too. If its all a smoke screen and it turns out to be Sven Goran Erickson I owe my Nurse a fortune......ULRIKA wheres my tablets?

I tell you what if it is Laws, I bet its because the tight sods are not willing to pay compo for O'Driscoll! I have my heart set on O'Driscoll now and will be really REALLY upset if its Laws

I suppose, like many of these managers, it comes to budgets - what are they working with now vs what they could work with. (Ironically, just like OC claims!)

I would make a plea to Burnley FC to make a decision on the best manager for Burnley based on quality & prospects be that O'Driscoll or Laws not on the willingness to fork out a paultry £1m compensation to Donny or not!

Forking out? Poultry? Come on, BK, don't CHICKEN out!

Actually poultry is quite appropriate for Laws if you think about the Chicken Wings incident some years back when he was Grimsby manager

Maybe we need to think about ourselves as a breeding ground for new and inspiring managers that will move on to greater things rather than a rsting place for the down and outs! Coyle was untested in English management - and look what he has done (achievements rather than the aftermath). Who is available that might move on to 'bigger' things rather than an also-run in the championship or league one?

Laws is good at throwing tea cups. Calendar Yorkshire TV local news said it was between laws and O'Driscoll Maybe Laws could be O'Driscolls Assistant or somthing, must admit I WAS SHOCKED WHEN i heard the club had called him back for his 3rd interview tonight.

hmmm...so whats more important now? the bolton game, or the derby?

I expect Kilby to come out tomorrow and say that they feel this is the best option to maintain some continuity into the club. When Laws took over at Hillsborough during Nov 2006, he took over a team in trouble and led them to within a game of the C/ship play-offs, winning 16, drawing 6 and losing 9. Many of these wins were away from home as the team adopted an effective counter-attacking style. He had a big impact there and it was something of a surprise when the following season started so badly but Chris Brunt was sold to West Brom at the start of the season and not replaced. He will have regretted spending some of the little money he had on Frances Jeffers whose return of 2 goals in 10 appearances was a pretty poor do but despite losing Glenn Whelan in the transfer window to Stoke, Wednesday finished 16th. For a huge club with all the expectation in the world but no money to spend, this wasn't a bad finish. Before last season began, his only notable incoming signing was James O'Connor from us on a free transfer. He suffered some pretty cruel luck too. Akpo Sodje, who destroyed Burnley on the opening day, was injured minutes after scoring two against us and he hardly figured again all season. Wednesday played some good football last term as we found out and they also did the double of Sheffield United, a feat they hadn't managed for 70 odd years. It will be nice to think we have a manager who has a good record in derbies! This season he bought in Darren Purse on free and Darren Potter for a nominal as still the club is saddled with a huge debt. He will argue that he's been working with one arm tied behind his back. He inherited a club in debt, he stabilised them but ultimately, there wasn't the resources to take the job forward. If nothing else, Laws is an eloquent man and a football manager I have always thought had something a bit more about him. It's important that our supporters look at the bigger picture and not just the run of form that led to his dismissal. He will have impressed at the interview and I expect his "vision for Burnley" would have perhaps come across more forcefully than that of Sean O'Driscoll. Let's face it, Wednesday is one of the toughest jobs in league football. They have such an expectant fanbase, a huge debt and he's never had ANY money to spend there. Kilby might identify Laws as a manager with a real desire and hunger to succeed and prove himself but also with a track record of achieving something from nothing. Perhaps he deserves to work with a bit of budget. We shouldn't forget he was popular at HIllsborough for most of his tenure. I also believe after Coyle's callous desertion, the Burnley link is one the Board, and Kilby in particular, will have valued. Earlier today there was an excellent interview with Martin Dobson on how much he and the players were enjoying the preparation for the Man United match. Laws will identify with the last remaining Burnley playing legends at the club (his former team-mate in the case of Dobson), and his smooth transition into taking over the reins of team affairs would feel right. I think any negativity towards this appointment serves no-one. None of us can read the future but most agree that continuity is paramount. Brian Laws is not a spectacular appointment but it is a pragmatic one, and after everythig we've been through over the past fortnight, it's one we must all get behind.

Very well argued pieces by those of us who stayed up late last night, plus lots of useful info from CC. Thanks. I woke this morning wondering whether what is happening is a corollary of Sod's Law? Regardless I am together with the Board once the decision is made.

We will never know for certain why Brian Laws got the nod over S O'D and speculating will end up with a Megson type appointment. I do not want to be party to that type of fan culture where we decide that it's a bad appointment before a ball is kicked. CC1 great logic above and should have been a main article for me. I agreed with your way of thinking on Laws. Still would like Sven as Manager but hey ho....

Who will Laws bring in to be his backroom staff? That's another key question.